This should probably be more correctly titled “How to Remove Your Blog Content From Google and Prevent It From Getting There in the First Place”, but that’s a bit long.
Google Webmaster Central offers a variety of techniques to remove your blog content from the Google database and index.
It covers how to use the webmaster [...]
I was recently at a meeting with a lot of bloggers and I overheard a group of them spouting off about “stupid people who leave stupid-style comments on their blogs”.
There was a lot of talk about the idiotic things people leave on blog comments like “Wow, this is so useful”, which you would think would [...]
According to OneDayBlogSilence.com:
Silence can say more then a thousand words.
This day shall unite us all about this unbelievable painful & shocking event and show some respect and love to those who lost their loved ones.
On April 30th 2007, the Blogosphere will hold a One-Day Blog Silence in honor towards the victims of Virginia. 33 died [...]
The New York Times reports that Intel chips will run faster and use less power, and be even smaller.
The microprocessor chips, which Intel plans to begin making in the second half of this year, are designed for computers but they could also have applications in consumer devices. Their combination of processing power and energy [...]
Web 3.0: When Web Sites Become Web Services by Read/Write/Web gives us more than a glimpse into the future of websites and blogs - Web 3.0 is being build here and now. Are you paying attention?
Today’s Web has terabytes of information available to humans, but hidden from computers. It is a paradox that information is [...]
Recently, Blog Herald’s Abe Olandres wrote “Are We Betting Our Blogs on Akismet?” and he’s right.
Most of us running WordPress practically rely on Akismet to combat spam and according to its overall stats, 93% of all comments are spam (the real figures would be a bit higher than that). Today alone, there are close to [...]
Looking for a free online image editing program? Check out Picnik, recently reviewed by Solution Watch.
Picnik is an online photo editing program, completely powered by Flash, and includes a notable abundance of helpful attributes within its simplistic core. Grabbing images from either your computer, your Flickr account, a desired website, Yahoo! search, or even your [...]
On the lighter side of web page design and development, check out this fabulous “pleases everyone” 404 Page Not Found Error from ibiblio.org.
Not only is it a fairly good and helpful Page Not Found Error page, it provides information explaining what has happened in tons of different languages, including:
1337/h4×0r - j00 f001, 7|-|47 p4g3 d0|\|’7 [...]
In the Blog Squad’s article, Recipe for an Ezine, the core elements that make a blog or website into a successful ezine, an online magazine, are:
We have found ezines that work well for attracting new clients usually have these eight key ingredients:
1. A great name that defines the topic
2. A defined audience and clear purpose
3. [...]
March 14, 2007 – 10:35 am
Screencasts are the equivalent of a video recording of action on your computer screen. These are wonderful for educational video productions on your blog that show readers how to use software or a web page, moving beyond printed instructions to visual guides.
Jeff Alexander offers “Screencasts: Tools of the Trade”, an amazing offering of the tools [...]
Social Networking Safety Tips by DygiScape is a thought-provoking look at staying safe while participating in social networking services.
It’s no question that social networking Web sites are growing rapidly everyday. This growing trend of sharing yourself more and more online; safety is often overlooked. Setting forth some safety guidelines will benefit the users of social [...]
February 20, 2007 – 9:04 am
Derek van Vliet of the Blog Herald offers Killer Pipes for Social News Feeds, an amazing look the high customization of multiple feeds possible with Yahoo’s new Pipes service.
A couple of weeks ago, Yahoo! launched Pipes, a GUI that makes remixing and mashing up RSS feeds fun and easy to do. Since Pipes uses RSS [...]
January 26, 2007 – 3:38 am
Karen Coombs of Information Today offers “Building a Library Website on the Pillars of Web 2.0, a great look at how to create a very user friendly, content management system with social software, blogs, link logs, tagging, wikis, podcasts, feeds, and other web services.
“Web 2.0″ is transforming the Web into a space that allows anyone [...]
January 23, 2007 – 3:53 am
Blogopreneur’s “3 reasons why 30 blog visitors are better than 300 website visitors” takes a good look at why quality matters over quantity.
When people think about online marketing - the first things that come up to mind is contextual ad system, affiliate links and selling your products online. Its true, blogs may not be the [...]
January 21, 2007 – 3:10 am
Thinking about using Adsense for income on your blog? Or frustrated with your lack of adequate income from your Adsense ads? Check out ProBlogger’s article, “Does AdSense Suck for Bloggers?“, for a very good perspective on how to make money with your blogs and other steps you can take to increase your blogging income indirectly.
Some [...]