Tag: Blogging

I bang my head against the wall every now and then. This time it’s over my RSS feed, again. One of my “Blogging Buddies”, emailed me, to let me know my feed wasn’t working correctly. I decided to try adding the new “FeedBurner FeedSmith” plugin. This plugin works with WordPress,… read more New Plugin Added – FeedBurner FeedSmith

Over the weekend, I received an email from the owner of a website I “showcased” on my other blog. She had a question about “hits” on her website, Dare To Care – Alaska. Her passion is to feed hungry children, who have fallen through the cracks for Federally funded school… read more Is A “Hit”, A “Visit”?

Way back, we used to write letters to each other. Then, the telephone came along, and everyone had a telephone number to share. After the telephone, came the fax. Then the cell phone. We probably have a minimum of three numbers for one person. Then, e-mail came along, and everyone,… read more 12 Great Excuses For Not Having A Web Log “Blog”

Writing an”About” page for your blog can be difficult. You’re telling the world, who you are. Should you brag about your accomplishments, or downplay them? If you’re young, with not much experience in life, how do you get readers to find you credible? Should you try and stay anonymous? Should… read more Writing Your “About” Page

Google Page Rank. If you blog, and have done any research on linking, you’ve probably read that you want incoming links to your pages from sites that have a ranking of 4 or above. This apparently, will help your Google Page Rank., which, in turn, increases your position in the… read more Google Page Rank – Chasing That Elusive Dream

Are you constantly checking your blog stats? Have you become a stataholic? With new bloggers, it understandable that you check your stats often. You want, what you’ve written, to be read. After all, you started blogging to share with the world, what you feel is valuable information. I’ve been a… read more Are You A Stataholic

Would you like to be able to make a million dollars blogging? Of course, you would. Although most of us blog in an effort to help others, money always enters the picture, in one form or another. We may want to make a few bucks via our affiliate advertising, by… read more Quit Blogging and Make Millions

If you’ve been blogging for any length of time, you may ask, “What do I do, to revive my older posts”? I see at least three options. 1) Revive older posts in your blog, by rewriting them, concentrating on keyword density, and/or adding more value to the post. I address… read more How To Revive Older Posts On Your Blog

If you’re a newbie to blogging, you’ve probably asked the question, “How often should I post to my blog?” How often you post to your blog, is a decision you should make even before you start to blog. Ask yourself, “What is my objective to blogging?” “How much time do… read more Blogging? How Often Should You Post?

Get a link! I’ve read some articles, where it’s written that bloggers, need to “get a life” Maybe so, but links are great for all of us bloggers. Do you want a link? Read on….. While learning how to blog, I’ve read many “how to” articles on succeeding with blogging…. read more Share The Love In Blogosphere-Get A Link

Blogging can be compared to dieting in many ways. In some ways, blogging and dieting are opposite, but in other ways, blogging and dieting are the same. With dieting, you want lower numbers With blogging you want higher numbers With dieting, we may be obsessed with our “numbers”, and “weigh… read more What Do Blogging And Dieting Have In Common?

What is a blog? Technically speaking, a blog is the name for a web log. Take the “b” off of web, add it to “log, and there you have it “blog”. To blog, is easy. If you’ve ever written in a diary or journal, you’ve been “blogging”, without a “blog”…. read more What Is A Blog? Why Do People Blog?

How much time should you expect to spend writing for your blog? That depends on what you’re blogging about, and if you’re writing your own content. If you write a sentence or two, and then reference an article in another blog, or on another site, you could publish a post… read more Time Needed For Blogging

My blog theme doesn’t include a “description” tag line, so I just added HTML code to create a “description” tag line in my sidebar. Since I’m not familiar enough with CSS to start messing with my stylesheet, adding the HTML code to my sidebar was much easier. Since my blog… read more Adding A Description Tag Line To Your Blog

Why did you start a blog? Is blogging meeting your expectations? For me, while I was reading The Secret, I was inspired to start a second “business”. A home based business I could do, in conjunction with our other business. The thought stayed with me, but I wasn’t sure exactly… read more Why Did You Start Blogging?

