Heading tags are an important part of any HTML document and blogs are HTML documents. Search engine spiders read HTML and understand the relevance of heading tags, so when heading tags are used appropriately search engines give more weight to text that is inside a heading tag. That’s why it’s important for WordPress.com bloggers to learn what HTML heading tags are and how to use them properly. Continue reading
A working definition for intention is: “to have in mind a purpose or plan, to direct the mind, to aim.” Before my yoga classes I accept the invitation to set an intention for practice, away from worldly distractions and toward my goal of concentrating and remaining in the now moment. An intention is a short powerful statement that affirms you have set a goal and intend to achieve it and I’ve been applying that to my blogging as well as to my yoga. Continue reading
You probably know that targeted readers use search engines to do keyword searches to locate information of topical interest to them. But did you know that successful blogs draw between 30 – 60 % of their incoming targeted readers from search engine referrals?
Aha! Now that I have your attention allow me to quickly share some blog post tagging tips that will increase targeted traffic to your blog posts.
Got a small business blog, personal blog or a blog in any other niche?
If you aren’t using aggregation, curation and collaboration for content creation purposes then you are behind the times.
This article focuses on introducing bloggers to some tools to make aggregation, curation and collaboration part of your plan to become a successful blogger create a successful blog.
Happy weekend, readers. I thought you might enjoy this.
Gapingvoid’s unique style of visual communication has long been popular among successful and aspiring entrepreneurs. They decorate their offices with prints of gapingvoid art. They wear our t-shirts. They read our blog and newsletter. We admire and appreciate all entrepreneurs – they are the future – and we salute them (and you) with this short look at entrepreneurship told through a series of cartoons. via Gapingvoid: I’m Not Delusional, I’m An Entrepreneur.
It’s no surprise that Facebook, which is arguably among the largest data mines based on voluntary content submission there is online has announced a BETA social search feature ie Graph Search as it’s making a lot of noise. Facebook members can search for other users and filter the results based on interests, education, age, location and much more. If you make it into the BETA program you may be surprised or even shocked at what you find when you use Facebook Graph Search. Continue reading
A content curator identifies a theme, selects content, chooses how to add value to it and how to display it on a web page for public viewing and interaction.
Squidoo is a free and popular publishing platform and community of content curators that makes it easy for you to create curated “lenses” online. Continue reading
