Friday Link Love #2

As you all know, I have missed my previous Friday Link Love and I promised to make it happen this week by showing my little love to some articles either from my friends, readers or around on the internet that might be of your interest. I hope and wish to cover all but I can not. I will try to cover as many as I can and hope you can help me too.

Site Performance: Check Your Site Speed Within Google Webmaster Tools by Tinh (it is me) This is very hot news as this will determine your blog ranking in Google Caffeine after X-Mas and New Year Holiday.

What To Do When Traffic From Google Dramatically Drops by Phaoloo. This is an awesome article which has been harmonized from different posts from ProBlogger and SEOmoz with his insights and I myself really like this one. If you would like to know how to not be addicted to Google and love all SE, read it!

Are You Thankful For Your Blogging Community? by Dennis Edell. I like this post as it help me think about something holistically in the long run as my blog can not be live without your comments and contributions. So, I am very thankful for your comments too.

2 Free Thesis Skins by Kristarella by Tinh. These are two free Thesis skins by Kristarella which are very nice, clean and fresh. Further, these skins are distributed for free of charge with full installation guide then you can use it for your blog!

SEO Strategy : Quality or Quantity of Post by Harsh Agrawal. This post was not written by Harsh Agrawal but it is a guest post which is very useful to me as it helps me know the real quality content is even better than quantity of post you have on your blog.

How Commenting Will Increase & Drive More Traffic To Your Blog by Rajesh Kanuri. This is an interesting and I am now applying this tips to gain more comments to my posts and more comments, more visitors! That is why commenting is powerful and you should not miss this source of traffic as it can be sometimes sustainable rather than generic traffic from search engines.

Blogging Disaster and The Recovery by Dana. This post is a basic tip but most of us might forget. We never know when our host is down or when blog is attacked then backup and using tools can help you easily recover from disaster.

25 Creative And Outstanding 404 Pages by steppinout which show you an amazing collection of 404 pages that you can learn and customize your 404 page. I have used one of them for my own 404 page.

Thesis Tutorial – Add Extra Menu Links under Teaser Posts by George Serradinho. This blog is one of my favorite source of Thesis tutorials with unique customization. This tip help your add menu link under teaser posts that looks awesome. If you are using Thesis for your blog, do not miss this.

What is a Linkwheel? How to use them for your benefit? by Sandeep. It is not new to me but I think it can be helpful to several of you who need to know about linkwheel and how to optimize this to improve your blog ranking.

How to access Orkut using Facebook by Ruchi. This is the latest post on Ruchi blog but it is new to me even I am really using Orkut now. However, it might be useful if you would like to access Orkut through your Facebook account.

The 8 things your blog must have to make a good first impression by Gabe. It is really useful for those who have just set up blog and want to get much exposed to the world from the first impression. If your blog  can help readers have good impression on his first time visit, they can return next time.

DIY WordPress: Creating Sidebars On-the-Fly in WordPress by Dr. WordPress is a great post on how to create sidebar for WordPress by yourself with detailed step that a non-tech newbie blogger like me can do easily.

I think my favorite list is not as long as the previous Friday Link Love #1 but enough for your weekend reading. I would love to share more in my upcoming roundup.

Happy reading and have a nice weekend!

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