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Spam!
2007-08-21 09:49:00 I’ve been gone too long. Well, I’m so sure of that not through looking at my latest post which is more than a month ago but by looking at my comments tab! I spent most of the last 30 minutes just removing spam comments! Well I really have to since this is a Do-Follow blog. Great! I have both Akismet and Spam Karma plugins to eradicate spam but I really can’t believe what I saw - pages of spam comments! Anyway, it’s good to be back! I think I have to moderate comments this time. I’ll look at the results and inform you all about it. Ever since I started blogging I’ve been against comment moderation but I’ll check out what happens and see for myself the positive and negative impacts as most posts about it in the blogosphere are theoretical. Experiment!
Advice on Cheesy Background Music
2007-07-13 10:40:00 I thought about writing this article because I saw a content blog a few days ago that had a cheesy background music. That’s okay for me but the problem was I cannot turn it off! I eventually left the blog and emailed the blogger about it. Now, that background music is gone! Background music on a ... More About: Music , Advice , Vice , Round
Recognizing Thinking Bloggers
2007-07-12 08:16:00 Karlo @ Pinoyblogero has just awarded me the Thinking Blogg er Award. This award seeks to recognize thinking bloggers that are worthy of fame. So since it was passed on to me, I’m passing it to 5 other bloggers worthy of the award as well. SmartWealthyRich by Jonathan Carlocab by Carl SELaplana by Sustines Tech at Hand by Rexted Culture Shiok by ... More About: Bloggers , Logger
Lessons Learned from a One Week Break
2007-07-11 11:10:00 I’m back! If you scroll down below, you’ll see that my last post was written 1 week ago. Yes I’ve been gone for a week and this blog has been severely affected because of that. So I write my 4 lessons learned during the past week. 1. Traffic drops hard when you don’t blog - No, I’m ... More About: Break , Week , Lessons , Esso , Learned
Hate for Article Writing
2007-07-03 09:52:00 If writing great articles naturally flows in you, you won’t need to read this post but read it! I guess most people hate writing articles. That’s quite bad indeed so if you’re one person who doesn’t like to write articles, read on. There are just 3 words that can solve this problem. Get over it! You ... More About: Writing , Article , Hate , Artic
Thoughts on Poor Layout Design
2007-06-28 09:00:00 I’ve visited blogs that are just too ‘congested’. It’s like the webmasters are trying to fill every pixel on the entire page! In my honest opinion, designing pages should not be overdone. I’ve seen blogs with a blogroll list of 20 directories, 4 AdSense ads, 2 AdSense Firefox buttons. In fact, I’ve become blind to these already. Remember this: Just because ... More About: Design , Thoughts , Poor , Layout
Optimize Your Page Layout
2007-06-25 08:56:00 Whatever theme you’re using, whether it’s just a standard theme or a commonly used one, you should optimize your page layout. How would you know when a blog has not optimized its page layout? There are two ways: Cluttered Navigation - Your blog should have navigation in one or two consistent places only. Blogs that have navigation ... More About: Page , Layout , Opti
Quick Notes on Navigation
2007-06-22 09:33:00 Ease of navigation is very important to your blog. You should make it easy for your readers to get from one page to another. Note that your homepage is not always the first page your visitors come to always because search engines may index any page of your blog. In my opinion, use of Categories/Labels is ... More About: Notes , Navigation , Quick
Behind the Smile
2007-06-22 09:12:00 Do you ever wonder what people are feeling when they smile? Do they smile because they’re happy or do they smile because they want people to believe they’re happy? Maybe they smile because they want you to smile and be happy. A smile can touch a person’s life in ways you can never imagine. It’s ... More About: Smile
Benefits of Outbound Linking
2007-06-21 11:13:00 If you’re obsessed about search engine optimization, continue to read this post, don’t worry it’s just brief. Outbound linking also has its benefits so make the most out of it. Don’t be scared to leak some of your beloved Pagerank, in the end linking out will be more beneficial to your blog! Here are some ... More About: Linking , Benefits , Benefit , Linkin
Thoughts of the Day
2007-06-20 05:58:00 “If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in character, if there is beauty in character, there will be harmony in the home. If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation; if there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world.” ” Far ... More About: Thoughts , The D
Free Stuff - Everyone Loves It!
