My new blogger friend Juliana has had a very eventful life and has been in recovery for many years. She’s always positive and tries to add value to the world by being courteous, sincere, and by paying it forward. Juliana has a new blog on her own domain and she has asked what the implications… [Read more…]
July 7, 2010
Followers Widgets have become ubiquitous sidebar decorations in blogs as more blogging platforms and social networks are providing them. Followers Widgets dynamically display the visits to the blog by the people behind icons (avatars, gravatars). Bloggers display them to demonstrate connections other bloggers that range from mere acquaintanceship to friendship with subscribers who regularly read… [Read more…]
July 1, 2010
Tumblr and Posterous are the two most prominent microblogging post media sites that make blogging, which for some amounts to reblogging, easier. Both were launched within six months of each other and Posterous started later than Tumblr. Creating importing tools is one thing but dissing your competition is another. The current focus on negative advertising is gagging many bloggers, who have blogs on multiple blogging platforms including Posterous, and who aren't impressed by the direction the Posterous advertising has taken, nor with the amount of spam they are receiving.
June 9, 2010
Times are dark. Things like "work" and family. Keep us from what is really important in our lives... Our blogs! Those elongated forms of self expression stretching over time. But the thing is we aren't ever at our computers anymore. We find it frustrating to have to log in and the go to your site then edit. There has to be a easier quicker way, that is portable and easy to access. Well there is. I'm going to introduce three examples of WordPress apps.
June 2, 2010
Today Richard (thesacredpath) tried some experimentation with the new wordpress "like" and reblog feature. He reblogged my Basic Netiqueitte for Beginner Bloggers post and then he reblogged his reblog of my post. All links to the original article are gone in the second-generation reblog.The read more and site link at the bottom of the second-generation reblog link back to the second blog, NOT to the original. The possibly related posts links to the reblogged post, NOT to the original. So readers, what's your opinion of the value of this wordpress.com "like" and reblog feature?
May 22, 2010
WordPress.com does not support an "email a friend" feature at this time. However, the good news is there's a simple workaround that takes only minutes, and can be used to create a text link or a linked email icon image for placement on your posts, so readers can use it to email your post to their friends.
May 20, 2010
In case you missed the announcement Google Wave invitations are not longer required. It's now open to everyone who wants to us it to communicate and collaborate online. Google used its annual I/O developer conference to announce the invite only system has now been dropped and Google Apps business users now able to sign up at wave.google.com. More information can be found on the Google Wave Blog.
May 10, 2010
Apparently, the decision of the court of general opinion is bloggers wishing to attract more readers to their blogs must become more personal and chatty with their readers. If you use chatboxes and Twitter to get up close and personal with your readers, then what effect does that have on the commenting patterns on your posts? I would like to hear what you think about chatboxes on blogs. Are you for them, against them, uninterested or undecided?
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