Negative SEO is a real thing. Many marketers are trying to manipulate the system by sending spam backlinks to their competitor’s website. To handle such spam links coming to your site, you have multiple options. The two most popular (which both go hand in hand) are: Generating a disavow file for bad links and submitting it to Google. Building more high-quality links to your website. Generating a Google disavow file will ensure that Google nullifies the effect of links coming from spammy websites to your site. You can use tools like Ahrefs, SEMrush, and others to generate a disavow link file. In this tutorial, I will show you how to do this using the Ahrefs SEO tool. Note: You should use this method with caution and only when you understand completely what you are doing. If by mistake you end up disavowing important backlinks, it might affect your ranking. Another thing you need to keep in mind is that most spammers drip feed such spam links. You need to make sure you keep … [Read more...]

Hello Shouters, Let us start with an introduction of myself. I am Sinchan Dey, presently working as a full-time blogger. I got into blogging 3 years ago, but back then, I was a freelancer. This is not me but I’m as happy & content as him! Wanna know why? However, the idea of getting my own blog and making it work for me came from a series of Harsh’s blog posts I read earlier this year. I was writing content on some SEO topics when I stumbled upon ShoutMeLoud. I started reading many of the posts here and really got into it. I remember reading over 20 posts in a single day! What Is My Story Behind The Title? It was exactly that day that I read all those posts that I decided to give this blogging thing a try. And on that same day, out of nowhere, I received a text on LinkedIn. To my surprise, it was a formal text from the HR department of a popular tech blog. To give a little history here… I have been into tech blogging for a long time, and I have been writing … [Read more...]

Use the proper keyword and you will get more search engine traffic… Optimize your website/blog keywords and you will rank faster… How many times have you gotten such pieces of advice when you were starting to learn about SEO? Probably a lot. That’s because keywords are the first things you should learn about when you start to optimize your blog for SEO. This guide is written for a beginner like you to understand the most fundamental concept of SEO – keywords. Let’s start with the basics… If you have been blogging for a while, you probably know that 95% of your traffic is coming from 5% of your posts. In other words, you are probably getting a maximum amount of search engine traffic from a few hand-picked posts. Have you ever questioned why these posts are getting so much traffic? Well, the answer is you must have done something right. Right? The reason is, some of your posts got ranked on the first page of a search engine for keywords that are … [Read more...]

When it comes to managed WordPress hosting providers, WPEngine and Kinsta are two well-known names in the industry. I’m fortunate enough to have hosted my sites on both of them. Based on my experience of using both the hosting environments, here I will be sharing a detailed comparison of WPEngine and Kinsta. Kinsta and WPEngine are similar in that they are both managed WordPress hosts (hosting environments specifically designed for WordPress), but they are different in many ways. One thing which I can tell you right now: Both hosts have their pros and cons, and you should pick one based on your requirements. If you need to host a low traffic WordPress site, you should pick WPEngine. However, if you need to host a high traffic site with optimum performance, then pick Kinsta. In the below few paragraphs, I have compared both hosting companies based on various parameters. You should pay close attention in order to make a well-informed decision when deciding … [Read more...]

Global publisher revenue from online ads grew by almost 22% in 2016 to reach a total of $72.5 billion. Yet, beneath those numbers, there’s a grim statistic: Ad block usage increased by 30% in 2016, hitting 615M devices blocking ads. While display advertising is growing (it surpassed search in ad spending in 2016), publishers need to take proactive measures to protect (and grow) their revenues. Even if it never happens, it doesn’t hurt to have a plan for growth in case your ad revenues fall because of ad block. I’ll show you 9 strategies to do this below. Your audience uses adblock not out of spite but out of necessity. They don’t want to see you out of business; they just want to have a better user-experience. 30% of people use ad block because of security concerns. Another 29% use it because of interruptive ads, according to a survey by PageFair: It stands to reason that if you can solve these security and user-experience issues, you can encourage users to … [Read more...]

