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6 Tips to Avoid Blog Abandonment
Blogging A recent survey by Technorati found that, of the 133 million blogs they had tracked since 2002, only 7.5 million had been updated within the past four months and, of those, only 1.5 million had been updated within the past 7 days. This means that, of all the blogs Technorati has tracked, only 5.6% are active, even within the last four months, and only 1.1% are active within the past week. In short, the vast majority of blogs are abandoned. Blog ...
Continue reading15 Common WordPress Blunders
WordPress WordPress is a very easy to use and very efficient blogging platform. However, that doesn’t mean it, nor its users, are perfect. There are some mistakes that even experienced WordPress admins seem to make when setting up and running a WordPress install. Some of them are due to WordPress’ default settings, others are just easy to forget and lose track of. So, if you’re a WordPress user and want to make sure you didn’t ...
Continue readingCorrections: How to Handle Them
Writing Everyone makes mistakes. Whether you do one post per week or 50, something is going to go wrong and it is important to be prepared for those mistakes before they happen. They key to respect and trust while blogging is not to never make a mistake (though keeping them to a minimum is important), but rather, to handle the ones you do make gracefully while learning from them. So how should a blogger handle their mistakes? There are many different ...
Continue reading5 Mac Blogging-Related Apps I Paid For
Software & Programs I have to admit it, even though I am a Mac user, I tend to be something of a cheapskate when it comes to my software. It isn’t that I am opposed to paying for software but that, even on the Mac, there usually is a great solution available for free of charge. However, there are at least five applications that I’ve fallen in love with and have gladly paid for, either full price through their stores or as part of one of the Macheist ...
Continue readingPractical Password Advice
Blogging We’ve all heard the advice before. When picking a password be sure to not choose a word from the dictionary, make sure to use letters, numbers and symbols and never use the same password for multiple items. All in all, it’s good advice, but the realities of the Web are much more complicated than that. If we could all remember a string of garbled text for every site we visit, our online lives would likely be much more secure. But as ...
Continue reading5 Reasons They May Stop Following on Twitter
Social Media, Social Networking Last week I wrote a post entitled “5 Reasons They May Not Follow on Twitter” that sparked a great conversation both on this site and on Twitter. Today we’re going to take a look at the reasons many people unfollow you after you’ve gotten on their list. Though there are many reasons you can’t avoid, such as accounts being closed, people cutting back on their followers or just a general lack of interest, there are at ...
Continue readingWill Phone Blogging Ever Be Practical?
Software & Programs After two years of using a phone that was very “non-Web-friendly”, I finally got the chance last month to upgrade to an iPhone. The impact it has had on my mobility can not be understated. I now feel as if can manage any aspect of my business or personal life from my phone and it has actually been very freeing. However, there is one work-related task that I can not do, blogging. Even with the installation of the WordPress for iPhone ...
Continue reading5 Reasons They May Not Follow on Twitter
Blogging When you follow people on Twitter, you are doing more than just getting their tweets, you’re also sending them a note letting them know that you are interested in what they have to say. Ideally, a good percentage of them, after looking at your profile should feel the same way and return the follow. Personally, I follow about 80% of the people who follow me. I view Twitter as a tool for conversations and, within reason, if someone is ...
Continue readingTumblr from a WordPress Perspective
Blogging Over the past four years, I’ve probably set up over a dozen WordPress sites including those for myself, my friends and my family. I use WordPress on every single site I guest blog on and have read several books on the application. I’m not an expert by any stretch, but WordPress is definitely what I know best and use the most when it comes to blogging. However, as I talked about last week, when I went to create my new blog Copyright ...
Continue readingMeet CopyrightFail.com
Blogging News On my main site, Plagiarism Today, I write a great deal about copyright issues and how they affect webmasters, artists, bloggers and anyone else who publishes to the Web. I am also the first to admit that copyright law can be very boring. For every case like The Pirate Bay trial that grips the world, there are literally hundreds of dull, though equally important, lawsuits and criminal cases going on. Many times, reading about copyright law can ...
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