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...
View ArticleAutomattic 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View Article15 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...
View ArticleWordPress.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...
View ArticleWordPress.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...
View ArticleRelated 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....
View ArticleBlog 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...
View ArticleFinding 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...
View ArticleQuantcast: 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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleScraping 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...
View ArticleTesting 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...
View ArticleIE 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...
View ArticleFree 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...
View ArticleFree 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...
View ArticleMore Traffic and Backlinks for Your Blog: Scoop.it
The amount of information bloggers receive as it happens on any given day is so much and so rapidly delivered that it’s intellectually impossible to keep pace. Content curation is a time management and...
View ArticleDisabling 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...
View ArticleMore 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...
View ArticleMore 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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