Consider This Before Getting a Custom Blog Design

Before getting a custom design for you blog, here are some things you should consider.

How one blog comment can bring you 230+ unique visitors

There are great possibilities for driving good numbers of traffic to your blog by commenting on high-profile blogs. This article will explain how to get 230+ unique visitors from one comment in less than a week.

How I got my blog from Google PageRank 0 to PR4 in two months

Google PageRank is one of numerous factors Google uses to determine the importance of a blog and it is based on the value of your inbound links. Google evaluates how many links there are to your blog from other pages, and the relevance and quality of the linking sites.

How to get magazine style WordPress blog with Thesis Theme How to get magazine style WordPress blog with Thesis Theme teasers

Good thing about WordPress Thesis Theme is that it lets you customize your blog with features like magazine style without much knowledge of design or coding.

How A Blog Can Grow Your Business

Social Media Congres - "Blogging Business"

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Snap Judgment - Signs of a Good Blog

With the number of blogs growing dramatically every day, it can sometimes be hard to know if a blog is worth reading or not.

What's Your Bread and Butter?

In business, the phrase “Bread & Butter” is used to describe something that is core to the success of a business. A good example is a lawyer for whom divorce cases bring in the majority of their income, those cases are their Bread & Butter. Without these cases they would be struggling to fill their workload and bring in an income.

Blogging and Twitter in a Recession

How to make the best use of your time during the recession with blogging and twittering.

Unique Design Blogs

If you’re looking for inspiration from the internet then take the time to checkout these unique webdesign blogs.

Blog Site of the Week

Udessi is a new online gallery offering contemporary Australian art, craft & design, dedicated to showcasing & promoting Australian artists with unique work and products.

37 Tips for Optimizing Blogs and Feeds - SES New York

Here are some specific, practical questions and answers about optimizing both blogs and feeds for better search performance from some of the smartest blog and Feed SEO experts on the web.

What Type of Blooger Are You?

Are you an activist, connector, collector,...

New GooseGrade plug-in edits your blog for you

GooseGrade, the service that lets your blog readers correct any mistakes you've made, has a new plug-in for WordPress users that makes it easier for blog administrators to approve and implement corrections suggested by readers.

Building A Small Business Website with Blogger

In the past few years, we’ve seen a dramatic rise in the number of companies who have a presence online. Almost every major retailer now offers the service to purchase their products online, while consumers are more likely to look up local businesses online rather than reach for a bulky telephone directory.



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Launching A Blog? Do It With A Bang!

Blog are everywhere you look, but this has not stopped many people from launching new blogs every single day.

Top 10 Tools for Your Blog or Web Site

Having your own hosted web domain has never been cheaper, or easier, with the vast array of free resources out there. Here's a list of ten tools to help anyone launch and maintain their internet presence.

Yahoo Might Buy Tumblr, New York's Cutest Startup

We hear Yahoo is in talks to buy Tumblr, a blogging startup run by 22-year-old David Karp for "low-to-mid eight figures" — which would translate to a small fortune for the New York entrepreneur.

Bloggers not protected by anti-astroturfing laws

Opinion: When it comes to firms behaving badly, might beats right.

Ex-Ohio State star Clarett goes online with blog from prison

Former Ohio State football star Maurice Clarett writes that he's blogging from prison so others will learn from his wrong decisions.

Ted Blog

TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader.

If you want to keep up with TED, you can stay in touch with their blog.

Amazing Photo Editing Tool, Great for Bloggers

If you frequently capture screenshots to add to your site or blog or to send to co-workers, here’s an app you’re sure to like! Screen Dash combines screenshot capturing, image-editing and paint tools, and instant image hosting, complete with HTML code for Web forums, for embedding, and for email. It is unmatched when it comes to instant hosting. Go to Screen Dash here.

Top ten business ideas generated using microblog search

With the advent of microblogs and more specifically microblog search, there is now an immediate way to listen in to people’s real needs, as expressed in their own words, all day, every day.

Consider This Before Getting a Custom Blog Design

Before getting a custom design for you blog, here are some things you should consider.

Use Your Blog’s Stats for More Than Just Numbers

Like most people, some bloggers spend too much time paying too much attention to the numbers in their blog’s stats.

Getting the Most Out of Your Blogs with MyBlogLog

Anyone that’s ever blogged as a way to promote their products or services and, hopefully, make money online knows how effective good blogs can be. However, for them to be truly effective, they need good exposure on the internet. MyBlogLog, a service of Yahoo! makes this not only possible but very easy.

Vblogging Tips: Easy Video Blogging Done Right

1. you can do videos easily with a digital camera
2. you don’t need to make them fancy
3. you do have to post regularly
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How to Develop a Niche Blog Content Plan

The best way to build traffic for a new niche blog is to have lots of content and to post it regularly. Many new bloggers don’t realize this and are often disappointed with their traffic when they start out.

