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Stoves, PR, RankSpanks, and Izearanks
I spent today trying to find a new oven online. My oven has decided to have a mind of its own. Sometimes it is twenty five degrees below what I set it; sometimes it is twenty five over. The thing can’t make up its mind, and it is getting increasingly more difficult to cook. What does this have to do with Izea?
The Rankspank
Well, several months ago, many bloggers who get paid to write posts were RankSpanked. What this means is that we once had PR, and we no longer do. PR is the holy grail to most bloggers who do any sort of paid work. The higher your PR, the more money you were able to charge. You’ll even see this badge on a lot of sites out there:
PR and other measures
Up until recently, there really wasn’t a good measure of a blogs worth. PR wasn’t even all that great. Yes, blogs with PR had backlinks, but you never really knew what kind of traffic they were getting. Alexa is another service out there. Your traffic with them only counted if you visitor had the Alexa toolbar, so that was not too good of a measure either.
At this point, Google seems to be changing the rules as they go. It is getting to the point you need a degree online to figure out how they are designing their algorithm. You use to need lots of backlinks to get PR. Now, it is anyone’s guess. At this time, you can have all the backlinks in the world, and if Google thinks you are doing any sort of blogging for pay, they will knock you to zero. They have knocked down sites that don’t do it. I have seen a lot of guilty by acquaintance. You mention one of your other blogs on a rankspanked blog — that new blog won’t get PR either. I know that because I have two sites that should have gotten some PR and didn’t. I’ll be honest, I hadn’t planned on including my cooking blog at all in any sort of blogging for pay. However, since I am not going to get PR anyway, I figured why not! Every so often you hear that people got their PR back and did nothing different to get it back. I wish I was one of those people. However, I am not.
How can you know what to do with the rules constantly changing and you have no idea what the rules really are?
The Answer
The answer to my stove problem is the thermostat. We either need to replace that or buy a new stove. The answer to the PR problem is that we either need to replace part of it or come up with a whole new ranking system. Since we have no control over Google, the best bet out there is the new measure IzeaRanks. IzeaRanks allows you to measure your RealRank, your pageviews, and your uniques. Something I have learned about bloggers is the last couple of years or so is that we are all stat junkies. We love to have multiple places to see where we rank.
How do I get it?
Getting it is super simple. You just go to IzeaRanks and fill out some information about your blog. You then are given a code to put into your footer. Now, you don’t have to do any sort blogging for pay to be involved in this. I think the majority of the blogs listed aren’t part of any service. To get your real rank, the system weights blogs 70% on daily unique visitors, 20% by daily active inbound links and 10% by daily page views. Here’s sneak peak of what the graphs look like:
Now, you will see 4 different lines on there. I used my 4 blogs to make the graph. You can use your blogs or any blogs in the system to compare stats. You can also graph pageviews and uniques too. Finally, a true measure of where you are at.
This is free to use, so you have nothing to lose trying it. What are you waiting for?
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Wednesday’s Hero
This Weeks Hero Was Suggested by Kathi
May No Soldier Go UnlovedLiving Legends began in May 2005 with a very small team of seven dedicated angels. The team’s mission was to let the families and friends of fallen heroes know that we were here to support them and to honor their loved one. At the same time, they had to make sure that they were sensitive to what the family was going through. While this team has grown tremendously, they have worked very hard to maintain that same level of dedication and sensitivity. This team is staffed with trained volunteers who carry out a very difficult mission for Soldiers’ Angels. Due to their dedication, Soldiers’ Angels is able to honor those heroes who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation and to pay their respects and offer their deepest sympathies to the families and loved ones grieving the painful loss of their son or daughter; husband or wife; brother or sister; mom or dad; aunt or uncle; their friend.
For more information on the Soldiers’ Angels Living Legends Team, you can visit their site.
TSometimes a hero is one who sacrifices everything in their life to help others. And sometimes a hero is one who sacrifices nothing more than their time.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived
This post is part of the Wednesday Hero Blogroll. For more information about Wednesday Hero, or if you would like to post it on your site, you can go here.
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A big thanks
I love being a blogger. Want to know why? I have meet so many interesting and genuinely nice people over the last 2 years I have been blogging. Through blogging, I have been given an inside glimpse into their lives and they into mine. I have to give a shout out to two fellow bloggers that have helped me tremendously this week. First, there is Elizabeth from Table for Five. She helped me rewrite an article I have put countless hours into that I couldn’t get right. On her first try, she got exactly what I was looking for! She wouldn’t let me pay her for her help (though I am donating to her BlogHer fund!) The other person I have to thank is Jenn from Everyday Randomness. She helped me with header over at My Road Less Traveled By. Actually, she redesigned the whole thing so my title of the blog shows up. She also didn’t ask for anything for this work. In a world that is so jaded, it is nice to know so many nice and caring people out there. I have always tried when possible to help others too. Even so, I was surprised to see this at my door:
This postie pack was sitting on my front steps. When I first opened the box, I thought maybe, since my birthday is next week, this was just a present of sorts. Instead, it had a hand written note from Ted (CEO of Izea) thanking me for my help and dedication on the Izea forums. I have to admit that I was impressed that Ted took time out of his busy schedule to do that. He could have very easily just printed off a form letter. Madison absolutely loves the pen. She immediately took it out of the box and started playing with it. I had to leave for my chiropractors appointment, so I had to quit playing with everything and go. By the time I got home tonight, we ate supper and the kids went to bed. I will get a picture of Madison tomorrow with her new pen. It is soooo cute. You guys seriously made my night. I can honestly say I have never been given award ever, so this made my day. I actually called my mom and sister on the way to my appointment to tell them, because I was so excited.
Ted, I’d like to thank you too. You made a company that allows moms like me to make money and stay home with their kids. You’ve allowed people to supplement their incomes when needed. There are so many things that wouldn’t have been possible at my house without the added income that blogging has provided my family. It has been a long and bumpy road, but I am so glad I have been along for the ride.
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