Your feed reader is probably overloaded. Sorry about that. I discontinued BloggersGuide.net last night and imported all those posts here. So you have about 40 posts about blogging to read. I’ll have more about my decision later…
Thanks for your patience!
This is the December 26, 2008, edition of the Blogger’s Guide Carnival! The posts below were written on other blogs and were submitted by their authors at BlogCarnival.com. Thanks, everyone, for contributing!
Rod presents The 2 best ways to Redirect a URL posted at Hippo Web Solutions, saying, “Broken links on your site create a very bad impression – here are the 2 best ways to take control of your URLs.”
Rod presents Difficulty getting listed on Technorati? posted at Hippo Web Solutions, saying, “Technorati is THE point of reference for what’s going on in the blogosphere. But getting listed isn’t necessarily as simple as pinging them…”
MoneyNing presents Blog Income – August 2008 posted at Busy Blogging Dot Com, saying, “August was another great month!”
Raivyn presents Why You Should Subscribe to Your Own Feeds posted at Idiot’s Guide to Blogging.
Richard Cummings presents Blog Topics: Blog About Everything or Find Your Niche? posted at Live Your Way, saying, “Do you have to blog about something specific? Do you have to have a niche blog or can you write about everything? Read this article to find out the real truth about blog topics.”
Welly Mulia presents Internet Business Make Money Online With Welly Mulia » Money Blogging or Personal Blogging? posted at Internet Business Make Money Online With Welly Mulia.
Mr. Javo presents Organizing Your Ideas Before To Write posted at Mr. Javo dot Com, saying, “Many bloggers get stuck writing a post, it happens eventually. By following the four things listed n this post, you could easily organize and environment your post perfectly.”
Matt B presents Common Blogging Grammatical Errors – Cheat Sheet #1 posted at The Thanet Star, saying, “Looking at the most common grammatical errors when blogging.”
Rod presents Book review: Problogger – Secrets for Blogging your way to a Six-figure Income posted at Hippo Web Solutions, saying, “If you’re serious about making money blogging, you just have to read this book by the original pro blogger, Darren Rowse.”
Andy presents Do search engines like your Web site? posted at Personal Plug, saying, “Between 75% and 98.8% of visitors to Web sites come from searches made at search engines. If you’re going to get high levels of traffic – and hence the levels of ROI you’re looking for – it’s very important that the search engines can access all the information on your Web site.”
Andy presents Video – Use Blog Carnival & get FREE Targeted Traffic posted at Personal Hack, saying, “How to explode your search engine rankings and get lots of extra traffic to your website for free.”
Webdesi3 presents CSS Style Sheets: Fonts posted at webdesignservers.com.
Brian Terry presents 4 Great Ways to Explode Your Article Marketing posted at Big Marketing Secrets Blog, saying, “The idea of building your online business via article marketing has been around for ages. Even before the Internet it was used by publishers to get free content from contributors in exchange of free advertising.”
That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of bloggers guide carnival using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.
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Until today, I thought the Internet could only break if my mom sat on it. That’s lame, but I’m sucker for your mom jokes. Turns out, the Internet can break, and this weekend it’s nearly there: Three of four undersea Internet cables connecting North America to Asia have been cut. If it’s not broken, the Internet might slow down a lot, which means our blogging productivity can get knocked down to zero if we’re not careful. So if the Internet breaks, here are a handful of backup blogging tasks to keep us productive (and yes, many of them involve going to a bookstore):
I know that the chances are slim that the Internet will actually break, but if it does, now you have something to do. So tell me, do you have anything up your sleeve if the Internet goes down?
Today is Day 19 of NaBloPoMo, and I haven’t missed a beat. I gotta say, I’m getting a newfound energy regarding my blogging, and I have plans for the first of the year over on BloggersGuide.net. Anyway, here is my set of recommended reading for your weekend:
That’s your reading assignment. I hope you’ll find these links as fun as I did. Have a great weekend!
