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How to Protect Your Privacy on Facebook
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2010-08-23 12:09:53 Topic Category: Security Comments: 0 By James Burchill

Once again, the blogosphere and tech news media is abuzz with the latest Facebook privacy controversies. Every time the social networking giant changes something in how privacy settings and security works, a thousand pundits have to comment and a million more need to chime in with how they think it does or doesn't 'destroy privacy as we know it.'

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Should I Post to Multiple Blogs?
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2010-08-15 23:01:55 Topic Category: Blogging Comments: 0 By Chris Nash

It is quite a common scenario. After deciding to start a blog specifically about your favorite hobby, one evening, you find yourself with nothing about that subject to write, but there is a particularly thrilling post about a concert you went to last night just itching to be written. While you originally wanted to write travelogues on your blog, you find yourself not going anywhere this month and feel like, well, maybe you could try your hand at scribbling down some fiction instead. Why should your blog be restricted to just a single facet of your life? Why not write about other things? Should you create a new blog for every subject you want to write about?

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WordPress Survival - How to Use Plugins
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2010-07-22 00:49:41 Topic Category: Wordpress Comments: 2 By Nick Squires

As with all my WordPress articles you will find they are written in a plain English, easy to understand way so that regardless of anyone's expertise level you will always understand them and this article "how to use Plugins" is no exception.

A Quick Background

A Plugin or PLG for short is really like an add on that you can use with your WordPress blog so that you create a more enhanced, more exciting, user friendly blog. There normally free and very easy to use, in fact the only work you need do is really installing them.



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Writing Out Loud - Blogging With Confidence
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2010-07-22 00:30:04 Topic Category: Blogging Comments: 0 By Chris Nash

The blog world is full of plenty of personalities; successful writers who evidently have that "secret sauce" that appears to ensure them continued success in the blogging arena. One thing beginning bloggers find themselves wishing is that, even if just for a moment, they could have some exposure to that secret; initial writing attempts, to a blog with no followers initially except perhaps dearest friends and family can be a very demoralizing experience. If the new blog manages to get past that "Field Of Dreams" state of "if you blog it, they will come", it is very easy for a fledgling blog and a new writer to become disillusioned very early. A vast number of new blogs are started every day. The great majority of those are abandoned very quickly afterwards.

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No More Boring Blog Templates For Your WordPress Blog
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2010-07-22 00:23:38 Topic Category: Wordpress Comments: 0 By James Beswick

Perhaps the hardest part of WordPress to grasp for new users is that there's no set "look" to the site it creates - the content and design are completely separated, so the entire theme can be changed within one or two clicks. This is alien to anyone who's been through web design, where usually the appearance is hard-coded in the HTML and difficult to change.

The theme acts as a skin, determining where individual page elements such as menus, posts and pages are placed, which colors and fonts are used, column layouts, background graphics and anything else on the page. The standard themes that are packaged with a WordPress installation work fine but you've probably seen the same themes used on many different sites. Additionally, these tend to focus on the blogging function of WordPress, while other themes create more of a 'magazine' or business feel to the site.

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8 Creative Types of Blog Posts
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2010-07-22 00:09:09 Topic Category: Blogging Comments: 0 By Elizabeth McGee

If you own a blog you know the importance of keeping your blog fresh and your audience interested. It can be challenging to come up with blog posts that won't bore your visitors and is interesting enough to keep them coming back.

It doesn't matter whether you are blogging for fun or blogging to make money, if visitors are your goal then here are eight types of blog posts that you can use to keep your blog interesting, promote sharing, increase followers and encourage comments.

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How to Install WordPress Plugins Easily
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2010-06-28 09:14:06 Topic Category: Wordpress Comments: 0 By MJ Schrader

Most plugins can be found and installed easily. You do not have to leave your WordPress website because you can install most plugins quickly from your dashboard. The search for plugins is just as simple.

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How to Integrate Images Into Your Blog
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2010-06-28 09:01:45 Topic Category: Blogging Comments: 0 By Andrew Massaro

No one wants to read a blog if it is visually dull and boring. You could have the best writing skills but if the visitor doesn't like what they see they will quickly move on. One way of getting visitors to stick around and have an immediate positive impact to your traffic is the addition of images to your blog-posts.

