In January over on my personal blog I promised to do some critiques. Then the Performancing stuff happened and I forgot all about it. I need to put that right.My first critique will be notjustcricket because a three month wait is too long!If you would like your blog critiquing drop me a message with your name, URL and what the goal is for your blog.Get your requests in fast because I am travelling for two weeks from next Tuesday and my time and internet access will be limited. Update: Thanks … [Read more...]
The Three Dimensions of Blogging: The Vital Combination Every Blog Must Have
Why do I answer every single comment made here? A couple of people have asked why I did my Reader Appreciation post. Some have even implied that I have a big enough audience to not need to do this. What is it about comments I am so obsessed about? There are three critical aspects that make a blog great. Lose any one aspect and you have made it so much harder to be a success. The simple truth is without my reader community a massive part of my blog would be lost. Without comments blogs are sadly … [Read more...]
Pimp Your Blog – WordPress Hacks
Mark Angeletti has written a post on some essential WordPress tweaks, check them out at WordPress - From Install to Pimped Out This article will share some plugins, some code adjustments and some tweaks that will make your website more user-friendly, easier on your web server, and possibly increase your traffic.I desperately need to do the printer-friendly one, a reader pulled me up about it earlier but I still haven't found the time (design stuff takes me much longer than normal … [Read more...]
Commentful Firefox Comment Tracking Tool Review
Commentful is a web service and Firefox plugin that helps you keep track of blog comment conversations. I have been using it for the last few days and it seems to work pretty well.Commentful is a service that watches comments/follow-ups on Blog posts, Digg submissions, Flickr pictures, and many other types of content. When ever there is an update, such as a new follow-up or comment, Commentful notifies you instantly.First you have to sign up to the web service. When you have an account you go … [Read more...]
Killer Flagship Content Review Roundup 4
Another week, another Killer Flagship Content ebook review roundup!Don CampbellThere are no cheap tricks here, only guidelines on creating quality content that your readers want and need.Nathan Briggsthe first time I've seen all the information in one cohesive well presented package. Definitely a useful file to have on your hard-drive"Colbs"definitely worth reading at least two or three timesNicolette Tallmadgedon't be fooled by the size—¦it's a very information packed 17 pagesJames … [Read more...]
My Comment Policy
A commenter called John asked why I "censor" comments. I was taken aback. Obviously the implication is I pick and choose what appears on my blog. Of course I do, but not based on if the commenter agrees with me or not. I thought I would take a moment to explain how I go about approving or deleting comments under moderation here on this blog. First I need to be clear. This is my blog. I set the rules. I reserve the right to display, edit or delete any comments as I see fit. It's my name above … [Read more...]
Where To Find Images For Your Blog
Andrew Ferguson has posted up a great post on where to find Great Free Photos for Your Blog Knowing where to look is just as important as what you find. I know most people's first instinct is "Google Images!" Ignore that instinct. Google Images is useful for some things, but not really for this. There's too much of a legal quagmire regarding usage rights and let's be honest, the photos you find are pretty lame.I know my posts would benefit from more images (or any images!). Good advice to … [Read more...]
Putting a Value on NoFollow Links
This week I was pulled up on my comment links having the default "no-follow" attribute. This led to me installing the Wordpress "do-follow" plugin and also to questions about if no-followed links have any value.First of all let me explain what "no-follow" means. The idea was hatched to prevent spammers profiting from carpet-bombing blogs with their links. Adding the "rel=nofollow" attribute to comment links was supposed to tell the search engines "I don't trust this link one bit, do not give it … [Read more...]
ScribeFire Released
I hear from Raj at Performancing there is a New Scribefire for Firefox (previously called Performancing for Firefox). Jed has been replaced by Chris Fincke who comments in the thread that he is a current Netscape developer, which is cool. I'm glad the tool is still going, not out of any sense of loyalty to the old crew but because I use it daily.From what I can tell Scribefire is PFF with more orange and a new name, but I expect once Chris settles in there will be more developments. You can … [Read more...]
Should You Post or Should You Comment?
Since my post on the benefits of commenting I have been asked this question a few times so I thought it must be something bloggers puzzle over. Here is the question as asked by "Haacked" in the original thread:Sometimes I find I am writing a loooong comment in response. So I abandon the comment and write a blog post instead linking back to the original.In your opinion, do you like that better? Or would you rather (hypothetically speaking) I leave a short comment anyways, along with the blog … [Read more...]
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