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Dead and Broken Links: Time for a Clean up!

July 9, 2012 Content

I just finished running a broken link check on our BiggerPockets Blog and it seems that in the 6 months that have passed since the last check, we’ve accumulated almost 500 dead links. The vast majority of the dead links were from: Links to news articles that no longer exist on major sites like CNN, [...]

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Technorati’s WTF Got Game(d)

May 15, 2007 Blogging

Introducing Technorati’s WTF aka Where’s The Fire I don’t think it has quite caught on yet, but Technorati has built it’s own answer to Digg, Reddit and the rest of the social news and bookmarking sites. It’s called Where’s The Fire or WTF and covers “What’s Hot, and Why.” Considering the popularity and resources of [...]

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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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How to Write a Proper Website or Blog Review: What Elements to Include in a Paid or UnPaid Review

May 10, 2007 Content

These days there are quite a few people out there writing reviews of other websites and blogs. Many people write these reviews primarily because they find a site that interests them. Others do so because they want to make some money and get paid; they use services like ReviewMe or PayPerPost to find sites looking [...]

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What Bothers You Online? (meme-worthy?)

April 28, 2007 Commentary

This is where I jump out there and rant a bit about all the annoying crap going on today online! Care to join in? On Making Money Online “Experts” . . . I can’t believe all the “making money online” blogs out there. Most are from people who have never made any real money online. [...]

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A Few Helpful Things Stuck on My Firefox Tabs; Time to give my computer a break!

April 19, 2007 Blogging

I haven’t shut my computer down in 5 days now because I’ve got too many tabs open on Firefox. In an effort to give my iMac a break, I’m going to just post a few of the many interesting finds that made their way into the 27 tabs I had open across 5 browser windows. [...]

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Never Accuse Your Customer Without Having All the Facts! AND Don’t Steal People’s Content!

April 17, 2007 Commentary

Last week, I wrote an article about good customer service and used the example of how EzineArticles.com failed to live up to their promise to contact me about a situation. I am happy to report that I have finally been contacted by the company. The interesting thing is that the company broke another cardinal rule, [...]

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Use Forums to Find Material for Your Blog

November 25, 2006 Blogging

Wondering how to find some new material for your blog? Create a companion forum site to go along with it. Last year, I decided to create a blog for our real estate investing site, BiggerPockets.com. After a few months, I realized that I had lost my motivation and had run out of material. Why? I [...]

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