Last week, in a fit of motivation, I submitted five continuing education class proposals to the local community college; three of the five proposals were for blogging classes. I haven’t heard a yea or nay on my classes yet, but when I looked at my tentative class outlines once more, I realized that I better get my butt in gear and actually think through some of my micro units, which is the impetus of today’s post.
Today I want to talk about XHTML, also known as eXtensible Hyper Text Markup Language. Long before I started seriously blogging, I learned XHTML and CSS (cascading style sheets) in a graduate technical writing/web development class. Now, when I say learned I mean that I learned how to hand-code an entire website without leaning on Dreamweaver or any other web development software. I’ve heard nightmares from web development teachers whose students say they want to learn how to code when they really want to learn how to use Dreamweaver. Not in the class I took. We hand-coded everything. And I loved it!
I can hear you asking, “Sarah, what does this have to do with blogging?” Well, let me ask you, Have you ever wanted to change something–anything–about your blog’s appearance or functionality but you were afraid you’d mess up your template? Here’s the thing: Knowing how to hand-code XHTML can give you greater control over your entire blog template and your individual blog posts, building your confidence as a blogger and as a web developer.
Let’s be clear: I’m not advocating building an entire blog template from scratch. I mean, you can if you want, but there are so many free templates to choose from, why not pick one that’s close and tweak it until it’s exactly what you want? Want that elusive third column? Need to increase the height of your header? Hoping your images will line up on the first try? Hand-code, people!
Hand-coding your XHTML has other benefits, too. When you use a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor in Blogger, Dreamweaver, etc., you’re likely to get “extra” code that is automatically generated. This code can slow down your blog, hinder site performance, and invalidate your blog with the W3C. By hand-coding your blog, your blog will more than likely load fast, perform better, and be search engine friendlier. And who doesn’t want those things?
If you’re ready to learn how to hand-code XHTML, so you can have tighter control over your blog’s appearance and functionality, check out the list of resources below to get you started:
Even with these resources, you’re not going to be whipping out mind-blowing site designs immediately; however, learning XHTML, its tags, and its rules is pretty simple. Concentrate on it during a long Saturday or with a series of evenings at a coffee house, and you’ll be a hand-coding expert! Happy coding!
This is the August 29, 2008, edition of the Blogger’s Guide Carnival! The posts below were written on other blogs and were submitted by their authors at BlogCarnival.com. Thanks, everyone, for contributing!
Michael. presents WordPress Free Blogging Platform Software Review posted at Review Hookup.
Rod presents How to exclude pages from WordPress’s page listings posted at Hippo Web Solutions, saying, “How to take control of your WordPress page listings without hacking.”
Raymond presents Battling Blogger Burn Out and Lack Of Blog Posting Frequency posted at Money Blue Book.
Sudhanshu presents Blogger to Wordpress posted at Gyaan Sutra.
MoneyNing presents Spend Money On Good Web Hosting posted at Busy Blogging Dot Com, saying, “Don’t be cheap about web hosting! You won’t be sorry in the long run!”
Raymond presents The Best Credit Card Rewards For Google Ads and Search Advertising posted at Money Blue Book.
That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of bloggers guide carnival using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.
This is the August 22, 2008, edition of the Blogger’s Guide Carnival! The posts below were written on other blogs and were submitted by their authors at BlogCarnival.com. Thanks, everyone, for contributing!
Richard P. McLaughlin presents Asking For A Stumble posted at Cheap Keywords.
Richard P. McLaughlin presents WordPress Translation Plugin posted at Cheap Keywords.
texasdave presents 5 Ways To Improve Your Adsense Earnings posted at Make Cash Online.
MoneyNing presents Be Patient with Increasing Traffic to Your Blog posted at Busy Blogging Dot Com, saying, “Be patient. Build it and they will come!”
Cheryl Hines presents Article Writing For Dummies! posted at Internet Marketing With The Hines’.
Nesher presents Spice your Blog with relevant content with Zemanta Plug-in posted at Blogging for Good in the Modern World.
