If you’ve been reading blogs for any amount of time, you’re probably familiar with the term ’speed linking’.
What is speed linking?
Speed linking is a term used to describe a number of links from your website to another, taking the reader to various articles of interest.
Why speed link?
You’re providing your readers with a round-up of relevant [...]
No matter what line of business you’re in, it’s vital that you can measure the results of your endeavours. If you spend any amount of time dealing with websites, you’ll understand the importance of statistics, and how they can track progress and provide pointers for improvement.
My good friend and fellow Scottish resident, Chris at Blog-Op, [...]
Ever since last October, when I started publishing articles online, I looked forward to the time when I could feature my best articles. Here’s why it’s a good idea, and a couple of different ways how you can do the same.
Social networking connects you with like-minded people across the globe. Rather than spend an age searching for contacts, but don’t forget this one very simple step to build your social networks.
Link to your personal pages
My social network profiles:
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Twitter
Facebook
LinkedIn
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BlogCatalog
MyBlogLog
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If you’re a member of any of the websites above, feel free to add me. It’d be a [...]
I recently posted an article titled, “Alexa ranking - what’s it all about?”
I told you I was going to experiment at improving my Alexa rank.
Besides writing the article about Alexa, all I did was install the search status extension for Firefox, thus tracking my internet browsing.
Before installation my Alexa rank was 66,405. Here’s a little [...]
What can I say?
I’ve been overwhelmed with the response to The Face Behind The Blog, a little photography project that started up three weeks ago.
As a thank you to everyone who’s participating I’m including an extra link to your personal photo collections.
If you’re unfamiliar with what this is, check out the original post or have [...]
This is something that’s incredibly easy, and can increase the visual impact of your comments. I recently mentioned how I’d post this little tip after some of you had a few issues when showing off your business card designs (see the latter comments).
I’ve previously written a little about the importance of images in your articles, [...]
It almost passed without me noticing, such is the interest I have in what you’re saying as opposed to how many times you’re saying it. Two days ago Lisa of Just A Girl In The World posted the 2,000th comment on my website!
Had it not been for the sense of community you build I’d probably [...]
To be honest, I haven’t paid much attention to my Alexa rank, but some recent posts around the net have prompted a re-think.
For those who don’t know, your website’s Alexa rank affects the amount of money that advertisers will pay to be shown on your site. The lower the numerical Alexa rank, the more money [...]
“One picture is worth 10,000 words”.
Chinese proverb
Putting a face to the name of someone you haven’t met helps recognition and adds a more personal feel to your conversations.
As blogging is truly international, and the chances of meeting the people behind your favourite blogs are slim, today I’m announcing The Face Behind The Blog meme.
What [...]