The main reason I was shocked is because of how quickly the PageRank update was from the last, I think the last one was only around 2 months ago, whereas last year there was up to 6 months between an update.
Another reason why it came as a surprise is because I haven’t even properly started building links yet, I’ve been so busy just creating good content and networking with other bloggers that I haven’t had time, I haven’t even written a link building plan yet(which I will show you how to do in a post next week).
In today’s post I will describe to you what I have done in the last month, and what I will hoping to be doing in future months to further increase PageRank, after all PR3 is good after one month, but in the long run our goals are much higher.
Stuff Done So Far
Here is all the stuff I have done in the previous month, if you are looking to replicate my quick PR3 then you should consider trying a few of these.
* Social Bookmarking - I haven’t really invested much time into social bookmarking, mainly due to me not having a huge reader base, so its very unlikely that I will break any records with social bookmarking. What I can say though is that I have stumbled a few of my posts and the results have been really good, at least a couple of hundred visitors from just a thumbs up and a short review.
* Blog Commenting - Aside from writing articles this is where most of my time is spent, and I love it! Blog commenting is honestly one of the best things you can do, especially if they have the Top Commentators Plug-in. I am probably going to kick this up a gear during the next months in an attempt to further my networking attempts.
* Forum Posting - So far I have only been able to be active in one forum, but I suppose I can be let off considering its the largest webmaster forum; Digital Point Forums. I find this is another good traffic source as alot of people reading the forums are looking for ways to boost there website, which is what I teach you how to do.
* Creating Resources - I have invested quite a bit of time creating resources for you guys, such as my dofollow lists and the free report. It seemed to have worked pretty well as some posts have been mentioned on other blogs such as NetStrife. Unfortunately no one has linked to my report yet, so I will be more actively promoting it in the future.
* Social Networking - As you can see in my footer I have created accounts at the most popular social networking websites, on some I have gained a few friends on some I haven’t, I don’t mind though, I’m just happy to be networking with you guys.
The best way to explain social networking is to give an example. One of the social networking leaders is Digg. Which recently almost got acquired for $200,000,000 by Google. Basically you can do two things on Digg.
* Submit - On Digg you have the choice to Digg either an article, picture or video. This can be your own work or others (hint hint dofollow link)
* Digg - Once something has been submitted to Digg you have the option to ‘Digg it’ if you think the content is worthy of your ‘Digg’. Basically this is like voting for a candidate in an election.
If the submitted item gets ‘Dugg’ by enough people in a certain period of time it will appear on Digg’s front page. This provides great exposure to to your blog. A typical front page listing can send you around 20,000 unique visitors within a couple of hours, if your host can handle it.
How do I Make My Articles Social Bookmark Friendly Then?
If the thought of thousands of visitors has enticed you to delve deeper into the world of social networking you’re probably wondering what you need to do harness this great power. Below are the two simplest ways to get started in social networking.
* Create an Account - How can you expect to be sociable if you’re not a member? Quickly create an account on all the ‘big’ social networks, you can find a great list here: List of Social Networks
* Meet some people - Once you have joined up its time to meet some people, if you can find people sharing you interests they are more likely to vote for your stories to become popular.
* Make your posts ’sociable’ - One way to use the current traffic you’re receiving is to ask them vote for you. A great way to do this is with Joost De Valk’s ‘Sociable‘ Plugin. You can see this in effect at the bottom of a lot of pro bloggers posts, why? Because it works.
Once you have set up your profiles and made your blog social bookmark friendly the next thing to do is write great content and promote the heck out of it!
I hope todays article will be the first stepping stone on your way to social networking domination and I will be sure to write more articles in the future to increase your knowledge of this area even further. If you have enjoyed todays post please leave a comment
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Whenever you boot your system,the computer goes through a process called Power On Self Test, popularly known as POST. In some Motherboards, there is a provision in which a person has to enter a password before performing the post or entering in the BIOS. BIOS is an abbreviation which stands for Basic Input Output System.
The original IBM-PC (1981) did not provide any security measures or a BIOS setup program; all it had was a P.O.S.T. If you needed to configure a PC, you did it with switches and jumpers. A program to set up the system BIOS and configuration did not come along until the IBM-PC/AT (1984), and it had to be run from a special boot-up diskette. The idea of providing a user interface and access to the system configuration settings within the BIOS did not come along until about 1986. Today no PC system is made without this valuable built-in setup feature. Eventually, the security feature of password-protecting access to the system came along.
The goal is to get the system to forget that it needs a password and forget what the password was. The password data is stored with the rest of the system configuration data in a small amount of memory that is kept alive using a small battery or internal power cell. To clear out the data, you need to remove the power from this memory element. This means the system will also lose any system configuration that was saved. You’ll need to later reconfigure the system parameters so you can boot your operating system.
The below hack is also very effective for putting the system board back into Default mode where it knows nothing about your system components and forgets all of your parameter tweaks. This is very useful if you’ve performed a hack that renders the system unbootable or unstable.
Perform the following tasks:-
1. Turn the PC off (this means a total shutdown, not merely standby or hibernate mode) and disconnect the AC power cord.
2. Remove the cover from your system (this step may require tools, undoing a thumbscrew, or flipping a latch or two).
3. Refer to the user manual for the motherboard to find out how to “reset CMOS” memory. You may also find a label for specific jumper or switch settings marked on the system board.
4. Change the switch setting or jumper position to a specific position or remove the jumper entirely as prescribed in the manual to clear or reset the CMOS memory.
5. Wait 20-30 seconds for the memory to clear out from lack of power.
6. After 20-30 seconds put the switch or jumper the way it was before for normal use.
7. Reconnect the power cord and start up the system to see if the settings have changed to defaults.
8. Shut the PC down, disconnect the power cord, replace the cover, reconnect the power, and power up the PC.
9. Enter the BIOS setup program to configure the system as needed. This may include setting the date and time, selecting disk drive parameters, and selecting which devices the system uses to boot up with first.