Time's Best Blogs of 2009

Time magazine makes its second annual list of the best blogs in the world, spanning politics, housekeeping, astronomy and everything in between.

Finding The Time To Blog

Finding the time to blog and how to balance work and life.

Winners of 2009 Bloggies

It's time for the 2009 Weblog Awards, the annual non-profit ceremony that celebrates the best in blogging. The Bloggies are the Web's longest-running blog awards, and the nominations, finalist selection, and votes are all up to you, the blog reader. The votes are in, and you'll discover which blogs are this year's champions

Promoting Blog Posts Without Sounding Like A Salesman

So how does a blogger promote their new posts, or their blog as a whole without sounds like a salesman attempting to convince the audience that their product is best?

Why Can't I Find My Blog In Search Engines

New bloggers who just started are understandably impatient to find their blogs in search engines.

The Pros and Cons of Using Video in Your Site or Blog

Working with video on a blog has many benefits, but also carries some drawbacks, though.

A Secret to Writing Posts that Go Viral on Twitter

There are many reasons that a blog post might get spread widely through ‘ReTweets’ (when one person passes on the tweet of another) but one fairly obvious, yet often overlooked one, has to do with the length of your blog post title.

Facebook Strategy? Bloggers, Agencies Beware!

If you have ever been in a meeting about digital media, at some point you will have heard the words "Facebook strategy".

21 Beautiful Blog Designs

Making a cool blog design that will stand out from the crowd, with all the blogs existing right now is quite a serious challenge. Before a potential new reader can get to the content of you blog you have to catch his attention. That’s when a good design comes handy. Of course, some will recommend keeping the design to a minimum and focus on the content itself. Content was, is and will always be king, but in the fast moving world of the Internet you have to use any advantage you can acquire to keep your visitors on the website.

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How to start guest blogging efficiently

Guest blogging is a good way to get yourself online exposure and promote your blog efficiently. In this article, you'll see why you should be a guest-blogger, and how to start guest-blogging with success.

How to sell a blog efficiently

In this article, Jean-Baptiste Jung will show you how to sell a blog or website efficiently.

50 of the world's best food blogs

Change the way you cook and eat for ever with Times Online's guide to the world's tastiest food blogs.

Blogging Can Make You Money, Even if Your Blog Doesn’t

It’s true that most blogs don’t make money directly. It’s also true, however, that a large number of bloggers make a lot of money as a result of their blogs.

The Place of Blogs in Journalism Education

Blogs have become part of the editorial furniture of most news sites.

Google's New Killer App?

Why are music blogger's posts disappearing, and who is deleting them?

We hear Yahoo is in talks to buy Tumblr, a blogging startup run by 22-year-old David Karp for "low-to-mid eight figures" — which would translate to a small fortune for the New York entrepreneur.

Bloggers not protected by anti-astroturfing laws

Opinion: When it comes to firms behaving badly, might beats right.

Iran: A Nation of Bloggers

Iran is the 3rd largest country of bloggers on Earth.

7 Habits of Highly Effective Corporate Bloggers

Here's a good article by Mario Sundar, Linkedin's corporate blog editor. He, along with friends of his that incuded Lionel Menchaca from Dell, Nicki Dugan from Yahoo!, Carolyn Abram from Facebook and Thomas Hoehn from Kodak; discussed good habits of highly effective corporate blogging.

Best Practices

Here's a listing of blogs covering various 'best practices'.

Here are a few trustworthy corporate blogs

Corporate blogging isn’t easy. It’s not corporate blogs but corporate speak that clients don’t trust.

How To Add Interactive Google Maps

Adding Google Maps integration to your web projects can offer visitors a more interactive experience of your website and assist the understanding of where events or business takes place.

Tips for Conference Bloggers

Tipson how to blog a conference in detail, by Ethan Zuckerman and Bruno Giussani.

BIGLIST SEO Blog Reviews

Today’s BIGLIST update of search marketing blogs includes a smattering of agency blogs from the US and the UK as well as appearances from Poland and Singapore. Read the article here.

Paged Comments, Friend or Foe?

With the release of WordPress 2.7 paged comments became a built in feature. By default, they are enabled on both new installs and upgrades. Where it may be good for usability, it may not be good for SEO.

What Do You Spend Most Time Doing On Your Blog?

Here's a listing of what most bloggers do while blogging.

Blogging Is Now Effortless

One of blogging's biggest barriers is how much work you have to do to get a post out the door. You can stick to straight text, but adding links, pictures, tags, and related stories makes it more engaging for your readers.

Enter Zemanta, a brilliant product for lazy or otherwise time-focused bloggers who simply don't want to spend extra time looking up related links, tracking down properly licensed photos, or coming up with tags for what they're writing.

