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to double your blog traffic practically overnight with a couple minutes of work?  Well, you've come to the right place to find out how.  Of course, I'm totally stupid for not doing this from the very beginning, and I knew I should all along but was too lazy to actually do it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ok so here it is.  How to double your blog traffic overnight:  switch around your title tags so that the title of the post is first, and the name of your blog is second.  Every last one of my blog posts that were indexed by google were being truncated so that only my blog's name and description were visible and the rest, totally ignored.  Keywords not considered.  Bad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, when my posts are indexed, the title shows up first for all that extra SEO goodness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are wondering how to switch your title tags around, there are plenty of tutorials out there that show you just how to do it.  If you are using wordpress it is significantly easier than if you are using blogger (like me) (especially the old blogger.. grumble)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Proof about the increase in organic search traffic? Here is a screenshot of my overall traffic increase (don't make fun of my crappy traffic numbers) and traffic specifically from keyword searches, respectively (in Google Analytics).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://losercoalition.net/blog/img/blog-traffic-increase-overall.jpg" alt="blog traffic increase overall" title="blog traffic increase overall" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://losercoalition.net/blog/img/blog-traffic-increase-keywords.jpg" alt="blog traffic increase keywords" title="blog traffic increase keywords" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29353220-8752908606616516391?l=losercoalition.net%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Have a link to your RSS feed on your website.  This is common, however, some people forget to put the type="application/rss+xml" attribute in their anchor tag that links to the RSS feed.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Other programs, browsers, and spiders also may look for a link meta tag.  Put this inside your blog's head tag:
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;link rel="application/rss+xml" title="{feed title" href="{feed URL}"&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Get your feed submitted to as many free (or paid if you prefer) RSS feed directories.  There are plenty of them out there, just spend a little bit of time searching.  The more of these directories you submit to, the more traffic your blog will start getting.  Here are a few to start with:&lt;a href="http://www.avangate.com/articles/rss-submission-directories_58.htm"&gt; free RSS directories submission list&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://66.147.242.176/%7Eblogstha/?p=154"&gt;free RSS directories&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.masternewmedia.org/rss/top55/"&gt;best blog directory and RSS submission sites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Every time you post a new article, ping your blog with autopinger.com.  They ping the most popular directories and this will help you get traffic, guaranteed.  However, don't abuse the system, only ping when you have new content.  If you ping too often  you could get banned from the ping services or get punished by search engines for spamming.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;Remember, the more you can expose your RSS feed, the more traffic to your blog you will get.  My list is by no means comprehensive so explore every way to get more readers for your blog.
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In fact, I'd have to say Kohjinsha makes some of the coolest netbooks i've seen yet, with features such as swiveling screens, GPS, touch screen, optical drives, AMD geode processor, and windows vista.  Pretty cool.   Netbooks are gaining popularity because there are a growing number of people who don't need a full sized laptop, yet want to check email, get on social networks (such as twitter, facebook, flickr, threadless, etc) and make video calls through skype or google talk - enough to where doing it on a smart phone could be cumbersome or impossible.  Take a look at Kohjinsha's line of netbooks:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://losercoalition.net/blog/img/kohjinsha-SX3KP06MS.jpg" style="float: right;" alt="Kohjinsha SX3KP06MS" title="Kohjinsha SX3KP06MS" /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" &gt;SX3KP06MS &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(8.9" UMPC with integrated DVD Super Multi Drive)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with service pack 1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Intel® AtomTM Processor Z520 (1.33GHz)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1GB DDR2 Ram&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;60gb hard drive&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Bluetooth Ver,2.0+EDR&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;CD/DVD Drive&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Wireless LAN： IEEE802.11 b/g&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;8.9" Wide TFT Color LCD (LED Back light) with Touch Screen Resolution (Standard Resolution (1280×768)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2 Camera: (Front Camera: 0.35 Mega Pixels, Rear Camera: 2 Mega Pixels)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;4 Separate Media Slots: SD Memory Card (SDHC Compatible) / MMC Card compatible ; Memory Stick Duo / Memory Stick Compatible&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Approx 1.25kg (with Standard Battery)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://losercoalition.net/blog/img/kohjinsha-SC3KP06GS.jpg" style="float: right;" alt="Kohninsha SC3KP06GS" title="Kohninsha SC3KP06GS" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;SC3KP06GS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt; (7" UMPC with GPS)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Genuine Microsoft®Windows Vista® Home Premium with ServicePack 1&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Intel® AtomTM Processor Z520 (1.33GHz)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1GB DDR2 Ram&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;60GB hard drive&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Bluetooth Ver,2.0+EDR&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;PCMCIA ExpressCard&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Wireless LAN： IEEE802.11 b/g&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;7" Wide TFT Color LCD (LED Back light) with Touch Screen Resolution (Standard Resolution (1024×600)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Camera: 1.3 Mega Pixels&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;3in 1 Media Card Slot: SD Memory Card (SDHC Compatible) / Memory Stick / MMC Card compatible&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Approx 820g (with Standard Battery)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(187, 39, 105);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://losercoalition.net/blog/img/kohjinsha-SR8KPO6S.jpg" style="float: right;" alt="kohjinsha SR8KPO6S" title="kohjinsha SR8KPO6S" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;SR8KPO6S &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(First 7" UMPC with integrated DVD Super Multi