Originally Posted by Jinn

Teach me blogging: is it still converting? Should I still write long post (300 words)? Should I host images or link to FHG? How many images works best? Should I exchange links with site other than blogs (i.e. tgp, link site, top site)? Should I link to blog site with similar or less traffic than mine? How do I know if a site have good traffic (PR doesn't mean much, Alexia seems inaccurate outside 100k rank)? How many link on my blog page is too many?

I am not doing well with blog. And I don't see how blog attract return visitors or bookmarkers. High search rank maybe, but why do they come back? So many questions, rarely any real answers. All the tutorials are at least 2 years old. Do they still hold?