I’ve always loved blogging, but at times I feel frustrated and lonely. Blogging is mostly a one-person show, and managing a blog is quite the task. It’s a misconception that blogging is only about writing, because those who blog know that blogging requires doing various other activities like: Optimizing WordPress (or other blogging platform). SEO. Securing the website from hackers. Promoting the blog. Updating the design. Social media marketing. …and many more things… That’s why I always say: Blogging starts as a side project, but once it starts making money, you have to treat it like a real business. Being a professional blogger for the past 9 years, I have had my fair share of ups and downs Today, I’m sharing with you one decision that I took almost 2 years ago that has changed the course of my blogging quite dramatically. You can imagine the impact of this one decision by the fact that 2 years back I was earning $15k/month, and now I’m … [Read more...]

Do you ever feel that you are blogging alone? Or your freelancing work is a lonely job? Or if you are offering WordPress services as an agency, do you ever wanted to meet more people like you? Well, here is an exciting news for all the Bloggers & WordPress users from India: WordCamp Delhi is happening after 8 years And this is definitely a big deal. WordCamp is a community event & anyone can organize it after taking approval from the official WordCamp team. The whole purpose of the WordCamp is to bring the WordPress users, Bloggers & individuals who wish to get into WordPress on the same platform. It’s usually 1 to 2 days event where you will meet many like minded people & enjoy the talk from some of the experienced people of the industry. It’s a community organized event for the WordPress community. I’m fortunate enough to attend the first WordCamp of New Delhi in 2009 & that actually shaped my career. It was the beginning of my blogging career … [Read more...]

Do you ever feel that you are blogging alone? Or your freelancing work is a lonely job? Or if you are offering WordPress services as an agency, do you ever want to meet more people like you? Well, here is exciting news for all the bloggers and WordPress users from India: WordCamp Delhi is happening for the first time in 8 years, and this is definitely a big deal. WordCamp is a community event, and anyone can organize it after taking approval from the official WordCamp team. The whole purpose of WordCamp is to bring WordPress users, bloggers, and individuals who wish to get into WordPress all into the same room. It’s usually a 1-2 day event where you meet many like-minded people and enjoy talks from some of the most experienced people in the industry. It’s basically a community organized event for the WordPress community. I was fortunate enough to attend the first WordCamp of New Delhi in 2009. It was actually this event that shaped the beginning of my blogging career. … [Read more...]

Do you know the best way to beat burnout? I know a lot of people will have different answers to this. According to WebMD, “the best way is by making out more time for the people and the activities that matter most to you.” The truth is, being successful in business is quite challenging. For most people, coping with the demands of a personal life and a career is an unending challenge, especially at a time when many firms have laid off much of their workforce and place unreasonable expectations on their remaining employees. In his book, The Power of Resilience: Achieving Balance, Confidence, and Personal Strength in Your Life, Robert Brooks says that: “Most people today are having a harder time finding balance in their lives because there have been layoffs or cutbacks in their place of work. They’re now scared it may equally affect them, so they’re putting in more hours.” Brooks further stated that even if you don’t have much control … [Read more...]

Who doesn’t want to become successful in the field of blogging? For many, blogging “success” could be reaching out to the right audience or getting more traffic or becoming popular… or it could be as simple as making enough money to pay their bills. For me, it’s helping my readers to become their own bosses. The effort that you put into the initial days of blogging defines how fast you can reach the heights of success. Today’s post is for anyone who recently started a blog or who wants to start a blog ASAP. Here I’m sharing 3 powerful tips that can help you reach your blogging goals in record time. These tips are in the form of a video. I recorded this message for a group of bloggers for a blogging event in Guwahati, India: Summary of These 3 Powerful Tips for Beginner Bloggers If you focus solely on these 3 points during the initial days of blogging, your career as a blogger, or even as an internet entrepreneur, will … [Read more...]