Note: This article was previously published by Helium.com under my name, of course. But I've made some modifications and revisions for highest quality possible for this blog. For whose rights this article belongs to is basically me.

If you own a blog and want to improve your page rank, there are lots of ways on how to do this; from the basic ways of social media marketing to the complex Search Engine Optimization techniques. SEO is also the method used in most websites to increase page rank. Here are some tips for you in order to improve your blog’s page rank or PR:

Submit Your URL to Search Engines

Take time to submit your blog address to Google, Yahoo, Bing or MSN, and among others. Google has Adsense wherein you just have to apply for it and submit your address right from your Google Adsense account. For Yahoo it's easy.  If you have an existing Yahoo account it is much easier. You just have to send the URL right from your own account. Here are the links where you can submit your blog URL. For Yahoo click this: http://www.siteexplorer.search .yahoo.com For MSN: http://www.search.msn.com/docs /submit.aspx

Submit Your URL to Blog Directories

There are so many blog directories that you can find on the Net. Send your blog address to many directories as you can to include your URL on their lists. Submitting your URL to blog directories can open up opportunities for some advertisers and bloggers to make business deals in the future regarding your blog. Countless of bloggers and advertisers will look into your site if this is included to many blog directories on the Net.

Join Blogging Communities and Social Networking Sites

The neat and simplest way to increase your blog’s PR is to join social networking sites for bloggers such as Mybloglog, Blogcatalog, Bloggersunite, Blogged, Yousaytoo, Stumbleupon, and many others.  By joining these sites you can interact and create discussions with other bloggers, and eventually can share each other’s comments on your own blogs.  You can also join as many social networking sites as you can like Facebook, Twitter, and Myspace for promoting your blog to your friends, and from there you can invite them to follow your blog.

Write a Unique and Informative Content

Do your basic SEO. Search Engine Optimization has always been an effective marketing method to increase your blog’s PR. The first SEO method that you need to do is to write a unique and high quality content as much as possible. This is an effective way to build trust from your readers. If you have a well-written, original content, people who happen to come upon your site will spend time reading your content. And by the next time you publish another post, chances are they will come back to your site for more of your content.

Comment on Other Blogs Related to Your Niche

The second basic SEO that you can do is to comment on other blogs which also promote the same advocacy or product as yours.  What happens is if you comment on their posts, your name along with your comment will also be posted, and this name of yours is linked pointing to your own blog or site. Commenters will be provided with blank spaces for comment, name, and the blog’s URL. So from each comment you post, you already will acquire one backlink for your blog. Backlinks are important because the more you create them, the bigger the chances for your blog to increase PR.

These tips are sure ways to increase your blog ranking on the Net. You just have to do these things along with dedication and patience; and you have to do these constantly. You cannot improve your blog ranking overnight. The time factor is very important. You need to be patient and you have to know how to manage your time by having proper scheduling on your day-to-day promotion for your blog.  You also have to be committed on what you are doing by not giving up amidst all the challenges and broad competition. Always remember: “From great sacrifices come great rewards.”