RSS Feed Problem Solved

As I mentioned in an earlier post Learning About & Problems With My RSS Feed, I was having problems setting up the RSS feed on this blog. I already had one at the bottom of the page, but I wanted to be able to use the universal RSS feed symbol.
Today as I was micromanaging [...]

Stumble Upon - Add Your Blog

Stumble Upon is a new (to me) way to surf the internet. After you register, you check boxes for the types of sites you like to view. The categories are limitless.
After you add the Stumble Upon toolbar, you can click the “Stumble” button and see websites that fit your profile. You can [...]

Google Analytics Up & Running

As mentioned in my previous post, I installed Google Analytics. I now have two days of stats and am very impressed with the results.
Google Analytics gives me beautiful bar and line graphs, information on my visitors and pages views, a “geo map overlay”, and a ton of reports I can generate. I’m [...]

How To Add Google Analytics To Your Blog-It’s Free

In an effort to increase traffic to my blogs, I came upon Google Analytics. It appears to be a well designed tracking mechanism. It apparently can analyze what improvements can be made to your blog to continue getting a good traffic flow, plus possibly increase your traffic flow. It also shows how visitors [...]

How to Copy and Paste in WordPress

When I’m writing my blogs, this one and www.observationmountain.com, I post directly to the WordPress “Write Post” screen. I don’t use a text editor. I continue to click, “save and continue editing” until I’m happy with my post.
I often need to move sentences or paragraphs around to make my post “flow” better. I [...]

Micromanage Your Blog

Setting up a blog can be time consuming, however, I find that micromanaging my blogs is even more time consuming.
Since starting my blogs, I have changed the theme, added advertising, familiarized myself with WordPress, Bluehost (my hosting company), and started to learn a lot of new computer language. I’m currently researching how to make [...]

Add LinkShare to Generate Revenue

I recently applied to LinkShare’s affiliate program, and got accepted. Today I reviewed their site and picked a handful of companies to advertise. Click here to become a LinkShare.com Affiliate!
LinkShare has different advertisers than Commission Junction. I think by using both, I will have a good variety of products to advertise. [...]

In Memory of the Virginia Tech Victims

In memory of the Virginia Tech victims, please take a moment of silence to pray for the families and friends of the victims, as they mourn the loss of their loved ones.
Their lives will never be the same, but may they find hope and comfort in knowing that people all around the world are praying [...]

Watch Your Success in Blogging - Track Your AWStats

In my previous article, I wrote about AWStats. Keep in mind, the progress of your blog can be seen in your AWStats.
As a new blogger, I have decided to have some fun and have made a copy of my awstats for my first 16 days. I’ve reached over 100 “unique visitors” (111 to [...]

What Are AWStats?

Only recently did I learn what AWStats are. AWStats are a free reporting tool that analyzes traffic to a website, or blog. It records the number of visits to your site, the number of unique visitors, the “hits” and “pages” numbers and gives you charts of very detailed information about these visitors.
Since I [...]

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