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    [33] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10514"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/What-a-Trip/category/papua-new-guinea" >Papua New Guinea</a> (1) </li>
    [34] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-207"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/What-a-Trip/category/peru" >Peru</a> (3) </li>
    [35] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-144"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/What-a-Trip/category/san-francisco" >San Francisco</a> (3) </li>
    [36] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-17210"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/What-a-Trip/category/san-marino" >San Marino</a> (1) </li>
    [37] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-17211"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/What-a-Trip/category/saudi-arabia" >Saudi Arabia</a> (1) </li>
    [38] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-196"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/What-a-Trip/category/slovakia" >Slovakia</a> (1) </li>
    [39] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-13552"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/What-a-Trip/category/sonoma" >Sonoma</a> (2) </li>
    [40] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-16696"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/What-a-Trip/category/sonora" >sonora</a> (1) </li>
    [41] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-693"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/What-a-Trip/category/spain" >Spain</a> (10) </li>
    [42] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-91"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/What-a-Trip/category/switzerland" >Switzerland</a> (1) </li>
    [43] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-961"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/What-a-Trip/category/thailand" >Thailand</a> (1) </li>
    [44] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-132"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/What-a-Trip/category/travel" >Travel</a> (27) </li>
    [45] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-16697"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/What-a-Trip/category/travel-apparel" >Travel Apparel</a> (1) </li>
    [46] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-13281"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/What-a-Trip/category/travel-writer" >Travel Writer</a> (6) </li>
    [47] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-263"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/What-a-Trip/category/turkey" >Turkey</a> (1) </li>
    [48] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10728"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/What-a-Trip/category/unesco-world-heritage-sites" >UNESCO World Heritage sites</a> (1) </li>
    [49] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-17212"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/What-a-Trip/category/vanuatu" >Vanuatu</a> (1) </li>
    [50] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-964"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/What-a-Trip/category/vietnam" >Vietnam</a> (1) </li>
    [51] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-13280"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/What-a-Trip/category/what-a-trip" >What a Trip</a> (16) </li>
    [52] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-8676"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/What-a-Trip/category/wine-country" >Wine Country</a> (7) </li>
)

Africa (3)

Alaska (3)

Arizona (1)

Belize (1)

Bhutan (1)

California (11)

Cambodia (1)

Canada (1)

Carmel (1)

China (1)

Croatia (1)

Cuba (1)

Egypt (1)

Food (1)

Food Festival (1)

France (1)

Galapagos Islands (1)

Germany (1)

Guatemala (1)

Hawaii (1)

Iran (1)

Israel (1)

Italy (2)

Kenwood (1)

Kenya (1)

Malaysia (1)

Mauritius (1)

Mendocino (2)

Mexico (2)

Napa Valley (1)

Nevada (2)

New Zealand (1)

Oregon (3)

Papua New Guinea (1)

Peru (3)

San Francisco (3)

San Marino (1)

Saudi Arabia (1)

Slovakia (1)

Sonoma (2)

sonora (1)

Spain (10)

Switzerland (1)

Thailand (1)

Travel (27)

Travel Apparel (1)

Travel Writer (6)

Turkey (1)

UNESCO World Heritage sites (1)

Vanuatu (1)

Vietnam (1)

What a Trip (16)

Wine Country (7)

While I am in no way positioning myself as an expert blogger, I thought it might be helpful to list a few blogging tips for newbies on this site. I also ran across “Useful Techniques to Optimize Your Blog for The Major Search Engines” by Nick Stamoulis, president of Brick Marketing. I will be attending the July 18 Blogher conference in San Francisco and look forward to sharing my experiences with you.

1 Decide between running a WordPress blog off of your domain name (i.e., www.janedoe.com/blog.) or setting up a blog at a hosted site. You have to be ready to get your hands dirty in SEO (search engine optimization) and HTML if you select the first option.

2 Get listed on search engines such as Google, Yahoo, Technorati and Stumbleupon

3 Establish a blogroll on your site and ask fellow bloggers to list your blog on their site

4 If you establish a blog, it is best to contribute posts at least 1 x weekly, ideally 3 x week, to have your blog considered for listing on sites such as BlogHer. If you cannot commit to the upkeep of a blog, perhaps blogging isn’t for you.

5 Comment often on other blog sites to create higher visibility for your blog

6 Offer to guest blog on travel sites that will benefit your exposure

7 Web 2.0 is all about social networking. Check out Twitter for further visibility of your blog

Tags: Blogging, BlogHer, Google, Technorati, Travel Writer, travel writing, Yahoo

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