Improve Your Blog in 2008 (Part 2)

Writing simply and checking for glaring errors are two of the most important and effective ways of tweaking your blog. Here are more practical ways to change your blog for the better, without taking too much of your time and resources. Exploit various tools such as lists. I am sure you know all about lists […]

Make the Most Out of Post Series – Don’ts

In the last couple of posts, we focused on practical things that you should do when writing a series of posts for your blog. Now, to end this series, let’s look at some points which you should avoid when writing your own series. There are actually only two things that I would like to highlight. […]

How Easy Is It To Read Your Blog? (Part 3)

As an extension of the concept I presented in the last post – your blog being user friendly – you should check if your links stand out. This is assuming that you make use of relevant links whenever there is a need. For example, you are talking about a specific product or news item, it […]

Learning SEO: Official Search Engine Blogs Part 3

I’ve given the links to the official blogs of Google, Yahoo, and Ask. The last major search engine I haven’t discussed are MSN’s blogs. Microsoft Search Blogs MSN Live Search Blog – The official MSN does have some lengthy posts on the latest developments on the new MSN Live Search but is problematic with regards […]

Blog Monetization Trends and How You Can Duplicate These 2: US and European Blog Scene

While we are on the subject of blogging trends and how you can maximize earning from your blogs, I just want to share my observations on the blogging scene in the US and Europe, as I’ve seen so far. Locally, blogs are not regarded as an authoritative source of information. On the contrary, in the […]

Should You Edit Your Post Or Write A New One?

Imagine this scenario – you just wrote and published an entry for your blog. An hour or two later, you get a notification e-mail that a comment for that entry has been posted. Naturally, you excitedly look at your blog and see what your reader (or readers, for that matter) has to say. Sometimes, you […]