The latest news, if you haven’t heard yet, is the newest round of Google algorithm changes. What this means is a death toll for those splogs out there (god willing) and bonus points to those who spend the time to nitpick every word that goes on one’s web site or blog – relying on one’s skill and the mastery of original content.

The Original Writer Should Get the Credit for His or Her Original Work, Right?

There’s nothing much worse than finding someone has stolen your material, verbatim. There’s also nothing fun about finding those auto-posted blogs where the content is so repetitive that no one in their right mind would read it. I mean, come on, how many times could someone say the same thing about say a computer monitor or whatever keyword they hope to gain the upper hand with in the search engines. (more…)

I have to give credit where credit is due. Today’s post was written after visiting Kathleen Gage and her post about Kindle.

Adding Your Blog to Kindle

Frankly, Kindle is a product (or service) I’ve been meaning to check into – but you know life – one thing leads to another. So today is the day I headed to Amazon and their information on publishing your blog using Kindle.

What I will cover here are aspects that Kathleen did not (for her insight, read her post). I’d like to tell you step by step how easy it was to enter both this blog, Strategies for Life, and my ezine advertising and resources blog into Amazon’s Kindle beta program for bloggers.

Using the link above, once you arrive at that web page, you’ll want to click on “Kindle Publishing for Blogs” (marked “beta”). Even if you have an Amazon account, you will still need to re-create one to be a Kindle publisher. Easy enough. Just enter your details and voila! they even log you in automatically.

Then, in this instance we are talking blogs, you’ll choose the Add a Blog in your Kindle back office. Have your RSS feed information handy, and just so you know ahead of time (because I did not), if you’re in the United States your “County Code” for the phone number is “1″ (without the quotes).

Self Publishing No Longer A Chore Using Kindle

You’ll also need a good description of your blog, along with keywords (tags). When you’re finished filling in your new Kindle blog account information, choose Preview. Amazon’s Kindle program automatically goes through a five (5) step process (in the background, you only see it happening) and then offers you a View of what your blog will look like on a Kindle reader.

I did need to go back and make a few adjustments to my RSS feed. For instance, I changed the number of posts to two (2) and made those full display (versus summary). This involved a bit of tweaking my reading settings on the blogs as well as a visit to Feedburner. To use Kindle to its full advantages, you’ll need to show your full post (all the words) so your blog makes sense.

Now I sit back and wait. The approval process says it will take 48-72 hours. Assuming that is correct, I should have available access for visitors to choose to read this blog and the MyWizardAds Blog on Kindle this week.

Kindle Not Just For Bloggers

Of course, even if you’re not a blogger, you should make full use of Kindle to publish everything from articles to ebooks to reports and more. By putting your blog on Kindle, you’re giving free access to Kindle users to your posts. However, when it comes to accessing your added ebooks, reports, articles, etc., you can make money. You make 70% of whatever it is you choose to charge for your material.

You may not get rich (who knows), but the authority of being a publisher combined with Kindle access is hard to ignore as a great reputation builder.

I spent the weekend “checking out the competition” and my results are posted over at the MyWizardAds blog.

As an ezine advertising co-op owner, I value honesty and professionalism above all else. Just like you, I believe that people willing to do their best online MUST get what they are after – whatever help, service, assistance, or program to which that statement applies.

So take a look at Okay I Am So Ticked Off and Shame on You. At least I got to vent a bit.

During the past week, we’ve been super busy!

A great addition to our Whole Hog Blog family is the not-for-profit website and blog for ALS of Nevada. The entire state of Nevada coverage for ALS patients and their caregivers is provided by just three individuals (and an outstanding Board of Directors). Two people cover the state, with another fine individual up in the Reno area providing assistance to those in need suffering from Lou Gehrig’s disease.

We’d like to ask you to please visit the site, comment on the blog, and help get their traffic and alexa rankings rolling.

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We’ve also added a blog to My Wizard Ads, an ezine advertising information blog. “Diane’s” first true business online after a several year stint as a publisher herself (weird talking about myself in the third, or would that be fourth (?) person). Day in and day out I field questions for not just the new but veteran internet marketer. Ezine advertising gives people the freedom to use other people’s lists as contact points to announce and promote the businesses and programs they join online.

Again, a visit to that new blog and your comments would be greatly appreciated, too.

Both of these new additions have do-follow linking, so your trip gains you that valued backlink in the process.

Enjoy!