Learning to blog

As a beginner blogger, and from one who never thought he would ever blog, I am getting fascinated by the amount of information that is out and available.

I have found:
technorati.com
zimbio.com
feedburner.com
blogoria.com
blogsearch.google.com
bloggersblog.com

And I know that I am just touching the tip of the iceberg.

So far these sites have both been helpful and led me to useful information. Most of the useful information I am learning from visiting other peoples blogs, like: Pieces of Life where you can find a link to SmartPageRank which is a very handy tool to provide a value of a website. I checked some of the sites I own and was pleasantly surprised by the value assigned.

What I am learning is that I have a tremendous amount of learning left to do. My wife thinks I am crazy but I am having fun.

I am still trying to figure out what to write every day. I am not sure how everyone does it so I figure that while I get started I will write about whatever. Perhaps this whatever will get directed or more finely tuned over time, perhaps it will not. Time will tell.

I would be interested in learning from experienced bloggers any tips or secrets at building link exchanges and increasing traffic (I wouldnt mind if I was able to make a little money from these sponsored ads on the site!)