Blogging

Spring is here, and that means it is time to clean up some old messes around the blog. Find out how to identify broken links, improve reader engagement, and why Pligg isn’t the best idea for user-generated content.

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Working online presents a novel scenario for schedules and sleeping cycles, and with the bombardment of modern technological stimulants like artificial lights, televisions, and lolcats, our internal clocks might not know how to process all of these variables. While there are some advantages to alternate sleeping patterns, there are also some health and social concerns that have to be address to achieve a high level of happiness and productivity.

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A look back at the ups and downs of my blogging experience over the last 100 posts, and some New Year’s resolutions to put in the time this project deserves!

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New content – stale until proven otherwise?

by John on December 4, 2011

Fresh content used to be a great way to give your sites some attention in the search engines, but these days it seems to be stale by the time you’ve hit publish.

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…and the damn RSS feed is back too

by John on December 1, 2011

A common Wordpress RSS feed error had been plaguing this site for way too long, but it seems to finally be fixed.

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Limits of Inactivity

by John on June 20, 2011

A blog can continue to make money for long after it has become inactive, but to maximize your revenue you’ll have to keep it at least somewhat up to date – and make sure those new links are flowing!

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Theme Foundry has taken the freemium model to Wordpress themes, and even in the demo file you can get a high quality look for no cost.

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Finally invested in a camera

by John on September 17, 2010

It is good to be cheap and frugal when you’re running a business or blog – but only to an extent. Don’t be too much like me though, because blogging is a whole lot easier with a nice digital camera on hand!

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Looking back on the last three years of building websites and doing business online, I have to confess that I love where my life is at.

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The worst part of spam…

by John on April 10, 2010

Other than general annoyance, what is it that truly makes spam more of an evil than an inconvenience? I’ll let you in on the most frustrating behaviors I’ve seen and the downsides of an otherwise effective SEO strategy.

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