Sep | 01 | 2010
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Blog Usability: Navigation Elements
Posted by Guru as Design, Tips As I promised in my previous post I will be listing down ways you can make it easier for readers to look for the information they need in your blog. The truth is that this is all you need to do is give readers several options to navigate through your blog. This is very easy nowadays since most blog tools (Blogger, Wordpress, etc.) automatically generate the code for you. All you need to do is drag and drop and of course specify some fields. Some of the most common and useful ways to help your readers find the information they ...Comments (0)
Aug | 17 | 2010
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Blog Usability: Page Title
Posted by Guru as Design, Tips One of the most important aspects of blog usability is the choice of page titles. The blog name usually appears as the page title (Note that when I mention page title this means the text that appears on the tab). This is good practice since it will make it easy for your readers easier to find the tab that contains your blog in case they shift to another tab to browse other sites. However, in case your blog name is not that descriptive or somewhat cryptic what you should do is add a phrase to describe the contents of your ...Comments (0)
Aug | 02 | 2010
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Does the Right ccTLD Help in Search Engine Optimisation?
Posted by Professor as Marketing and Search Optimization, Tips Most search engine optimisation practitioners focus their attention on their websites’ keyword optimization, backlinks, and content creation. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but there’s also an important factor that can easily get overlooked: the domain name. It’s not that domain names are going to be the biggest factor in search engine optimisation. I’m not going to undermine the importance of building backlinks, and creation of keyword-rich content - but choosing the right domain name is going to help you greatly in your search engine optimisation efforts. Domain names are pretty important - if you take some ...Comments Off
Jul | 23 | 2010 
Example of funky colors. Colors could definitely enhance one's blog
You can never get too creative when it comes to your blog. There are so many ways you could tweak it. If you like experimenting with colors, go ahead and try these sites. You could find so many color schemes that could suit your taste and the overall theme of your blog.
Colourlovers
Colourlovers is an awesome site! You could get all sorts of ideas for your blog because there are palettes available. You get to see new palettes, new colors and the ...
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Change your blog’s color scheme
Posted by Professor as Blog Tutorial, Blogging Tools, Design, Design and Themes, Templates, Tips
Example of funky colors. Colors could definitely enhance one's blog
You can never get too creative when it comes to your blog. There are so many ways you could tweak it. If you like experimenting with colors, go ahead and try these sites. You could find so many color schemes that could suit your taste and the overall theme of your blog.
Colourlovers
Colourlovers is an awesome site! You could get all sorts of ideas for your blog because there are palettes available. You get to see new palettes, new colors and the ...
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Jul | 16 | 2010 
There was a time that I heard about people who plagiarize blogs. I find it weird since some of the blogs that have been plagiarized were talking about personal matters.
Think of it this way. If you wrote something like:
This is one of the most wonderful days of my life. I have a new job, a chance to be with my best friend for an entire weekend and a new cel. Yes! It all happened in one week. The most awesome seven days of my life, thus ...
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Write your own stuff, don’t leech from another blog!
Posted by Professor as Design and Themes, Opinion, Tips, Writing
There was a time that I heard about people who plagiarize blogs. I find it weird since some of the blogs that have been plagiarized were talking about personal matters.
Think of it this way. If you wrote something like:
This is one of the most wonderful days of my life. I have a new job, a chance to be with my best friend for an entire weekend and a new cel. Yes! It all happened in one week. The most awesome seven days of my life, thus ...
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Jul | 02 | 2010 
If you are using WordPress, you can have static pages. What are static pages and what can you use them for?
Static Pages
These are pages that are more or less stay as they are. They are more often than not pages that contain the information that you would like your visitors to have access to. The information could be about you and or your blog.
What could you use static pages for?
About page
Give more information about you, your blog. Writing a nice page to introduce your blog and yourself is great but wouldn't ...
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The importance of making static pages for your blog
Posted by Professor as Blogging Tools, Tips, Writing
If you are using WordPress, you can have static pages. What are static pages and what can you use them for?
