10 Ways to Improve Blog Traffic
Posted by: Owen on Saturday, 12th Apr, 2008
Great post down at ProBlogger with some great tips on how you can improve traffic to your blog. Here they are in a nutshell:
Create link clusters within your blog
Rework HTML title tags of trafficked posts
Invite your readers to connect with you on StumbleUpon and Facebook
Save your best posts for the best times of the week
Edit [...]
EntreDroppers - Share the love!
Posted by: Owen on Thursday, 10th Apr, 2008
I’ve just finished putting the finishing touches on a WordPress Widget that lets you add a list of EntreCard droppers to your website. If you’ve never used EntreCard before, it’s a great networking tool for bloggers, where you can drop your Card onto another bloggers blog to let them know you’ve visited. It’s great fun [...]
Giving Zemanta a spin
Posted by: Owen on Thursday, 27th Mar, 2008
Sherrilynne sent me a link to a plugin for Firefox called Zemanta. It sits in your browser and waits for you to start typing out a new blog post. Once you have typed in a few sentences it’s supposed to come up with a collection of different links and photos that can be used to [...]
WordPress v2.5 Sneak Peak
Posted by: Owen on Tuesday, 18th Mar, 2008
I’ve noticed that WordPress v2.5 has gone to RC1 and is available as for sneak preview. It’s a bit later than originally planned but I can understand how the development team are being a bit more cautious about this one as it’s a pretty fundamental change to parts of WordPress, particularly the admin backend. Here’s [...]
My Dad’s Blog
Posted by: Owen on Thursday, 7th Feb, 2008
I’ve finally put up a blog for my father, Tony C. Cutajar. He’s been wanting one for some time now, particularly as he’s seen what other authors have been doing. He’s been influenced by some of the more Flashy ones, but I’ve pushed him down the route of something more accessible, powered by WordPress so [...]
Have blog, will make millions …
Posted by: Owen on Monday, 22nd Oct, 2007
Excellent article in SFGate entitled Yes, some blogs are profitable, very profitable. The article talks about how a number of highly profitable blogs on the Internet have really started out as a personal initiative, little more than a hobby or a curiosity. He cites Techcruch as an example of a blog that started out as [...]
Blogging hits the screens
Posted by: Owen on Thursday, 13th Sep, 2007
It’s interesting to see that there is now a TV series where blogging is one of the main elements. Gossip Girl on The CW is a series premiering in a few days created by Josh Schwartz, (same bloke who created The O.C.). The format is narrated by a seemingly omniscient character, “Gossip Girl” (narrated by [...]
Blogging: Conversations with strangers?
Posted by: Owen on Wednesday, 1st Aug, 2007
I was trying to add Sam Gentile to my FaceBook friends list this morning and he declined on the basis that he didn’t know me. And rightfully so; we’ve never met, he’s never seen me, he’s never even heard my name before. But I feel I know him. I’ve been reading his blog for the [...]
A word with Woodward
Posted by: Owen on Friday, 6th Jul, 2007
It’s refreshing to see the local corporates starting to get in touch with modern technology and using the Internet more and more. The local ferry company Steam Packet has been pushing their online presence for some time now, encouraging people to book online whenever they can (though I don’t believe there’s any cost savings passed [...]
WordPress Editor (TinyMCE) Tip
Posted by: Owen on Friday, 18th May, 2007
If you’re a WordPress user and make regularly use their Rich Text Editor (you know the WYSIWYG one), you’ll be delighted to know that you can access additional functionaliy by pressing ALT-V (try ALT-SHIFT-V) if that doesn’t work. I suspect this works on all TinyMCE installations, but I’ve only experienced it on WordPress.
What does the [...]
How popular is your blog?
Posted by: Owen on Monday, 14th May, 2007
A question that is always at the front of a bloggers mind is measuring how popular their blog is. How many people are reading what I write? How much influence do I exert on the blogosphere? While these two questions are relatively hard to answer, there are metrics and factors you can use to measure [...]
Operational Challenges
Posted by: Owen on Monday, 7th May, 2007
Starting up a new business can be a great buzz, however once the initial excitement wears off, it’s down to the nitty gritty of sorting out operational procedures and making sure that your business can scale in the way you want it to. And sometimes you’ll come across challenges, some with you’ve expected and some [...]
Business Blogging - a Legal perspective
Posted by: Owen on Thursday, 29th Mar, 2007
I’ve found an interesting post on Law.com that talks about the Dos and Don’ts of corporate Blogging. These are expressed from a legal perspective and make reference to the multitude of regulations that corporate communications are subject to. In no particular order, the article mentions comsumer protection legislation, document retention obligations, intellectual property laws and [...]
Top 10 sins of Blog Usabilty
Posted by: Owen on Tuesday, 16th Jan, 2007
Good article on SiteProNews titled Top 10 Sins of Blog Usability. It goes into some details about the 10 worst things you can do to impact your site usability (negatively that is). Here are the headline points:
Sending mixed messages
Making it hard to subscribe
Inconsistent posts
No contact info
Not moderating comments
Excessive advertising
Not linking to posts
Dark background, light text
No [...]
Blogative
Posted by: Owen on Wednesday, 8th Nov, 2006
Here’s another way to turn your blog into a productive source of income. Blogative helps you Make Money online by offering a marketplace for connecting people who publish a blog with website owners who are after some online promotion. Typically, a website owner will ask for a short press release about some product, website or [...]
