Claiming a position in the Blogsphere

Today is Sunday and a very nice sunny day here in Miami. Temperature is about 67 F ( 20 C) and the sky is as blue as it can be, not a single cloud in the horizon. The weather channel forecast almost unchanged conditions for the next few days. Not far from paradise if not were for another kind of clouds often more daunting than the ones coming from nature: economical and financial clouds.

These last clouds, although called that way in metaphorical language, have more challenging consequences that are not so figurative or intangible, they weight heavy in our lives and sometimes don’t allow us to experience the wonders of nature.

But even in the worst conditions, when many are fighting for survival, we need to balance our physiology and reduce our stress so we can be more equipped to fight another day.

This is why I have been thinking that from time to time I will deviate from the main topic of this blog and will write about other issues that affect our lives like health, weight loss (I know of a very effective method that don’t only allow you to lose weight effectively, but also improve your body functions, resulting in a substantial improving of your quality of live), physical fitness, and other interesting topics.

We can simply be better prepared for fighting to improve our lives if our bodies and health conditions in general are in a better shape.

But to be able to reach more people and contribute effectively in increasing their awareness about all these topics, I need to increase the reach of this blog that just started only a few days ago.

I intent to do it in many different ways. I have been told that I have to design the site taking in consideration what is called Search Engine Optimization (SEO), that I need to obtain backlinks from other websites, specially authorities sites, and so on.

Initially I didn’t understand the lingo, but I started to read and learn about it, and you know, they are right, now it makes a lot of sense to me.

Also a learned that to be considered and ultimately reach my goals, there is a website called Technorati that keep an inventory and classification of most blogs, and that if you want to succeed, you need to be included in their ranks and listings.

One of the ways to do this is going to their site, registering as a new user and submitting your blog for listing. They will give you a special code called a token, that you need to include in a new post in your blog to claim it, in this case I was assigned the claim token Q9S8T48EP5T8.

After you publish your new post with the token included in it, they will search your blog for the specific token and this way they will know that you are the rightful owner of the claimed blog.

Of course this is not enough, life is not so easy. To really get the way up in the ranks and reach respectable traffic, first you need to respect yourself and respect your readers writing quality content that is informative and provides a pleasant reading. Without this last and most important ingredient, your blog will never reach the traffic you want and will be relegate to the bottom, where millions of unnoticeable blogs deserve to be.