Static Pages
These are pages that are more or less stay as they are. They are more often than not pages that contain the information that you would like your visitors to have access to. The information could be about you and or your blog.
What could you use static pages for?
About page
Give more information about you, your blog. Writing a nice page to introduce your blog and yourself is great but wouldn't ...
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Jun | 28 | 2010 
If you want to build traffic for your blog, you need to have some sort of hook, some sort of reason for people to keep coming back. In the warblogging world, that usually means you need to either be a "linker", a "thinker", or run a "theme" blog.
"Linkers" are blogs like Instapundit, Daily Pundit, and Crooow Blog that pour on the links. These pages are frequently updated and people usually hit them to find interesting news on other pages.
"Thinkers" focus on producing content instead of massive amounts of links. Rachel Lucas, ...
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Get a Hook For Your Blog
Posted by Professor as Tips, WritingIf you want to build traffic for your blog, you need to have some sort of hook, some sort of reason for people to keep coming back. In the warblogging world, that usually means you need to either be a "linker", a "thinker", or run a "theme" blog.
"Linkers" are blogs like Instapundit, Daily Pundit, and Crooow Blog that pour on the links. These pages are frequently updated and people usually hit them to find interesting news on other pages.
"Thinkers" focus on producing content instead of massive amounts of links. Rachel Lucas, ...
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Jun | 24 | 2010 
All right, so your blog is up and running and you have content on it. Now how do you bring people in to look at your blog? Here are a few suggestions, mostly taken from, "The Guide To Promoting Your Web Page"
Buying Advertising: The average person can't afford to buy a massive advertising campaign, but there are a few options that people can afford even on budget.
If you buy banner ads keep in mind that your click-through rate is probably going to be around 1%. That means a million banner ads will ...
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Tips on Promoting Your Blog
Posted by Professor as Promotion, TipsAll right, so your blog is up and running and you have content on it. Now how do you bring people in to look at your blog? Here are a few suggestions, mostly taken from, "The Guide To Promoting Your Web Page"
Buying Advertising: The average person can't afford to buy a massive advertising campaign, but there are a few options that people can afford even on budget.
If you buy banner ads keep in mind that your click-through rate is probably going to be around 1%. That means a million banner ads will ...
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Jun | 18 | 2010 
Sometimes it is interesting to read about others. And it could be so much fun to write about them as well. Are you interested in specific people in the topic you write about on your blog? If yes, maybe it is time to take the chance to interview them and feature them on your blog.
Interviews are a good way of meeting people up close and personal. Although this is not always the case, at least you learn a lot of new things about them even through email. Not just email but ...
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Sharing interviews on your blog
Posted by Professor as Blog Tutorial, Tips, Writing
Sometimes it is interesting to read about others. And it could be so much fun to write about them as well. Are you interested in specific people in the topic you write about on your blog? If yes, maybe it is time to take the chance to interview them and feature them on your blog.
Interviews are a good way of meeting people up close and personal. Although this is not always the case, at least you learn a lot of new things about them even through email. Not just email but ...
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Jun | 14 | 2010 
Referrer values are passed by web browsers and show how a page was come by. Let's say you search on Google for websites about a particular subject. If you click on a search result from a to visit a website then the destination website will have an entry in its access logs showing a referral from the originating website, Google. Referrer values can be very useful in applications such as security and are essential to webmasters as they show how their site is being linked to.
From a web access blog that has been spammed, ...
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The Dreaded Blog Spammers
Posted by Professor as Spam, Tips
Referrer values are passed by web browsers and show how a page was come by. Let's say you search on Google for websites about a particular subject. If you click on a search result from a to visit a website then the destination website will have an entry in its access logs showing a referral from the originating website, Google. Referrer values can be very useful in applications such as security and are essential to webmasters as they show how their site is being linked to.
From a web access blog that has been spammed, ...
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