One may earn money by writing reviews in their blogs. And this seems to be one of the most used, tried and tested method for making money from blogging by blogger community all over the world. But, one should write reviews of products, services related to their blog niche, as it has many benefits!
Recently, I experienced that! In one of my blogs, I wrote review about a product related to my niches, not only I got many comments, visitors to that post, but also few proposals from competitor of that product for reviewing their products too!
So, I think reviewing products, services related to our niche actually benefits blogs in terms of SEO, authority! Here are few points how writing reviews ( not paid reviews) may help a blog :-
1. People love honest reviews which are not paid
Yes, people do love honest reviews of products and services. They also love it when the opinion or review matches their own. They tend to agree or disagree about the review and tend to voice their pinions too. So, review posts once in while could become very engaging post for blog readers.
2. It helps getting back links
Review posts are bound to generate few back links. Normally, the website of the product gives a link back to the post in their news section! This could be very beneficial in terms of SEO ( Search Engine optimisation) as well as more valuable than paid links.
3. It helps readers knowing you are a serious blogger
It is not easy to write a review without actually using the product or service. Or one must test the product, service to give honest opinion. Reviews are normally original and it is easy to spot if it is copied and modified from other review post. So, by writing an original review, the authority of the blogger increases.
4. It will gain email and RSS subscribers.
Expect some increase in your RSS subscribers. It happened with my review. Some competitor of the product and people from the manufacturer of the product signed up for email updates form by blog! So, I think review posts may help you increase RSS subscribers.
5. It may increase visibility.
Review posts increase the blog visibility for above four reasons. This is very important specially for new bloggers who need visibility in blog sphere.
So, it is good idea to write a review posts about product, services. If one can not find any product or services, he may review a popular blog!
Topic : blogging tips, seo tips









January 15th, 2010 at 1:05 pm
great read. You have nicely described I am actually searching ways to make money from blogging and writing reviews is what i had planned.
thank