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The latest news regarding bloggers happened in California. Affiliates of Amazon, Overstock.com (also O.co) and probably other smaller California based businesses were told, “you’re fired”. In the article, Should the Internet Be Taxed, WebPro News shared: On Friday [July 1, 2011], a new California state law goes into effect that… read more Bloggers – You’re Fired

Since I call this “your blogging classroom on the web”, I decided it was time we talk about homework; or that behind the scenes stuff we often put off. Today’s Lesson As many of you have noticed, I decorated my blog for the holidays. Since I use a theme which… read more Sexy Bookmarks, Toolbars & Time Savers

What an exciting week it’s been. We just concluded the second round of interview topics with Lorelle (of Lorelle on WordPress) and learned: 1) Revisitng old posts can provide fresh content 2) How to Manage our feed readers 3) And then we Wooped it up. 4) On Tuesday we welcomed… read more FEFF – Feeling The Joy

Hi all, Welcome to my new series. It will be called “Free ‘n Easy Friday Finds”. As some of you already know, I like to use acronyms (abbreviate with letters), so it will often be referred to as “FEFF”. Each Friday, I will share something that is free to bloggers…. read more Free ‘n Easy Friday Finds

We all make mistakes when we start blogging. I know I did. Today’s Lesson I didn’t do enough homework and was unprepared for what blogging entailed. I made small mistakes like typos (and I still do), and big ones like crashing my blogs. I didn’t know HTML, coding or the… read more The Biggest Mistake I Made In Blogging

Reviews of any kind (paid or unpaid) are great ways for bloggers to generate traffic. Today’s Lesson Product and/or book reviews can help to increase traffic (to our blogs), and may even make us a few coins in the process. Although I don’t do many product reviews on this blog,… read more Book And Product Reviews Generate Traffic

In business and in life, we leave what’s called a paper trail. On the internet, it’s called often referred to as an electronic paper trail. Most transaction we make, can be followed. Our bank statement shows how much money we have, and where we spent it. Credit/debit card records are… read more Blogs – The New Electronic Paper Trail

As a new blogger, you’ll read how easy it is to set up a blog. Let’s look at WordPress. Their homepage says: 1. Find a Web Host and get great hosting while supporting WordPress at the same time. 2. Download & Install WordPress with our famous 5-minute installation. 3. Consult… read more New Bloggers Are Being Scammed

Have you ever noticed how some things are right under your nose, but you can’t see them? This week, I encountered that problem. I’ve been on my weekly hunt for my “New Blogger Of The Week” (NBOTW). I visited most of my usual haunts, did Google searches, clicked on dozens… read more NBOTW Will Set You On Fire

I couldn’t end this series without talking about making money with blogs. Most bloggers start a blog with money as part of the equation. I did. However, the truth about making money with a blog is often misleading. Search online and you’ll find many sites, e-books, or “subscribe to this”… read more Blogging – Year One – Lesson Twelve

The amount of blogs online grows by thousands every day. There is no way we can read, or even find them all, but we try. Over the past year, I’ve read hundreds of blog posts (possibly thousands). There’s some good stuff out there. In the beginning, I remember reading posts… read more Blogging – Year One – Lesson Eleven

Blogging helps us to share information with the world. With hands perched on the keyboard, we wait for the words to travel from our heads, to the screen, via our fingertips. Like magic, they appear. Upon completing our “story for the day”, we hit publish and send our thoughts, opinions… read more Blogging – Year One – Lesson Six

If you use Google AdSense, you may have noticed arrows on the ad unit. Today’s Lesson Just recently Google added two small arrows to their AdSense ads units. What this does, is gives the potential ad clicker, more advertising options. Whether a reader on a blog will notice these arrows… read more Google AdSense – Arrows For More Ads

It will happen. Just like lyrics, sooner or later, blogs and websites will include a parental rating. It may not be a placard, so to speak, but may be a meta tag inserted “behind the scenes”. Major search engines could easily be reprogrammed to “read” these ratings in an attempt… read more Blogs To Be Subjected To Parental Ratings

Photo Credit jurvetson’s photos We all know McDonald’s golden arches, Nike’s swoosh, and Starbuck’s circular green logo. It’s part of their brand. But, how much is familiar as we travel through blogosphere? Based on a name or avatar, do you know if a fellow blogger has visited the same blog… read more Branding In Blogosphere – A Necessary Evil

