Thou Shall Not Blog

February 26, 2008 | Filed Under Blog Relationships, Bloggers, Blogging, Conviction, Editorial, Ethics, Featured, Features, Legal, Politics, Professional Blogging | 5 Comments

Over the years, as blogging has grown from fad to trend, I’ve traveled the world talking to other bloggers, many sharing stories of how they were confronted with new job contracts, agreements, and policies that state: Thou shall not blog.
My first response is always, “Why not?” Oh, I get an earful. It ranges from […]

Fighting Bloggers Take the Heat

February 8, 2008 | Filed Under Blog Marketing and Monetization, Blog Relationships, Blogging, Comments, Conviction, Ethics, Featured, Features, Legal, Public Relations, SEO | Leave a Comment

In Do You Avoid a Fight by Chris Garrett here on the Blog Herald, he talks about bloggers picking fights or avoiding them, explaining how you can learn from those who disagree with you:
Those people, once calmed down, are extremely valuable to you. They are a chance to see another side, to improve what you […]

Does Your Religion Influence Your Blog Writing?

February 5, 2008 | Filed Under Blog Relationships, Blogging, Conviction, Featured, Features, Opinion, Passion | 9 Comments

In my husband’s family home, there is one resounding rule: Never discuss politics nor religion at the dinner table. While I’ve tried to keep that rule on several of my blogs, I’m about to break it.
There are a lot of bloggers who blog about their religion, but the bigger question is how much your […]

If You Want to Start Blogging, You Have to Get Up and Dance

November 1, 2007 | Filed Under Blogging, Conviction, Features, Passion, SEO | 7 Comments

Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance.
~Dave Barry
When I wrote in Blogging Is About Writing on Problogger that readers will forgive writing mistakes if the blogger is passionate and knowledgeable about their subject matter, a lot of people stood up and applauded virtually. They loved the idea that you don’t […]

Blogging With Conviction

October 29, 2007 | Filed Under Blog Relationships, Blogging, Conviction, Features, Passion | 2 Comments

Whatever you say, say it with conviction.
Mark Twain
Don’t you love reading bloggers who write with conviction? I do.
According to Merriam-Webster, conviction is “a strong persuasion or belief.”
In Are You Blogging Through Rose-Colored Glasses, I wrote asking you if you blogged through colored glasses, a perspective that “colors” your blog writing style and presentation of […]

Bloggers Who Blame Don’t Change Things

October 19, 2007 | Filed Under Blog Relationships, Blogging, Conviction, Ethics, Features, Passion | 2 Comments

In Placing Blame Where Blame Deserves to Be Placed, I wrote about how many bloggers throw blame on the wrong personal or company and how we need to be more responsible when we use our blogs as weapons of blame and guilt.
I recently ran across the following quote:
When you blame others, you give up your […]

Are You Blogging Through Rose-Colored Glasses?

October 18, 2007 | Filed Under Blogging, Conviction, Ethics, Features, Marketing, Opinion, Passion | 2 Comments

Twoflower didn’t just look at the world through rose-tinted spectacles, Rincewind knew - he looked at it through a rose-tinted brain, too, and heard it through rose-tinted ears.
Terry Pratchett, The Light Fantastic from the Discworld series.
As you write your blog, you are viewing the world through your lens, your filter, your perspective on the issue. […]

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Do You Tag Yourself?
May 16, 2008 | By Lorelle VanFossen | 2 Comments

Do you tag yourself? Honestly? No, this is not a game.
With everyone back on the tag versus categories versus tags bandwagon, have you checked to make sure you are tagging yourself?
Inside of Lorelle on WordPress is the tag attribute that turns “Lorelle on WordPress” into a tag.
<a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/" title="Lorelle on WordPress" rel="tag">Lorelle on WordPress</a>
When […]

A BIG Reason to Read a Pet’s Blog
May 16, 2008 | By Andrew G.R. | Leave a Comment

I’ve often taken a snarky approach when it comes to people who set up blogs for their pets. I barely want to read about humans’ mundane lives, let alone issues with litter and pooper scoopers. However, there might be a new reason to subscribe to Lucky, Fido or Buddy’s blog.
Animals’ ability to prognosticate […]

Yahoo Nabs Safari Plugin Inquisitor
May 16, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | Leave a Comment

Inquisitor is a cool plugin for Safari, and now Yahoo owns it. The developer, David Watanabe, won’t be joining Yahoo, but will continue the development.
I look forward to assisting Yahoo! in refining and extending the Inquisitor user experience beyond where it is today. I truly believe that Inquisitor and its users can only benefit, both […]

YouTube Gives You Insight
May 16, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | 1 Comment

Now you can get some more statistics for your YouTube videos, with the recently launched Insight tool, available in your YouTube account (under Manage my Videos, which is probably temporary). The new stats feature is described like this by Tracy Chan, YouTube product manager:
For example, uploaders can see how often their videos are viewed in […]

Google the New Number 1 in the US
May 16, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | Leave a Comment

I thought they were already, but obviously not so. Google has been the leading search engine, but overall Yahoo is the most popular web site according to ComScore’s rankings. No more though, according to an AP report:
According to comScore, Google’s unique U.S. audience in April was 141.1 million, an 18 percent increase from the same […]

Blogging from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
May 16, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | Leave a Comment

Stephanie Stockman is a NASA contractor working at the Goddard Space Flight Center, which is cool by itself. What’s even cooler is that she’s blogging it, talking about rocketships in voice and text, as well as posting photos, something every space nerd should follow for sure. Her blog is Geosteph, which incidentally is her Twitter […]

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