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5 Quick Ways to make your Blog Extremely Popular

2009-10-25T07:36:00.001-07:00

Don’t mistake this to be a spammer post – just with the title! I will share some reasonable & practical techniques to make your Blog Extremely Popular, that would work sure shot! But the only downside is they may not work – if tried too early in your Blog’s Life Cycle.

Add your Blog to Blog Communities

Blog Communities are places where “content hungry” people throng to read more and more stuff. Some examples of Blog communities include MyBlogLog, BlogCatalog, Blogged and NetworkedBlogs. Make sure to add your Blog to a few of these communities.

Following are the distinct advantages:

Visibility of your Blog increases
Many people start subscribing to your Blog (provided you have quality content)
You participate in a Network…

Make sure to setup your Blog using the right Images, Banners, Tags and Description. Also, take care to categorize your Blog under appropriate topics, so that the content reaches the relevant audience.

Create a Facebook Page and Promote it

Right away, create a Facebook Page for your Blog and start sharing it with the millions of Facebook users out there. Also, consider setting up your Blog’s RSS Feed on the Facebook Page, so that people can read stuff, without even visiting your Blog.

There are some excellent posts around on creating nice Facebook Pages and I like this one a lot – How To Develop A Facebook Page That Attracts Millions of Fans

You can promote the Facebook Page by:

Placing a widget on your Blog
Writing a Blog Post about it
Including Page details in your Newsletter…

Write Guest Posts on Popular Blogs

Writing Guest Posts is an excellent way to drive lots of traffic to your Blog and ultimately making it extremely popular! Keep the following points in mind when you start planning to Guest Post elsewhere:

Guest Post in Blogs that fall under the same niche, as your Blog
Write content that adds value to the Blog, where you are posting them
Display a nice & brief Bio about yourself in the post (better with a photo and a link to your Blog)
To start with – be ready to write for FREE!

Check out this post on How to get your (first) Guest Post published?

Share good content using Social Media Tools

I think a lot has been discussed on this topic. But it is a massive technique to make your Blog and its posts popular, within a short span of time.

I recently came across this wonderful post by Darren Rowse of Problogger, on using the Social Media Tools for Blog Promotion – How to Promote a Blog

Write Tutorials and How To Posts

This is an highly underestimated but extremely effective technique to make your Blog popular. People love to use and promote content that solves a problem or provides a better solution. Plan for at least 5 posts per Month that can be categorized under the Tutorials or How To group.

It can be a tutorial on anything that falls in your niche. From my personal experience, I have seen the popularity is extremely high on such posts.

Just follow these simple but powerful techniques and see your Blog’s popularity go up in no time. What other techniques you use? Bring those wonderful ideas out as comments here!

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Ways of Making Money Online

2009-10-25T05:51:00.000-07:00

Making good amount of money online is no longer a dream now.It has become a reality and people who are prepared to devote their time and are persistent & patient make handsome amount of money from their websites and blogs.Following are some popular methods to make money online.

Earn money from Google Adsense
Most popular way to make money online is by Google adsense.When the blog/website gets popular and get good amount of visitors then the owner of the blog/website can get registered free with advertisers like Google adsense.Once Google adsense approve the blog or website then the blog/website owner gets html code from google adsense which he/she has to put in places where he wants the advertisements to appear in his/her blog.When the blog visitor clicks on the advertisements then blog or website owner gets paid by Google.

Earn money by affiliate programs
Affiliate programs involves promotion of a product or service in your website/blog.First of all blog/website owner has to search for websites like clickbank that are offering affiliate programs and get registered with these websites free.Once registered these websites provide blog/website owner html code containing a purchase link which the blog owner has to put at a place where he wants that "purchase" link to appear.When blog/website visitor clicks on these links and buy anything then blog website owner gets paid a commision.

Earn money by selling your services
make a website or blog where you provide all the information about your field of expertise and your experience in the field with some testimonials.These field could be web designing,data entry,web hosting,internet marketing etc.Promote this website or blog heavily.Interested people who want your services will visits your site/blog,will contact you and will let you know about kind of services they require from you with payment details.

Earn money from "Get paid to complete offers" websites
There are many websites like cashcrate that offer you money for completing offers like surfing web,reading emails,completing surveys,accepting trial offers etc.Many of these websites also offer a referal program in which you have to refer your friends or relatives to that website and when they earn money from completing offers you will get paid commision from that.

Earn money from website or blog sponsorship
Website or blog sponsorship includes receiving advertisements from advertisers and placing them in your blog or website for a certain time frame and getting paid a fixed payment at the end of that selected time frame.Advertisers prefer only that website/blog for sponsorship that receives heavy traffic so in order to get advertisers to sponsor your blog/website it should be very popular and should receive good amount of visitors.

Earn money by completing Surveys
many sites like survey savvy pay you for completing surveys.you have to get registered with them.Once registered you will receive surveys containing some general as well as some specific questions about a product or service.When you complete a survey you will get paid for that. Frequency of surveys that you get depends upon your geographical location.

Author Bio:
Zamir is an MBA (finance) graduate.He loves writing useful blogs for bloggers.His blogs give useful information to people about new money making opportunities from websites and blogs.His blogs can be found at Make money online the easy way. He writes on topics such as Online Money Making Opportunities,Backlinks, SEO, Page Rank,Blog Traffic,Money From Blogs etc.

21 Ways to Make Your Blog or Website Sticky

2009-10-24T18:35:00.002-07:00

21 Techniques to Make Your Site Sticky

The following 21 techniques are ways that you can make your blog or website more sticky. They come from my own experience of blogging over the last 5 years. As a result of basing this on personal experience I’m going to show you quite a few examples of what I’ve done (after all i know my own sites best). I’d love you to add your tips and show examples of what you’ve done in comments below to make it a more useful resource for readers.

1. Make Your Invitations to Subscribe to your blog Prominent

One of the most important things to do is to have a prominent call to action for readers coming to your blog to subscribe to it.

In fact I’d recommend having more than one invitation – one prominent one above the fold and prominent in your sidebar or navigation area and then a second one below your post. This means that people are triggered to subscribe whether they have just arrived on your blog or if they’ve just finished reading a post (a ‘pause point‘).

This is what I do on my blogs and my tracking shows that both get a fairly even number of people using the two options.

By the way – if you’re not already subscribed to ProBlogger’s RSS feed – here it is!

2. Educate Readers about Your Subscription Methods

One of the most read posts here on ProBlogger is my ‘what is RSS‘ post which I have below my Subscription link. It’s there simply to educate readers on what RSS is and in doing so sell them a way to connect with my blog. Interestingly enough – quite a few other bloggers around the web now link to the page to educate their readers too.

Similarly – I occasionally will write a post on my blogs that invites new readers to subscribe. Sometimes I think we mistakenly assume that all of our readers have been with us for a long time and all know how to use our site – however many of your newer readers might not know the full story.

Here’s one of these posts that I ran on DPS last year. The day after I did this my RSS subscribers jumped considerably. It was just a matter of educating my newer readers of the blog on how they could connect better with it. You’ll also note that at the end of the post I asked readers to let me know how they follow the blog. This was for two reasons:

Firstly I wanted to involve older readers who already knew all the information in the post. It somehow seemed to make the post more relevant for them as it invited them to participate.

Secondly it was about social proof and showing newer readers how others used the site. I think the comments section reflected some of this.

3. Good Blog Design

I’ve always believed that a good blog design is an important part of helping readers to decide whether they’re going to hang around and track with your site over the long haul.

Readers make judgements about your site within seconds of arriving at it – if they see something cluttered and confusing they’ll be less likely to want to return.

Good design highlights your content, helps people navigate your site well and creates a good impression – and first impressions matter!

Keep your design simple, familiar and obvious and you’ll be on the road to a sticky site.

PS: A common mistake that I see bloggers making is to crowd out their content with too many ads above the fold. If a reader arrives at your site and has to scroll to see the content you’ll increase the numbers of people who simply hit the ‘back’ button on their browser.

4. On Site Branding

Work hard at building a brand that is attractive and draws people in.

First time readers should know what your blog is about at a first glance. Use your blog’s title, it’s design, taglines, post titles, about pages, logo and navigational elements to communicate what your blog is about.

Also – do something to differentiate the brand of your blog. It could be a logo, image, color scheme, blog name….

5. Make Your Blog Personal

One thing that I’ve seen a number of bloggers do really well over the last year or two is brand themselves well on their blog. While it’s not essential to have a blog that is centered around your personal brand I find that when you do add a personal touch to your blog that it can connect with readers in a powerful way.

The fact is that some readers are more interested in connecting with a person than a collection of content.

Adding your photo, writing in a personal tone, using video/audio and including personal details and stories of how you engage with your topic can give your blog personality which will draw some of your readers into a relationship with you.

6. When you get a rush of traffic to one particular post….

When the spikes in traffic come along you need to be ready to act (and act fast – because they can be momentary).

Add invitations to subscribe to your feed within your post. Something along the lines of ‘enjoy this post? Get more like it by subscribing to….’ can work really well.
It can also be worthwhile adding links at the end of your post to ‘further reading’ on posts that are getting lots of reader to them.
Sometimes when you get a spike it can even be worth writing a ‘welcome’ post. For example if I get a mention in a mainstream media publication that sends significant traffic I’ll often do a post that welcomes people but also gives them a ‘tour’ of the site (example).
Another clever move is to quickly write up a followup article to the one that is getting all the traffic. For example – if this post suddenly got a burst of traffic I could quickly write a post ‘10 more ways to make your blog sticky’ and then add a link to that post at the end of this one (update: actually I wrote one called 7 more ways to make your blog sticky). This shows readers that you’ve got more to say on your topic than just one post. Every extra page view is a step closer to them subscribing (if the pages they view are good quality).

These ‘hot posts’ are really important to optimize (learn how to optimize popular posts).

7. Get Interactive

Getting someone to DO something on your blog means that they’ve invested something into your blog and increases the likelihood that they’ll return.

Interactive blogs are often also sticky ones. Interaction could include

Comments
Competitions
Polls
Projects and Memes

As a result it’s worth spending some time Learning how to get readers to comment on your blog – and exploring other ways to make your blog more interactive. Get your readers involved as much as you can!

The other bonus for ‘giveaways’, ’special offers’ and ‘competitions’ is that when you do them regularly some readers will subscribe because they don’t want to miss out on future giveaways. The current competition might not interest them but they sure want to know when you do one in future.