Top 5 Free Services To Make Your Blog Posts Better

Want to become a better blogger and write good blog posts without spending a dime? Here are 5 top free services that will help you create better blog posts.

Embedding A Flickr SlideShow In Your Blog Sidebar

Have you speculated if it is possible to embed a Flickr Slideshow in a sidebar rather than in a post?

Tips on using Facebook to Market Your Blog

One of the great things about Facebook is that it is designed to go viral. Whenever one of your friends does something, you see it on your Facebook home feed. So, if you post a new note, your friends will see it. If somebody joins your fan page , all their friends will see it.

Here are some steps you can take to promote your blog on Facebook.

Blogger Survey for 2009

Take a few moments to fill out this SurveyMonkey to convey your thoughts for blogging in 2009.

Google Blogger For Dummies to be released in February!

Google Blogger for Dummies is due to hit bookshops on February 3rd. It's available to pre-order now from Amazon.com (priced at $16.49) and will be available in Barnes and Noble, Waterstones and other bookshops, and also directly from Wiley.

10 Ways For Bloggers To Stand Out From The Crowd

It’s pervasive no doubt; most bloggers do things just like every other blogger out there without evaluating the reason behind their method. As with any new fad, ideas go viral until we soon see every blogger and his buddy boarding the band wagon.

Starting Your First Blog?

Are you starting your first blog? Looking for some tips and advice for new bloggers?

BlogWell - Growing an Online Community

GasPedal and the blog council have partnered to deliver another BlogWell event (this time in Chicago) focusing on case studies from large companies on the topics of blogging, social media and online community building.

Integrate Your Blog and Twitter

With all the fanfare surrounding Twitter, there are many ways to integrate Twitter even more into your blog. Here are a few tools get you started.

Blogging Discovery Platform Rewards Best Bloggers

Are you looking to make a name for yourself as a blogger, but you don’t know where to begin?

How to keep bloggers from hating you

PR firms seem to be in a rush when contacting bloggers. They’re like those people at networking functions who smile too much, hand out hundreds of business cards and sprint away if they think you might not buy their stuff.

Best 25 Financial Blogs

Here's a listing of "The 25 Best Financial Blogs." A great deal has changed. Some of the blogs on the list are gone or no longer have regular posts. Others have grown and become better.

"Unnecessary Quotation Marks"

Came across this blog and found it of interest.

Blogger;s Choice Open Web Award Winners

Over 100 Blog Partners helped make this the biggest Open Web Awards to date with over 100,000 confirmed nominations and votes so far.  Blog partners come from 25 countries and are written in 10 different languages.

Common Blog Business Models: What Works What Not?

So what are the most common blog business models?

Present a Consistent Brand in Your Blogging

In this video post the presenter reflects upon the one of the downsides of changing your blog’s brand and/or design.

Tactics To Make Your Blog Stand Out

What really makes an authority blog – ie, one people go to first for their information on a particular subject.

The future of blogging

Just in the last 2 years we have seen massive uptake in the creation of content by users, but most of it is now outside of the blogosphere. Status Updates on Facebook, Twitter, new levels of photo sharing and geolocation based services and networks are all becoming the centerpiece of attention.
What does the future hold for blogging?

When To Use Magazine-Style Themes For Blogs?

When designing a custom theme or deciding on an already-existing theme, bloggers have a lot of factors to consider and there is no shortage of options, particularly for WordPress users. A growing number of blogs are moving away from traditional blog layouts in favor of magazine-style themes; however, the layout and presentation of content has a major impact on visitors and there is no one-size-fits-all solution.

A new 'Glow' for AOL's blogs? Good luck

AOL has formed yet another business unit conspicuously devoid of "AOL" branding, and this one's about the blogs.

Metroblogs

Metroblogging is the world's largest network of city focused blogs, covering local issues in over 50 cities around the world.

Google offers help transplanting your blog

Google on Friday released an open-source project, Google Blog Converters, intended to help people move their blogs from one service to another. Read article here.

Blogger on the go

When you send text or photos from your mobile device to go@blogger.com they're automatically posted to your new blog.

Get the latest Blogger updates via Twitter!

The Blogger team have (finally) decided to embrace Twitter as a means of publishing updates for Blogger users. By following the official Blogger feed on Twitter, you can now receive news of status updates, blogs of note, service interruptions and fabulous new features even sooner than before.

Blog Buster

Blogger Buster is a resource blog for bloggers, offering hints, hacks, tips and tricks to help enhance your blogging experience. Use the label cloud and search box in the right hand sidebar of you're looking for specific information, or simply browse through my posts instead.

Chinese Bloggers Reach 50 Million

The Internet Society of China says the number of Chinese bloggers has swelled from 47 million at the end of November 2007 to more than 50 million by the end of 2008, a 6.38 percent increase.

