Checking out competition is an early step for all internet businesses. Not only do you want to see what you’re up against, but you also want to scope out what they do well. Spending time reviewing the best and most popular blogs is a great exercise before diving too deep into the process of creating your own blog.
There are tons of blog directories listing thousands of blogs, but the best way to find the best blog sites is to use Google’s blog search and Technorati.
Google’s ability to pull up useful search results carries over into the blogging realm, and using Google’s blog search pulls up blogs and posts from just about every blog in existence. Results can even be filtered by date.
Technorati is even more useful for finding the best blog sites. This site is another blog search engine but provides even more data on various blogs. For example, inside the Blogger Central section of Technorati, you can pull up a list of the top 100 blogs.
Click around some of these extremely popular blogs. For these blogs to have the kind of readership they do, they must be doing something right. So check them about and take note of what they do well.
Some things to look out for include:
- Frequency of posts
- Ad placements
- Graphicas and Images
- Language and tone
- Additional multimedia elements
If you want to be successful starting a blog and making money blogging, spend some time among the very best.
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