2007-06-18 11:20:00 It is often said that the best things in life are free! Today’s traffic tip is simple yet super effective. Giving stuff away is a great way to increase traffic. I’m a sucker for freebies and I believe a huge chunk of bloggers are as well. Couple this with surefire marketing techniques and I’m sure ... More About: Free Stuff , Free , Stuff , Everyone
Check your Blog using Different Browsers
2007-06-16 06:45:00 Today’s tip is simple. Check your blog using different browsers! What your visitors see depends on what browser they are using. Different browsers display your blog differently. Thus you should check your blog with the most popular browsers: Internet Explorer Firefox Netscape Opera Moreover, you can review your blog on both Mac and PC as there may be times your blog ... More About: Browsers , Blog , Rent , Browse
Advice on Image Maps
2007-06-15 13:12:00 Image maps are large graphics with clickable ’spots’. Surely you have seen a few of these. These maps are used for navigation and they usually have text embedded in its graphics. Be SEO Friendly - If you’re going to use image maps, read this post and ensure that you provide the appropriate text and Alt tags ... More About: Advice , Maps , Image , Vice
Speedlinking
2007-06-14 10:53:00 Get a Customized RSS Feed Button - Do you have a hard time promoting your feeds? Karlo @ Pinoyblogero will help you promote your feed through his photoshop skills to attract your reader’s attention! How to Start a Blog in 15 Steps - If you are just starting your blog, check Carl’s helpful post filled with ... More About: Linkin
Keeping Top Search Results Despite Fluctuations
2007-06-14 09:32:00 How can you stay on top of the Search Engine Result s Pages (SERPs) knowing they change their algorithm everytime!? Simple, my advice is: Don’t put all your eggs on one basket! Spread your bets on different keywords. Most people are building towards gaining one top position for a keyword. When the blog is big enough and it has achieved ... More About: Ping , Spit
Swapping Links Fraud Exposed
2007-06-13 02:23:00 Reciprocal linking is common nowadays and lots of bloggers ‘trade’ links everyday. This strategy helps your blog in terms of SEO and a little bit of traffic. In this brief post, I’ll look into the SEO aspect of reciprocal link exchanges. When you receive link exchange requests from other blogs, look at the page where they ... More About: Fraud , Links , Swap , Ping , Pose
Use Thumbnail Graphics for Large Sets of Images
2007-06-12 06:44:00 I won’t bore you today by getting straight to the point with a short yet practical advice. When you have a page with lots of large images, create small versions of each image and give your visitors the option of clicking through to the larger versions. For example, if you have a page that has a lot ... More About: Graphics , Images , Sets , Thumb , Graph
Increase your Feed Readership Through Linking
2007-06-08 10:50:00 First of all, this is an impromptu post. Second, I decided to publish this as I noticed my RSS Feed is quite hot in a lot of MyBlogLog Communities and in fact, it placed first in some blogger profiles as seen in the screenshot. Third, my feed readership increased by 37 today. How did this happen? I analyzed the ... More About: Linking , Ship , Ease , Linkin
Color Advices to Improve Your Blog?s Look
2007-06-08 08:03:00 Your blog?s color combination is very important. As much as possible, make your reader?s experience in your blog a good one. They?ll come back if you offer them the overall package and color plays a huge part in it. 1. Choose background and font colors carefully ? Backgrounds that are too busy obscure your text ... More About: Color , Blog , Improve , Vice , Look
Increase your Feed Count
2007-06-08 05:58:00 Are you unsatisfied with your feed count? Maybe it’s because your RSS button is unnoticed by your visitors, if that’s the case, then be happy because Karlo @ Pinoyblogero is giving away customized feed buttons for your blog! Moreover, if you missed my advice on How I got 350 RSS Subscribers in my first 30 days, ... More About: Feed , Count , Ease
Procrastinate to Achieve Success
2007-06-07 19:52:00 Okay, the title seems misleading right? I’m not here to bore you with something you’ve read a lot of times already, that’s the reason why. Procrastination is such a cliché topic these days and every time I see an article about procrastination, the experts write about curing it. I really don’t think there’s a way ... More About: Success , Nate
5 Surefire Text Tips to Improve Content Writing
2007-06-07 10:20:00 As bloggers, the only way we can communicate with our target audience is through what we write. Thus, the tone of our text is very important as it conveys our intended image. Knowing that the content of text is very important, I’ll share some practical advice regarding this. Here are 5 advices: Contain your bias - All of us are ... More About: Writing , Tips , Content , Text , Improve
LINK LOVE for the Top 10 Contest by Janette Toral
2007-06-06 06:26:00 Special thanks goes to AlohaPenny for including me! An Apple a Day Culture Shiok! C5’s How to Solve the Problem It’s not only fruity, it’s oaty! Kubiertos The Philosophical Bastard Confessions of a Hopeless Romantic I Heart Manila Life is Good My Tech Life Quotes in Can Studies in Technopreneurship Annamanila Cheese to go with my whine from the boondocKs goodness graciousness kuro-kuro-ko-to Lakwatsera Ako Letters to Mikee Make Money Online with a 13-Year Old My ... More About: Contest , Love , Link , Contes , Jane
How I got 350 RSS subscribers in my first 30 days
2007-06-05 11:44:00 This blog has been a success so far within the first 30 days! This blog is now 30 days old and as of this writing, it has 364 RSS subscribers. I have enabled Feed Count, so you can view my progress here. 364 subscribers may not be a lot to you but that is definitely ... More About: Days , Subscriber , Subs , Scribe
Achieve Success by Setting Goals
2007-06-03 14:46:00 I believe that one approach to be a successful blogger is setting goals. In my opinion, to be successful and to be able to reach the top, a blogger has to take every step along the way and be able to achieve the small goals. Setting your goals is simple, just open that Notepad or ... More About: Success , Goals
Advice on Sidebar Archives
2007-05-31 19:16:00 To be honest, I don’t really see any practical use for this sidebar widget. I’ve seen them in many blogs all over the blogosphere and I just noticed that I’ve always ignored this. Well, to really know whether it is practical to place Side bar Archi ves on your blog, consider these 2 factors. The Time Factor - ... More About: Advice , Vice
Advice on Submitting to Blog Carnivals
2007-05-29 15:45:00 When you are still starting your blog, it would be very hard to get traffic unless you are willing to spend on some ReviewMe?s or advertise on Google and other ad programs. I believe that it is the first 6 months that make or break a blog. If you can still blog with enthusiasm despite ... More About: Advice , Carnivals , Blog , Submit , Vice
Transform your Readers into Loyal Readers
2007-05-27 16:51:00 In the past two articles (part I and part II), I?ve discussed the importance of loyal readers and how they help your blog. Now you know how important loyal readers are, it?s time to have more of them! There are many ways to transform your readers into loyal readers through time. Yes, you should remember that ... More About: Readers , Trans , Form , Tran
Know your Loyal Readers part II
More articles from this author:2007-05-26 10:47:00 This is part II of the Advice Series on Loyal Readers , part I can be viewed here. Now that you have followed traffic advices for your blog and brought in readers, your main goal now is to make them come back and be loyal readers! But before that, we must first know what makes a loyal ... More About: Part 1, 2, 3 |
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