So you're a blogger then? How about you giving some lessons? That would be cool.

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One thing I've noted is the misty vagueness of most suggestions about blogging. One reads over and over stuff that is obvious, like splogs from feeds don't work so great because of the google dupe filters, but everybody always seems to be talking about something 'their friend' does, or speaking in other generalities, or making other statements that are right out of bizop like "it all depends on how much you work".

Several things always seem to be missing - like exactly where does the traffic come from, exactly how far down in the long tail are the effective keywords to be placed, and how does a newbie's blog find places in the relatively limited profitable-keyword serps?

And I notice I'm not seeing many trade requests for blogs here or in the other (gay) boards I read - I guess everybody is all linked up long ago?

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By TGP I assume you mean setting up a post and trade script, not gallery posting? People often mix up those too, saying tgp when they mean posting, and also saying tgp when they mean trading.

I sure as fuck wouldn't suggest a newbie set up a post, buy hits and trade them as a first project. Well, there would be one possible good reason to do that, which would be to introduce yourself as a gallery poster (not as a TGP owner) to the various posts - but it's going to be a lossleader for a while.