Blogging Tips

Find Tweeters Near You With TweetMondo

If you’re looking for a new way to find Twitter users near your location you may want to try TweetMondo. Your results will all depend on the location you enter – whether it be a broad or precise location.

Once you login with your Twitter username and password you can enter your location in the “Where are you?” box. You can also select a location from the “Tweetcloud” located at the bottom of the page.

Once you enter your location you’ll be presented with a map and a few stats of how many Twitter users are in the broken down location you’ve entered. By broken down I mean if you enter Brooklyn, …

Written by Charnita Fance from Social Web Tools
Posted on June 27th, 2009 and filed under Social Media
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Is It Time To Get Off Your Big Fat Blog?

It seems like just a few months ago I started writing for Blogging Tips. But maybe that’s because it’s true. With apologies to Lynrd Skynrd, I think Kevin might call me the breeze because I’m already blowing down the road, but in computer years, three months is a long time, right?

Ah, but now, like Led Zeppelin, I’ve got to ramble on. But before we part I do have a few final thoughts I’d like to pass on that may help you with your blog and your individual goals.

Watch the time you spend searching and collecting tips and advice. It can easily become a way of procrastinating and at some point you just need to jump in and see what happens.
If you’ve picked up only one idea from my posts, I hope it’s the understanding that you have a natural ability to learn and be …

Written by Debbie Harbeson from Debbie Harbeson
Posted on June 26th, 2009 and filed under Blogging
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Create a Simple TODO List Quickly with iToody

iToody is probably the simplest TODO list service on the Web. Best of all, you do not even have register; you simply sign-in using your Google account. When you first go to the site you will need to click on “TODO” in the upper left corner of the page to get started.

You will then be prompted to sign-in with your Google account. From there you can then start creating TODO lists. Simple right?

TODO lists are shown as vertical tabs on the left side of the page. Currently, I am not sure if there is a limit as …

Written by Charnita Fance from Social Web Tools
Posted on June 26th, 2009 and filed under Social Media
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Is Tagging Still Important for Blog Posts?

When tagging was first made popular for bloggers several years ago, it was pushed to the forefront by Technorati as a means of helping searchers find your content.

The idea was that searchers, instead of or in addition to using the regular text search, would prefer a tag search or that blog posts with appropriate tags would have a higher ranking. The reason being, keywords often show up in posts only partially related to the topic, but if a blogger intentionally tags a post, it is a much more clear indication of what the post is about.

But then some bloggers began to abuse tags. Some engaged in tag stuffing, inserting every single possibly related tag into the tag field. Others outright tried to game the system by adding popular tags that were unrelated to the actual post. As a result of this, tag search seems to have largely fallen out of favor. Doing a tag search on Technorati today involves specifically filtering your result.

However, at the same time, tagging has gained broader acceptance among bloggers. WordPress 2.3, released in fall of 2007, was the first to natively support tagging (prior to then WordPress users had to either handcode tags or use plugins) and more bloggers than ever tag their content.

But is it really worthwhile? It is a tough question to answer.

Written by Jonathan Bailey from Plagiarism Today
Posted on June 25th, 2009 and filed under Blogging
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Sentence Structure and Coordination

I recently covered, The Four Types of Sentences and Their Purpose.  Today I’d like to cover a few more areas of structure; varying the beginning of sentences and faulty coordination.

To keep your writing from becoming stale or monotonous, you want to vary how you begin a sentence.  Sentences don’t always need to begin with the subject.

Adverb:  Probably the most well known horse to live was Black Beauty.

Adjective:  Black as night, Black Beauty stole the hearts of millions.

Prepositional Phrase: In the early years, Black Beauty pulled cabs through the streets of London.

Infinitive Phrase:  To follow the writer’s story is very sad.

Participial Phrase:  Hoping to reach horse lovers who worked with horses, the story soon became a children’s favorite.

Adverb Clause:  If the book had been published five months later, the author never would have known fame, due to her death at age 58.

Faulty Coordination:

Did you realize words have coordination?  One of …

Written by Patti Stafford from Patti Stafford
Posted on June 25th, 2009 and filed under Blogging
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How to Handle a Twitter DM Gone Wild

We all make mistakes. We’re human. But when we make big blunders in public, for all to witness, then it can turn into a pretty ugly situation. Take Tameka Foster, for example, who mistakenly made a private Twitter message public. The estranged wife of Usher Raymond, Foster accidentally sent a Twitter message to her public stream when she meant to send a private, direct message to fellow celeb buddy Star Jones.

In the message, Foster complains about her current lawyer and asks Star Jones for suggestions in her search for a new attorney. As Foster is in the middle of a very public divorce from her superstar husband, the blunder is especially noteworthy and embarrassing.

Written by Kristen Nicole from Kristen Nicole
Posted on June 24th, 2009 and filed under Social Media
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Wibiya: Web-Based Toolbar for your Blog

Wibiya is a set of tools which allows you to connect your blog through Facebook, get more Twitter followers, RSS subscribers and post instant notifications to your on-site visitors through a tidy little javascript toolbar at the bottom of your web page. It also has a lot of handy gadgets that many people like to include on their blog like social bookmarking buttons, a translation widget and more.

Wibiya helps your visitors to browse your site, share their favorite posts and search through either your blog or Google Blogsearch. Because the toolbar shows up on every page of your site, it can help you to hook in users who arrive through search engines or inbound links from other websites. When a user arrive at your site they are greeted with your default notification, which could be a message inviting them to …

Written by Ryan Edmunds from Needless Productions
Posted on June 24th, 2009 and filed under Social Media
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