Okay now this is rather embarrassing
I… Forgot I have this blog still. I bet this is one of the signs that you have too many blogs/websites? Oh well, since we’re here. Couple of plug-ins that I would like to point out to you: Wordbooker This nice little gadget posts a link to your Facebook page or profile and syncs comments between your FB and WP. I’m sure you have noticed people being a lot more likely to comment on Facebook than on your blog so now you can just suck their comments right out of their mouths and import them onto your blog. Serves them right,...
read moreMonetising a non-American "humaine topic" blog or website
The easiest way to turn your traffic into cash is selling ad space. That’s the theory. If you have visitors the money will roll in. However, I have found through years of experience that this just doesn’t happen unless your blog fits into a very detailed category of blogs. The most important thing for a blog to have is “high paying keywords”. On the top of the list, is “domains Yahoo” which can bring in a ridiculous amount of $97 a click. Ninety Seven Per Click! I wish I made 97 a year of my blogs or...
read moreRSS Blogroll -plugin for WordPress
This is great stuff people! If you’re running a self hosted WordPress blog, this one is a must replacement for your boring old static blogroll. As you’ve probably noticed, the blogroll links are not really that enticing in terms of clicking on them, unless someone is really hungry for reading, or know your blogroll is likely to contain very targeted blogs, there’s not much of a chance someone clicking on them. Sure, giving a blogroll link to someone is a favour in terms of link love, but there’s more you can do for the...
read morePersonal Blogs and Websites
I love personal websites (even more than personal blogs). To me they are the cream of the Internet, the very best of things. Sadly, they’ve got the worst reputation of all sites I think, because they’re often thought of as personal journals, more or less equally as interesting as reading someone’s shopping list of the day. Some are like that, of course, but when you find a good personal blog or a website… Wow! The great thing about them is that they can reflect their owner freely, without topical restrictions, concern...
read moreI want to start a blog but I'm not much of a writer
If you’re thinking of starting a blog but are concerned about your writing skills, don’t be. The best bloggers – in terms of traffic they attract – are often very average writers. The reason why blogging is so popular is that almost anyone can do it. As long as you can write with somewhat proper grammar and write coherent sentences, you’ll be fine. If your emails aren’t returned too many times with the question: “Sorry what did you mean by…” you probably write with enough skill to manage a...
read moreA blog comment is not always a compliment
Most bloggers are hoping to receive comments to their posts. That is pretty much the reason they keep posting. If there isn’t any posts to their topics, they think nobody cares what they said and very likely stop. It’s still tolerable if you can tell nobody knows about your blog, but when you see in your stats that people read it but nobody says anything, it can really drive you on the walls. I certainly don’t post as much as I would if there was comments on my posts, even though I have come to think the following: The...
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