Ho, Ho, Ho And Merry Christmas Everyone!

Christmas is a great time of year for spending time with loved ones, giving to others and of course getting something yourself. This is one of my favorite times of year and I hope it is for the rest of you as well!

As you can see I have decked my blog out in holiday cheer!

If you did anything special to your site for Christmas then comment below and let us look at it and enjoy it with you!

I just wanted to say how thankful I was to all of you for sticking with me this first year of blogging. January 3rd or 4th will actually mark exactly one year from when I started InfectedByBugs.com

Since then it has grown into a place of love and mmo / blogging knowledge all thanks to you my readers.

2009 is looking good for InfectedByBugs.com and my goals are even bigger then ever before but I know with your help and my constant flow on content every week we can both help each other!

Here is my 2009 Goal List and hopefully we can reach every single one!

Rss Subscribers Goal – When I started blogging my goal was 500 rss subscribers in 1 years time, we have beat that record by over 150 and the year is not even up yet! So for 2009 I want to set the goal of gaining upto or over 1500 subscribers. If we can do this it will mark IBB as one of the best mmo blogs on the net!

Monthly Income Goal – When I started IBB I had no monthly income goal in mind, this year I want to set one as IBB is making some monthly income as it is. So I am aiming for $200/mo strictly from this blog. That’s not huge money but its enough to warrant me continuing to post for you guys each week.

Off Blog Income Goal – My goal is to maintain $1500/mo income from my online work. This will allow me to blog and have a reasonable life while I live at home or in an apt by myself. Remember you can always hire me for service work whenever you need me!

I believe if we can maintain and reach these goals by the end of 2009 I will be able to go into blogging full-time by 2010 which would be a complete dream come true! I also started some other blogs this year mainly www.pixelforlife.com and www.brainleaked.com and your welcome to see how those progress over the next year as well.

Lastly…

Be sure and spread some Christmas cheer and tell your buddies, family and everyone you meet on the street this holiday season to subscribe to InfectedByBugs.com (Call it a Christmas present to me).

Anyways, I hope you all have a great holiday and God Bless!

I have never made a post about keyword research before because I thought it was a well known thing, however over the last couple of days I have come to realize that its not really that well known and most of the people who cover it sell it within a pack or training series rather then giving it out for free.

Once again IBB is going against the grain and providing the info for free!

Keyword research is something everyone should be doing whether your going to do seo to your site or your starting a cpc campaign. The keywords you choose can make or break your budget in cpc or your website rankings for seo.

Rather then get really detailed with a post on how to do keyword research I thought I would show you all how I do it via video. This is actually the first video tutorial on IBB so if you like it be sure and let me know so I can create more of them for you guys!

Here is a small video all about keyword research and how its done the IBB way!

Keyword Research Tool: Click here

Hello everyone, I am sorry about missing last weeks link lovin Wednesday post! I know you all love them and I’m usually really good about getting it done but I was swamped last week with tons of stuff so I just did not get the chance to read many other blogs!

However this week I thought I would come back to the link lovin Wednesday roots and provide you all with some great info! Without further adieu lets get started! ARE YOU READY BABY?

TUK Is For Sale- Jason who blogs over at TheUniversityKid is about to go on vacation in January and has decided to try and sell his blog! I was actually quite shocked when I heard he was going to sell his blog, its got to be one of the top 10 mmo blogs in the world and he works so hard to keep people interested! If you have a spare 15,000.00 do Jason a favor and buy his blog!

6 Easy Backlinks Which Take Less Than 5 Minutes Each to Build- In this post LinkersBlog covers great ways to get backlinks, if your trying to build a better ranking for your blog or website this is a must read post!

What Topics Would You Most Like to See on SuzanneFranco.com? – Suzanne has become a really good blogging friend of mine and I am so happy to see that she takes interest in what her readers really think. This post is worth a read and if you haven’t already SIGNUP to her blog! Its well worth it!

Why I Think Building An Email List Is Freakin Important And Justin Brooke Says I’m Not Crazy- Need I say more about the Joe Man? He is always on the up and up so check him out before you get sizzled in da pan!

5 Top Black Hat SEO Techniques commonly found in Blogs- Gnet over at BlueVerse is bringing the low down on black hat he sees on blogs. If your new to seo and want to know if what your doing will get you penalized in google then this is a must read!

Thats all I got to say about the posts around the blogosphere this week! Its some great reads and you all should look in to see whats being said!