Did you know that the next Google PageRank update will be in March 2009? Be proactive, and prepare your blog the next round. Here are a few easy techniques you can apply during March to get the highest Google PageRank:

• Add a Google Sitemap to your blog if you haven’t done before
• Do Offsite and Onsite SEO For your blog
• Join as many blog carnivals as possible
• If you have a custom blog design, learn How To Promote Your Custom Blog Design through CSS galleries. You will get some good quality backlinks.
• Learn The 5 Basic Steps Of SEO For Your Blog
• Download Google’s SEO Starter Guide
• Learn How To Track Your Keywords with HitTail
• Get Blog Buzz software and explore WordPress blogs with the ‘nofollow’ tag in the comments field. It will save your time and effort from searching for blogs manually to build backlinks by leaving comments on.
• Benefit from the free seo tools provided by the SEO Tools Shop.

Have your say, and tell me what else can be done to get the highest Google PageRank in the next round?

These days “money from blogging” is one of the most popular search terms on most search engines. A lot of people are suffering from the financial crisis, and looking for alternative ways to make money all around the world. Even though make money blogging seems like a very good opportunity at first sight, not every blogger will succeed in it due to its dependency on building a high-traffic blog.  You need to take full advantage of blog carnivals if you want to have a high-traffic blog.

Benefits of Blog Carnivals

• The easiest way to get links
• You will get high traffic if you join them regularly
• Free marketing for yourself and your blog
• Pick up new subscribers from each round of carnival submissions

How To Join a Blog Carnival

• Sign up Blog Carnival
• Sign in with your email/password
• Select carnivals related to your blog posts, and start submission.

Join blog carnivals regularly, and you will be delighted with the increasing traffic. Do not spam the carnivals that are not directly related to your blog posts. If you want to see the maximum positive impact, help blog carnival owners spread the word about their carnivals.