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6 Easy Ways to Increase Blog Traffic
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2010-06-28 08:48:28 Topic Category: Blogging Comments: 0 By Katherine Droguett

1. Great Blogging Software is a Good start

A blog CMS that suits your requirements can make all the difference. To further make an impression and stand out, I suggest having a custom platform - blog that can be completely tailored according to your users. For general cases, Blogger, WordPress, Typepad or Movable Type will suffice. However, try to keep the look and layout as simple as possible. Imagine, in detail, how you want archiving, sub-pages, commenting, user accounts, categorization, multiple feeds etc.

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5 Ways to Protect Your WordPress Blog
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2010-05-02 13:22:02 Topic Category: Wordpress Comments: 1 By Mike Paetzold

WordPress has become the software of choice for the vast majority of self hosted blogs. The reason is simple. It is free and has a huge community that supports it with a large variety of themes and plugins.

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4 Mistakes Bloggers Make - Part 1
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2010-05-02 13:18:13 Topic Category: Blogging Comments: 0 By Chua Nigel

When blogging, there are some common mistakes bloggers do make, so take note of them and try to avoid them as much as you can.

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Breaking Through Blogging Barriers
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2010-05-02 13:07:44 Topic Category: Blogging Comments: 0 By Mary Pat Clark

As a blogger, we all know how difficult the first few months are because we have no traffic at all so how do people continue to write even if they have no traffic or no visitors. We are plagued with questions of the eventual success of our blog. The first thing is to recall that we are not here to blog for other people, if you are blogging to become rich and famous, you probably have the wrong profession because right now, blogging isn't exactly the best way to get a lot of money.

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Page Speed Optimization For WordPress
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2010-05-02 13:05:31 Topic Category: Wordpress Comments: 0 By Flex Delos

Though Google ranks websites according to over 200 different factors, they have recently announced that page speed will become a part of those factors. They do state that page speed will not carry a lot of weight in the rankings. However, it's still important to listen to Google and follow along.

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The Top Five Reasons Why Starting Your Own Blog is Extremely Valuable
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2010-03-23 21:35:27 Topic Category: Blogging Comments: 0 By Brooks Brizendine

Why are you looking to start your own small business? Is it because you need extra income to help support your family? Are you fed up with your full-time job and being bossed around by neanderthals (sorry Geico cavemen)? Do you want to completely change your life around and start living on your own terms to do what you want, whenever you want?

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A Fashion Blog For Fashion Bloggers
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2010-03-23 21:32:15 Topic Category: Blogging Comments: 0 By Jerry R Mckinish

Blogs have been around, almost since the establishment of the internet. From the beginnings, bloggers learned that fresh content could build a loyal following of visitors, which in turn meant, they could earn money from advertisers. Blog Hosting companies have made it fairly easy to start a blog. You simply sign up for a free blog and start typing your heart away. That's all fine and dandy, until the competition amongst bloggers heats up. How do you get your blog noticed amongst all those other bloggers out there?

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How to Make Money by Writing Reviews on Your Blog
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2010-03-23 21:27:06 Topic Category: Blogging Comments: 2

By Chris Pine

For people who write on their blogs daily, the prospect of making money is an attractive (though often elusive) goal. Bloggers may put AdSense on their blog, promote affiliate products, or maybe create products of their own. One trend that is beginning to catch on is to write paid reviews for other businesses on your blog. But how do you convince companies to pay you to write a review on their behalf? This is where ReviewMe comes in.



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9 Blogging Secrets I Learned From Chris Brogan, ProBlogger, and John Chow
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2010-02-16 22:13:47 Topic Category: Blogging Comments: 4 By Robin Ong

Blogging is tough! During my pursuit, I loved spending time in reading on other bloggers' writing. By reading through their archives, I have managed to find strength and inspiration when the going gets tough. My tribute goes to great bloggers like ProBlogger, John Chow, Steve Pavlina and Chris Brogan for making me in believing in what I'm doing. They inspire me to persevere. I shall share with you the 18 blogging secrets that I've picked up from observing and reading their blogs.