8. Add a ’subscribe to comments’ feature to your blog

This draws those who comment back to continue the conversation and increases the chances of them becoming loyal readers.

You’ll find that only some readers will ever use this – but even if just a few do you’ve had a win.

I have this enabled here at ProBlogger (I don’t have it on by default – those leaving comments have to choose to subscribe because I don’t want to inundate them with comments) and at any given time there are several hundred people subscribed to comments on posts. I use this subscribe to comments plugin to run mine.

PS: just be aware that if you get a lot of unmoderated comment spam it can be a little embarrassing to have this feature – I learned the hard way.

9. Respond to Comments

This is a particularly effective way to draw readers back to your blog – particularly in the early days when you don’t have a lot of readers commenting to follow up.

There are two main ways you can do this:

respond to comments with comments
respond to comments with emails to the comment leaver

Showing those that comment on your blog that you’re interacting with them can make a real impression and will often draw them back time and time again.

10. Offer alternative ways to subscribe

Some readers will respond well to your prominent invitation to subscribe via RSS (see #1 above) but others will be more open to connecting in other ways.

I generally offer three subscription methods:

RSS
Daily email updates (RSS to Email)
Weekly newsletter (summary of the blog from the last week plus some exclusive content)

More recently I’ve also been offering readers the ability to track with my blogs via Twitter and send my latest posts to my Twitter account via TweetBurner.

Why so many options? The answer is simply that each reader has their own systems in place to consume content and connect with websites – so offering a variety of methods increases the chances that you’ll be doing something that they are familiar with.

11. Promote social media connecting points

Similarly – some of your readers will respond very well to your invitations to connect on other social media sites.

For example I have some readers on DPS who are Facebook junkies. They refuse to subscribe via RSS or email but religiously read my blog by following my Facebook profile which pulls in my latest posts.

Another small group of readers here at ProBlogger follow this blog through Technorati’s favorites feature. While I prefer to read blogs using an rss reader like Google Reader – their rhythm of reading content revolves around Technorati. As a result I’m happy that I promoted my Technorati profile (you can favorite ProBlogger here).

While you might not see the sense in people following your blog in some of these social media sites others do and at the very least promoting them can potentially reinforce your brand.

12. Highlight Your Best Content

A great way to convince readers to become loyal is to get them reading more than one of your posts (especially if they are your best posts). You can do this by linking to other posts within your content but also suggesting further reading and ‘best of’ posts around your blog.

For example – here at ProBlogger on my front page the ‘best of ProBlogger’ section is one of the most clicked upon parts of my site. This small section of the site sends people deep within the blog to some of my best work – hopefully resulting in quite a few new loyal readers.

At DPS I have a small section on my sidebar called ‘Digital Photography Tips’ which is a list of ‘sneeze pages‘ (or compilation pages of my best posts in certain categories). Again – these are there simply to draw people deep into the site and get them viewing some of the best the site has to offer (and hopefully to convince them to subscribe).

13. Create Momentum With Your Content

When you give readers a sense that you’re creating more content that they’ll want to read you give them a reason to subscribe.

For example when a reader reads the first part of a series of posts on a topic that they find useful you can count on them wanting to read the rest.

I wrote about this in a post on creating a sense of anticipation on your blog.

14. Consider Removing Dates on Old Posts

This one could be a little controversial but I find that when old posts are not dated that it doesn’t create a ‘oh this is old’ type reaction in your readers.

I’ve seen this numerous times here on ProBlogger where posts written back in 2005 have attracted comments like ‘this is old’ or ‘out of date tips’ – even when the content has been of a ‘timeless’ or evergreen nature.

Personally I think that you should consider the type of blog you have before doing this. For me it works on DPS where I’ve never had dates on posts – but not here at ProBlogger where I have a topic that is more time specific (I’ll write more on this topic in coming days).

15. Give Incentive to Subscribe

Over the last few days I’ve had a small competition going on Digital Photography School where I’m giving 3 subscribers to my newsletter there a copy of a great photography book.

1500 new subscribers later (and counting that small incentive is one of the best $50 I’ve ever spent.

Give away a book, free ebook or report, download or some other incentive to those subscribing to your blog’s feed or newsletter and you could give some readers the little extra incentive to connect that they needed.

It need not be anything expensive (or that costs you anything at all) – just make it a small bonus and see what impact that might have.

16. Keep Posting Frequency Up

One thing that I do as a blog reader deciding whether I’ll subscribe to a blog or not is to head to the home page and see how often they’ve updated recently.

There’s nothing more frustrating as a reader than to find some great content and be hungry for more only to find that the blogger hasn’t update in 3 months.

I don’t think you need to update every day – but something in the last week shows that your blog is up to date. You can also highlight this by showing your most recent posts somewhere in your sidebar.

17. Create an Engaging About Page

Another thing that I often do when I go to a new blog is to look at it’s ‘about page‘.

I like to know who is behind a blog, what their goals for it are, how it started and other information about what the blogger is on about.

This is an opportunity to sell your blog to and make a connection with prospective readers who are going out of their way to find out more about you – so use it to tell your story and draw readers in to journey with you.

PS: whatever you do – don’t let your about page be the default about page that comes with your blog.

18. Add a Community Area or Forum

One of the best things that I ever did with my photography site was to add a forum.

I cannot express to you just how sticky that area of DPS is!

While readers come to the blog once a day to read new content – some of them come to the forum ALL DAY – racking up literally hundreds of page views a week.

Forums won’t attract all of your readers (I suspect they attract some personality types and not others) – but they will connect with some and help make your site a lot stickier.

19. Social Proof

Does your blog have readers already? If so (and even if it’s just a few) highlight this in any way that you can and you’ll show other first timers that they’re not the only one reading your blog.

People attract people and a site that is obviously being read by others will draw others into it.

This can be difficult in the early days of a blog when you don’t have a lot of activity – but as it builds show it off.

Highlight new comments, show subscriber numbers when you have them, quote readers comments, find a way to slip your stats into a post occassionally etc.

It’s a bit of a snowball effect – once you have readers they’ll bring others in.

One thing that I occassionally do at DPS on my subscribe page (a page dedicated to talking readers through 3 subscription options) is to not only highlight the options but to tell people how many people are using them. In this way those considering subscribing get a sense that they’re actually becoming a part of something that has momentum and thousands of others joining.

20. Target Readers with Specific Messages

Here are a few tools and plugins out there that enable you to present specific messages to certain readers coming to your blog based upon where they’ve arrived from and if they’ve been to your blog before.

LandingSites is a WP plugin that shows readers arriving from search engines related posts on the search term that they’ve searched for.
What Would Seth Godin Do is a plugin that welcomes new readers to your blog with a special message and invitation to subcribe.

Got any other plugins and tools for targeting readers with specific messages? Feel free to share them in comments below.

21. Sticky Content

Lastly (and most importantly in my mind) – the key to sticky sites is sticky content.

You can have the best designed site in the world with lots of the above features – but unless readers who come to it find something that connects and brings them life in some way – you’re unlikely to get them back tomorrow.

Writing engaging content needs to be your number one Priority.

What Have I Missed?

As I wrote this list the ideas just kept coming (I originally set out to write a list of 10 points… then 20…. then I just had to slip in one more) – but I’m sure there is more to say on the topic of sticky sites.

What would you add? What have you done on your site to add stickiness?

Looking forward to hearing your ideas in comments below.

PS: Welcome to StumbleUpon readers

This post has gone crazy on StumbleUpon today. If you’ve surfed in from there thanks for dropping by. If you’ve found this post helpful I’d appreciate you stumbling it. You might also find future posts on ProBlogger helpful – so don’t forget to subscribe (you know I had to do that on a post like this!)

Lastly – this post has led to some great conversation in comments below which has triggered a lot of other ideas for creating sticky blogs in my mind – so I’ve written a followup post – 7 More ways to make your blog sticky.

50 Creative Ways to Make Your Blog Popular

2009-10-24T18:35:00.001-07:00

Here is a list of some very creative ways which can help you make your blog popular. If not popular, at least it will give you some ideas of what to post on your blog if you are running out of topics to write about.

Start a controversy. Just remember not to cross the line.
Start a contest. Make sure to end it too.
Give away free goodies. People love them.
Write about other bloggers to interest their visitors to read your blog. Keep it positive.
Dress up your blog often (By dress-up I mean tweaking the design)
Interview other bloggers and post the interview.
Write about your personal life sometimes.
Ask questions to your visitors.
Share some secrets.
Celebrate your birthday with your visitors. Think of innovative ways for doing this.
Celebrate your blog’s birthday too.
Write something funny or disgusting. (Don’t make it a habit)
Make a bumper sticker with your blog’s name and stick it on your car. (Just make sure you drive often)
Write an e-book and distribute it to your visitors for free.
Introduce a commission based affiliate program.
Tell your visitors about your latest fad or obsession.
Post interesting pictures of your pets.
Congratulate the top commentators occasionally.
Encourage sharing of opinions.
Donate for a cause or become a volunteer for a non-profit organization. Ask your visitors to join you.
Put your blog’s ad in the local newspaper or the yellow pages.
Hold blog competitions.
Create polls.
Hold an auction and let people bid for something useful (For example, advertising space on your blog).
Write about your blog achievements.

Share your hopes and aspirations about your blog.
Start an award distribution system.
Make contact with your local visitors and hold a get-together or a bloggers’ meet.
Start a blog comic strip.
Dig up some old article that you wrote on your blog which became famous and start a discussion.
Try and get a photograph clicked with a real celebrity and post it on your blog. (Hold on Tiger..don’t rush to that Photoshop button!)
Post videos that will help your visitors learn something new. Also submit them to video sharing websites like YouTube.com.
Write about your hobbies and interests. (For example, if you like cooking, post a new recipe)
Post about one of the weirdest thing that you ever did.
Get featured in a print magazine.
Buy a paid review from any famous blogger(s).
Brand your blog with a catch phrase along with a logo.
Distribute T-shirts or merchandise with your blog name on it.
Join Yahoo! Answers and put a link on your website to your answers.
Keep a track of websites that pick up your articles or press releases. Offer them exclusive news or content.
Do surveys and publish the results to your visitors.
Build tools that your visitors might find use for.
Start a newsletter.
Podcasting is another good way to make your blog popular.
Publicize your blog to your friends and relatives and let them do some work for you.
Be active in Social Bookmarking websites.
Share Link Love and you will get it back.
People like to read about Web 2.0. Write about it.
Write about something that’s already famous.
Last but not the least, be yourself.

