Written by Kevin Muldoon from System0 on April 29, 2008

As most of you know, Google updates the PageRank of websites all the time (some say a daily basis) however this figure is only released every few months to webmasters, most notably on Google’s Toolbar.

Courtney Tuttle posted about this update this morning*. PageRank is not something I check a lot if I’m honest but I checked out the PR of websites I did know the PR of earlier today and nothing seemed to have changed. However, I checked again an hour or so again and noticed some websites getting a PR…

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Written by Kevin Muldoon from System0 on April 29, 2008

Blogs vs Social Networks - An interesting comparison.

22 Essential Habits Towards Blogging Success - A great post from Tibi Puiu.

22 Blogs Every Writer Should Read - BloggingTips isn’t on this list but we won’t hold that againt them :) A good list of blogs.

Engaging Readers - A great post from Chris Garrett.

and last but not least….

30+ Things That Should Be Changed for WordPress 2.6 - A fantastic list of how wordpress could be upgraded.

Written by Kevin Muldoon from System0 on April 28, 2008

Some random updates for all you BloggingTips enthusiasts :)

New BloggingTips theme within the week

I mentioned around 2 months ago that I was getting a new design developed for BloggingTips. Unfortunately, Ptah Dunbar is no longer designing the theme and a different design company has designed a brand new theme from scratch for me.

Ptah has wrote about why we parted ways in his post ‘What happened with the BloggingTips.com redesign?‘. The good news for all of you is that Ptah has decided to release the theme he was designing for me. I’ll update…

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Written by Elaine Ramos from Good Recruits on April 28, 2008

If you are looking for additional way to add spice into your blog, why not try having guest bloggers?

Guest bloggers could be considered as another way of livening up the blog since it brings a fresh voice and at the same adds value to the content of blogs especially niche ones. What are the qualities of a good guest blogger? Here are some tips:

a. Invite a guest blogger that has experience - If you are looking for a professional blogger who could add rich content in your blog, then you…

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Written by Susan Gunelius from Women On Business on April 28, 2008

There is a term used in business and marketing called the “silo effect” which refers to a lack of communication or coordination between business units and/or marketing efforts.  Instead of working together, each team focuses solely on their own goals with little regard to everyone else’s efforts.  It occured to me this week that bloggers should ask themselves whether or not they’re guilty of the silo effect on their blogs.

What do I mean by blogging in a silo?  It’s simple.  Blogging in a silo means you aren’t integrating your blog-related…