If you are blogging to make money and not just share your life and your views with the world, then read on to find top tips that will make your blog rank soar:

• Get exposure by making effective use of RSS feeds. Use custom feed options and so that you can separate keyword groups and hence fine tune your message for the receiving audience.

• Ensure that you tag all your posts, pictures and videos. No matter how good your content is, it will not be found unless it is tagged appropriately.

• Get your blog bookmarked by major bookmarking engines. This is an easy way to generate good traffic for your blog and increase its rank.

• Leave informative comments and posts along with a link to your blog.

• Get onto social network sites and find like-minded people and you can even trade links with them.

• Write articles related to your area of expertise and post them on articles syndication sites. Link back to your blog. These links last online for a long time. Post videos on YouTube and link back to your blog. You will find a great following as long as your video is instructional and expertly made.

• Some websites accept stories from web users and they post them online. Members of the website are allowed to vote on the best piece among those submitted. If you can get your piece voted the best, you will get a huge flow of traffic from it.