101 Ways to Make Your Blog More Popular and Successful

2009-10-24T17:53:00.000-07:00

What I learned about online publishing, blogging, SEO in 10 years you can now read in 10 minutes.

This is my list of 101 ways to make your blog more popular and successful. Most of it I tried myself, other measures have been taken by numerous other bloggers with success so I have to catch up on them myself.

1 – 5: StumbleUpon

1. Get social on StumbleUpon, it brings huge targeted traffic if you do it right

2. Add some friends at SU but not too many

3. Reward people stumbling you, or say “thanks” at least

4. Stumble only good stuff, so people get interested in you and visit your blog

5. Link your blog on your StumbleUpon home page

6 – 10: Niche social news sites

6. Target niche social news sites like DZone, Sphinn or Hugg

7. Become a power user at the one that fits you most

8. Stumble good articles from the niche social news communities

9. Use a striking avatar

10. Socialize with other (power) users and add them as friends at Facebook or Pownce

11 – 20: Your blog

11. Add an unforgettable image in your blog header

12. Use WordPress, as it’s the most widely used blogging platform and makes socializing with Trackbacks easier

13. Use a great design or customize a great WordPress theme

14. Allow trackbacks and real links in comments (dofollow)

15. Reply to your comments

16. Link to other bloggers, not only the well known ones

17. Create pillar or mile stone content like huge lists, thorough tutorials, breaking or unique news

18. Be the first to say something: uncover scams, debunk myths

19. Review other bloggers

20. Create a blogroll of blogs that are similar to yours and/or a good supplement

21 – 30: Other blogs:

21. Accept and revere authorities in your field

22. Make a list of the top 10 blogs in your field and try being like them and better

23. Contribute guest post on other blogs

24. Email other bloggers if they have “Page not found” or their design is broken is some browser

25. Get inspired by other bloggers

26. Comment on other blogs, out of interest, not only for marketing purposes

27. Go to unconferences and bar camps to meet other bloggers

28. Submit others blog posts to your favorite social media or vote there for them

29. Do not expect other bloggers to like just because your there

30. Do not annoy other bloggers with IM, email or other means, only contact them if it really makes sense

31 – 40: Copy writing

31. Write about popular topics but not those everybody else already covered

32. Find a new angle to a story instead of mere repeating or linking

33. Use striking, funny, easy to remember titles like “The Day I was reborn, twice”, “I ate my iPod“, “10 Ways to become a Millionaire in 5 Weeks”

34. Do not write too short posts

35. Do not write too long posts

36. Know your audience and offer it what it wants, not only what you think is appropriate

37. Be yourself, do not write you you would write for an employer, write as if you write a letter to a friend

38. Offend offenders

39. Do not offend people weaker than you

40. Ask questions and incite discussions

41 – 50: X/HTML and CSS

41. Use X/HTML and CSS (Flash blogs exist!)

42. Use headings, lists, bold, italic and other means of making a text readable

43. Use large headlines

44. Use the h2 tag for post titles

45. Use Flash image replacement to make your headlines look better

46. Do not use fonts for headlines which are not meant for them and look ugly (Verdana)

47. Make your font size readable for your post but not too big, your readers are not half blind

48. Use colors that contrast but not too much and not too many of them, black on white is still king

49. Be original but let people recognize that your blog is a blog, by using some well known elements

50. Use compatible CSS, no CSS 3 tricks

51 – 60: Images

51. Use images in posts

52. Use striking images in your posts, like collages, bright colors, images that metaphorically illustrate your point

53. Be original, do not just display the Google logo when you write about Google

54. Do not steal images without proper attribution

55. Use a list of images to attract large audiences, but don’t forget #54

56. Use screenshots or parts of them as images for your blog posts

57. Use pictures of beautiful women

58. Do not use pictures as the only content of a post if it’s not a list

59. Do not use images that are bigger than 50 Kb or 500*500 pixels, not everybody in the world has a fast connection

60. Use thumbnails for bigger images

61 – 70: Topics

61. Cover the most important things in life: Love, peace, happiness, community, freedom

62. Do not write about SEO (it’s too late for me)

63. If you write about SEO call it blogging tips or make money online

64. Write how you feel

65. Interview interesting and well known people

66. Write about stars, people love stars: Angelina Jolie I love you!

67. Write about what you know first hand, what you experienced

68. Concentrate on positive topics, do not just write how bad everything is

69. Do not write about your wife, kids, where you live, how much you earn or what you bought unless you’re properly armed or live Sweden

70. Write you earned thousands of dollars by blogging to get known

71 – 80: Blog SEO and promotion

71. Use blog communities like MyBlogLog or BlogCatalog

72. Use CLIQ to be displayed on similar blogs you like

73. Ping Technorati and Google Blog Search (default in English WordPress)

74. Use WordPress 2.3+ as it’s already SEOed to the max out of the box

75. Link out to others to get linked, do not engage in link exchange, link buying or selling or any automated link schemes

76. Do not use keywords like “california real estate” as your name in comment fields unless it’s your blogs name

77. Don’t do conventional SEO on your blog, it’s in most cases counter productive

78. Do not write content – write articles, reviews, interviews

79. SEO is not Spam, Blog SEO is not trackback spam

80. Do not automate your blogging efforts

81 – 85: Getting Subscribers

81. Display a (big) orange feed icon where everybody can see it

82. Use Feedburner

83. Let people subscribe by email

84. Offer a full feed

85. Explain what RSS is for people new to the concept and offer a choice of the best RSS readers

86 – 90: Branding

86. Get a decent logo

87. Get a unique and remarkable name for your blog

88. Get a short and concise name for yourself, Tadeusz Szewczyk = Tad Chef

89. Use your logo and/or avatar throughout the Net

90. Trademark your blog name and logo

91 – 101: Miscellaneous

91. Do not offend people for being different than you

92. Be open minded, let anything and everything inspire you

93. treat your readers and other bloggers like real people, with respect and compassion

94. Explain stuff that you know, there are always some people who don’t

95. Be different but stay true to yourself, do not pose as somebody else

96. Do not overload your blog with ads

97. Do not use Google Adsense or Text Link ads unless you have to or depend on it

98. Become an expert in your trade, be a specialist in your topic

99. Do not try to do everything or be everywhere, concentrate on the stuff you like, prefer and are good at

100. Cooperate with others, altruism is the best egoism

101. In short: Practice SEO 2.0

Saturday football as it happened

2009-10-24T17:49:00.000-07:00

1938: Lovely jubbly. That's me done for today, thanks heaps for sticking around and sharing in the late doors goal feast. Match of the Day is on BBC One and online at 2215 BST, and the Football League Show hits our screens at 2330 BST. Don't forget the clocks go back an hour tonight, so you get an extra bit of kip time. Not that any of us will sleep with the excitement that awaits us tomorrow. Mañana.

Chelsea's Joe Cole: "Yeah it was great to be back. When you're out for 10 months just to be training again is fantastic, but when you get to play in a game like that it's great."

From Anon, via text on 81111: "In response to Ron, at Spurs last season we went from mid-August to mid-March without a 3pm Saturday kick-off. Every game was a sell out."

1929: So Chelsea return to the top of the Premier League after that demolition job on hapless Blackburn. QPr move up to fourth in the Championship after coming from 2-0 down to beat Derby, with some of the home fans booing at the final whistle. That's harsh.

1927: Full-time Derby 2-4 QPR

1924: Full-time Chelsea 5-0 Blackburn

1923: El Hadji Diouf curls a free-kick harmlessly into the arms of Petr Cech. At Derby, Nigel Clough sits on the home bench looking sad, and quite frankly, that makes me sad too.

QPR goal: Wayne Routledge's searing pace has caused Derby a problem all night long and he is too quick for Dean Moxey, the defender bringing Routledge down in the box and Akos Buzsaky stepping up to thump the spot-kick into the roof of the net.

1920: GOAL Derby 2-4 QPR

1920: PENALTY TO QPR

1919: Into injury time at Chelsea, there will be about three extra minutes at Stamford Bridge.

1916: Whoosh, from one sub to the next at Derby as QPR's Rowan Vine turns his marker down the right and crosses for Patrick Agyemang to fire just wide from six yards, under pressure.

1914: Oh what a chance for Derby's Rob Hulse as the ball falls for him 12 yards out in the QPR area, but the big striker slams way over, much to the anguish of his manager.

1912: El Hadji Diouf volleys wide from 25 yards for Blackburn at Chelsea as they go in search of a consolation.

1910: Steve Davies fires wide for Derby at Pride Park - where there's life there is hope for Nigel Clough's team.

1908: Twelve minutes left in two cracking late games, it's Chelsea 5-0 Blackburn and Derby 2-3 QPR.

1907: Ex-Man City kid Daniel Sturridge comes on for Chelsea, replacing Joe Cole.

From Ron, London, via text on 81111: "Little surprise Stamford Bridge isn't full as yet again we've got an odd kick-off time. We don't have a home 3pm Saturday kick-off until 21 November. Three months without a normal home kick-off time is just a disgrace."

1904: Almost game over at Derby as QPR and that man Adel Taarabt break and the on-loan forward sees his shot at the near post parried behind by Stephen Bywater.

1903: No goals for 10 minutes? Disappointing. Probably not for Blackburn, though.

1901: Twenty minutes to go at Derby and the hosts are starting to put some pressure on QPR now. The Rams trail 3-2, having led 2-0 at one stage.

1858: What an evening's entertainment this is. You can take your Strictly and X-Factor - I'll have a couple of five-star football matches over them any day of any week.

From 5TournamentFloplegend on 606: "This is a disgracefully inept non-performance from a so-called top flight side. How much are these total wasters at Blackburn being paid a week for this? Chelsea haven't even had to try."

Chelsea goal: This is just a horror show - if I was a Blackburn fan, I'm not sure I could watch anymore. Michael Ballack swings over a corner from the left and Didier Drogba gets the better of Ryan Nelsen to head home. And where was Paul Robinson? Coming off his line to try and get a ball that was never, ever his. More poor goalkeeping, you have to say.

1853: GOAL Chelsea 5-0 Blackburn

1852: Derby's Frederik Stoor has a hell of a shiner after getting a stray elbow in the face from Akos Buszaky - no intention from the QPR player whatsoever, by the way.