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5 Must Haves For A Successful Blog
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2010-02-16 22:02:01 Topic Category: Blogging Comments: 0 By Tsvetanka Petrova

Blogs are much faster indexed by search engines and also they are the first place where internet users seek for answers. Why, because blogs give answers. So, you are in business, and you would like to blog - to promote your expertise, to hopefully monetize on it and eventually get clients. Here are the 5 things you blog cannot do without.

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Blogging For Money - Three Vital Secrets For Success
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2010-02-16 21:56:23 Topic Category: Blogging Comments: 0 By Angela Booth

Want to make money blogging? Hundreds of thousands of people are doing exactly that, and you can too, provided you approach it in the right way. Let's look at three vital secrets for success.

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7 Deadly Myths of Internet Copyright
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2010-02-07 22:33:20 Topic Category: Blogging Comments: 2 By David L. Amkraut- Attorney at Law

Warning: The following is a summary of important information regarding the use and misuse of photos on the Internet. It is not specific legal advice. Copyright is a specialized field of law, and there are sometimes exceptions to the rules. If you have a specific copyright concern, you should consult a lawyer with expertise in copyright issues concerning the use and misuse of photos on the Internet.

An Excellent rule of thumb: If you do not have specific permission (preferably written!) from the owner of a photo, you cannot legally display it on a website, post it to the Usenet, copy it, send it around by Email or other means, make photos derived from it, sell it, or otherwise exploit it.

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5 Common Grammar Errors in Blogs
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2010-01-30 23:11:53 Topic Category: Blogging Comments: 1 By Boris C.

Blogging , like good copywriting, should always be in a conversational style. There is a need to be personal and to communicate as if the blogger is addressing a close friend. This does not mean grammar errors would be excused and neglected. Many blogs fail to attain and secure the credibility they aim due to the writers' inability to avoid and correct common grammatical pitfalls.

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New to Blogging? Stop Obsessing Over Your Stats
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2010-01-25 13:20:07 Topic Category: Blogging Comments: 0 By Simon Bunker

You've launched your new blog, crafted some content, and you are feeling good that you have finally gotten off the ground. You tweet, Facebook and use whatever means possible to get your posts some exposure. You have followed what the pros say and installed Google Analytics and probably WordPress Stats.

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9 Ways to Get More Juice From Blog Comments
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2010-01-24 20:51:45 Topic Category: Blogging Comments: 1 By John T Pratt

Would you like to get more juice from your blog comments? I'm about to show you how simple that can be!

The greatest thing about blogs is that they're interactive. You write posts, and people can leave comments and carry on a conversation right there on the same page. Blogs are like part web site, part forum. Sometimes the post comments are more interesting than the post itself! The more traffic you get the more comments you receive, and a lot of people ask online, "when will I start getting traffic on my blog?". Well, my rule of thumb is usually most blogs go from obscurity to a steady flow of traffic at about the 6 month / 100 post mark. This is enough time to be through a Google update or two, and with 100 posts indexed in the search engines, you've got 100 shots at getting found in online search. I believe every post you write is like a little deposit in the search engine bank.



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Five Reasons to Blog in the Age of Social Media
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2010-01-24 20:27:51 Topic Category: Blogging Comments: 0 By Kathryn Lively

Everybody's a-Twitter now, it seems. In restaurants, waiting in line at the bank, even at the movies, somebody has a smart phone in hand recording the minutiae of the day in 140 character increments. With Twitter, one of the most powerful social media platforms available, people can receive and disseminate information quickly and briefly - it abbreviates the news while we can zip through headlines and direct our attentions elsewhere. One has to wonder with micro-posting networks like Twitter and Facebook, do we need blogs anymore? The answer is a resounding yes.

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The Advantages of Adding Social Media to Your WordPress Blog
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2010-01-24 20:23:12 Topic Category: Wordpress Comments: 0 By Matt Bacak

Want to make the most of the social networking tools on WordPress? You can do it easily! All you have to do is create three additional tabs in the section that links to Facebook, Twitter, and OpenID. The way to get this functionality is to choose Twitter, Facebook, and OpenID by going to "settings" and then choose Twitter, Facebook, and then OpenID. That's where you set it up so that you can easily link to those sites.

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How To Increase Link Popularity
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2010-01-24 20:16:59 Topic Category: SEO Comments: 0 By Nelson Tan

Link popularity is a key component for better search engine ranking. This article examines the relationship between link popularity and search results and how you can take advantage of it.

