I’ve noticed in my own traffic that plenty of people are checking my websites during the hours that they should be working. However, who hasn’t been tempted to check out entertainment websites rather than work? I am guilty of multitasking even while I write this site. It is simplier so easy to check out CNN, YouTube, your email rather than just straight working.

One area that has grown besides just reading websites at work, is watching websites while at work. The study found that the number of videos viewed growing 53 percent in the past year.

Is internet reading websites while working hindering work performance? Definately. However, do as I do. Take a break and rather than multi task, try doing one thing at a time.

1. Host it yourself
When you use blogger, you rely on blogger. If blogger’s website is down or not working probably, you can’t update your blog. On the other hand, Wordpress is hosted completely on your own server. All that matters is that your website hosting is up and running. You can still post even if the entire Google network crashes.

2. Millions of Widgets
The best thing I’ve noticed after my switch to Wordpress is the widget support. Widgets allow you to add code to your website without actually touching any code. Unlike blogger, where I manually go in and touch code (I use bloggers first version). Though the new version of blogger does offer widgets, the amount of widgets does not nearly compare to that of Wordpress. I’ve easily installed related post widgets, favorite post widgets, as well as widgets designed to increase subscribers.

3. User Login
After upgrading Sampleaday.com to Wordpress, I’ve been able to offer users their own login accounts. This means users are able top easily contribute to the site, making it more of a community page rather than just me writing. Wordpress allows you to create your own login to allow users to self register themselves. Though blogger does offer the option to self register users, but this takes extra time and effort.

4. Better SEO Management
The tools regarding Wordpress SEO management is limitless in comparison to blogger. Blogger simply doesn’t have the same tools or plugins that are currently available for wordpress.

Blogger’s Advantages
Though I do recommend starting a blog with Wordpress over Blogger, there are actually many advantages to Blogger. For one, Google has optimized Blogger for its own search engine. Secondly, Blogger is much easier to install and manage than Wordpress. With Blogger, you just register for an account and everything is already setup. Point and click installation.

Google Analytics
This tool does an excellent job tracking website traffic. It shows how people found your website, from what websites they came from and what keywords they used.

What to Write About?
Looking down the list at number 119 someone find my website through the keywords free website without banner ads. So tomorrow I am going to write about website hosting without banner ads. *TIP* The title of your bar are going to be the major keywords for your post. I am going to call tomorrow’s post “free website without banner ads.”

2. Better posts = more traffic. Having more traffic means more money made from your blog. Google Adsense works so that the more traffic you receive, the more potential you have for making money.

3. Being consistent is the key. By writing everyday I have been able to maintain a constant level of users. When I stopped writing on one my blogs, the users stopped, slowly my traffic went down to zero.

4. Making any money beyond paying for hosting costs is difficult. Remember Adsense won’t even send you a check until you reach $100. This has to also be reached according to their rules of conduct. Do not click on your own ads!

5. Besides for all the struggling that goes into blogging, its fun. I have learned a lot about internet marketing and how to drive traffic to my blog. Even if I don’t ever make good money from this blog, at least I have learned how hard it is to get users and the steps that go into it.

I signed up for http://sitening.com/ and then was able to get a view of my Google Page Rank. The site has a lot of tools designed for SEO (search engine optimization.) I would recommend using their backlink analyzer to see what areas you need to improve on.

How to increase your page rank?
This question is not at all simple. I would recommend most of all to get backlinks.

1. Backlinks are links to your site on other websites. Having all my friends link me on their site has helped boost my site a small amount.
2. Try listing your site on DMOZ. DMOZ is looked at by google when determining page rank.
3. Get an Alexa traffic graph. This lets websites know that you are reaching a certain amount of traffic each month.

Step 1 – Where to start a blog?
For the basic blogger, I have found two optimal places to start a blog.
1. Blogspot.com
I use blogspot to host this website. Although it doesn’t have a lot of features, it is very easy to work with.
2. WordPress.com
Using WordRress.com is also a very easy way to create your first blog. The thing that I didn’t like about Wordpress.com is the fact they don’t leave many options towards adding tools to make money from your blog.

Of the two, I would recommend starting with Blogspot for your first blog.

Step 2 – Layout
The layout of your blog is important. A good layout is a way to impress your viewers and keep them returning to your site. This is also how you can create a site that displays your personality as well as your creative abilities.

To get a good layout, every blog site always comes with default layouts that you can use without much hassle.

There are also a few website that offer better templates.
The Final Sense offers templates that work with the beta version of Blogger offering full customization of your Blogs template.

Step 3 – Writing blogs
Writing good blogs are important. This gives the reader a reason to come back to the website. Not only should the blogs be well written, but also consistent. Posting blogs at a consistant rate, for instance one blog per day, will give the reader a reason to look at your blog daily. Try taking an English class to brush up your writing skills.

Step 4 – Monetize
There is always the chance to earn a little money on the side. Using Google’s Adsense allows you to make a little money from your blogs. Everytime someone goes to your site and then clicks on one of your ads some money goes into your Adsense account. $100 has to be earned before it is possible to put it in your bank account. Bidvertiser is also a good place to monetize your blog.

For a list of more places that offer a way to monetize, read my post on monetizers.

Step 5 – Advertising To get users on your site they need to know about it and have a reason to come.
1.Read my post about pinging for publicity.
2.Use answers.yahoo.com to build up publicity. Answers questions and list your website as the source.
3. Use facebook, myspace, etc. and create an event about your new website
4. Take advantage of Bidvertiser’s current promotion. For signing up as an advertiser they will give you $20 in free ad clicks. I set my budget to $1 per day and cancel before the $20 runs out.

Step 6 – Monitor your results
Sign up for Google Analytics. Through this service you can see detailed results towards the progress of your website. They show you who is visiting by showing you where they come from and how often they visited. This way you can find out how well your advertising is working.