Blogging

Are You In Wikipedia?

May 14, 2007 Blogging

I am! I actually expected to be in the online encyclopedia for something else, but I guess I’ll take what I can get. It seems that someone felt that my post, the Real 2008 Political Internet Sensation: Ron Paul, about how Ron Paul is making strides in the 2008 Presidential Election by grassroots online support, [...]

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What Happens When Your Posts Are Translated by Others? Los 77 errores que un blogger no debe cometer

May 14, 2007 Blogging

I’m not sure whether to be annoyed or pleased . . . I’ll go with flattered, yet bothered. Someone Plagerized and Translated My Post! It seems that someone has decided to plagerize my Top 77 Mistakes That New Bloggers Make Post. The catch is that they didn’t simply copy it, but translated the entire thing [...]

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Selected Useful Reads from the Problogger Group Writing Project (Filtered for your reading pleasure)

May 13, 2007 Blogging

It is hard to go very far without running into a site with entries in Darren Rowse’s latest group writing project; it was a huge hit with close to 900 entries. While it is great that people are linking to one another from this thing, it seems that many involved in the project are simply [...]

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Images & Blogging Part 1: Adding Images to Your Blog Posts

May 12, 2007 Blog Design

Blogging is esentially easy. Formatting your blog posts so they have some style and flavor is a bit more difficult. One of the more important elements in blog posts are graphics or images. These serve to both break up the text, and to add interest to your articles. I thought it was important to write [...]

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John Chow Crashed My Browser Again

May 11, 2007 Blogging

I’ve been a fan of many of the things that John Chow has done on his blog, however I do have a bone to pick. It seems that at least 1 out of every 2 times I visit his site, my browser (Firefox) crashes on me. If I were just reading his blog it wouldn’t [...]

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Are Large Corporations Resorting to SPAM for Marketing? Yes They Are!

May 10, 2007 Advertising

Ready for another rant? Seems like I’ve been doing quite a lot of that lately. This time, it is about something that I’m sure all the bloggers can relate to: Corporate Comment Spam. It seems that the corporations have indeed resorted to non other than comment SPAM to promote themselves In the past 3 days, [...]

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The Top 77 Blog Mistakes New Bloggers Make

May 9, 2007 Blogging

There are tons of new bloggers online every day, and many, if not most of them make similar blog mistakes starting out. I thought it might be fun to compile a list of some of these. Without further adieu: The Top 77 Blog Mistakes that New Bloggers Make en Español, en Français Domain & Hosting [...]

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How to Support Your Fellow Bloggers & Favorite Websites

May 8, 2007 Ad Networks

I found an article through Kevin at BloggingTips about how to support your favorite bloggers. This article covered quite a few great points and I thought I’d go into 2 of them with some more detail. Both of the steps I mention can really make a difference for your favorite sites, and spreading the word [...]

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Freedom of Speech and the Internet: Should Comments be Moderated?

May 7, 2007 Blogging

I just read an interesting post over at the Bivings Report titled, Online Venom or Vibrant speech?, where author Todd Zeigler looked into a recent article on the Washington Post and examined a comment made about moderating comments on Post articles. It seems that the online edition of the newspaper gets some extremly rancorous and [...]

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The Proliferation of Blogs About Nothing aka The Vicious Cycle of Blogs About Making Money Online

May 6, 2007 Blogging

We’ve all seen them . . . new blogs with ads at every turn, with nothing to say other then “I make money online” and “I blog about my blog.” Typically, when I come across a site like this I leave and do not return. I realize that these sites offer nothing useful to me [...]

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New Blog Review for TimeforBlogging.com – Get Yours Today!

May 5, 2007 Blogging

A few days ago I came upon a website called NO: Good Money Maker. What impressed me about the site was that it was a blog devoted to reviewing other blogs out there; the reviews were thoughtful, well-written, and comprehensive. Cecil Lee, a blogger out of Malaysia, runs the site. I sent an email to [...]

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Mega List of Ping Services for Your Blog: How to Let People Know About Your Latest Blog Update

May 2, 2007 Blogging

Spreading the word about your latest blog entry is as easy as pinging a few update services. Most blogs allow you to add different update services (ping sites) to notify. I thought it might be userful to put out a list of the update services I’m currently pinging. If you’re interested in adding any or [...]

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One Day of Blog Silence

April 29, 2007 Blogging

Tomorrow, this blog, along with thousands of others will be silent in honor of the victims of the Virginia Tech Massacre. Join the Day of Silence and do your part to remember. Hopefully we can start to spread the word to stop propagating hate and violence.

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Don’t Forget – 50% of Blogging Success is Building Connections with Others

April 26, 2007 Blogging

Sometimes people ask me why their blog isn’t growing as fast as they’d like it to, and I usually ask what they are doing to build an audience. Most of the time, the answer I get is “I’m writing good posts” and “I try to do it regularly.” While this is important, I’ll venture to [...]

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The Blog Song: Everyone Wants a Blog

April 25, 2007 Blogging

I was just thinking about how practically everyone these days has a blog. Be it a company or individual, blogs are now an engrained part of our lives. With that in mind, I found myself humming a song from my past, “The Log Song“, from Ren & Stimpy. Wouldn’t it just be a perfect piece [...]

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