How Web 2.0 can Revolutionize Your Blog

Blogging is not what it used to be. Gone are the days of the simple blog with posts and comments, and maybe a few images here and there. A few years ago we wowed at the facility for users to leave comments, and at extra features like archives and blogrolls—or links.

However, the modern blog is a different animal. It is true that blogging has become significantly more competitive as a means to make an income than it was a few years ago. Of the millions of blogs out there, only a small percent earn a significant income for their owners.

However, on the other hand, the fast changing world of Web 2.0 technology has meant that blogs are offering new and exciting ways of promoting yourself, your websites, and your products.

While, a blog is an effective means of Web 2.0 promotion in itself, all kinds of Web 2.0 technologies you can integrate with your blog to make it stand out from the crowd an help your blog to market itself.

There are many tools for designing and adding content to your blog. Arguably the most popular is WordPress, which can make setting up a well-designed, sophisticated blog a pretty simple process.

So, let's look at some of the Web 2.0 tools and techniques you can use to promote your product on the internet. The first thing you should offer is a RSS feed. Each time you add a new post to your blog it will be added directly to the subscriber's RSS reader, usually on their browser or their desktop.

However, this is just scratching the surface of what Web 2.0 has to offer your blog. If you think you are producing genuinely interesting content that people will be interested in you should add links to social bookmarking websites like Digg, Reddit, Delicious and StumbleUpon. These websites provide the code you need or you can even get plug-ins to do the job for you. It will take excellent content to get popular on these websites, but if your successful it can bring thousands of visitors to your websites.

Also, do not forget about adding video and images to your website, whether or not the content is your own. Video can really bring a website to life and there is plenty of great content on websites like YouTube.

Finally, check out the various Web 2.0 related widgets and plug-ins that can help your blog to stand out from the crowd. For example, you could add a tag cloud to your blog or a widget that shares your favorite photographs with the world through Flickstr, there is a lot out there if you explore what's available

 

Written by: David C Skul - CEO

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