Finding your blogging balance

May 12, 2008 | Filed Under Blogging, Features, General, How I Blog | 4 Comments

The practice of blogging does not only consist of writing but it usually also involves reading other blogs, commenting and networking. Most of us are not fulltime professional bloggers so how do you divide your (spare) time between all these different blogging aspects?

Managing the Stress of Blogging

April 9, 2008 | Filed Under Features, How I Blog | Leave a Comment

This past weekend, the New York Times ran a semi-sensational article about the stressful - possibly life-threatening - nature of blogging. The headline read: “In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Till They Drop“.
The article highlights the pressure to relentlessly post day after day, poor health habits from sitting before a computer screen, and […]

Selling on Half.com As Blogging Motivation

March 26, 2008 | Filed Under Features, How I Blog | Leave a Comment

After blogging for quite some time, I’ve certainly experienced lulls in writing desire. The obvious term would be “blogger’s block.”
A bit of self-contemplation and armchair psychology is in order.

Tech Bloggers Are Joining FriendFeed: Give It A Try

March 12, 2008 | Filed Under Features, How I Blog, Recommended, Technology | 5 Comments

It seems this year the technology blogosphere is latching onto “lifestreaming” or “social network aggregation” as a new web service to explore. In plain English, this means pulling in your activity on selected social sites into one website or feed. So instead of checking in on ten different websites to see what people are up […]

Create a Style Guide for Your Blog

March 10, 2008 | Filed Under Blogging, Features, Guides and Tutorials, How I Blog, Journalism | 5 Comments

Consistency is critical for success in blogging. Though trying new things is important, if a blog finds itself drifting in voice, style and quality, it can lose readers and reputation seemingly overnight.
But maintaining consistency is almost impossible over the long haul, especially for blogs with multiple authors. As humans, it is our tendency to change […]

The Shock Of Revisiting Old Posts

March 5, 2008 | Filed Under Features, How I Blog | 10 Comments

Now on my second year of blogging, with well over a thousand posts published, I’ve gotten to a point where I can’t remember the majority of what I’ve written about.
Normally, the only time I revisit an old post is when I receive a comment on it. But even then, I don’t normally re-read said post. […]

Get Your Post Inspiration from Referer Keywords

March 3, 2008 | Filed Under Blogging, Features, How I Blog | 6 Comments

I quite often look at my blog statistics to see who visit my blog, where they came from and which posts are popular. Lately I’ve been particularly interested in the keywords people use in search engines and where these keywords lead them. While you could definitely call me blog statistics addict and argue that […]

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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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