Articles by Kristi Hines

Kristi Hines is an Internet Marketer specializing in link building, author of Kikolani which focuses on blogging tips & social media, and owner of a dofollow directory.

Kristi has written 8 awesome articles for us at FamousBloggers.net

Twitter @kikolani

Strengthen Your Article Marketing With CommentLuv Links

by Kristi Hines on June 22, 2010 in  SEO
265 Comments

Recently, I worked with a client who had articles that were published back in January on a variety of article marketing sites.
The client had taken a look at their articles, and noticed some were not cached. After some additional research, I found that, depending on the network, some articles were cached but not indexed, [...]

WordPress Spam Filters – How Akismet Determines Comment Spam

by Kristi Hines on April 19, 2010 in  Blogging
70 Comments

Comment spam can become a huge problem for blog owners. But the systems that safeguard against comment spam can become your worst enemy if you find yourself being unfairly labeled as spam.
Currently, there are three legitimate bloggers that almost always end up in my Akismet spam filter on, and I’m sure that there are [...]

How to Get Targeted Twitter Followers Fast

by Kristi Hines on April 6, 2010 in  Social Media
30 Comments

When starting out on Twitter, one of the first things that people want to know after they have setup their profile and sent out a few tweets is how to find followers. Not just any followers, but followers who would be interested in what they have to offer.
As you may know, one of the [...]

Protect Your Content and Reputation

by Kristi Hines on March 8, 2010 in  Blogging
34 Comments

First off, before I get anyone’s feathers all ruffled, I would like to say that I know there are huge benefits to guest blogging, article marketing, and writing for user content generated sites in terms of generating traffic, gaining new readership, and of course, building valuable backlinks.

Are Your AdSense Revenues Dropping?

by Kristi Hines on January 29, 2010 in  Make Money Online
42 Comments

So what am I going to do to try to raise my AdSense earnings? I think I’m not going to focus on my main blog so much in the AdSense game, as I know the sidebar ad was producing more revenue than the link units in the single post ads (but getting advertising sponsors for that zone will generate more revenue than AdSense anyway). For my more static sites, however, I want to get those earnings on the move up again.

Does Your Site Design Turn Off Visitors

by Kristi Hines on January 22, 2010 in  Web Design
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Probably one of the most common reasons I have left a web page before I found the content I was seeking is because of those pop-up advertisements that will not go away

Why You Should Socially Promote Articles You Comment On

by Kristi Hines on January 12, 2010 in  Social Media
42 Comments

No matter what your motivation is behind commenting on a post, you should consider going one extra step and promoting the post on your favorite social networks as well. Here are some typical reasons why people comment on blog posts, and the benefit of socially promoting those posts that go hand in hand.