Photo Credit junkmonkey’s photos Several comments to my last post, “Comment Luv – Linky Love – NoNoFollow” inspired me to dig deeper into the subject of blog spam (also referred to as comment spam). I wanted to know why blogs get spammed, and what we can do to prevent it…. read more Spammers Hit The Jackpot

Photo Credit nugunslinger’s photos The first line of your post can be like an anchor pulling a sinking boat to the bottom of a lake. Today’s Lesson Have you ever picked up a book, opened it to the first chapter and read the first line? If it doesn’t grab your… read more Your First Line Can Sink You

Photo Credit miguelb’s photos Hello loyal readers, This is a very exciting , but nerve racking day for me, as Catherine Lawson and I are guest posting on each other’s blogs. Although my post on her blog, can’t match the caliber of Catherine’s writings, I’m hoping I haven’t made a… read more Increased Search Engine Traffic For Lazy People

Yesterday I wrote how we often marry our blogs, by becoming consumed with blogging. Today, I will share time saving tips I use on a daily basis which streamline my blogging activities.. Today’s Lesson 1) Install a good spam blocker. I use Akismet, however, there are others available which will… read more 15 Time Saving Tips For Bloggers

Photo Credit i_yudai’s photos It’s Tuesday, and time to announce my “New Blog Of The Week” In the past, I did not dedicate a full post to my new blogger, but today is different. This blogger does not have a flashy blog. In fact, if you were to land on… read more Honorable Mention For A Mom Who Blogs

Photo Credit john_a_ward’s photos As bloggers, we often take time to study about SEO ( search engine optimization), Google’s page rank, and keywords, in order to get our posts ranking high in the SERPs (Search Engine Result Pages). Today’s Lesson Sometimes I try to use keywords in my posts, but… read more How Keywords Attract A Larger Audience

Image Credit: buggolo’s photos Comment spammers are getting creative. They are posting messages on blogs, that at first glance, look like actual comments: Here’s a sample of one I got today; “Hi! I’m David Banner! Your site is good, i love it!” At first glance, it looked like a genuine… read more Are Spammers Saying “Gotcha”

Photo Credit: Domain Barnyard On February 1, 2008, it was announced Microsoft wants to join forces with Yahoo. Some are calling it a merger, a marriage, and/or a takeover Whatever it’s called, it appears Microsoft wants a bigger market share, and if you read this post, it reveals how Yahoo… read more Will Bill’s Bucks Result In Better SERPs

If you use Google AdSense as part of your blog’s monetization, you can easily set up a “savings account” with Google. Today’s Lesson First of all, if you haven’t done so, you’ll need to: Most of you know, when visitors click on your AdSense ads, you make money. (Do not… read more Sign Up For Google’s Saving Account

Google’s page rank is an issue that eludes/frustrates most bloggers and webmasters. How it’s calculated, is treated like a “secret sauce” recipe. A few of the ingredients are known, but no one (except Google), knows all of the ingredients. Anyone who could get their hands on the “recipe”, could potentially… read more What if Google Added “This” To Determine Page Rank

Recently, I noticed that Catherine, had added a new plugin to her great business blog. It is called “Comment Luv” The Comment Luv plugin, when activated, inserts a link to your most recent post, when you leave a comment on a blog that has the CommentLuv plugin activated. Today’s Lesson… read more Comment Luv Plugin Increases Traffic

It wasn’t until I started blogging that I read about “Google’s Sandbox”. Apparently, the terminology was given to some blogs that may be on a “probationary period” with Google. These are blogs that Google is “watching” to see how internet users react to them. Google may be looking to see… read more Google Kicked Me Out Of The Sandbox

To continue my readership building series, I am doing a test. Can I provide a reader with an answer, to their search string, within 30 seconds of entering my site? Today’s Lesson Since blog statistics provide tons of information, I check my blog’s stats on a regular basis. If I… read more 0 to 30 Seconds – Can You Answer My Question

Today, my inquiring mind, took me on a Google search. I wanted to know, “how people search online”? I typed in “how people search”, using parentheses, to get exact results (without the parentheses, I got 180,000,000 results). Today’s Lesson My consensus is: if we can determine how people search online,… read more ADD Reaches An Epidemic Level For Online Searchers

It is often written, “Do not try to reinvent the wheel”. In blogging, some will say, find a popular blog, and copy what they are doing, and you have a better chance of becoming successful. Is that true? Or, is there a better way? If you look at inventions, often… read more Copy Successful Blogs/Websites – Or Not