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Promote Your Blog For Free Through Social Bookmarking Sites

If you are running short of budget to promote your blog, try Social Bookmarking Sites. Below is a list of FREE Social Bookmarking Sites where you can submit your blog posts for additional exposure. Additional exposure would mean additional traffic and if your contents are good enough, you might experience an increase in your subscribers.

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When submitting your blog posts to these social bookmarking sites, do not spam their system. Spamming will only risk your blog from being blocked or you might end up irritating your potential readers. To submit your post to these social bookmarking sites, you will have to register and agree to their terms of service. Make sure you take some time to read and understand it.

Popular Social Bookmarking Sites

Digg – Digg is one of the best social bookmarking sites in terms of traffic referrals. Once your post gets to the front page of Digg, expect a spike of traffic. Traffic from Digg is known to crash websites so make sure you have enough bandwidth to handle the surge in traffic. For the moment, your greatest challenge is to make it to Digg’s front page.

Google Notebook – With Google Notebook, clip useful information, organize your notes, get access from anywhere and you can share your Google Notebook with the world by making it public.

Delicious – Delicious allows you to link to your favorite articles, blogs, music, reviews etc. Through Delicious, favorites can be shared to your family, friends, co-worker and Delicious community.

StumbleUpon – StumbleUpon is a great source of traffic like Digg. But unlike Digg, getting traffic from StumbleUpon is a lot easier.

Reddit – I haven’t experienced much traffic from Reddit but a lot of bloggers have reported increase in their traffic as soon as their post reached the front page.

Yahoo My Web 2.0 – Yahoo! My Web 2.0 is increasingly becoming a popular social bookmarking site. The service allows saving favorites and sharing them to your family and friends. This service is useful to those who want to know the latest buzz and discover interesting things around the web.

Ma.gnolia – Discover, share and discuss the best of the web.

Promote Your Blog For Free – More Social Bookmarking Sites

Update: Here are the newest additions to the list.

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Blogging Resource & Directory Rocky John 10 Dec 2007 54 Comments

Where To Get Free Wordpress Themes

Where To Get Free Wordpress Themes With the phenomenal success of Wordpress, the demand for Wordpress Themes have dramatically increased. Today’s post provides a short review of the different websites where you can get Free Wordpress Themes for your blog. The links are opened on a new window so you don’t have to hit back and forward. I’ve also ranked the sources according to my own standard with 10 being the highest and 0 being the lowest.

Wordpress Themes 2.3 Compatible – Provides a long list of free Wordpress themes that have been tested to be compatible with Wordpress 2.3. The Wordpress themes have been organized alphabetically based on its theme making navigation a great experience. From the list, you can also find compatible plugins to Wordpress 2.3. I’ll rate this source a 9/10.

Free Wordpress Themes – Free Wordpress Themes offers a really huge collection of quality Wordpress themes. You can find 3 column templates, 2 columns, rounded, themed, widget ready and a lot more. I’ll give this source an 8/10.

WP Themes Free – Another great source of Free Wordpress Themes with a really huge collection to choose from. The themes come in 1 column, 2 columns, 3 and 4 columns. Searching for a specific theme is made easy by the search tool made available at the right side bar. I’ll rate this source an 8/10.

Fresheezy : Make sure to check out this website especially if you are looking for professionally made Wordpress themes. Although the themes available is not as much as the others, Fresheezy certainly has one of the best Wordpress themes. A search tool bar at the left sidebar makes it easy for you to filter out the Wordpress themes in the gallery. I’ll rate this source a 7/10.

Free WP Themes – Has a collection of 48 free Wordpress themes. Information about the theme as to whether it’s widget ready, whether its width is fix, and when was it added is available at the bottom of each theme’s thumbshot. I’ll rate this source a 6/10.

Wordpress Skins – Choose from a large number of Wordpress themes in their gallery. You can find some similar themes from other websites offering Free Wordpress Themes probably submitted by the same designer. I’ve tried using the search filter system found at the right side bar but I frequently encounter errors. Nonetheless, their templates are still worth checking out. I’ll rate this source a 6/10.

Kate’s Theme Viewer – This is another source for free Wordpress themes with alot to choose from. The themes are mostly fancy but you can also find professionally made themes to suit your niche. The only problem is that their is no available search tool so it means you need to go through all the pages to find one that you like. I’ll give this source a 6/10 score.

Themes Wordpress – The home page has a search tool that allows you to filter their huge gallery of free Wordpress themes. Templates available range from one column to four columns Wordpress themes. You can also filter your search to look for specific theme properties. I’ll rate this source a 6/10.

Wordpress Templates – Wordpress Templates offers some fine themes I’ve not found on other sources. The collection of free Wordpress themes are unique and professionally done. A search tool bar can be found at the right side bar but it’s not as efficient as the search toolbars of the other sources. You can always use the categories at the lower right side bar for a more efficient navigation. I’ll give this source a 5/10.

