1. Use Wordpress for your blogs
2. If you use blogger, get your own domain
3. Go with the right webhost
4. If possible, have keywords in your domain
5. Include dashes in a long domain name
6. Settle for .com or .net if you can and forget the rest if you are not a celeb
7. Optimize your permalink
8. 15 Plugins that will do wonders to your blog traffic
9. Choose the right plugins
10. Too many plug-ins will slow down your blog
11. Choose your niche carefully and stick with it
12. Have an “About Me” page. It makes it more personal
13. Unclutter your sidebar
14. Always have a “Contact Me” page
15. DoFollow your blog to get your community off the ground
16. And nofollow it when it gets too many spammy, useless, irrelevant comments
17. Be fanatical about what you write
18. Use bold headings
19. Use list
20. Don’t display your subscribership too early
21. The first 100 is the hardest. The next 100 is easier to achieve
22. Back up your blog database
23. Speed up your blog
24. Optimize your blog
24. Design matters carries weight, first impression may be the last
27. If budget isn’t an issue, get a custom theme
28. Use platinum All-In-One SEO
29. Install Google Sitemaps
30. Read more than you write. Organize your RSS subscription
31. Break long articles into paragraphs
32. Write long article to get traffic once in a while
33. Use images – they speak a thousand words
34. Begin and end posts with questions most of the time
35. Proofreading thrice before you publish
36. Write content for both men and robots
37. Readers first, others second
38. Link out
39. Use Akismet to moderate your comments.
40. Visit www.internet-earner.com
41. Concentrate on keywords in post title
42. Be a student of importance of keyword research
43. Being #1 on Google may not necessarily bring in the traffic
44. Use searchable Keywords. Check its average search volume.
45. Have keywords on footer
Well, lemme just add 1 more to make it 46

Ask blogger friends with better blog design for help

Does any one apply all these rules? I don’t yet but I’m close to applying all.

Cheers,

Olusegun