Blogging Backends
Spamtastic Advice for Bloggers!
This is going to be one of my shortest posts, but an important one to all bloggers. I just finished doing regular maintenance on all my blogs and was amazed at the tremendous increase the amount of Spam during the past week. I had over 200 spam comments on this blog alone. [...]
Never Fear, Hosting Hero is Here!
I’ve always sort of fancied myself as a super hero, kinda like Batman or WonderFish. But until recently, I’ve been missing a very important component of my super hero identity….I had no arch nemesis. Well, I have one now!
It seems that GoDaddy has stepped forward to play this very important role in my [...]
Six Decisions to Make Before You Start Your Blog
Okay, you want to start a blog. You’ve heard how cool it is. You’ve read about folks that go rich doing it. You’ve even read a couple. So, where do you begin? Start by making a few important decisions:
What topic will you be blogging about? The general consensus is that niche [...]
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 a blogroll, right? Wrong. There [...]
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, [...]
Test Drive the WordPress 2.5 Beta Version
Hey, if you’re interested in seeing what the future holds in store for WordPress, drop by the recently launched test site at ChrisJohnson.org. Here you can test out the current beta version of the most popular blogging platform on the Internet. When you arrive, you will find the default template with a bit [...]