Written by Kevin Muldoon from System0 on July 23, 2008

I’ve read a lot of posts recently about what you should do to revive a dead blog and what you should do if you have not blogged in a while. The key question always seems to be ‘Should you explain to your readers why you have not been blogging?‘. Also, do you think you should apologise to readers?

Snoskred from Aussie Bloggers wrote a post today in which he mentioned that

I have seen it said around the web that a blogger should never write a blog post that apologises for not blogging -…

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Written by Kevin Muldoon from System0 on July 21, 2008

Last night I returned from a much needed holiday. As I mentioned 10 days ago, I decided not to post while on holiday because I couldn’t get wi-fi in my room and the internet cafe was not the ideal environment to write articles. In the weeks I have been away there has been a lot of announcements so I thought I would give you all a biref update on what has been happening since I was away.

Before I do so, I would like to thank the bloggers who have been…

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Written by Syed Abbas from Technology Nerd on July 18, 2008

Optimizing an article for search engines is as important as writing a great post. This is especially important for sites which do not have high PR or thousands of RSS subscribers, in other words for sites which are trying to come up but are not there yet.

If the article is not properly optimized then the chances of it making to Google’s front page are not impressive and that’s exactly how a great post is lost in millions of articles generated everyday.

Following is the list of simple yet powerful things one…

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Written by Salwa from Blogriffic on July 14, 2008

A blog is a journal on the World Wide Web. They can cover any topic you can think of. They provide a great outlet for getting your opinion out to the world and they are an extremely powerful medium.

Blogs appear to be shifting the way we use the Internet. Rather than simply consuming information blindly, we are an active participant. Anyone wishing to voice an opinion or having specific knowledge can have a voice and a potential impact.

There are probably as many reasons to be a blogger as there bloggers.…

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Written by Monika Mundell from Monika Mundell on July 11, 2008

components of a business profile Your online business profile goes a long way in establishing credibility if it is setup correctly. A profile has several purposes and depending on how you present yourself, it also determines the ways in which you interact with others on the Internet. While chat room profiles mainly serve the need to be heard, a profile on a popular site like Facebook can be your online stage. For your very own show.

The nature of playful profiles

You might have noticed that these type of sites evoke the more playful sides of our…

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Written by Todd Andrews from Elementary Marketing on July 9, 2008

As bloggers, webmasters or simple online business owners, our internet presence and level of success is relative to our ability to influence the actions of our website visitors. We have goals and intentions for our visitors. We want people who visit our site to buy something. Or we want them to subscribe to our RSS feed or newsletter. Or we want them to download our free trial, click on our links, fill out a form or simply continue to visit our website.

No matter your intentions, your ability to influence the…

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