QPR goal: More sloppy defending and the visitors have completed a remarkable turnaround. A simple ball through from Akos Buszaky causes mayhem on the edge of the derby box and Jay Simpson is allowed time and space to get into the area and slip the ball past Stephen Bywater.

1850: GOAL Derby 2-3 QPR

Chelsea goal: This could turn into a real rout. Ryan Nelsen brings down Didier Drogba in the Rovers box and Frank Lampard steps up to send Paul Robinson the wrong way from the spot. Too easy.

1848: GOAL Chelsea 4-0 Blackburn

1848: PENALTY TO CHELSEA

1845: Adel Taarabt slips a cracking little pass in for Wayne Routledge at Derby, but the QPR winger crashes his shot straight at Stephen Bywater.

1844: Two questions: how many will Chelsea rack up? And is there a winner at Derby?

Chelsea goal: Hell of a hit, but poor positioning from Paul Robinson there. Michael Essien collects the ball 35 yards out and hammers in a right foot shot that moves a bit in the air, but it's not right in the corner and Robinson really should be saving those.

1841: GOAL Chelsea 3-0 Blackburn

QPR goal: You'd have to say they probably deserve to be level. Adel Taarabt crosses from the left and Wayne Routledge knocks it across to Gavin Mahon, who sweeps home from six yards.

1838: GOAL Derby 2-2 QPR

Chelsea goal: Didier Drogba spins Martin Olsson and crosses from the right, Lars Jacobsen can only clear to about 12 yards where Frank Lampard rifles home Chelsea's second.

1837: GOAL Chelsea 2-0 Blackburn

1836: And back under way at Pride Park, too.

1835: Back under way at Stamford Bridge.

Still one of my all-time heroes, Derby manager Nigel Clough: "We scored two superb goals but conceded a poor one ourselves, we wanted to get in at 2-0. We've got to be better on the ball, we're given it away all over the pitch."

From Darrell Allen, via text on 81111: "The Derby game is an absolute cracker. I wanted to send this after 20 minutes, but it's been that good, I haven't been able to look away from the telly."

From Paul in Carshalton, via text on 81111: "I do wish Chelsea would take more of their chances. This game should be over as a contest. As it is, Blackburn are still in it."

1828: Cracking tribute to the late, great Peter Taylor, Brian Clough's magnificent assistant, on BBC Two. I must admit, watching footage of the pair of them, I feel a little emotional.

From stirydka1 on 606: "The Chelsea game is one of the most one-sided you will see this season, but thanks to some truly awful finishing in great positions, Blackburn are still very much in the game."

1821: It was of course John Terry's volley that Paul Robinson saved a few moments ago at Chelsea. I need to raise it.

1820: Half-time Derby 2-1 QPR

1819: Half-time Chelsea 1-0 Blackburn

1818: That is an absolutely astonishing save from Paul Robinson, showing amazing reactions to push behind John Terry's thunderous 10-yard volley.

1817: Into injury time at both grounds, QPR's Gary Borrowdale testing Stephen Bywater with a 25-yard drive at Pride Park.

1815: Golden chance for Gary Teale at Derby, the winger side-footing well over from eight yards as the Rams cause more problems from a corner. It's lively and it's really entertaining.

1814: Rubbish at Chelsea - they should have a look at the Derby game to see how to take a free-kick. Didier Drogba rifles a set-piece into the Blackburn wall and Frank Lampard crashes the rebound wide on the volley.

QPR goal: Back in it at Derby and it's the 'new Zidane' who has bagged, Adel Taarabt seeing what Robbie Savage can do and raising him a few yards, bending a free-kick around a poorly-placed Rams' wall and into Stephen Bywater's bottom left-hand corner.

1811: GOAL Derby 2-1 QPR

1809: Petr Cech comes to punch a long throw in by Morten Gamst Pedersen by completely misses the ball and, fortunately for the Chelsea goalkeeper, Michael Essien clears the ball to safety. Moments later, Didier Drogba unleashes a swerving effort from 30-yards which Paul Robinson fists over his own crossbar.

Derby goal: Hold your hands up time - even Forest fans have got to admire that one as Robbie Savage brilliantly curls a 20-yard free-kick into the top corner of Radek Cerny's net. Talk about rolling back the years, that was an absolute gem.

1807: GOAL Derby 2-0 QPR

From Bob Jones, Nottingham, via text on 81111: "Could Adel Taarabt be the next Zinedine Zidane?"

1804: Lovely move from Chelsea, shifting it from left to right on the edge of the Blackburn box and Frank Lampard teeing up Nicolas Anelka, but Paul Robinson races off his line to block the Frenchman's shot.

1802: Frank Lampard heads wide from Michael Ballack's right-wing cross. The England midfielder hasn't scored in open play in the Premier League since April against Newcastle.

1801: Fabulous stuff from Derby, Lee Croft chasing down a ball on the right and pinging over a brilliant cross that a flying Rob Hulse heads over.

1801: About half an hour gone in both games, it's Chelsea 1-0 Blackburn and Derby 1-0 QPR.

1758: Blackburn's Morten Gamst Pedersen drills wide after some good hold up play from Jason Roberts.

From Keelanthegooner on 606: "It annoys me when football fans of the top six or so constantly criticise teams like Stoke. If you wanna beat them take your chances and find a way through them. If you can't take your chances you've got nobody to blame but yourself."

1752: The word throwback was invented for Adel Taarabt. He just does not ever want to get rid of that ball, jinking left and right, doing stepovers - he's a hell of a player to watch, but must occasionally be unbelievably frustrating to play with. Alejandro Faurlin curls a free-kick wide for QPR.

Chelsea goal: Rovers' task just got an awful lot harder. Michael Ballack sends Nicolas Anelka haring away down the left and his fine cross is bundled his own net by Gael Givet under pressure from Didier Drogba.

1750: GOAL Chelsea 1-0 Blackburn

1749: Derby nearly make it 2-0, Rob Hulse heading Gary Teale's cross goalwards and Radek Cery pulling off a decent one-handed save. Paul Dickov cannot quite get an overhead kick on target from the rebound.

1746: Quarter of an hour gone at Chelsea and the Blues are on top with Joe Cole getting himself involved. Blackburn are going aerial, presumably trying to cash in on Chelsea's recent wobbles at the back.

1744: Incidentally, Plymouth had former Argyle and Ipswich striker Paul Mariner in the dugout alongside manager Paul Sturrock for the first time today. They drew 1-1 draw with the Tractor Boys, Mariner's appointment as head coach following two decades working in America.

1742: Frank Lampard takes aim and fizzes a right-foot pearler just wide of the far post from outside the Blackburn area.

Derby goal: Shocking defending from the visitors and Derby score with their first attack. It's a tale of two veterans as Robbie Savage takes a free-kick quickly and finds Paul Dickov in acres of space, the little striker hammering past Radek Cerny.

1740: GOAL Derby 1-0 QPR

1740: QPR are dominating the early stages at Derby, knocking it around with ease at the moment. They are one of the form teams in the division right now.

From Chris from Ipswich, via text on 81111: "The national anthem was sang by my friend Thomas, one of the nicest people in the world. Go buy his album Credere!"

Sunderland boss Steve Bruce: "We didn't play anything near the standard we have set over the last few weeks. If you have six or seven players not playing well you are going to be in trouble. At least for an hour we were second best. Birmingham were the better team."

1735: Jimmy Bullard did not play today for Hull because he had a gash on his shin after making a substitute appearance for them at Fulham on Monday and boss Phil Brown didn't want to risk him.

1732: With 29 seconds on the clock, Chelsea should be ahead as Frank Lampard floats over a cross and Joe Cole criminally heads wide from six yards, unmarked. Worrying lack of marking for Rovers fans.

1731: Carlo Ancelotti is in attendance at Chelsea after a flying visit to Italy to visit his sick father. We're under way in both evening kick-offs.

From hero3279 on 606: "Blackburn fan here. This could be a long afternoon. Olsson has never had a good game for Rovers. We always look wide open. Where is Dunny???"

1727: The teams are out at Stamford Bridge and they are out at Pride Park, too, where we are treated to a rendition of the national anthem.

1726: Joe Cole makes his first Premier League start since January and is one of four Chelsea changes from their last league game. The England midfielder replaces Florent Malouda, Branislav Ivanovic comes in for the injured Jose Bosingwa, Juliano Belletti is in for Ashley Cole and Michael Ballack is selected ahead of Deco. There are also four changes for Blackburn - out go Christopher Samba, Pascal Chimbonda, David Dunn and the ineligible Franco di Santo and in come Martin Olsson, Geal Givet, Brett Emerton and Jason Roberts.

1724: Derby v QPR line-ups:
Derby: Bywater, Connolly, Stoor, Barker, Moxey, Croft, Savage, Hughes, Teale, Dickov, Hulse.
Subs: Deeney, Pearson, Buxton, Davies, Livermore, Hendrie, Mills.
QPR: Cerny, Ramage, Gorkss, Stewart, Borrowdale, Routledge, Faurlin, Mahon, Buzsaky, Taarabt, Simpson.
Subs: Heaton, Hall, Leigertwood, Vine, Agyemang, Alberti, Ainsworth.
Referee: Mark Haywood (W Yorkshire)

1722: Chelsea can go top of the Premier League if they beat Blackburn at Stamford Bridge. The omens are not good for Rovers - they have lost their last eight away games in the league and failed to score in their last six top flight meetings with the Blues.

From DiehardPotter, via text on 81111: "Football is not about being pretty. It is about winning. Stoke beat Spurs. Period. If you want pretty try a different sport, women's beach volleyball springs to mind."

1716: League Two round-up: Bournemouth move three points clear at the top after a 3-1 home victory over struggling and managerless Grimsby. It was an eighth win in nine games in all competitions for the Cherries. Their day could have been even better has Dagenham & Redbridge not come from two goal down to draw 2-2 at Macclesfield. But another rival, Rochdale, slumped to a 2-1 home defeat by Accrington. And there was more woe for bottom-of-the-table Darlington as three second-half goals sent them crashing to a 3-0 defeat at Barnet.

1714: Web users (UK only) - if you refresh your page, you will be able to watch events unfold from Pride Park at the top as Derby County take on QPR. It's also on BBC Two - but then you don't get these words as well, do you?

