Earlier this month, I promised to share some tips to getting top 10 listings in Google using a WordPress blog, viral ways of getting traffic, and making money with a blog.

By now, most of you understand the importance of using certain tools to make sure Google knows you exist. For those of you who don’t know what to do here’s my list :

• So once you’ve set up your blog go and sign up for a Google webmaster account.
• Once you’ve set up your Google account, get Google Analytics
• Copy the Google Analytics code to your clipboard
• Log into your WordPress admin area and click "Design", then click "Theme Editor", then select "footer.php" to edit.
• Paste your Google Analytics code before "</body></html>" in footer.php and then click "Update File"
• Install Google XML Sitemaps plugin.
• Install All-In-One SEO Pack plugin
• make sure you use custom permalinks. Click "Settings" and then "Permalinks". Then select "Custom Structure" and type in
  "/%category%/%postname%", and click "save changes".
• Manually submit your blog’s domain to dmoz.org in the right category.

After you’re done, Google and other search engines will find your WordPress blog as you start to put in your content. Now Google loves original content. Start blogging. Fill your blog with good quality original posts - using targeted keywords. Use images, videos, and ask questions of your readers to encourage comments, and before you know it, you’ll have people interacting with you via your blog.

It can be a lot of fun. Personally, I love blogging.

So, what do you think you need to do next to get traffic to your site? What area of successful blogging shall I write about next? Have you got something to add to the above list? All comments are welcome.

oh, yeah… .
Happy Halloween!