Drive&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(187, 39, 105);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;                               &lt;div class="style6" align="left"&gt;Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Premium&lt;/div&gt;                             &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="style6"&gt;                               &lt;div align="left"&gt;Intel® processor A110(800MHz) &lt;/div&gt;                             &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="style6"&gt;                               &lt;div align="left"&gt;1GB DDR2 Ram &lt;/div&gt;                             &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="style6"&gt;                               &lt;div align="left"&gt;60GB hard drive &lt;/div&gt;                             &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="style6"&gt;                               &lt;div align="left"&gt;Bluetooth Ver,2.0+EDR &lt;/div&gt;                             &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="style6"&gt;                               &lt;div align="left"&gt;CD/DVD Drive &lt;/div&gt;                             &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="style6"&gt;                               &lt;div align="left"&gt;Wireless LAN： IEEE802.11 b/g &lt;/div&gt;                             &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="style6"&gt;                               &lt;div align="left"&gt;7" Wide TFT Color LCD (LED Back light) with Touch Screen Resolution (standard display)                                 WSVGA   (1024×600) &lt;/div&gt;                             &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="style6"&gt;                               &lt;div align="left"&gt;Camera: 1.3 Million Pixels&lt;/div&gt;                             &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="style6"&gt;                               &lt;div align="left"&gt;3 in 1 Media Slot: SD Card (SDHC/SDIO) / Memory Stick / MMC Card compatible, CF Card Slot (Type-II) x 1 &lt;/div&gt;                             &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;                               &lt;div class="style6" align="left"&gt;Approx 1.1kg (with Standard Battery)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(187, 39, 105);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://losercoalition.net/blog/img/kohjinsha-SH610BS.jpg" style="float: right;" alt="kohjinsha SH610BS" title="kohjinsha SH610BS" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;SH610BS (7" wide, LED backlight with touch screen display)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;                             &lt;div class="style6" align="left"&gt;Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Basic&lt;/div&gt;                           &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="style6"&gt;                             &lt;div align="left"&gt;Intel® processor A100(600MHz)&lt;/div&gt;                           &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="style6"&gt;                             &lt;div align="left"&gt;512MB DDRll Ram &lt;/div&gt;                           &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="style6"&gt;                             &lt;div align="left"&gt;Hard Disk 120GB &lt;/div&gt;                           &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="style6"&gt;                             &lt;div align="left"&gt;Bluetooth Ver,2.0+EDR &lt;/div&gt;                           &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="style6"&gt;                             &lt;div align="left"&gt;Wireless LAN： IEEE802.11 b/g &lt;/div&gt;                           &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="style6"&gt;                             &lt;div align="left"&gt;7" Wide TFT Color LCD (LED Back light) with Touch Screen Resolution (standard display)                               WSVGA   (1024×600) &lt;/div&gt;                           &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="style6"&gt;                             &lt;div align="left"&gt;Camera: 1.3 Million Pixels&lt;/div&gt;                           &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="style6"&gt;                             &lt;div align="left"&gt;3 in 1 Media Slot: SD Card (SDHC/SDIO) / Memory Stick / MMC Card compatible, CF Card Slot (Type-II) x 1 &lt;/div&gt;                           &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;                             &lt;div class="style6" align="left"&gt;Approx 985g (with Standard Battery)&lt;/div&gt;                           &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(187, 39, 105);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://losercoalition.net/blog/img/kohjinsha-SA1F00KS.jpg" style="float: right;" alt="kohjinsha SA1F00KS" title="kohjinsha SA1F00KS" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;SA1F00KS (7" with touch screen LCD)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;                                       &lt;div class="style3" align="left"&gt;Microsoft® Windows XP Home Edition&lt;/div&gt;                                     &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="style3"&gt;                                       &lt;div align="left"&gt;AMD Geode LX 800&lt;/div&gt;                                   &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="style3"&gt;                                     &lt;div align="left"&gt;512MB DDRl Ram&lt;/div&gt;                                   &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="style3"&gt;                                     &lt;div align="left"&gt;Hard Disk 40GB &lt;/div&gt;                                   &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="style3"&gt;                                       &lt;div align="left"&gt;Bluetooth Ver,2.0+EDR &lt;/div&gt;                                   &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="style3"&gt;                                       &lt;div align="left"&gt;Wireless LAN： IEEE802.11 b/g &lt;/div&gt;                                   &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="style3"&gt;                                       &lt;div align="left"&gt;7" Wide TFT Color LCD (LED Back light) with Touch Screen Resolution (standard display)                                         WVGA&lt;/div&gt;                                   &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="style3"&gt;                                       &lt;div align="left"&gt;3 in 1 Media Slot: SD Card (SDHC/SDIO) / Memory Stick / MMC Card compatible,  CF Card Slot (Type I &amp;amp; II) x 1 &lt;/div&gt;                                   &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;                                       &lt;div class="style3" align="left"&gt;Approx 990g (with Standard Battery)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;The netbooks are being sold in Japan and on some Hong Kong websites, and a few are popping up on ebay but it looks like they haven't really hit the US market yet in full force.  I hope that will happen soon and drive the price down (the &lt;span style="color: rgb(187, 39, 105);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;SA1F00KS &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;is currently $480)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29353220-2314240538182028665?l=losercoalition.net%2Fblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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