1710: Chelsea v Blackburn line-ups:
Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, Carvalho, Terry, Belletti, Essien, Ballack, Lampard, Joe Cole, Anelka, Drogba.
Subs: Hilario, Malouda, Paulo Ferreira, Deco, Kalou, Sturridge, Bruma.
Blackburn: Robinson, Jacobsen, Olsson, Nelsen, Givet, Andrews, Nzonzi, Pedersen, Emerton, Diouf, Roberts.
Subs: Brown, McCarthy, Reid, Kalinic, Hoilett, Salgado, Jones.
Referee: Alan Wiley (Staffordshire)

From Peter, angry Plymouth fan, via text on 81111: "Sturrock has to go. Can't even beat bottom of the table. Board - act now before it's too late."

1704: League One round-up: Leeds miss the chance to extend their lead at the top of the table after losing 2-1 at Millwall. That means the last unbeaten record in England has gone. Fortunately for Simon Grayson's men, rivals Charlton are held 1-1 by Gillingham despite taking a second-half lead. Big winners in the top half are Colchester and Norwich, the former beating Walsall and the latter Swindon. At the other end, Southampton come off the foot of the table with a 3-1 triumph over MK Dons and they are replaced there by Wycombe. The Chairboys conceded a 92nd-minute equaliser at Exeter. And there is more woe for Tranmere as they were beaten 1-0 at Hartlepool.

From gomesthegoal on 606: "Fair play to Stoke who defended well throughout and had the greatest amount of luck I've seen in a game of football. It may not be pretty but they have no quality at all in their side to play good football so have to do what they have to do."

1700: In the Championship, a last-gasp goal by Kevin Nolan has given Newcastle a 2-1 win at home to Doncaster and put them top of the table. There was also an injury-time goal at Deepdale, where Billy Jones' equaliser has rescued a 2-2 draw for Preston against Middlesbrough. Cardiff are second after winning 4-3 at Sheffield United, while Plymouth and Ipswich have drawn 1-1 in the battle of the bottom two.

1658: Full-time Burnley 1-3 Wigan

1656: There are still going at Burnley, into injury time now at Turf Moor.

1655: Full-time Tottenham 0-1 Stoke City

1654: Full-time Hull 0-0 Portsmouth

1653: Full-time Birmingham 2-1 Sunderland

1651: There will be five minutes of stoppages at Spurs. None of the Premier League games have finished yet.

1649: In the Championship there is yet another goal for Pete Whittingham. The midfielder has completed his hat-trick, putting Cardiff 4-2 up at Sheffield United. He's now scored 12 goals this season and nine in the last six matches. Back in League One and Yeovil have taken a 2-1 lead at Bristol Rovers - Terrell Forbes netting for the first time in 369 appearances. At the top of the table leaders Leeds fall 2-1 behind to Millwall at the New Den and, after taking the lead at Gillingham through John Nutter's headed own-goal, Charlton are now drawing 1-1. Bottom-of-the-table Southampton look on course for victory over Darlington after Rickie Lambert put the Saints 2-1 up at St Mary's.

1648: Sunderland are pushing for an equaliser in the dying minutes and Darren Bent should have had it there. Andy Reid picks him out at the far stick with a delicious delivery but Bent volleys his sidefooter just wide. Lively finish.

Stoke goal: The Potters have gone absolutely mental - they have pulled off an astounding hit-and-run at White Hart Lane. Ricardo Fuller does brilliantly to barge his way past Benoit Assou-Ekotto down the Stoke right and he gets into the area and pulls it back for Glenn Whelan, who magnificently arcs the ball past Heurelho Gomes and in-off the far post. Smashing finish.

1646: GOAL Tottenham 0-1 Stoke

1645: There ain't long left. Are there any massive goals still to come?

1643: Macca Stat update: "Goals at Birmingham and Burnley but as it looks like we're heading for a couple of goalless games at Hull and Tottenham - shame on you. Remarkably, we've only had two goalless draws in the Premier League all season. You have to go back all the way to August for both of them: Blackburn-West Ham and Birmingham-Stoke."

Sunderland goal: The Black Cats get one back. Andy Reid sends in a free-kick and Michael Turner heads over a flapping Joe Hart only for Scott Dann to boot into his own net. 2-1. Game on.

1641: GOAL Birmingham 2-1 Sunderland

Wigan goal: Paul Scharner flicks on a corner from the Wigan left and it falls inside the six-yard box for Emmerson Boyce to slip the ball past Diego Penny. Burnley's 100% home record is coming to an end.

1639: GOAL Burnley 1-3 Wigan

1638: Down in League Two, Bournemouth's day is getting better and better - not only are they still winning but their two closest rivals are both losing 2-0. Dagenham & Redbridge look to have been killed off by Macclesfield's Reneil Sappleton's and Michael Symes has doubled Accrington's lead at Rochdale. There is more woe for bottom-of-the-table Darlington, who have fallen a goal down at Barnet - Ismail Yakubu with the goal.

From Big Steve, bored at Col Utd v Walsall, via text on 81111: "Ooh, great idea. Can we have a bit of Maxwell's Silver Hammer?"

1636: Doncaster have missed a golden chance to go back in front at St James' Park, where Martin Woods has fired wide from the penalty spot. It's still 1-1 at Newcastle.

1636: It's Birmingham 2-0 Sunderland, Burnley 1-2 Wigan, Hull 0-0 Portsmouth and Tottenham 0-0 Stoke. Remember, we have Chelsea v Blackburn still to come, thankfully, as well as Derby v QPR live from the Championship.

From SimpreZola on 606: "Wigan's first goal and the incidents that led up to it made me think of a certain Paolo di Canio."

1631: League One strugglers Brighton fall 1-0 down at home to Oldham as Pawell Abbott flashes a shot into the bottom right-hand corner. Bottom-of-the-table Southampton, who slipped behind moments before half-time against MK Dons, equalise through Dean Hammond. In the Championship, Preston were level for only six minutes against Middlesbrough. Adam Johnson's goal - his ninth of the season - has put Boro 2-1 up.

1629: I'm getting song requests via text on 81111. I mean, there's a bit too much going on right now, but maybe later.

1628: It's Newcastle 1-1 Doncaster, Andy Carroll equalising for the Magpies, and Ipswich have levelled at Plymouth in their six-point basement clash.

1627: Pete Whittingham really is going goal crazy. The midfielder has put Cardiff 3-2 up at Sheffield United with his second goal of the game and his eighth in six matches. Meanwhile, it's now 1-1 at Deepdale, where Paul Parry has equalised for Preston against Middlesbrough. It all means that as things stand, Cardiff are heading for the top of the Championship.

1626: Sunderland make a triple substitution, with Bolo Zenden, George McCartney and Fraizer Campbell all coming on. They trail Birmingham 2-0.

1624: Roman Pavlyuchenko comes on for Robbie Keane at White Hart Lane. That's a decent aerial threat Spurs have got now.

1622: Hassan Yebda goes so close to an opener for Portsmouth at Hull, his close-range shot saved at point-blank range by Boaz Myhill. Top stop.

1621: Double chance for Spurs and double save from Steve Simonsen (definitely not Thomas Sorensen) from Peter Crouch's header and then Vedran Corluka's mis-hit follow-up.

1620: A Jamie O'Hara free-kick for Pompey falls for Aruna Dindane and his first shot is saved by Boaz Myhill, his second shot blocked by one of his own players. No Portsmouth striker has scored yet this season.

1620: A slight increase in the tempo at Hull - and David James is quick out of his line to smother the ball at Geovanni's feet after Seyi Olofinjana plays the ball toward the Brazilian.

1619: League Two promotion-chasers Rotherham, who took the lead four minutes into first-half stoppage time at Bury, are pegged back through a Ryan Lowe goal. Meanwhile, struggling Grimsby pull one back against leaders Bournemouth, Paul Linwood atoning for his earlier own goal to make it 2-1 at Dean Court.

1618: As things stand in the Championship, Newcastle will slip to fourth and Middlesbrough will take over from West Brom at the top.

1617: It is of course Steve Simonsen in goal for Stoke. As if I'm not usually confused enough.

Wigan goal: The Latics lead and it's a lovely goal too. Jason Scotland peels away down the left and he gets to the byeline inside the Burnley box, waiting for his team-mates to join him and slotting it back for that man Hugo Rodallega to fire right-footed in-off the far post from the edge of the box. Good hit.

1614: GOAL Burnley 1-2 Wigan

From rsherr on 606: "Brilliant last-ditch defending from Stoke to deny Peter Crouch, but a goal has got to come for Spurs."

1609: They are back under way at Turf Moor too now. Spurs go close to an opener, Robbie Keane's shot from a Wilson Palacios pass saved by Steve Simonsen, with two Stoke defenders bravely stopping Peter Crouch from slamming in the rebound.

Blues goal: Birmingham double their lead - Carson Yeung must think this is easy, this owner lark. Cameron Jerome cleverly flicks on Sebastian Larsson's cross from the right and James McFadden takes his time, cutting in on to his weaker right foot and slotting past Craig Gordon. Not a good return for Steve Bruce at the moment.

1605: GOAL Birmingham 2-0 Sunderland

1605: Under way everywhere in the Premier League except at Burnley, where there was a lot of first half stoppage time.

From Anon, via text on 81111: "Rumour at the KC is that Jimmy Bullard is out for the season and Craig Fagan stormed off because he wasn't selected - no great loss."

1600: In League One the most significant scoreline sees bottom-of-the-table Wycombe go 1-0 up at Exeter on the stroke of half-time thanks to Matt Harrold's strike. The Chairboys have not won since 29 August but could be heading for a crucial victory. Fellow strugglers Tranmere are losing 1-0 at Hartlepool and, at the other end of the table, leaders Leeds are being held 1-1 at Millwall. The hosts took an early lead through Neil Harris but promotion-chasing Leeds bounced back through Patrick Kisnorbo.

From alexbrfc on Twitter: "The first half of Hull v Pompey was so boring, I resorted to reading up on Equitable Remedies for university. Thrilling."

1555: Half-time round-up in the Championship: Newcastle are losing 1-0 at home to Doncaster, in-form Nottingham Forest are one-down at Crystal Palace, and Gary O'Neil has put Middlesbrough 1-0 up at Preston. It's a cracker of a game at Bramall Lane, where Sheffield United and Cardiff are drawing 2-2. Pete Whittingham's penalty in that game means the midfielder has now scored in six consecutive matches for Cardiff.

