Monthly Archives: June 2007
Links Roundup – 5th June 2007
Links 10 reasons why blogging is like dating – Phil Van Treuren writes a long post why blogging is similar to dating. Link building III – Improving search rankings – Posted last week, a great post about how to use keywords to improve your search engine rankings. Top 5 Google Analytics Reports for Bloggers – Stephen recommends the best reports that Google Analytics offers bloggers. Blogging Drop Out Rate – Jane May asks ...
Continue readingNetBusinessBlog changes hands
Around The Blogosphere I posted in the links roundup recently that NetBusinessBlog was being sold by the owner Matt Coddington. The new owner appears to have a lot of experience in the web so im keeping the site on my feedlist. In my opinion, the value of a blog is tied greatly to the main author so it will be interesting to see the direction the blog goes and whether the new owner can continue the momentum Matt had with the blog. The new owner joked that he bought ...
Continue readingWant to try out blog scripts so that you can decide which is the right one for you?
Links I don’t know why i’ve kept this little gem of a site from readers for so long as it’s a site all bloggers should know about – ive personally used it for years! The site i am referring to is Open Source CMS. Open Source CMS is a website which allows you to test out every major blogging, forum and content management script (CMS). Most script websites have a test area where you can view the user end of a script and also the ...
Continue readingHow to convert guests to readers?
Blogging Okay, so we talked about Mistakes in blogging, and How to develop stickyness to your blog.I thought we needed to cover some basics now – let’s see. How about this topic – How to attract first time visitors and convert them to readers? Say you are going to launch a new blog. Or you are going for a revamp edition of your existing blog. What are the things that will get you instant attention, when you show it off to the world? ...
Continue readingHosting : What you should look for in a hosting company
Domain Names & Hosting There are certain factors you need to consider when choosing a suitable host. All of these factors should be researched and weighed up before you take the plunge and pay for a hosting company. Before we move on i strongly recommend reading my previous posts ‘The Basics of Hosting a Blog‘ and ‘Never Let a hosting company control your domain name‘. What you need to consider when choosing a host Once you have narrowed down ...
Continue readingHosting : The Basics of Hosting a Blog
Domain Names & Hosting Moving from a hosted blogging solution like blogger or wordpress.com to your own domain name and hosting is a giant step towards becoming a successful blogger. You have much more control over your site and you will see a lot more search engine benefits too. Getting a hosting package for the first time can be a daunting experience but it needn’t be. I will be talking tomorrow about ‘What you should look for in a hosting company’ ...
Continue readingBad Blog Design – Not adding a comment link at the bottom of each post
Design & Coding One of most common bad design flaws i see in blogs every day is the lack of a comment link at the bottom of a post in the home page or in the archives. There are a lot of blogs who are not getting as many comments as they should because of this. My suggestion to all bloggers is to add a comment link at the very top of the post near the title and also at the bottom of the post excerpt which is where you find the social bookmark links and the ...
Continue readingJune 2007 Competition
Competitions With the dust just settling on last months competition i thought it would be good to announce the next one at BloggingTips. Before i go into specifics about the rules and guidelines, ill let you know what exactly you can win The Prizes The prizes are a little different this month – i hope you like them Win a years worth of hosting and a domain name I know that we have a lot of readers who are still using wordpress.com, blogger and other ...
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