If it’s one thing serious bloggers need, it’s an objective style book like what print publications have in The Associated Press Stylebook or The Chicago Manual of Style.
Is website one word or two? Is internet capitalized? Is it re-tweet or retweet?
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I’m not too much of an Apple fan. To me: Apple products, with their streamline engineering and dumbified interfaces, have become somewhat of a cliche. Kind of like the Mustangs of the automobile industry. The 2010 Mustang might be a kick-ass car but seeing it on the road after every 40 cars just leaves a bad [...]
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WordPress is already known for its reliable backup features. By default, every time a post is revised on a WordPress blog, the WordPress engine creates a backup just for that revision. Users can export a backup of all their posts and user settings into an XML file that can be easily imported through the admin control panel. [...]
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Yesterday, I gave a very thorough definition of what blog tags are. Today, I’m going to tell you how to create blog tags for SEO as well as for human interaction purposes. The practice of blog SEO can sometimes create a dilemma. Everyone wants their blog to be optimized for search engines but no one [...]
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Picture yourself: a big time sports blogger at the top of your niche. The AdSense dollars are rolling in. You’ve got more subscribers than Curt Shilling. You’re sensational. Not a care in the world. Then a problem arises like a pigeon from hell. You would like to give your visitors the ability to view all [...]
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Rather than paying a $329 annual subscription to WordTracker, I’ve found alternative free keyword traffic analysis software that works just as good if not better. The Google Adwords Keyword Tool is a tool designed to help Adwords advertisers analyze competition for keywords. I have found that you can use it to analyze traffic for keywords regardless of [...]
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After a panel on using social media as a marketing vehicle, Technorati CEO Richard Jalichandra was asked by one of the listeners for an exclusive social media marketing tip. “I can give you a tip but that one won’t work again,” Jalichandra said. With that response, Jalichandra revealed a powerful piece of Internet marketing wisdom that most [...]
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An elementary school teacher who forgot her lunch one day was forced to eat what the kids eat in the cafeteria. Yuck! What ensued was a day by day blogging crusade of every food served in the cafeteria in 2010 to raise awareness for inadequate nutrition in school lunches. In a matter of months “Mrs. Q” [...]
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Ah, Google PageRank. The crown of every newbie blogger. Yup that’s right, I said it: Google PageRank doesn’t mean squat. Unless of course you are a newbie blogger. PageRank is a value from 1 to 10 that Google assigns to websites in its index. The higher the PR value, the more authority and credibility a site [...]
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This morning I went to a visual communication arts class and everyone formed a circle to discuss the evolution of newspaper layouts. I learned that the most striking difference between modern newspapers and those of the past are the ratio of pictures to text. The first newspapers in America of course did not have images [...]
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When I first stumble upon a blog, I usually read the first lines of the newest post. If the lines intrigue me or make me want to read more, I will read the rest of the post. From that point on, I can pretty much tell if the content on the blog is relevant or [...]
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Up until a few days ago I had no contact page on this WordPress blog. It didn’t hit me at first but not having a contact page can seriously damage the development of a blog. Not only can individuals submit feedback and ask questions through a contact form but they can also offer to: Purchase ad space [...]
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