1552: Half-time Burnley 1-1 Wigan

1550: League Two leaders Bournemouth take a 2-0 first-half lead at home to managerless Grimsby. The Cherries, a point clear of Rochdale and Dagenham & Redbridge, will be boosted by news that Rochdale are being held at home by Accrington while the Daggers have been reduced to 10 men and fallen 1-0 down at Macclesfield.

1548: Half-time Tottenham 0-0 Stoke

1547: Half-time Birmingham 1-0 Sunderland

1546: Half-time Hull 0-0 Portsmouth

1544: Dean Marney pings in another shot from the edge of the Pompey box and it's heading goalwards before a defender deflects it wide. Boy does that game need a goal.

1541: About five minutes to go until half-time. It's Birmingham 1-0 Sunderland, Burnley 1-1 Wigan, Hull 0-0 Portsmouth and Tottenham 0-0 Stoke. Tommy Smith scuffs a chance for Pompey at Hull, it's not been great at the KC Stadium.

Blues goal: Sebastian Larsson whips over a free-kick from the Birmingham left and with the visitors defence static, Liam Ridgewell gets enough on the ball to divert it past Craig Gordon. The Blues deserve their lead.

1537: GOAL Birmingham 1-0 Sunderland

From footballandethics on 606: "Spurs hammering Stoke, shots off the line, post, breathtaking saves, everything. Stoke hanging on, can't see them doing this for 90 minutes. Different class, these teams."

1534: Isn't it quiet? Whisper it quietly, but it looks like the goal repeller is back...

From James H, Nottm, via text on 81111: "Is Steve Simonsen seriously in goal for Stoke, what happened to Sorensen!?!?"
Hi there. Try 1446, James.

1529: Birmingham are all over Sunderland. James McFadden's shot from six yards is blocked by the legs of Kieran Richardson and moments later Christian Benitez turns inside box and shoots straight at Craig Gordon who turns the ball round the post. Lively stuff. The visitors need to wake up.

1528: James Beattie shows his defensive qualities by hooking Peter Crouch's goalbound header off the Stoke line at Tottenham. Moments later, Niko Kranjcar slams a fabulous right-foot shot against the post from 20 yards.

1525: Better from Tottenham as Aaron Lennon curls a sweet shot from 18 yards that is heading for the far corner until Steve Simonsen claws the ball away. Fine shot and a fine save.

1524: Uh-oh. Bad news for under-pressure Ipswich boss Roy Keane in the battle of the Championship's bottom two at Home Park. His side have gone 1-0 down to Plymouth, Carl Fletcher with the goal.

1524: Neither side are able to find their rhythm at White Hart Lane - Spurs are lacking an inventive final ball, while Rory Delap's long-throw show is misfiring for Stoke. A scrappy affair so far.

1523: First news from the Championship and Newcastle, who have not won in four matches, have gone 1-0 down at home to Doncaster, Dean Shiels with the goal. Meanwhile, at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry goalkeeper Keiran Westwood has gone off injured in their game against West Brom. Dimi Konstantopoulos has replaced him.

1522: Dean Marney lashes a left-foot shot over the Pompey bar for Hull after nice approach play from Geovanni down the left.

1521: A nervy start for both teams at Birmingham with keepers Joe Hart and Craig Gordon both flapping in the box. Two half chances for the Blues so far. James McFadden shot into the hands of Gordon from the edge of the box and Sebastian Larsson blazed miles over. Sunderland boss Steve Bruce is fuming on the touchline. Birmingham definitely looking the sharpest.

From Gerrardswhiskers on 606: "Are Spurs capable of putting in a first time cross? Every time it goes wide its one, two touches then bring it back or cut back. With Keane and Crouch if they hit the first time ball they will get reward. Come on Stoke."

1516: Several crunching tackles in the opening period at Hull but precious few moments of real quality. Tommy Smith shot wide in the opening minutes for Portsmouth, while a free-kick from Stephen Hunt was allowed to bounce in the Pompey area and forced a save from David James.

1515: Brian Jensen cannot continue at Turf Moor and he is taken off with Peruvian Diego Penny coming on in his place.

1514: Jonathan Woodgate might have got injured in making that fabulous early clearance and his woes continue as he is replaced just 13 minutes into his return, Michael Dawson coming on.

1513: Peter Crouch rises above three defenders to direct a header towards the far corner but Stoke keeper Steve Simonsen scrambles across his line to palm the ball away.

Wigan goal: Disaster for Brian Jensen and he's in trouble too. Mario Melchiot pings a ball over the top from the Wigan right and Jensen comes for it but slips at precisely the wrong moment, allowing Hugo Rodallega the simple task of slotting into an empty net. Jensen is receiving treatment.

1512: GOAL Burnley 1-1 Wigan

From Big Ches at the KC, via text on 81111: "I know they say there's no must-win games this early in the season, but a quick glance at the goal differences here suggests otherwise!"

1507: England boss Fabio Capello and Republic of Ireland coach Giovanni Trapattoni are sat side by side in the stands at White Hart Lane for Tottenham v Stoke.

Burnley goal: They haven't wasted any time, have they? The busy Robbie Blake scuttles into some space down the left and sends over a brilliant cross that Steven Fletcher slides home via the crossbar. Not sure he quite intended to score like that, but they all count.

1504: GOAL Burnley 1-0 Wigan

1503: Matty Etherington whacks the ball across the face of goal for Stoke at Spurs and only some fabulous defending at the far post from Jonathan Woodgate gets rid of the danger.

1501: Kamil Zayatte is slow to react to a ball into the Hull half and suddenly Portsmouth's Tommy Smith has some room to burst forward, but the former Watford man drags his shot wide of the far post.

1500: And Burnley.

1500: And Hull.

1500: And Birmingham.

1500: We are under way at Tottenham.

From SaintFed on 606: "Re: Jimmy Bullard at Peterborough - could be my gran, she's a dead ringer. Likes a bargain bucket too."

1458: Steve Bruce gets a good hand from both the Sunderland and Birmingham fans at St Andrews, good to see.

1457: The teams are on their way out at Birmingham, at Tottenham, at Burnley and at Hull. Ready for this?

BBC Sport's Phil McNulty at Molineux: "Molineux happy enough at the final whistle, but Wolves must get a sharper cutting edge if they are to turn draws into priceless victories in the weeks ahead. Disappointing from Villa, not just the overall performance but how they carelessly cast two points aside because of Steve Sidwell's recklessness."

From Jason, via text on 81111: "I think I've just seen Jimmy Bullard at the Peterborough services on the A1. If it wasn't him, someone has a career ahead of them as a look-a-like. He was eating a KFC."

1451: New Birmingham owner Carson Yeung strolls onto the wet St Andrew's turf and looks like a man about to burst into song. Happily he refrains and says: "We have a proud history and can look forward. I love you all". Then the speakers play Sister Sledge's 'We are Family'. Astonishing.

1448: Tottenham centre-back Jonathan Woodgate makes his first start of the season and Wilson Palacios and Peter Crouch also start, while Ledley King, Jermaine Jenas and Jermain Defoe (banned) make way. Stoke make just one change, bringing in Andy Wilkinson for the suspended Robert Huth.

1447: In front of the club's new owner Carson Yeung at St Andrews, Birmingham defenders Franck Queudrue and Stuart Parnaby return after injury but have to make do with a spot on the bench. Ecuadorian striker Christian Benitez plays after missing the last game because he missed a flight home. Sunderland welcome back Kieran Richardson after missing their win over Liverpool through suspension. They also have fit-again striker Kenwyne Jones going for goals alongside Darren Bent - with or without the inflatables.

1446: Late change to the Stoke team with keeper Thomas Sorensen taken ill and Steve Simonsen filling in between the sticks. The Potters fan sat behind me groans at the news.

1445: Burnley manager Owen Coyle hands Chris Eagles his first Premier League start of the campaign. Eagles' reward for his goal-scoring cameo in last weekend's derby against Blackburn comes at the expense of David Nugent, who drops to the bench in the Clarets' only change. Wigan boss Roberto Martinez plumps for the same side that drew with Manchester City last time out.

1443: Jimmy Bullard was expected to make his first start of the season for Hull City but the midfielder is not in the 18-man squad. Boss Phil Brown makes three changes from the team that lost at Fulham, with Anthony Gardner, Bernard Mendy and Seyi Olofinjana in for Ibrahima Sonko, Kevin Kilbane and Kamel Ghilas. Portsmouth are without the suspended Michael Brown so Jamie O'Hara comes into for Pompey from the team that lost to Spurs.

From JozyAltidore17 on Twitter: "Apologize to all of you. I showed up late. Made a big mistake I'm very very sorry."

1439: Full-time Wolves 1-1 Aston Villa
Crazy finish to the game after a pretty quiet derby overall, and both managers will be relatively pleased to walk away with a point.

1438: A minute left. They really don't want to win it.

1436: All seems a little subdued at Wolves, neither fans nor players seem particularly up for getting a late winner. Surprising.

1435: We are into stoppage time in the Midlands now and there are four minutes scheduled.

BBC Sport's Phil McNulty at Molineux: "Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill might want a word with Steve Sidwell after the rash challenge on Michael Kightly that gifts Wolves a penalty. No need whatsoever and Sylvan Ebanks-Blake's penalty fell firmly into the "no nonsense" category. Molineux is mildly pleased."

1432: More Macca Stat: "Jody Craddock will be a relieved man at that goal. The Wolves defender is the only player who was part of the side that got smashed 4-0 at home to Villa on their last Premier League clash over five years ago."

1430: Five minutes left at Molineux - is there a winner yet to come? Wolves take off Michael Kightly and Sylvan Ebanks-Blake and Greg Halford and Chris Iwelumo come on.

Wolves goal: That's how to take a penalty as Sylvan Ebanks-Blake hammers it straight down the middle, giving Brad Friedel no chance, for his first of the season. That coming after Steve Sidwell's poorly-timed tackle on Michael Kightly in the Villa box - stonewall spot-kick.

1427: GOAL Wolves 1-1 Aston Villa

1427: PENALTY TO WOLVES

1426: Hull v Portsmouth line-ups:
Hull: Myhill, McShane, Gardner, Zayatte, Dawson, Mendy, Marney, Olofinjana, Hunt, Geovanni, Vennegoor of Hesselink.
Subs: Duke, Barmby, Garcia, Kilbane, Mouyokolo, Ghilas, Atkinson.
Portsmouth: James, Finnan, Wilson, Kaboul, Ben-Haim, Yebda, Boateng, O'Hara, Mokoena, Smith, Dindane.
Subs: Ashdown, Mullins, Piquionne, Vanden Borre, Webber, Kanu, Belhadj.
Referee: Stuart Attwell (Warwickshire)

Villa goal: Good time to score, heartbreak for the hosts. Villa race forward and James Milner feeds Emile Heskey in the Wolves box, he picks out Gabby Agbonlahor in the middle and he turns Jody Craddock before slipping the ball past Wayne Hennessey.

