Blogging Tips

CoComment – The new way to track blog comments

I stumbled upon a new site today which aims to make the process of commentating on blogs quicker and easier. The site is called CoComment and after familiarising myself with it for an hour or so my initial impressions of the service are overwhelmingly positive.

In short, CoComment lets you track all of the comments you have made in one place. It essentially removes the need to request updates to …

Written by Kevin Muldoon from Blog Themes Club
Posted on July 18th, 2007 and filed under Blogging
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Some common SEO myths cleared

Some say it is a volatile field, some say it’s vast and ever evolving, some say it’s damn boring!
With all these differences in opinion, there are some common myths that i found in the groups. Unanimous they were but interesting. Let’s check!

- SEO’s get it done overnight.
Many think that SEO is a set of rules if done over night – will get you traffic overnight.
No. SEO is an experiment with some predictable …

Written by Mani Karthik from Daily SEO Blog
Posted on July 18th, 2007 and filed under Search Engine Optimisation
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The power of product reviews

One of the most powerful ways to drive traffic to a blog is to write a product review. This is done frequently by technology based blog’s however it can be used by any type of blog. A music blog could review the latest guitar pedal, a parenting blog could review the latest baby toys, a sports blog could review the latest DVD and just about any blog could do a review about …

Written by Kevin Muldoon from Blog Themes Club
Posted on July 17th, 2007 and filed under Promote your blog
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Links Roundup – July 17th 2007

Hope you enjoy this weeks roundup

Page Views – Are they Dead? – Darren brings up some good points here. Are page views relevant for blogs?

How can interlinking benefit your blog? – A good post from Mani about interlinking.

SEO Guide – A complete guide to search engine optimisation from Chirs Beasley (AKA Aspen).

10 free promotion ideas – Crystal brings you ten ways to promote your site or blog …

Written by Kevin Muldoon from Blog Themes Club
Posted on July 17th, 2007 and filed under Links
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Google are hypocrites

I’m sure that most readers are aware that John Chow got penalized from Google last month. The number one theory and the one which is probably right is that Google are punishing him for his ‘Make Money Online’ linkback campaign. From the very start of this blog I have been very critical of John using this technique to gain traffic as the only one who seemed to benefit from it was …

Written by Kevin Muldoon from Blog Themes Club
Posted on July 16th, 2007 and filed under Around The Blogosphere
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Increasing your productivity

I wasn’t online online as much as I usually am at the weekend because I got my new laptop delivered. After installing everything I needed onto my new laptop and transferring all of my files I quickly realised how much my blogging is going to get easier. Before I went travelling last November the motherboard in my desktop pc burned out so since then I have been using my Sony T250, …

Written by Kevin Muldoon from Blog Themes Club
Posted on July 16th, 2007 and filed under Blogging
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Is It Possible To OD On Plugins?

If you run a Wordpress blog then chances are you love plugins. Plugins make life easy. They help organize your blog: the comments, the posts, the sidebar, the SEO.

But with thousands of different plugins, is it possible to overdose? Have you caught yourself uploading multiple zip files to your plugins directory, only to forget what you’re adding?

You Know You’re ODing on Plugins When…

You spend more time with your plugins than …