Blogging

All about "blogging." How is blogging different than normal websites, what are the advantages, disadvantages, and how can you play on the strengths of the software and format while managing its weaknesses?

Blog software like Wordpress and Blogger can help new webmasters set up and build websites quickly and effortlessly. It doesn't even have to be about what you had for dinner last night or what you plan to wear to work tomorrow. People blog the economy, politics, right now I'm even blogging about blogging (whoa, meta!)

FTC to Regulate Blog Posts?

The Federal Trade Commission is talking about blogs - specifically paid posts, free incentives from product producers, and how the government fits into protecting the consumer from their own lack of research.

Intellectual Property Law - Does it Help Writers and Bloggers?

Everyone who writes or publishes works to the internet has to deal with content theft, scraping, and plagiarism… But is modern American intellectual property law an effective defense or an unnecessary burden?

100th Post - Blog Statistics

100 posts is a great milestone, but there’s a lot of ways to measure success. Let’s take a look at the evolution of Website Building Biz and where it stands today

Blogging is Serious Business (Seriously)

Blogging is often the target of jokes, derision, and scorn - but in some academic circles, blog posts can rise to the level of literary works.

Politician Runs Out of Excuses - Blames Bloggers for Low Popularity

Blogging is a great way for people with political opinions to reach their target audience and engage a discussion - so why are unpopular politicians blaming the technology instead of embracing it?

Brainstorming to Beat Writer’s Block

Feel like you’ve run out of things to blog about? Writer’s block can be a big problem for bloggers as it threatens to disrupt the flow of new posts, new links, and new traffic. Also, the subscribers of your RSS feed may get bored at seeing no new updates and free up some space in their readers.

Use these brainstorming tips to beat writer’s block and get back to the content creation this internet business requires.

Blogging Trends - Micro and Live Blogs

The latest trends in blogging - microblogging and lifestreaming - what does it mean for your business model and marketing strategy?

FriendFeed or LifeStream?

Why I’m avoiding FriendFeed and promoting LifeStream.fm instead. A little bit about liveblogging from a marketing perspective and why you can’t afford to ignore the development of this newest form of social media.

Why Blogs Conquered the Internet

It should be no surprise that blogs came to dominate internet activity and search results. In the originally popularized blog form, they were a source of link and personal networking with no rivals - and a method of interaction that was information and easy.

Nofollow is Bad Enough - What’s the No Link Trend About?

Sitepoint thinks there is a problem with the blogging link economy - and they publish this on a blog that doesn’t allow pings, trackbacks, or comment links.

Blogging - The Quickest Way to Build a Website

Want to build a website but you think it might be too hard, confusing, or just time consuming? Blogs are the quickest and easiest way to build a new website from scratch. Don’t worry about the technical issues too much - just be sure you have some fresh and unique content to offer.

The Benefits and Problems of Blogging

Why build a blog for your website? Or why should you build a blog as your main website like I’ve done here? Learn more about blogging by reading the benefits here.

Three Quick Ways to Promote a New Blog

Here are three quick and simple steps you can take to promote a new blog. Combined with some unique and interesting content, you could see some buzz almost immediately.

Another DoFollow Webmaster Blog

WebsiteBuildingBiz has gotten rid of the nofollow attributes, so here’s another webmaster oriented blog for you to get some backlinks from. Just make sure to add useful comments! Everything that doesn’t really contribute will be marked as spam and moderation is always enabled.

Mashable Goes No-Follow; Awkward Silence Follows

Mashable goes no-follow and the conversation gets strangely quiet, very quickly

Write for the Love of (fill in the blank)

Write about your interests if you want to write well. The internet isn’t a good get rich quick plan, but if you work for subjects you care about, you might not realize its work at all.

Tracking the Internet Conversation

Using trackbacks to keep track of conversations that you’ve started or entered. How the Link command in search engines can be used to make sure you don’t miss out on a discussion that you’ve already been a part of. Hey, I’ll take all the ways I can to keep track of this stuff!