1424: GOAL Wolves 0-1 Aston Villa

1424: Burnley v Wigan line-ups:
Burnley: Jensen, Mears, Carlisle, Caldwell, Jordan, Eagles, Bikey, Alexander, Elliott, Anderson, Steven Fletcher.
Subs: Penny, Duff, McDonald, Gudjonsson, Nugent, Thompson, Guerrero.
Wigan: Kirkland, Melchiot, Boyce, Bramble, Figueroa, N'Zogbia, Thomas, Diame, Rodallega, Scharner, Scotland.
Subs: Pollitt, Cho, Koumas, Gomez, Sinclair, Kapo, King.
Referee: Lee Mason (England)

1423: It's gone disappointing again. We've got 12 minutes of normal time left and it remains Wolves 0-0 Aston Villa.

1420: Tottenham v Stoke line-ups:
Tottenham: Gomes, Corluka, Woodgate, Bassong, Assou-Ekotto, Lennon, Huddlestone, Palacios, Kranjcar, Keane, Crouch.
Subs: Cudicini, Hutton, Bale, Jenas, Pavlyuchenko, Naughton, Dawson.
Stoke: Sorensen, Wilkinson, Abdoulaye Faye, Shawcross, Collins, Delap, Whitehead, Diao, Etherington, Fuller, Beattie.
Subs: Simonsen, Higginbotham, Whelan, Lawrence, Kitson, Pugh, Sanli.
Referee: Lee Probert (Wiltshire)

From TorreSamK9 on Twitter: "TimKeward, surely the opposite of 'great touch for a big man' is poor sound for a small woman. Often said about Cheryl Cole."

1417: Birmingham v Sunderland line-ups:
Birmingham: Hart, Carr, Roger Johnson, Dann, Ridgewell, Larsson, Ferguson, Bowyer, McFadden, Jerome, Benitez.
Subs: Maik Taylor, O'Connor, Phillips, McSheffrey, Queudrue, Parnaby, Carsley.
Sunderland: Gordon, Bardsley, Ferdinand, Turner, Richardson, Malbranque, Cana, Henderson, Reid, Bent, Jones.
Subs: Fulop, McCartney, Nosworthy, Zenden, Campbell, Da Silva, Healy.
Referee: Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire)

1415: Emile Heskey is sent on for Aston Villa, with John Carew hauled off. About 20 minutes for Heskey to make an impression.

1414: Wolves defender Jody Craddock is bleeding through the bandages on his forehead. It's like the great days of yore, with Terry Butcher et al.

1412: Halfway through the second half now and it's still Wolves 0-0 Aston Villa. Might be time for a change or two.

BBC Sport's Phil McNulty at Molineux: "Still scrappy and Villa struggling to fashion any clear-cut openings, despite the obvious threat from the pace of Ashley Young and Gabriel Agbonlahor. Just worry for Wolves that they will be caught once on the break and all their endeavour will be undermined."

1409: Much better from Ashley Young, who latches on to a pass from Gabby Agbonlahor and lashes a low left-foot shot just wide of Wayne Hennessey's right-hand post from 18 yards.

1407: Macca Stat's at it again. Danny'll have to raise it when he ever decides to get involved again: "Richard Dunne is not only part of the meanest defence in the Prem, but he's also bang in goalscoring form. The big man is not exactly prolific (nine in 429 career games) but has bagged in his last two games for the Villa. Apparently if he notches at Molineux he will be the first defender to grab three in a row since Ian Harte for Leeds in 2001. Job done."

1406: Yellow cards for Villa's Stephen Warnock for speaking out of turn to an assistant referee and for Wolves' Ronald Zubar for a foul in the Villa half. Why didn't I predict 0-0...

From hero3279 on 606: "Villa will nick this one. I genuinely like Wolves but they just don't have a player who is capable of providing that killer ball in the final third."

1403: Ashley Young slices a cross behind for a goalkick from a decent position down the Villa left. The former Watford flier hasn't been at his best so far today.

1401: Michael Kightly's corner causes momentary panic in the Villa defence but Segundo Castillo totally mis-kicks his left-foot shot and the visitors get rid.

1359: John Carew is the first man into Peter Walton notebook after a reckless, late sliding challenge on Ronald Zubar. No complaints from the giant Norwegian.

BBC Radio 5 live's Craig Burley: "Martin O'Neill won't have been exactly disappointed by the first half, but he'll know Villa can play a hell of a lot better than that. He'll want Petrov to sit in there and dictate this game now."

Alan from Southampton, via text on 81111: "Re howardthehunt - 'Out of your mind', Dane Bowers with True Steppers featuring Victoria Beckham was horrendous."

1354: Stiliyan Petrov steals possession from David Edwards and he gives it to Ashley Young, who races to the edge of the Wolves box and bends a shot wide of the far post. Brilliant water-carrying from the Villa captain Petrov.

1351: What a chance for Villa - Ashley Young's deflected cross from the left falls perfectly for Steve Sidwell on the penalty spot but instead of having a go, he tries to cushion a header into the path of John Carew. Wasteful.

1350: Back under way at Molineux and what a difference 15 minutes makes - it's only sunny in the Midlands! Are there goals in this game?

1347: Macca Stat has been doing his homework: "So all-square at the break - perhaps Villa have one eye on a new Premier League record. If they were to get a point out of this game they will be the first team to 200 Premier League draws. Top-draw."

1345: Villa have the best defence in the Premier League, and only Leeds United have conceded fewer goals in the country. Richard Dunne and James Collins have made a terrific start to their blossoming partnership.

From TimKeward on Twitter: "Surely the opposite of 'great touch for a big man' is 'useful in the air for a short man'? Often said about Michael Owen."

From gilbertoAVFC on 606: "I appreciate we're playing in torrential conditions, but Villa's gameplan is all too familiar and negative. We're looking to get them on the break, but against a team like Wolves we should be attacking them. Sidwell is anonymous (yet again) in the middle."

From Rory, London, via text on 81111: "Re: howardthehunt. Not sure if he was a nice person, but Stig Tofting certainly looked pretty nasty back in his playing days!!"

1333: Half-time Wolves 0-0 Aston Villa
Time to take stock and both managers will probably be pretty pleased with how it's gone so far. Mick McCarthy might think Wolves are worth a lead, and he'd not be far wrong.

1329: Wolves clip a free-kick into the Villa box and Sylvan Ebanks-Blake - one of three players offside but not flagged - heads weakly wide from eight yards. Good chance, that.

BBC Sport's Phil McNulty at Molineux: "Wolves showing plenty of spirit here and a desire to try and pass when they get possession. It has brought them a couple of decent openings but no joy so far. They need to make their periods of supremacy pay because Aston Villa's pace always carries a threat on the counter-attack."

1327: Five minutes left until half-time and it's still Wolves 0-0 Aston Villa. Carlos Cuellar is dumped on his backside by Michael Kightly and Villa have a free-kick on their right which loops into the arms of Wayne Hennessey.

1324: Wolves continue to knock on the door, but Villa's defence is holding firm. Christophe Berra heads a corner down inside the six-yard box and Sylvan Ebanks-Blake acrobatically volleys over Brad Friedel's bar.

1322: It's gone torrential on us at Wolves, absolutely hammering it down now. I'm not sure the graphic really does it justice, to be fair.

1320: Nice from Wolves as Karl Henry wins the ball and gives it to Michael Kightly, who in turn sets up Sylvan Ebanks-Blake and his shot is deflected behind for a corner, which Villa clear.

1319: It really is a thoroughly unpleasant day at Molineux and the football isn't lifting spirits thus far. Wolves are playing some nice stuff when they get the ball, but in the final third they look a touch short of creativity.

From oaktowers on Twitter: "Portsmouth's game against Hull is a must win, we can't say we're unlucky again! Plus it's my 21st today, I want a win!"

1314: The ball breaks to Gabby Agbonlahor inside the Wolves box and he so nearly picks out Steve Sidwell on the edge of the six-yard box, the midfielder just failing to take the ball in his stride.

BBC Sport's Phil McNulty at Molineux: "Torrential rain sweeping across Molineux making conditions difficult - and Aston Villa just starting to take control. Mick McCarthy is indulging some wild gesticulation in his technical area, making his normally frenetic opposite number Martin O'Neill seem almost sedate. And McCarthy isn't even wrapped up against the rain. Tough as old boots is Mick."

Jona from Sheffield, via text on 81111: "Carew has 'a great touch for a big man'. Is there any player who has a great touch for a short man? Also, why are there no full-backs with an 'educated right foot'? There's definitely none at Hillsborough at the moment."

1307: It's calmed down after a typically fast and furious start at Molineux. This game needs a goal. Well maybe the game doesn't, but I certainly do.

1305: Football Focus has finished now, so web users, if you refresh your page it'll disappear from your screen. Later, there'll be Final Score, and at 1730 BST, you'll be able to watch Derby v QPR from the Championship, live on BBC Two and this website.

1303: James Milner lays the ball back to Steve Sidwell 25 yards out but he gets his shot all wrong and it flies well over the crossbar.

From howardthehunt on 606: "Saw Martin Laursen's interview on Friday Focus. Seemed like a really top guy. Has there ever been a horrible Dane?!"

1259: Half chance for Wolves as Karl Henry swings over a cross from the right and Christophe Berra glances a header wide of the far post.

1258: Beards seem to be all the rage these days - honestly, that Beckham fella's got a lot to answer for. Villa defender Carlos Cuellar is the latest to follow the trend and he's had a decent start down the visitors' right flank.

BBC Sport's Phil McNulty at Molineux: "Wolves fans putting their feelings about referee Peter Walton into song following his refusal to give a penalty after Richard Dunne dragged back Kevin Doyle. Unrepeatable but you get the idea - and it did look like Dunne was tugging on his Republic of Ireland colleague Doyle's arm after losing a battle for possession."

1254: Wolves have started brightly, but Villa are a massive danger on the break and John Carew is winning every flick-on at the moment.