Advantages of Running Multiple Blogs

Most bloggers will eventually face the decision of running multiple blogs or focusing on just one. Of course this is a decision that should be made carefully and there is no right or wrong answer, everyone’s situation is unique.

TweetBacks: Track Who’s Talking About Your Blog On Twitter

Trackbacks, pingbacks, Google Alerts… There are lots of ways to find out who’s talking about your blog posts. But it’s more difficult to know if you’ve been mentioned on Twitter, where a variety of URL-shortening services disguise the final destination.

Now there’s a way you can tap into those conversations. TweetBacks, by Dan Zarrella, is a service that finds links to your blog that have been posted to Twitter via the most popular URL-shortening services. With just a bit of JavaScript you can include those mentions on your blog post just like trackbacks. Dan even has a WordPress plugin to make it easier.

TweetBacks includes several options, such as including Twitter avatars and excluding TweetBacks from certain users. The service also includes “TweetStats,” so you can display a list of your most Twittered posts.

A lot of people have moved their link blogging to Twitter, which makes it a growing source of traffic for some websites. A service that lets you tap into that community and bring the conversation back to your blog could be very popular.

Exact Factor: Track Your Blog’s Position In Search Engines For Free

Whether you own an online business or a blog, you would want to know your position in search engines for specific keywords and also the position of your competitors. This is where Exact Factor, a site that helps you to track your position and your competitors’ for free, comes into play. Read rest of article.

Bloggers vs. Journalists?

In this featured episode of Science Saturday from Bloggingheads, George Johnson and John Horgan returned with new insight on the controversy provoked by their last appearance, including some negative comments directed toward ScienceBlogger Abbie from ERV.

Woman sues Google over blogger's comments

A Canadian woman has launched a lawsuit against Google Inc., demanding that the company reveal the identity of the people she says posted offensive statements about her on a blog hosted by the U.S. technology titan.

Iran on Tuesday confirmed reports that it has detained a well-known Iranian-Canadian blogger who had made trips to Israel.

Iran on confirmed reports that it has detained a well-known Iranian-Canadian blogger who had made trips to Israel.

Peter Gabriel’s YouTube for Human Rights: The Hub

Peter Gabriel's human-rights group embraces social media. A YouTube for unseen atrocities.

Boing Boing Launches Videogames Blog

The Boing Boing network has added a new videogames blog to its roster by the name of Offworld.
The new blog gives ample attention to independent games but still covers the heavyweights such as World of Warcraft.

10 Ways Twitter Will Change Blog Design in 2009

In 2009, Twitter will become much more tightly integrated with the rest of the blog in a variety of ways - watch out for tweetbacks and tweetstats to make their debut, and tweet comments to TwitterRolls to start appearing on blogs. Here are 10 ways Twitter will impact blogs this year.

7 Ways To Help Get Traffic To A New Blog

In order to get new readers you need traffic! You certainly want people to talk about your brand new blog, don’t you? So here are 7 ways to get traffic to your new blog!

How Many Widgets Do You Need For Your Blog?

Other than occupying more space, uploading and using a lot of widgets may become a liability rather than a boost for most bloggers who maintain a blog using WordPress.

How To Make 2009 Your Best Blogging Year

A new year brings a new beginning. You can look at it as the same old same old, or you can look it as an opportunity to for a new start. Here’s how to make 2009 your best blogging year.

Top 25 Blogs About Blogging

The “Top 25 Blogs About Blogging” list ranks blogs according to their Google Pagerank, Alexa rank, number of Bloglines subscribers and Technorati authority.

Daily Blog Tips: Best of 2008

Some popular blogging tips posted in 2008.

New Gadget Blog for NY Times

The New York Times has launched Gadgetwise. This is a gadget blog that goes head to head with the likes of Gizmodo and Engadget (first and foremost), but so far in a less quirky and introvert style.

Why Should Anyone Read Your Blog?

Technorati indexes 133 million blogs. According to their statistics, about 900,000 blog posts get made every 24 hours. Every topic, every theme, and every subject has been exhaustively covered by hundreds of blogs.

So why should anyone read yours?

Link baiting

But do you really know what link baiting is all about?

Blogcasting The Future

Which iPhone [Blogging] apps will dominate in 2009?

30 Most Popular Blogs - December 2008

See if your favorite blog site made the list.

Spotting Trends with TrendRoll

TrendScope TrendRoll is a user gnerated directory, mapping the best blogs to spot trends.

TrendoScope, the Trends Discovery website, is powered by user content and their decision-making concerning the success of a potential trend. TrendoScope allows all users to present their observations and "cool ideas" as well as promote other ideas on the site in a range of trends related topics. By rating trends with the "will catch on" button displayed alongside every submitted trend, users provide their opinion on the likelihood of the trend to become the next big thing.