Top tips for bloggers

If you have got your blog set up, are writing regularly, but are in the dark as to how your blog is performing, there are various ways in which you can gauge your progress.

1. sign up for Google analytics to check statistics on you visitors (FREE!)
2. sign up with Technorati to check who is linking to your blog or website (FREE)
3. check out the SEO tools at 'WeBuildPages.com' (FREE)
   

The tool I tried out today was the 'top ten analysis' tool - this online tool allows you to compare results for your site with the top ten sites for a particular keyword. It gives rankings for all the major search engines and checks out back-links etc.
It also lists the age of the domain, and includes a link to 'waybackmachine' where you can check out what was on your domain before you bought it.... (just for curiosity's sake...)
as you become more experienced at blogging, these type of tools and statistics become more and more valuable, helping you to become efficient at serving your chosen 'market'