20 Ways to Get Constant Post Level Links [Part 1] got quite a good response and with this post, I hope most of my blogging readers out there can utilize these methods to build more incoming links via post level links.

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As I have mentioned in the previous part,

Bloggers don’t simply link to other blogs since linking out sends readers away and not only that, bloggers will suffer a hit to their reputation in the niche with a bad recommendation.

Post level links are easier to sought for compared to blogroll links on the sidebars since in every new post on a blog, 2-4 or even near to 10 links for link posts can be included in a blog post.

Links come with traffic but links also bring traffic and this is why you should continue reading on the other 10 tips on how to get constant post level links.

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Blog clean up must be done once in a while. Some parts of your blog tend to be used over and over again, without realizing that some unsung heros behind it are actually gathering dusts because the last time you visit them is probably the day you set your blog up.

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Today I would like to share with you a few places of your blog that you might need to pay a visit to pump in fresh air to these places. These places won’t annoy your readers at large but you might lose some of your readers who entered your blog via other points rather than your main entrance.

Another reason for a clean up is to boost server loads. Every time your page loads, it might be slowed down by some "behind the scenes" elements which I will show you in this list as well.

10 Important Clean Up Sections For A Blog

Plugins

When we stop using a plugin or a plugin seems to be bugging our blog, we tend to deactivate it. Considering the fact that we might need to use the plugin in the future, we did not delete it from our FTP folders. The longer you blog, you tend to experiment and discontinue the service of certain plugins, adding more and more deactivated plugins to the list.

Since the introduction of Wordpress version 2.3, Plugins section in our admin panel will tend to have a reminder column under a plugin if we did not update the plugin to its latest version. Deactivated plugins tend to have such reminders as well if they are not updated, making the list long and messy.

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You might have noticed that in my previous post, Blogosphere Summary - Week #1, I have make a slight revert to the style I used to write my articles here, which is using the <!–more–> tags. RSS feed readers, don’t be shocked since you will still be offered a full RSS feed.

Drawbacks of promoting full article on home page

My intention to offer a full RSS feed urged me to stop using the <!–more–> tags in my blog posts. However, I found a few drawbacks which are listed below:

• Long home page. I am always not the fan of long scrolling home page. When I read blogs which are in chronological order, I sometimes don’t force myself to scroll down to the blog footer because it is just too tiring for my finger.
• Massive link giveaways. Links can be given in articles but having a full article on a blog’s home page is making the homepage giving away too much links and this will not only make my blog surpass the Google Webmaster Guidelines on the amount of outgoing links as I am a frequent link giver, it will also devalue the links I am giving out on my homepage, including the link juice I passed on to my top commentators.
• More showcase of work. Previously, I have too long articles on my home page before showcasing 6 titles of my other articles at the bottom of the page. The long scroll to the bottom has made these articles invisible to my periodical readers.

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