Archive for: September, 2004
Written on September 23rd, 2004 at 05:09 pm by Darren Rowse
Blog Cards
Blog Cards are like Business Cards that feature a bloggers blog address to make networking easier.
Ripples and BuzzMachine are both talking about making and using Blog Cards.
David St Lawrence of Ripples writes ‘I made up a blogging business card some weeks ago because I got tired of writing my weblog URL on the back [...]
Written on September 23rd, 2004 at 05:09 pm by Darren Rowse
Blog Design Showcase
Want to know what a good blog design looks like?
Blog Desiger – Rachel Cunliffe has just released the Blog Design Showcase. She writes:
This is a collection of outstanding blog designs, thoughts on what makes a good blog design, and will also be where I announce new blogs that I have designed.
She also invites readers to [...]
Written on September 23rd, 2004 at 05:09 pm by Darren Rowse
Blogging Books
Blogging about Blogging is happening with growing frequency on many weblogs, but writing in hard copy is also becoming more popular. Here are a few of the best selling and most popular books on the topic. (Descriptions are taken from Amazon) I’ve read most of the first two – both are worth a look. If [...]
Written on September 23rd, 2004 at 05:09 pm by Darren Rowse
Understanding Trackback And Comment Notification
Dave Pollard writes some great Blog Tips – here is another good one on Understanding Trackback.
‘Trackback simply lets another site know that you have a post referring to it on your own site. Read the previous sentence until it makes sense.’
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Written on September 23rd, 2004 at 05:09 pm by Darren Rowse
Three quick ways to increasing visitors to your blog in a week
Wayne Hurlbert shares Three quick ways to more visitors in one week. It is written more with a business blog in mind but most of it is somewhat transferable.
He also has a good link on Analyzing our visitor counter logs
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Written on September 23rd, 2004 at 05:09 pm by Darren Rowse
Blog Content Tools
Finding good fresh content for your blog will make it more attractive to your readers. There are a number of great online tools that I have used to come up with up to date content that might be useful for others.
Let me say first up [...]
Written on September 23rd, 2004 at 05:09 pm by Darren Rowse
Blog Ethics
Here is a great article on Weblog Ethics.
1. Publish as fact only that which you believe to be true.
2. If material exists online, link to it when you reference it.
3. Publicly correct any misinformation.
4. Write each entry as if it could not be changed; add to, but do not rewrite or delete, any entry.
5. Disclose [...]
Written on September 23rd, 2004 at 05:09 pm by Darren Rowse
Good weblog design and layout
Here is another worthwhile article on weblog design and layout from How to Save the World. His 9 main points are:
- Use Titles
- Abstract Long Posts
- Use a Teaser Paragraph for Long Posts
- Select a Readable Font, Size & Column Width
- If You’re a ‘Linker’, [...]
Written on September 23rd, 2004 at 05:09 pm by Darren Rowse
How to be a Top 10 Blogger
The Evangelical Outpost is doing some analysis of the Top 10 Bloggers in the Ecosystem. He has come up with 9 things you can do to become a Top 10 Blogger. Its an interesting post – here are his headings – he writes more on [...]


