Monthly Archives: March 2008
Revisionist blogging
Writing Recently, one of my posts became popular on a forum about Windows Vista versus Windows XP, simply because the title of the post seemed relevant to the forum discussion. Unfortunately, it’s a very brief post from 2002 that hardly deals with the subject at all. In fact, it’s pretty dull. The question now is: should I rewrite this little bulletin? I could use this traffic as a chance to earn some readers by providing a really good post. If ...
Continue readingWrite posts based on user reaction
Writing It’s your blog so you’re free to write what you want. But don’t you write for your readers? Sure you do. You write articles that you hope capture the imagination of your readers and keep them coming back for more. Traffic and regular readership are the keys to a successful blog. Without people reading your blog and reacting to it through commenting and subscribing there would be little point in blogging at all. So how do you ...
Continue readingCommon Myths Regarding Accessibility
Design & Coding Historically, there has been some resistance among web designers toward building websites in an accessible manner. This resistance has arisen not due to a wish to discriminate against people who might benefit from accessible design, but rather from a fear that accessibility will limit designers’ options in how they create their sites. There’s also the fact that accessibility seems like it will add additional work, and most people ...
Continue readingHow to Effectively Use Blogging to Build Your Freelance Writing Credentials
Blogging In today’s blog post, I thought it apropos to answer a question I received from a reader. Sometimes, I think those of us who are more experienced leave newbies out because well, “everyone should know that, right?” So, here’s a question a lot of aspiring or new freelance writers might wonder about. The reader, Fred, wrote the following to me: QUESTION: Hi Yuwanda, I realize you’re busy, so if you don’t have time to deal with ...
Continue readingBlog Away your Fears: Your First Month of Blogging
Blogging If you’re hesitant about starting your blog – you tell yourself you’ll start a blog when you find the perfect topic, or the perfect WordPress theme – or (fill in your own excuse here) – this article will help you to get started. Once you’ve been blogging for a month, you’ll be a much more confident blogger. So here are six tips for sailing through your first month of blogging: 1. Keep your blog’s ...
Continue readingContent is King
Blogging Or is it? This is something you have probably heard time and time again, but is it true? The answer, of course is Yes. And No. My thinking is that content is definitely King, but a few things have come to my attention lately. One, I wrote recently about my lost hubpage (Smoked Trout Recipes) due to a trailing hyphen in the URL which seems to cause it to disappear to certain search engines. So, how good is that content? King maybe because it was ...
Continue readingThe Right Advertising Revenue for Your Blog
Making Money If you have a blog, odds are good you’d like to bring in a few bucks. There are actually several options for doing this, but not all will work well for your blog. Even something as simple as the placement or the selection of ads could make a potentially lucrative ad program bring in nothing but pocket change. Here are some of the major blog advertising options, and some tips on choosing the right one for you. You will probably want to ...
Continue readingLinks Roundup – March 25th 2008
Links $5641 Worth of Cash and Prizes to Be Won With Over 30 Winners! – Etienne has called upon a lot of friends to offer a huge amount of prizes. The keys to getting the most out of StumbleUpon.com for your marketing – A good guide about using stumbleupon to promote your blog. Personal Branding, Personal Connection – Some good tips about branding your blog. Blogging Software for Mac Users – A great list of blogging tools for ...
Continue readingWhat I Learned From Blogging
Blogging There are moments in a blogger’s life when one gets reflective of their achievements in blogging as well as their future goals and aspirations for it. As I’ve mentioned in my profile, I have been blogging since the year 2005 and how different was blogging then! Anyway, here are some of the things which I’ve learned from blogging from the serious to the most unbelievable ones. a. Blogging is a serious profession – I admit, ...
Continue reading3 HUGE SEO Tips That Will Deliver Higher Google Rankings
Search Engine Optimisation Great links to other like-minded blog sites work in search engine optimization to your benefit if done correctly, but link building is not the only SEO technique that works like a charm. There are some other major technical steps you can take starting today that will improve your blog site’s ratings exponentially if you proceed in the most concise manner. I have listed some of them here today. These are the top three that will help you the ...
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