From Chris in Durham, via text on 81111: "Looking at the Wolves line-up, I thought 'three players whose names begin with 'E' - that's unusual'. Why did I think that? Is it unusual? I'm sure your followers can enlighten me."

1249: Kevin Doyle pays the price for being too honest there. He gets goal side of Richard Dunne and is fouled by the defender, but he tries to stay on his feet and get a shot in - eventually falling to the ground. It's a free-kick, possibly a penalty depending on where the first foul took place. Poor refereeing.

1247: A long ball from the Villa back is allowed to bounce through to Gabby Agbonlahor and he is one-on-one with Wayne Hennessey, but the striker - presumably surprised at being gifted an early chance - sees his tame near-post shot saved by the keeper.

1246: After an awfully long pre-match huddle, Wolves get us started at Molineux. Should be tasty.

From philmcnulty on Twitter: "Loud blast of Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir" at Molineux. Zep's vocalist Robert Plant is, of course, a devoted Wolverhampton Wanderers fan."

1242: The teams emerge at Molineux, and we all know what that means, don't we? We are teetering on the very brink of action.

From west-ham4europe on 606: "If Portsmouth win today, West Ham are in real trouble. At home to Arsenal tomorrow, not looking good."

Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill: "We're in good form, we've been playing well and we're going to come here and go for it."

Wolves boss Mick McCarthy: "It's a Premier League game, we want to get some points from it, doesn't bother me who we're playing. We've not been lacking in confidence, that's why we got the result at Everton."

1234: Molineux, one of the grand old stadia of English football, is where we begin as Wolves and Aston Villa put bragging rights on the line. It's the 99th meeting of two great clubs and, 121 years ago, this was the first league fixture these two ever played as 2,500 fans watched a 1-1 draw at Dudley Road.

From JamieCutteridge on Twitter: "After beating Chelsea last week you just know Villa are going to slip up this week. 1-1 I reckon."

1230: Stevo's predos:
Wolves 1-2 Aston Villa
Birmingham 1-1 Sunderland
Burnley 2-2 Wigan
Hull 1-1 Portsmouth
Tottenham 2-1 Stoke
Chelsea 3-1 Blackburn
Lawro's predictions

BBC Sport's Phil McNulty at Molineux: "Big Midlands derby and an opportunity for both Wolves and Villa to enhance their credentials at Molineux. Mick McCarthy's team can show they mean business in the Premier League against a Villa side that is expected to achieve big things this season. Villa, meanwhile have the chance to build on an outstanding home victory against Chelsea. The game will be played out on a greasy surface - which should add another layer of excitement to what is certain to be a high-tempo game."

1224: Wolves manager Mick McCarthy makes two changes from the side which drew at Everton last time out, Segundo Castillo coming in for Greg Halford in midfield. Fresh from their victory over Chelsea last Saturday, Aston Villa name an unchanged starting line-up.

1221: Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce you to The Mixer? Good. Now you're acquainted, get stuck in. I love receiving a good text on 81111, and is there a better feeling on earth than being Twittered? If there is, I'm not aware of it. Last but most definitely not least, the debate is under way on 606. You know you love it.

1217: Wolves v Aston Villa line-ups:
Wolverhampton: Hennessey, Zubar, Craddock, Berra, Elokobi, Edwards, Henry, Castillo, Kightly, Ebanks-Blake, Doyle.
Subs: Hahnemann, Stearman, Keogh, Halford, Jarvis, Iwelumo, Milijas.
Aston Villa: Friedel, Cuellar, Collins, Dunne, Warnock, Milner, Petrov, Sidwell, Ashley Young, Carew, Agbonlahor.
Subs: Guzan, Luke Young, Delph, Heskey, Reo-Coker, Gardner, Clark.
Referee: Peter Walton (Northamptonshire).

1214: I look out of the window, see a thoroughly miserable day and ask myself this: is only football capable of lifting us out of this autumnal gloom? The potentially spicy Wolves v Aston Villa tie kicks us off at 1245 BST, we've got four of your standard three o'clock starts and then Chelsea-Rovers later. Oh, and a full Football League programme too. Boot-filling time.

1210: It's a safe bet that you, like me, already have half an eye on tomorrow's Premier League fixture list. Chelsea won't though - they can go top of the table if they beat Blackburn today. But that's not until 1730 BST - before then, a 4-0 home win for Tottenham over Stoke would - perhaps temporarily - sent them to the summit. Suddenly it's the league everyone wants to win.

Chelsea 5 - 0 Blackburn

2009-10-24T17:45:00.000-07:00

Chelsea had the chances to win by a far greater margin

By David Ornstein

Chelsea produced an impressive attacking display to expose Blackburn's flaws and claim a thumping win which sends them top of the Premier League.

They opened the scoring when Gael Givet diverted Nicolas Anelka's cross into his own net and Frank Lampard fired home from close range to make it two.

Michael Essien curled in from distance before Lampard slotted a penalty after Ryan Nelson tripped Didier Drogba.

Drogba completed the rout, out-jumping Nelson to head in Lampard's corner.

The win was Chelsea's biggest ever against Blackburn and sees them leapfrog Manchester United, who face Liverpool on Sunday.

Pleasure to watch Chelsea - Ancelotti

Boss Carlo Ancelotti now prepares his side for Wednesday's visit of Bolton in the Carling Cup and then their trip to the same opponents in the league on Saturday.

While this result was achieved against depleted opponents who deployed negative tactics and still ended up being torn apart, the Italian should be delighted with the way his players bounced back from their defeat at Aston Villa last time out in the league.

606: DEBATE

Sooner or later someone is gonna get an absolute tonking - I can honestly see us scoring 10 against someone this season, when it clicks we are going to frighten the life out of everyone

Just Me

He will also be buoyed by the performance of Joe Cole on his first Premier League start since January following a cruciate knee ligament injury.

The England midfielder was at the heart of Chelsea's attacking play from the outset and might have marked his comeback with a goal inside 30 seconds, only to nod Lampard's lofted pass wide from a completely unmarked position.

Lampard himself came tantalisingly close to opening the scoring with a rasping 25-yard drive which sailed just wide of the top right-hand corner.

The omens were not good for Blackburn, who have now lost their last nine away league games, are yet to claim a point away from Ewood Park this season and have not scored a goal in their last seven matches against Chelsea.

Chelsea put them on the back foot from the outset and, when they did look to counter-attack, lone-striker Jason Roberts was dealt with comfortably by John Terry and Ricardo Carvalho.

That gave the hosts enough confidence to set up base camp in the Blackburn half and it came as no surprise when they opened the scoring.

Michael Ballack sent Anelka racing down the left wing and the Frenchman's low centre, aimed for the on-rushing Drogba, was poked into his own net by a sliding Givet.

A succession of chances came Chelsea's way but they were denied by a combination of their own profligacy and the inspired reflexes of Blackburn goalkeeper Paul Robinson.

Cole loving return to football

The former Tottenham stopper came off his line to expertly foil Anelka before repelling a venomous swerving strike by Drogba and turning away a goalbound Terry volley with a magnificent dive to his right.

In between those chances, Morten Gamst Pedersen drilled wide after neat hold-up play by Roberts and Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech was relieved to see Essien clear after he came to punch Pedersen's long throw but completely missed the ball.

Chelsea continued to flood forward at the beginning of the second half and swiftly gained reward for their dominance.

Drogba rolled Martin Olsson and, after Lars Jacobsen failed to deal with his cross from the right, Lampard smashed the ball home from 10 yards to notch his first league goal from open play since April.

Sam Allardyce's men were firmly on the ropes and five minutes later Essien received possession from Ballack and found the net with a curving shot from 35 yards which Robinson will feel he should have saved.

With Robinson now looking a shadow of the player that repeatedly thwarted Chelsea in the first half, the Blues began taking shots from all angles and distances.

We were pathetic - Allardyce

So perhaps it came as something of a surprise to the Blackburn defence when Drogba attempted to trundle his way towards goal. Nelson tripped the powerful Ivorian and Lampard wrong-footed Robinson from the spot.

The rout was completed when Drogba outmuscled Nelson and headed Lampard's corner past a flapping Robinson.

In the final act Terry, to the crowd's delight, ensure a clean sheet for Chelsea when he bravely cleared off the line after Olsson had lobbed Cech.

The scorline could have been far worse for Blackburn and, after hosting Peterborough in the Carling Cup, they face a daunting trip to Manchester United next Saturday.

Cristina Ronaldo is gay

2009-10-24T17:43:00.000-07:00

Thats true but he is a wimp and man u are bunch of poofs. Im not gay but u can tell their gay by there prancing and hugging from behind. It a discrace that why i follow liverpool.

Ronaldo scores and assists vs Grêmio

2009-10-24T17:39:00.000-07:00

12-10-2009

Ronaldo scored a great goal from quite a distance and he played a good game. The Brazilian legend is proving that he is still a player to reckoned with, as he scored the first and assisted the second goal in Corinthians' victory vs Grêmio in the entertaining 2-1 game.

Unfortunately Ronaldo received a yellow card (his third yellow card) in the victory over Gremio, so he'll be banned in the next game. He returned after suffering a hand injury.

See the goal here

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Fall of the Republic-The Presidency Of Barack H Obama-Part 1

2009-10-23T02:40:00.000-07:00

Fall of the Republic-The Presidency Of Barack H Obama-Part

A MOVING STORY ABOUT FAMILY

2009-10-23T02:35:00.001-07:00

A man came from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door.

SON: "Daddy, may I ask you a question?"

DAD: "Yeah sure, what is it?"

SON: "Daddy, how much do you make an hour?"

DAD: "That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?"

SON: "I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?"

DAD: "If you must know, I make $20 an hour."

"Oh", the little boy replied, with his head down. Looking up, he said, "Daddy, may I please borrow $10?"

The father was furious, "If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I work hard everyday for such this childish behavior."

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's question. How dare he ask such question only to get some money?

After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think; Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10 and he really didn't ask for money very often.

The man went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door. "Are you asleep, son?" He asked, "No daddy, I'm awake," replied the boy.

"I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier," said the father. "It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here's the $10 you asked for." The little boy sat straight up, smiling. "Oh, thank you, Daddy!" He yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills.

The man, seeing that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, then looked up at his father.

"Why do you want more money! If you already have some?" the father grumbled. "Because I didn't have enough, but now I do," the little boy replied. "Daddy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you."

So what is the moral of the story? Don't work too hard… and you know what's the full word of FAMILY?

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2009-10-23T02:31:00.000-07:00

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