Darren Rowse

Over the last couple of months here at Problogger.net, we’ve taken a tour of the traffic techniques that are essential to bloggers. While not all bloggers use or focus on all techniques, the ones we’ve covered probably make up the core traffic tools used by bloggers today: search engine optimization ...more

Who’s the boss of your blog? Who calls the shots, makes the hard choices, and keeps things moving in the right direction? If you’re thinking, “me!” you might be falling prey to the kind of philosophy that prevents many bloggers from reaching their full potential. Readers rule What are your ...more

Two minds are better than one—especially when it comes to blogging. For bloggers trying to grow their traffic, working with others can give you a real advantage. The most obvious example is, of course, guest posting on someone else’s blog, but there are as many opportunities for creative collaboration as ...more

Over the last couple of days I’ve begun to play with Pinterest again. It’s been ages since I first set up an account but when I did I didn’t really really click with it. Interestingly, despite not being active on it, I seemed to gather followers til it got to 1000. ...more

When the opportunity came up for us to do a series on niche blogging here on ProBlogger, I jumped at the chance. Blogging isn’t what it was. I mentioned recently how blogging has changed so much that these days we may not even realise we’re looking at a blog as ...more

Backlinks have become a topic of much discussion since Google’s Penguin update set back the ranks of websites whose backlink profiles seemed “unnatural.” But before we get into that, let’s stop and take a step back to look at the backlink “bigger picture.” Links are the glue that holds the ...more

We all agree that social media networks offer a number of benefits to bloggers. We can build a following on these sites, make new friends and connections, and share, collaborate, and interact in real time. This is great—and there’s no doubting that sites like Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, YouTube, and ...more

This week, we’ve got a couple of intriguing blog posts coming up that deal with bloggers’ personal stories. Obviously, personal stories tend to do well with blog readers. But look around, and you’ll see that personal stories have become a mainstay of the media more generally. We have reality t.v.—real ...more

While we love blogging, we all know there are some aspects that really do seem impossible sometimes—none moreso than transferring a WordPress.com blog to the WordPress.org platform. We’ve discussed the differences between these two platforms before, because more than one blogger has been caught up by the limitations of WordPress.com ...more