Blog Features
Blogroll Series: Don’t Fall for the Biggest Blogroll Myth
I’ve read this myth so many times on other blogs, that I feel it’s critical to shed some light on the truth. Okay, here it is, the biggest myth about blogrolls: “Blogrolls are not good because they simply lead visitors away from your blog.” So let’s get right to the truth here. First, if this [...]
Blogroll Series: The Number One Blogroll Sin
What could be so terrible that I would label it a SIN? Dead links, that’s what. If you’re blogroll has dead links, then get to your local priest and ask forgiveness immediately. NO, WAIT! First, fix those darn links, THEN go see your priest. I know a couple of you are asking, “Jim, I know [...]
Blogroll Series: Does My Blog Need A Blogroll?
So, your question is, should your blog have a blogroll (list of links to other blogs)? Well, let’s look at the facts: WordPress has an entire section for creating a blogroll. Shoemoney has a blogroll. Blogroll is listed in the blogging dictionary (well, this version) Blogging Startup has a blogroll. So, all real bloggers have [...]
The War Against Blog Commenters Who Use Keywords as Names
A couple months ago, I followed an interesting discussion at Remarkablogger related to a new comment policy that Michael Martine posted for his blog. It seems that Michael had become frustrated with the increasing number of comments on his blog that appeared to be more interested in plugging their websites keywords than adding to the [...]
How’s Your Blogging Spam Filter Working?
One of the joys of blogging is screening the comments for the idiot spammers. You know…those fools that actually think people find their porn and Viagra by reading blog comments. Really, how successful is your online business if you have to resort to sticking ads on blogs by way of spamming comments? Oh well, that’s [...]
The Easy Way to Create a Privacy Policy for Your Blog
I was doing my daily read of other blogs and came across a post at Aaron Cook Dot Com about the new Adsense policies that got me thinking about my need for a privacy policy. One of the issues in the recently updated Google Adsense policies is the requirement to inform visitors of the use [...]