It seems as if new real time web start-ups are popping up each day. The reason for this is that Internet users have begun to show an affinity for real time data. In the past, search engines would show static search results based on relevancy. Today, users can find out what is happening right now, and the real time web start-ups are aimed at filling that need.
Today, we have reviewed real time web start-up, Sency.
Sency offers both a search for users and feeds for webmasters. The search allows users to see what is going on right now. Comments from the real time web are displayed based on recency. A spam filter has been implemented in an effort to weed out some of the spam. And, to the right of the search, in the header, you will see a link for today’s most popular links. This functionality allows you to see the most popular links for a given keyword from today. So, if you search for fishing, you can see which links have been shared the most by the people with the most authority today, on the real time web. Unlike a search from a traditional search engine, results from sites such as Sency change by the minute, offering new information and a unique experience each time.
Sency has also built two widgets for other websites and blogs to publish. The first widget offers content for websites. (http://sency.com/feed.php) The great thing about this widget is that it is completely private labeled so that it flows well with a website. There are also several customization options allowing websites to control keyword, width and height, color, as well as whether or not to display the source. The other widget allows any website or blog to display today’s most popular links for a given keyword. (http://sency.com/linksfeed.php) So, a blog about cooking can display a list of today’s top cooking links. The links automatically update each day allowing a website to have fresh links on their site each day.
All and all, it is interesting to see several new startups on the web. At, websites like Sency are betting that the real time web is here to stay.
Guest Post by Evan Britton – Founder, Sency
Here is a secret (the ugly truth about blogging) that we have learnt and are sharing it with our readers. If you are a new blogger or your blog is still in the process of being established, we suggest that you consider the following. This post aims at helping you understand and learn the art of making money and driving web traffic to your site.
The Truth about Article Directories
Article directories are said to benefit from contributors like bloggers and writers. One of the strongest from of SEO is creating unique and keyword rich content. Even search giants like Google in their Search Engine Optimization Starters guide ask webmasters to create unique content. The ugly truth about article directories is that, they have learnt and understood the best concept in SEO (Unique content and lots of it). Being new to the blogging 
industry many bloggers fall victim to websites like these. They listen to what probloggers say on their blogs and soon start submitting articles to article directories. Their valuable time and efforts are lost, as these directories drive little or no traffic to your blog. By understanding how article directories work, you can surely drive the right type of web traffic to your blog.
The time of action is always kept a secret
You will often find bloggers and internet enthusiasts talking about the various successes that they have had in the past. How they became successful and how they are making a six figure income today. Most of them might be true for a fact, however they always fail to mention the time of action. Keep in mind is that they most often will not work for you.
Let us give you an example : Submitting articles to directories will drive traffic to your site thousands of visitors may be, says a blogger. However if you notice that this blogger will most probably have a well established and a well ranked blog. This makes it very obvious that there are already thousands of people looking for information about this blogger continually. This evidently drives traffic when a reader finds and useful article from this blogger in a directory. Every time an idea is shared or a tip is provided be sure to question the blogger or yourself as to how it would have been possible and make best use of the idea.
Source of Income is camouflaged
ProBloggers often tend to share their successes and failures in their venture. There are some secrets that are often never revealed by blogger or entrepreneurs. If you are good at what you are doing, you can certainly make money online like others do. Even though they share their income stream on their blogs, they often do not tell you their actual source of income. It is up to you to understand the successes in blogging and make money out of them.
Affiliates always win from your loss
One of the biggest secrets that I’ve recently learnt is how affiliates earn. Never go for an affiliate who is offering a free download. Most often users download a free version and never come back for a purchase and even if they do, the cookie expires by then. The referred user learns the secret of affiliates and makes use of the offer themselves and in the end you lose when the product owner wins by making a sale, getting traffic, back links and free advertisements. Understand the type of product you are promoting online, see what is the demand and see how the user will purchase the product and many more. You will need to analyze the product owners web site before you start promoting their products.
This brings us to the end of “The Ugly Truth about Blogging” Thanks for reading.
Bloggers and Blogs are increasing by the minute. Everyone wants to make it big online, make some money and become famous. There are quite a few factors that are very important for you to follow to make sure that you put up a 
professional stand as a blogger. For you to start getting sponsors and start making money online you will need to ensure that you meet some standards. Let us share with you some interesting facts and ideas what will help you put up a professional and quality blog.
Get a Great Blog Design
There are a few good ways to get a good design. You can:
Get a Domain and a Hosting Package
The most important thing would be not to use a sub-domain. Its advisable and also gives a professional impression to have a self hosted site. Domains are relatively cheap, usually costing in the range of $10 to $15. We suggest buying domains and hosting packages through TMDHosting. They offer Free domain for life + Free domain privacy for as low as $4.99/mo. It’s hard to come by a price like that.
Write some Quality Content
No matter what anyone says, Content is KING. Write up some good quality articles tagged with some strong keywords related to your niche. Have the articles published at the time the site is launched. It is essential that you optimize your blog well at the time of launch. To ensure better ranking and also continued growth in search rankings. Do the necessary analysis to ensure that you optimize well. Get a FREE SEO Analysis Report before you start to optimize. Have a minimum of 30 to 45 articles to run for the first two months at least, giving you room to prepare for the coming months ahead.
This brings us to the end of “ Essentials of a ProBlogger” thanks for reading.
