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Welcome to The Frugal Freelancer!

I hope you find information about where to write and resources to assist you on your freelance journey.

Be sure to check out the link lists at the bottom of this blog for valuable links to upfront writing sites, residual earnings programs, client referral networks and sites to help you monetize your articles and blogs.

Thank you again for visiting and happy writing!

Sunday, July 25, 2010

How to Find Backlinks to Articles or Websites

As a matter of routine each morning you check your article stats, this morning you see that there is an unusual number of hits to your article or website. Is it a fluke, computer glitch or did you really receive that much traffic? How do you find out?

Backlinks are where other sites link to your article or website by posting a link to your site on their site. Backlinks are important because search engines, such as Google look at the number an quality of quality of sites that link to your site to determine your page's ranking.

Monday, July 19, 2010

Law Enforcement Shuts Down over 70,000 Blogs

Over the weekend BurstNet the hose of Blogerty, a Wordpress platform, shut down the server and subsequently over 70,000 blogs.   It is suspected to be due to copyright infringement but officials are keeping quiet about the matter.

Click here if you would like to read the original article, 70,000 Blogs Shut Down by US Law Enforcement, by Curt Hopkins.

Upon further search on the matter I found this article, U.S. Authorities Shut Down Wordpress Host with 73,000 Blogs, by enigmax, which explains more of the details.

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Five More Essential Search Operators

Here re five more need to know search operators for searching the web.

Cache Search

If you are looking for a recently deleted article or are wanting on older version of a website’s home page, using the word “cache:” then the URL will generate the Google’s cached version of the web page.

     Note: Do not put a space between cache: and the URL (web address).

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

80+ RSS Feed Submission Sites

Drive traffic to your blog or website by submitting your sites RSS feed to RSS Feed Submission sites.  Below is a collection of over 80 feed submission sites to help you in your quest for more traffic and exposure for your site.  

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Paid to Blog Sites

eHow favorite telecommute mom, Heather Schulte, has written a great article with links to paid blogging sites, How to Make Money Online by Paid Blogging.

What has your experience been with these types of sites?  Anyone make any serious income?  Is it worth the time?

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Travel Apps?

Traditionally in hard economic times new industries and fascinating new inventions are born out of necessity.  We are presently in the mist of a rebirth of our great nation and industry as we knew is changing before our eyes. 

For the travel writer, travel apps are the new up and coming wave to grace the industry.  Travel Writers News blogger, Laurie McAndish King recently published a very informative article on the subject, Apps - The Future of Travel Journalism?

Do you think Travel Apps will stay?  Or fall by the wayside as another technological advancement bulldozes its way into the industry?
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