08.31.06
Up, Up With People
Who doesn’t want to increase traffic to your blog, raise your hand? Thought so. SEOmoz — a Seattle based search engine optimization (SEO) company — gives us 21 excellent tips to increase your blog’s traffic.
08.26.06
You want thingamabobs?
A few little gadgets and gizmos for your pleasure:
Minimalist WordPress ThemesAlternatives to Google’s AdSense, with short reviews about each option.
WidgetBox, a collection of fun little widgets for your blogs. Your blog will never have to ask “When’s Santa coming?” again.
08.23.06
“Xtreme” blogging?
Blogging from space, Mount Everest, and the open seas may seem a bit far-fetched but where there’s a will (and some technical know-how) there’s a way. Follow along as bloggers conquer even the most out of reach places Earth — and beyond — has to offer.
08.22.06
Crisis! Only 2 out of 10 Americans visit blogs regularly.
A New York Times/CBS poll released today says that while blogs “are growing increasingly popular, relatively few Americans visit them regularly, if at all.”
“Asked how often they visited blogs, the responses from the 78% who said they used the Web, came out this way: frequently 10%, occasionally 9%, rarely 17%, never 40%, and 2% did not answer. That suggests that less than 2 in 10 Americans now visit blogs a lot or occasionally.”
You know what this means right? We have to keep spreading the word about blogging, even if it means literally wearing Blogger T-shirts every day, and taking people by the hand onto a keyboard and setting them up with some blogging software.
08.14.06
The New Blogger
Blogger is undergoing a change. The most popular blogging application had long been suffering from a lack of some basic features such as post categories and password protection. The “new” Blogger is still in beta but you can sign up to try it out here if you want an early preview. Some VIP Blogger members already have access to the beta version on their current accounts, who are these lucky folk?
08.12.06
Why do newspapers hate us bloggers?
Sunny Hundal, of the Guardian Unlimited, pens an article entitled “Why do newspapers hate us?”
08.11.06
Will the real Steve Jobs please stand up?
Steve Jobs, Apple CEO, delivered a less than overwhelming keynote speech this week. Is the usually inspirational Steve Jobs losing his touch? Or is Jobs really just afraid to express himself away from his blog, “The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs”?
“Some people think Apple’s Steve Jobs wouldn’t have a clue what a blog was unless he wanted to sue one, but that’s not true. He’s been secretly writing a blog famous for its unanticipated level of honesty, and although we were recently mourning its disappearance, The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs is back!”
-The Guardian Unlimited-
08.09.06
Blogging from Lebanon
“Like many of her compatriots, artist Zena el-Khalil has turned to blogging on the Internet to express her longings and fears amid the fighting in Lebanon. Writing from Beirut, the 30-year-old tells of wanting to have children and worries about Israeli air raids on the capital.
Young Lebanese, feeling increasingly hemmed in by the siege of their country, are turning to the Internet to vent anger about the war and express longings intensified by the death and destruction.”
-The Boston Globe-
08.05.06
John Scalzi likes it, so will you.
John Scalzi, prominent author and blogger, took a look at the book and this is what he had to say:
“A quick glance through the books shows it to be what a Rough Guide should be: Easy to read, lots of useful information, good advice on how to get started, and tons of links to popular sites. I imagine other bloggers will be doing what I did and checking the index to see if they made the cut; I can see a few of them going, “Why am I not listed? I’m on the A-list, damn it!” We are a petty, petty lot, we bloggers.Anyway, on first read I can say this is a really fine book to give to that friend of yours who’s been muttering something about wanting to start a blog but doesn’t know where to begin. This will get them up to speed pretty painlessly. And if you get them this, that’s one less conversation explaining the difference between Blogger and Typepad that you’ll have to have. Which leaves you more time for what’s important, like beer and video games.”
08.03.06
Blogaholic visits BlogHer 2006
Arienna and Ianiv run blogaholics and have just recently attended the BlogHer 2006 conference. The “From Here to Autonomy” panel was focused on how to make a living as a blogger, something many bloggers have an interest in.
A string of recent blogaholic posts recap some of the notes from the conferences’ workshops:
Primp Your Blog
Ten Types of Web Writing
Building Your Blog Audience
BlogHer 2006: Final Thoughts