Kacper Wrzesniewski presents What are the benefits of taking break from blogging? posted at KacperWrzesniewski.com, saying, “Taking a break from blogging can be a very beneficial experience.”
Aahz presents Lighten The Load Of Your WordPress Blog – Part One posted at Philaahzophy, saying, “If you love WordPress, do it a favor and lighten its load…”
That concludes this edition. For more information about how I edit the Blogger’s Guide Carnival, check out our Carnival page. Submit your blog article to the next edition of the Blogger’s Guide Carnival using the carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on the blog carnival index page.
This is the August 15, 2008, edition of the Blogger’s Guide Carnival! The posts below were written on other blogs and were submitted by their authors at BlogCarnival.com. Thanks, everyone, for contributing!
Nesher presents 14 Ways to Promote your Blog Offline posted at Blogging for Good in the Modern World.
Hops presents How to track all your blog mentions posted at Hop To It!.
Christopher Johnson presents Making Money With Amazon.com posted at CoffeeBreakEarnings.com, saying, “Making Money With Amazon.com Affiliate Sales”
Christopher Johnson presents Blogging With Wordpress posted at CoffeeBreakEarnings.com.
Christopher Johnson presents Making Money Blogging posted at CoffeeBreakEarnings.com, saying, “You can make money blogging without ads and affiliates.”
Robert Phillips presents 3 Simple Ways to Increase Blog Traffic posted at How to Create a DVD without Spending a Dime.
seanjames presents Activating FeedFlare is optimizing your blog posted at Practical Jokes.
seanjames presents How to add Social Bookmarking Icons to your site posted at Practical Jokes.
Rod presents Stumble your way to a Rush of traffic posted at Hippo Web Solutions.
MoneyNing presents Be Patient with Increasing Traffic to Your Blog posted at Busy Blogging Dot Com, saying, “Be patient and keep writing to gain readership!”
Rob Edmond presents How to Be a Great Guest Blogger, and Be Invited Back posted at Blog To Great, saying, “Info on the importance of writing for other blogs. Help & tips on how to be a desirable “guest” blogger and how to get invited back.”
James Hills presents Blogging Lessons – Follow Your Passion, Not Your Wallet posted at mhn Integrated Online Marketing.
Kacper Wrzesniewski presents Taking break from blogging? posted at KacperWrzesniewski.com, saying, “Sometimes blogger needs to take a break from writing. How to handle such situation?”
Samir Bharadwaj presents Blog Ads by PerfomancingAds posted at SamirBharadwaj.com, saying, “Blog ads are the most lucrative way to monetise your blog. The new PerfomancingAds takes the effort out of selling advertising and managing inventory, so here’s a detailed guide to the whys, hows, pros, and cons of the service.”
Robert Phillips presents How to Use Blog Carnivals to Increase Traffic posted at How to Create a DVD without Spending a Dime.
That concludes this edition. For more information about how I edit the Blogger’s Guide Carnival, check out our Carnival page. Submit your blog article to the next edition of the Blogger’s Guide Carnival using the carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on the blog carnival index page.
This is the August 8, 2008, edition of the Blogger’s Guide Carnival! The posts below were written on other blogs and were submitted by their authors at BlogCarnival.com.
Sally Thompson presents 100 Insanely Useful Web Tools You Never Knew You Needed posted at Accredited Degrees.
That concludes this edition. For more information about how I edit the Blogger’s Guide Carnival, check out our Carnival page. Submit your blog article to the next edition of the Blogger’s Guide Carnival using the carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on the blog carnival index page.
You’d think having a new laptop would increase my productivity, but no, that hasn’t happened. In fact, I think I’m even lazier than before. Who knew that was possible? Anyway, I haven’t shared with you all what I’ve been reading (laziness has increased in that department, too), and here’s some material to get you up to speed:
That should be sufficient for this weekend. I like to keep the summer reading light. Be sure to check out my other Google Reader Shared Items and Delicious pages.
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