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Well, it’s sure been a busy week here at Today.com. We had what might be considered growing pains between the new forum, the many new bloggers, and a few tech issues. I must say we seem to be going in the right direction though!

First, I would like to thank my team. You see Nichole, John, Blake, and Bryan posting in the forums. Working hard behind the scenes we also have Dan, Sherry, and Shelly. As they say in Rock & Roll, we got the hardest working band in show biz! It’s hard to believe how far we’ve come in a short amount of time. So here’s a shout out to the Today.com team!

Of course, I also can’t forget VIP Bloggers, both the new ones joining daily and the ones who’ve been around for a little while now. The content and the teamwork we see going on in the forums has been great!

We are launching a redesign of the front page of Today.com real soon that well get you more and more traffic. To begin with we will be featuring one VIP blog a day which will get top exposure. We will pick a different blog each day that we think is doing a great job and show them to the world. The home page gets over 150k visits every day and that’s a lot of eyeballs! So make sure you are putting your heart and soul into your posts because the world is watching.

Now on to my tip of the week.

In case you haven’t noticed (and I don’t know how you couldn’t have) there is a little button called “Add This” on your posts. Are you spreading the word? The button has links to many great services around the web that you can easily submit your blog to. They want to know about your blog, so let them know!

Next I suggest getting out there and finding chat boards and forums on your topic. Introduce yourself and your blog to others interested in what you write about. Don’t forget to add your blog link to your signature in any forums you frequent.

That’s it for this week folks. Make sure you stay up and active on the forums. Our main office is closed for the long weekend, so bear with us if we are a little slow responding to questions and requests the next few days.

Have a safe Memorial Day weekend! Dave

This week I have 2 short tips for you.

First, wondering how to change that “Just Another Today.com Weblog” text? This is the default tagline for newly created blogs. Depending on the theme you use it might even show up in your header. But no matter what theme you use you’ll want to have a more descriptive tagline. It helps bother readers and search engines understand what your blog is about.

Changing your tagline is very easy. When logged into your blog control panel go to “Blog options” and save your new, well thought out, and descriptive tagline. You can also edit your blog title there too.

Second tip, get your blog listed in Google’s search engine faster. Simply submit your blog to Google via their Add URL page. This takes the guesswork out of wondering if Google knows about your blog. You only need to submit once. Remember, if they don’t know your blog exists they can’t send you visitors!

Happy Blogging!

Dave

Come join us at our new forum where you can meet and chat with fellow bloggers. Your Today.com username and password will get you in, no need to create a new account.

If you are a VIP blogger there is a special section just for you that you can see once logged in. This is where you can ask all your VIP blogging related questions. Be sure to stop by the Introductions section and tell everyone what your blog is about.

We are looking forward to getting to know all of you better on the forums.

I just got done reading Adsense Secrets 4 by Joel Comm, an e-book on how to make more money with Adsense. I must say that I learned a lot.

Even though this doesn’t directly apply to a lot of you right now I recommend getting it. It will be especially helpful to bloggers who are or will be a part of our revshare program.

For those of you that have other blogs, as we know many of you do, this is great resource to check out now. It teaches you all the tips and tricks. Some of it’s common sense stuff, but I’m sure you’ll find some good info as well.

Best of all, the Adsense Secrets book is only $9.95. Joel is also offering a free issue of his monthly Top 1% Report when you buy the book. I haven’t checked that out yet so can’t comment on it right now, but since the first month is free if might be worth checking out yourself.

Thanks,
Dave