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Quantcast: You Don’t Know What You’ve Got Til It’s Gone
I began using Sitemeter on my Blogger blog before WordPress.com introduced an in house stats program. I began using it here in 2006, still use it on both WordPress.com blogs, and won’t be letting it go...
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How to Disable Right Click?
When answering WordPress.com support forum questions some bloggers ask how to install plugins to disable right click on their blogs to prevent content theft of their images. ©All Rights Reserved – Any...
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Scraping Off the Blog Scrapers
Money from advertising income motivates blog scrapers to steal content. It’s only a matter of time before you discover your copyright has been violated and your content is now duplicated on a site you...
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Testing a WordPress.com Chatbox
The good news for chatty WordPress.com bloggers is that the Tlk.io widget allows you to embed a web chat in your site. There is also a shortcode to add chat to pages and posts. A tip of the hat to...
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IE Browser Exploit Discovered
Microsoft discontinued support for 12 year old Windows XP on April 8th warning that security flaws would not be patched. Now an IE browser vulnerability with the potential to give hackers the same user...
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Free Online Image Editing Programs – FotoFlexer
I’m not technically inclined and don’t choose to learn how to use perplexing photo editing programs. Instead I use several free online image editing programs frequently. If GIMP gives you headaches...
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Free Visitor Tracking Tools
When you first begin to blog you may wonder where your visitors are coming from. There are several ways of finding that out and a good place to start is on your WordPress.com stats page Views by...
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Disabling Java
“Java is a plugin for web browsers that is installed on approximately 66% of all computers. However there are very few websites that still rely on the features that it provides, leaving those 66% of...
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More Traffic and Backlinks for Your Blog: Squidoo
A content curator identifies a theme, selects content, chooses how to add value to it and how to display it on a web page for public viewing and interaction. Squidoo is a free and popular publishing...
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More Traffic and Backlinks for Your Blog: YouTube
Youtube is the second largest search engine there is and videos are an extremely effective way to build brand awareness, attract traffic to your blog and earn backlinks. To create your promotional...
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Mark Only Spam as Spam
Spam! There is no single accepted definition, but I think most bloggers will agree, spam is unwanted commercially motivated electronic communication (not limited to email), that’s a likely a source of...
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More Traffic and Backlinks for Your Blog: Pinterest
Pinterest is two year old photo sharing social network connecting people all over the world based on shared tastes and interests. Pinterest just hit 11.7 million unique monthly U.S. visitors, crossing...
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Mobile Technology in Classrooms
Desktop and laptop computers have long been a staple in middle and high schools but that is rapidly changing. Schools across the USA are spending billions on various kinds of technology for the...
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Weekend Blogging Reads and Resources
How to Create Consistently Great Content for the Long Haul – Developing better creative habits is one of the most valuable things you can do as a content creator. Legendary Choreographer Twyla Tharp’s...
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Blogging: Yoga Style
A working definition for intention is: “to have in mind a purpose or plan, to direct the mind, to aim.” Before my yoga classes I accept the invitation to set an intention for practice, away from...
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WordPress.com Bloggers: Print it!
If you are a WordPress.com blogger who wants to provide your visitors with the ability to print out part of your posts, such as but not limited to, recipes, assignments,instructions or the like this...
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Omnisearch — Support — WordPress.com
Omnisearch: one search box, global results. Don’t waste time digging for that one comment with the useful link — or was it a post you saw it in? Search once and get results from all of your posts,...
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Calendars, Countdown Timers and Messages for WordPress.com blogs
Google Calendar is a free calendar application from Google that makes it easy to keep track of life’s important events all in one place. Upcoming Events is a widget and a shortcode that allows you to...
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Feed Reader Switcharoo Time
The Google Reader RSS news-aggregator service shuts down on 1 July, 2013. Save all your Google Reader subscriptions now. According to Google, you won’t be able to to this after Reader shuts down, so...
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Is Your Email Address a Spam Magnet?
The vast and overwhelming amount of all so-called information on the internet is spam and that would not be the case if spamming was not a big money maker. So if you don’t want to spend your time...
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Grammarly Lite Rocks!
Grammarly claims to be: The World’s Best Grammar Checker and I think that may be a valid claim. I have tested several grammar checkers previously and you can read about them here 5 free Grammar...
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Automattic Acquires Cloudup
Features like quick and easy image and document sharing and real-time collaborative editing are just what many WordPress bloggers have been looking for and will be possible with the acquisition of...
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The Cash King and Chris K Fisher Content Thieves
So you want to pass yourself off as make money bloggers do you? Well here comes your first wild ride because I won’t take it! I will not have thecashking.org (hosted by Unified Layer) and...
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15 Plagiarism Detection Tools for Bloggers and Writers
There’s no difference between copyright law in cyberspace and print media; the same law applies both online and offline. You don’t have to remain a silent victim of make money blogger rip off artists...
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WordPress.com Email lists, Newsletters and Privacy
The two primary reasons bloggers offer email newsletters are to promote their posts and/or products/services. But keeping a newsletter going is no easy feat because subscribers suffering from digital...
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WordPress.com Reader Update
It seems changes are being made so mobile users can do everything in the WordPress.com Reader. Why click into a blog to see premium themes and/or customizations and all that other jazz the blogger...
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Related Posts at WordPress.com
There is no WordPress.com upgrade that allows you to use JavaScript widgets or plugins. The only plugin I sorely missed when I moved my personal blog back to WordPress.com was the LinkWithin widget....
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Blog It Ideas Checklist Renewed
“Strategic Listening” is integral to our lives and becoming better listeners is integral to creating interesting fresh content and a vibrant blog discussion climate. You can use both your skills and...
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Finding Blogs with Similar Content
Once you have published pillar posts and have created an editorial calendar for managing your content creation, commenting and blog promotion activities, it’s time to find blogs with similar content...
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Political News, Social Media and Cell Phones
Highlights of the Pew Internet Project’s research related to social networking reveal some interesting facts about registered voters who follow political candidates and their campaigns on social media....
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