Remember back in the ancient days of the internet when people used 640 x 480 resolution monitors? Back then web content was written in short 80 character lines. We are long past those days!

How do you write a well balanced article which reviews a location or attraction? Here is a very well done example!

Sometimes an editor will get stuck on an old thread in their forum and just keep adding to it with unrelated information. Does the relatively high "total viewers" on that thread mean the technique works? Not if you calculate it out!

When you edit an article, there is a checkbox by the title of the article which says "Update Traffic Title to Match". What does this checkbox mean?

Every year the month of October becomes Halloween Month on the web. If you write about Halloween content regularly - and make sure you feature it *before* the 31st - you can get a huge influx of traffic!

It's important for the main focus of our sites to be helpful free background information and content. Even topical sites here who run one review every month - with more than 4 articles a month on "how to" ideas - get lambasted by their readers for pushing people to spend money.

A key part of BellaOnline's mission is to have you become well known as a respected journalist - to build a world wide reputation. Part of that quest is to have readers trust you are a real person.

A key to becoming a respected journalist is to build a relationship of trust with your readers. Your fans want to be sure you are writing for THEIR benefit - never for the manufacturer or the farm town mayor. The way to do this is to always write critical reviews.

When an article is posted into the BellaOnline system, it is instantly indexed by Google and other search engines. To reach and maintain the top search result spot, that content must remain static from that point forward.

Many new editors get confused about how the date they enter for an article affects the article's inclusion on their feature page, their archives, their search and subject entries. Even existing editors can sometimes get confused about this topic!