Written on May 2nd, 2007 at 06:05 am by Darren Rowse
Speedlinking – 2 May 2007
A few links and a video today:
- Chris Pearson writes The Definative Guide to Semantic Web Markup for Blogs
- Daily Blog Tips Shares 43 Web Design Mistakes You Should Avoid
- Webomatica writes a post with some reasons why they nearly quit blogging and what they did to overcome them – via engtech
- A new service that I heard about today is BlogBackupOnline which is still in beta but promises to back up blogs automatically on a daily basis
The video is an interview with Guy Kawasaki which I found via Valleywag. In the interview Guy’s asked about growing a blog. He has a few good things to say (and shows his obsession with Technorati as he’s known to do).
Perhaps the key quote from the video is:
“The key to evangelize a blog is that it has to be gold. It’s very easy to evangelize a blog that has high content, high purpose and high entertainment value – it’s very hard to evangelize a blog that’s a piece of crap.
It’s not about what you do to evangelize something – it’s what are you starting with. If it’s something great I could make a case that you just need to get out of the way.”
14 Responses to “Speedlinking – 2 May 2007” - Add Yours
Arjun Muralidharan
May 2nd, 2007 6:58 am
He makes very clear points that are basically central anywhere. The core blog tip: Focus on content.
I started out blogging in January and hav learned heaps, especially finding my niche. I used to blog about any news, Mac stuff, and whatever I thought interesting. Off late, I’ve revamed my blog to a Education on Mac blog, and have started lowering my psot frequency for the sake of quality.
Think in terms of writing a book – if you can take your posts and make them chapters of a book, you’ve got something with bite.
Ali
May 2nd, 2007 8:17 am
Thanks for the links and the video. Great tips are always welcome for bloggers.
Terry Ng
May 2nd, 2007 9:03 am
Nice vid with Guy. He needs to read more blogs! :)
Webomatica
May 2nd, 2007 9:46 am
Thanks for the link. One of the biggest inspirations to keep blogging, is when a blog you read links to you!
MotorsportBabesAU
May 2nd, 2007 12:08 pm
The “43 Web Design Mistakes” link is quite handy. There have been a couple issues with my design that I have been wondering about and this link confrimed a few of my doubts. Speedlinking is definately my favorite part of your blog.
Jermayn Parker
May 2nd, 2007 12:23 pm
Thanks for posting the 43 mistake for web design, however while most are spot on and correct, I would have to disagree with some.
You can find my views hear:
http://germworks.net/blog/2007/05/02/mistakes-on-web-design-mistakes-you-should-avoid/
Duplicate Content Checker
May 2nd, 2007 3:07 pm
I have to say, I look forward to your Speedlinking posts the most — it’s a great way to catch up with everybody else. I feel that I can survive with what I already know until I come across these links and I’m like “wow, I never thought of it that way.”
Dale Mercer
May 2nd, 2007 4:23 pm
Hummmm. Other than his technorati rating, he said he makes about a dollar an hour from his blog.
Did I hear that right?
Other than ego, why is he doing it?
Just an observation:-)
Matt Jones
May 2nd, 2007 6:31 pm
That’s a great video, has some great advice and very inspirational :)
Daniel Scocco
May 2nd, 2007 8:34 pm
Thanks for the link Darren, it is always an honor to be feature on Problogger.
Duplicate Content Checker
May 2nd, 2007 9:41 pm
Regarding web design mistakes…that part about using Flash too much is very true. Although it is known as a pretty creative tool in web design, too much of it may turn some readers off.
Adam
May 2nd, 2007 11:30 pm
Thanks for posting the link to BlogBackupOnline. I’d love to talk with anyone that tries out the service and hear your comments. adam@techrigy.com
Great blog!
Armen : : iffect.net
May 3rd, 2007 12:15 am
Darren
Is my memory failing me, or did problogger.net drop from a PR7 to a PR6 on the homepage?
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