Here recently I have been writing alot about about Social Media and I wanted to show how much Stumble Upon can increase your traffic. I decided to use this great tool to find 10 Top websites about this topic 
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Thanks goes out to all the different website owners for publishing such awesome articles about Stumble Upon.
An authority blog or an authority site is one of the main places people go to for information on a particular niche or topic. If you are looking to dominate your topic, then becoming an authority in your niche is what you want to do. Let’s take a look into the inner workings of these types of blogs.
One of the main characteristics of an authority site is the fact that it has more content or pages than any other site in that niche. The search engines love content, so if we give them more content to crawl all over, then they will look more favorably on your blog. Lots of content that is well formatted with proper headings and html tags are a crucial for the search engines to crawl successfully over your content.
The real secret behind ranking well and becoming an authority in your niche is backlinks. When search engines see one site linking to another they look at this as a vote for the site. Each “vote” is not weighted equally however, because the more links the first site has going to it, the more that site’s vote will count.
One of the easiest ways to begin this process is to simply add more content. The more useful information you can provide to your readers, the more people will naturally link to your posts. If you continuously think of your readers first and search engines second, you will dominate the rankings.
Do some homework and find out what your competitors are talking about. This is a very common practice, but the key to doing this well is presenting the information in a new way or perhaps going further in depth. It’s not necessary to reinvent the wheel, just repackage it or make it better.
Now that you know the topics you need to cover, it’s time to create more pages. If you are like most people, then patience is not a strong virtue of yours. You do have other alternatives such as giving the task to someone else or you can hire someone to do it.
When you write, be mindful of the things you have already written, and link to helpful posts. This will point your readers further into your site, and the search engines love a site that links to itself. Writing a series of posts on a particular subject will keep your readers engaged and will give you great credibility with the search engines.
When writing your new posts, remember to link out to others in your niche. Not only will they possibly link back to you (giving you that extra vote), but it will also once again point your readers to useful content. It may seem ridiculous to link to your competitors; however the search engines will put more weight on a vote from a page that is related to your page. This is also a great way to build a relationship with your fellow bloggers.
Becoming an authority blog or site takes some time and forethought. With some calculated steps, such as the ones I’ve outlined, you will one day become an authority site. Remember the cliché is absolutely true “Content is King”. If you want to be #1, then you have to earn it with top of the line content.
Q: What is Rick Roll, Rick Rolling, Rick Rolled?
A: (courtesy of Yahoo! Answers)
An internet prank or joke. Rick Roll, Rick Roll’d or Rick Rolling is an internet spam trick in which people
post a link to a Rick Astley video on Youtube, but say the viewers of the video are
being led to another video, usually proof of unconfirmed gaming news or trailers.
So what is this Rick Rolled craze going around the internet? A prime example of link bait. I was going through some of my favorite social sites, and a site had been sent to me by a friend of mine with the words “I’ve been rickroll’d” This obviously sent me into a wild research frenzy because I had to know what this joke was all about. Here are some of the sites I found including the official Rick rolled website.
Here’s some kid’s reactions when they get rick rolled in person.
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Thanks goes out to Dull-summer for opening my eyes to a new link bait.
