While it may not be one of the slickest of presentations (like, who cares?!), Keir Whitaker’s “Cheaponomics” is certainly one of the most informative and valuable presentations on new trends, services and tools available in the fast-evolving blogosphere.
Keir works with Carsonified, an exceptional Web application and site development company based in Bath, England, and he [...]

A business acquaintance was telling me that he hoped his company might emulate the style of Dell Computer’s corporate blog. Not wanting to throw cold water on his hopes, I kept silent. But Dell’s blog is not my concept of a contemporary transparent and open interface with customers. Rather, it is more [...]

Let’s consider this subject an ongoing and expanding list of good plugins for Wordpress that deliver valuable and useful features for bloggers.  Plugins are a big reason for choosing the Wordpress blog platform.  For example, the ShareThis at the end of this post is a plugin.  Subscribe (in the center column under Pages) is a [...]

Just as I posted some thoughts about determining site rankings, my friend George reminded me of another helpful tool - Site Meter.  While I agree that Site Meter is an essential element in taking a snapshot of blog traffic, I would rank it complementary or secondary level to Google Analytics, Alexa.com and Technorati.
Site Meter tells [...]

For sake of transparency, let me say that I have not found one easy way to make sense of site rankings, especially since blogs came on the scene. When TV correspondent Greg Dobbs and I founded BoomerCafé in the summer of 1999, about all we had was whether the site showed up eventually on [...]

When I launched BlogStrategies.net, I made the decision to include recommendations for services and products I personally use. As a result, you see mentions and advertisements for Apple, Lunarpages, Godaddy, Solostream and other computer, technology and online companies. The same is true for the new book, “ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to [...]

In today’s world of intense message chaos, blogs provide an effective online channel for expression of voice and words. But, what are the rules, best practices and ethical boundaries in the vast blogosphere?
Paris-based Reporters Without Borders has made available online and for free download its “Handbook for bloggers and cyber-dissidents.” It is the most credible [...]

Okay, now you have a blog.  How can you get it “seen” and tracked by search engines?  That’s a reasonable question, and here are some answers:

In the Wordpress control panel, click on Settings –> General –> Blog Title.  Make sure your blog’s title is entered.  That’s one of the first places a search engine will [...]

Web hosting services is how you get a blog (or Web site) online. They are the conduit to the Internet. Today, Web hosting has gotten very affordable inexpensive low cheap dirt cheap. For as low as $4.95 a month, you can sign-up with a first-rate Web hosting company and be online within minutes. [...]

I have a confession to make … I had been blogging for several years and was simply not aware of the special importance of permalinks. In fact, when I migrated my blogs over to Wordpress a couple of years ago, a friend pointed out that my blog permalinks were broken and, shhh … let [...]