Are you getting blogging block? Or, would that be “blogk”? Need topics to blog about? In order to sustain a blog, you need an endless supply of blogging topics. The question is, where do you find sources for blogging topics? Here’s a list of 15 ideas to draw from. 1)… read more Blogging Block- Can’t Find Anything To Blog About

Blogging is easy, once you have your software program in place. Now, blogging got even easier. Last night I was reading Lorelle’s site on WordPress., and came upon a post of hers about a nifty feature that Firefox has as an addon. It’s a split brower, or often called, split… read more Blogging Just Got Easier

The expected stats for a newbie’s blog seems to be a mystery. I’ve done some research on stats for a new blog, but so far only found one newbie blog, where the author listed their stats. I’m curious, are my new blog stats inline with other new blogs? Am I… read more Stats For Newbie Blogs – I’ll Show You Mine, If You Show Me Yours

How do you deal with negative or critical comments you receive on your blog? Do you delete negative comments? Do you post negative comments? Or do you mark the negative comments as “spam”? With WordPress, choosing what to do with negative comments is all up to you. Don’t you just… read more WordPress – Dealing With Negative Comments

To blog is easy, but to become a problogger, now that’s a different story. My goal is to become a problogger. As a newbie, I realize I must post often, continue learning (and that includes learning from my mistakes), and essentially “pay my dues”. My favorite problogger site is Problogger…. read more Learn Blogging From The Best

If you’re a newbie to blogging, learning WordPress can be quite confusing. WordPress is one of the best blogging platforms, and with it being free, that makes WordPress even more attractive. The question is, where do you get the best information about how to learn WordPress? Quite obviously, go to… read more How To Learn WordPress

I just installed the “Secure and Accessible PHP Contact Form v.2.0” which can be found at Beast-Blog.com or, at Blue Anvil.com. It was written by Mike Cherim and Mike Jolley. To install the Secure and Accessible PHP Contact Form v.2.0, is quite simple. The “Mikes’” have written a very thorough… read more Secure Contact Form For WordPress

What do I Digg? I dig Digg. And, I Digg my posts. I’m my harshest critic, but I’m also well aware that some of my posts are worth Digg-ing. By the way, these aren’t typos. Read on. To Digg your own posts gives them more exposure. If your posts appear… read more Do You Digg “Them”? I Digg “Them”!

I’m not sure what constitutes being a newbie to blogging, but I think I’m still a newbie, as my two blogs are less than three months old. When I first started blogging, I felt overwhelmed by everything I was reading. My head spun for weeks, and the learning curve was… read more Newbie To Blogging?

You blog. You want your blog to rank high on the search engines. The major question is, “How do I get my blog at the top of the search engine results?”. From my experience, getting your blog to the top of search engine results doesn’t happen overnight. This is what… read more How To Rank High On Search Engine Results

So, you want to change your WordPress theme, but aren’t sure what to do? Switching your WordPress theme is pretty simple. 1) First, locate, download and unzip (extract all files) a WordPress theme that suits your site. Check out my previous post The Best Source For Free WordPress Themes 2)… read more How To Change Your WordPress Theme

Just yesterday I wrote about a free plugin for Meta Tags. Today, I’m writing about a free widget for “recent posts”. I love being able to share the fact that creating and working with a blog, doesn’t have to cost very much. I used the free recent post widget yesterday… read more Free Recent Posts Plugin

I love finding free stuff. From the time I started my blogs, I have been amazed at how much free stuff is online to aid in blogging. First it was WordPress blogging software, then it was tons of plugins and widgets, and now I’m using a free Meta Tag Analyzer… read more Free Meta Tag Analyzer

When researching setting up a blog, most sites say to blog on specific topics. “Pick a topic you know a lot about, and start a blog”. At the end of March 2007, I started two blogs. This one and www.observationmountain.com. This one is specific to blogging. www.observationmountain.com is not on… read more Blog On Specific Topics or Not

Two months have passed since I set up this blog. What have I learned? 1) Start with a good blogging software program. I use WordPress 2) Install a good spam remover. I use Akismet,-caught 96 spam so far 🙂 3) Post often. Post valuable data 4) Research what you don’t… read more 11 Blogging Lessons For Newbies