Theme Time – Offers some interesting Wordpress designs. The gallery is not so huge compared to other sources but searching for specific theme is much easier because the themes are categorized. I’ll rate this source a 4/10.

The UK Map – The UK Map has some large collection of cool free Wordpress themes. The designs are interesting and varies from 1 to 4-column templates. You can also find a great number of simple, widget ready, personal, professional and themed templates. Although there is no available search tool bar, the navigation at the left side bar makes viewing the templates easy. I’ll give this source a score of 4/10.

Free WP Themes – This website also offers different collections of free Wordpress themes. The free Wordpress themes are classified into 2 columns, 3 columns, black, blue etc. You can also find a collection of free SEO friendly Wordpress themes. Check the left side bar for an easier navigation. I’ll rate this source a 4/10.

WP Themes ErikGyepes – With WP Themes ErickGyepes, you can download free Wordpress themes but you’ve probably seen most of the Wordpress themes available in other sources. There’s not much templates available in this source but some unique designs are worth checking out. I’ll rate this source a 3/10.

WP Designer – WP designer features some fresh looking Wordpress themes. There is not much template available in this website but it offers useful tutorials about Wordpress, Wordpress hacks, blog design tips and tips on enhancing your blog performance. I’ll rate this source a 3/10.

SkinPress – Another website dedicated to free Wordpress themes. At the moment, there are 51 Wordpress templates available. This source gives you some cool 2 columns and 3 columns Wordpress templates. I’ll rate this source a 3/10.

CSS Design Templates – This website does not only offers free Wordpress templates but also offers templates from other blogging platforms like Blogger and Joomla. The Wordpress themes available are mostly two columns. All the free Wordpress templates have recently been updated to be compatible with Wordpress 2.3. I’ll rate this source a 3/10.

Template Monster – This source offers a few collection of good looking free Wordpress themes. Most of the themes on this site however are not free but the prices are cheaper compared to other websites selling Wordpress themes. I’ll rate this source a 2/10.

WP Mix – You can find simple to artistic to professionally done Wordpress themes in this source. The number of choice is not that much but surely the templates are worth checking out. The templates are categorized so navigation is much easier. I’ll give this source a score of 2/10.

SiteGround Free Wordpress Themes – SiteGround is mainly offering hosting services but has made some free Wordpress themes available to everyone. To avail of these free Wordpress themes, you need to fill up a form and the link where to download the themes will be sent to the email you’ve provided. The themes have simple designs and most of them are two columns. I’ll give this source a 1/10 score.

Jauhari WP Themes – This source has a collection of interesting Wordpress themes. There’s not much to choose from but you can take a look and see the designs for yourself. Most of the Wordpress themes are Adsense ready so if you are into monetizing your blog with Adsense, this is probably a good source of Wordpress template. I’ll give this source a rate of 1/10.

Wordpress Themes – Check out these 10 free Wordpress themes available in this source. Personally, I didn’t like the designs but hey it might be the place where you will find the design you’ve been looking for. I’ll rate this source a 0.5/10.

I guess that’s it for today. I’ll update the list or make another post as soon as I’ve found some more. Hope this list helps you to find the Wordpress theme that meets your requirements. Enjoy your search.

You can also share your expriences with these sources and rate them according to your own standards. The comment is more than willing to accommodate your thoughts. Also, feel free to provide links to other sources of Free Wordpress Themes at the comment. Cheers!

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Blogging Resource Rocky John 01 Dec 2007 6 Comments

Free Blogger Templates With Unique Designs – For Classic Blogger

I have received an email today from Pinay Ladies, one of the readers of Blogging Mix. Pinay suggested me to review SuckMyLolly.com, another great website that offers Free Templates for Classic Blogger. The designs of the free blogger templates available at SuckMyLolly are simple, unique and very attractive. Here are some thumbnail shots of the template designs.

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Sharnee, the author of SuckMyLolly started her blog because she got tired of the generic Blogger template designs and because there is a limited number of free Blogger templates available. Like she said, she simply wants everyone to have an awesome template design so don’t forget to take a look at her template designs.

Custom Blogger TemplateWhen Sharnee started her blog, she also accepted request for a custom blogger template. Unfortunately, the number of requests were overwhelming so she temporarily stopped accommodating requests for custom blog templates. If you would like to request for a custom blogger template you would have to wait as the list has gone long.

Suggestions For SuckMyLolly

Most Blogger users are now upgrading their blogs to use the New Blogger so it would probably be a great idea if Sharnee starts to create free Blogspot templates. Also, the free blogger templates at SuckMyLolly are all 2 columns. Right now, there is a high demand for three column blogger templates so creating 3 column templates is probably a good idea. Lastly, I am hopeful that Sharnee changes her mind and create templates for New Blogger as well.

Blogging Mix Looking for Blogs Offering Free Blogger Templates

If you are an owner or if you know of a website that offers free blogspot templates for New and Classic Blogger, please drop their URL at my email bloggingmix[at]gmail[dot]com. Thank you for your time.