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Define Expert, Please
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2010-01-04 13:29:29 Topic Category: Blogging Comments: 0 Author:Lorelle VanFossen

I had to laugh hysterically (and groan) today when someone described a blogger as “world-reknown expert on WordPress”. The blogger had been blogging for 4 months. I know personally that they had no PHP, WordPress, or web design experience prior to beginning blogging. Now that they have the title “expert”, there is no telling who will believe that claim.

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How to Use Twitter 101
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2009-12-06 13:41:58 Topic Category: Twitter Comments: 0 By Phyllis Zimbler Miller

Everywhere you look nowadays you read or hear about people using Twitter. Do you wonder what they are using Twitter for? Here are just some of the purposes for which Twitter can be used:



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Blog Commenting - 7 Ways to Get Your First Blog Comment and Keep Them Coming
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2009-12-06 13:28:25 Topic Category: Blogging Comments: 0 By Kelly-Anne Foxley

Are you struggling to get comments on your blog articles. People often see blog comments as a sign-off authority, that your community are validating your message by taking the time to leave a comment. A blog with no comments is often overlooked, hence, why getting blog comments rolling in is important for the progression of your blog.

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7 Sure-Fire Ways to Lose Blog Visitors and Subscribers
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2009-12-06 13:17:14 Topic Category: Blogging Comments: 0 By S McIntyre

If you ever wondered why you're losing blog visitors or you can't get subscribers, these seven reasons are very high possibilities you're doing something extremely wrong.

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Wordpress - The Ultimate Blog Platform
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2009-12-06 13:06:18 Topic Category: Wordpress Comments: 0 By Tom Hammerborg

I have chosen WordPress as our blog platform for our internet marketing business and that is for some very good reasons. Below is a (somewhat subjective) review and reasons behind our choice. Fist off some Advantages and Disadvantages.

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Creative Money-Making for Bloggers
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2009-11-24 11:18:29 Topic Category: Blogging Comments: 0 By Jessica DelBalzo

Blogging has become a huge phenomenon; it's a way to stay in touch with distant friends and relatives, a way to communicate with others who share your passions, hobbies, and interests, and a way to express your creativity as a writer, artist or photographer. However, blogging can be even more than that. It can be a lucrative source of income for the many who choose to monetize their online journals with inventive forms of advertising.

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Part Two of Six Steps to Prevent Content Theft and Combat Copyright Infringement
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2009-10-29 00:09:02 Topic Category: Blogging Comments: 0 By John-Paul

In part one of this article, we looked at how dangerous copyright infringement and content theft on the web can be. I also shared three “proactive” steps you can take to help prevent those little buggers from violating your copyright. But now that you know how damaging blog scraping and content theft can be to your search engine ranking and reputation, you’re probably asking — “what do I do if my blog content is stolen?



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Six Steps to Prevent Content Theft and Combat Copyright Infringement
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2009-10-11 21:52:23 Topic Category: Blogging Comments: 0 By John-Paul

With more and more blog scrapers being used to create splogs (definition), it’s important to take steps to protect original content on your business blog. When your hard work and original articles appear elsewhere, it can do serious damage to you, your reputation, and your search engine ranking.



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Can A Ping Really Help Your Blog Get Top Search Engine Rankings?
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2009-10-11 21:37:28 Topic Category: SEO Comments: 0 By Tinu Abayomi-Paul

It's been all over the SEO-student rumor mill for weeks now, and has finally made it into my Inbox - in droves.

The new get-traffic-quick scheme for search engine results has arrived - flooding ping notification sites with update announcements, even though your blog hasn't been updated.

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Bloggers as potential business partners
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2009-10-11 21:34:53 Topic Category: Blogging Comments: 0 By Wayne Hurlbert

Blogs are a powerful tool for initiating and developing interpersonal relationships. Most discussions of business blogs revolve around building an ongoing discussion with current and potential customers and clients. Often forgotten are the relationships created with other bloggers.

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Relationship Marketing: Blogs At Work
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2009-10-11 21:32:23 Topic Category: Blogging Comments: 0 By Wayne Hurlbert

Relationship marketing and relationship building with blogs has long been considered a major reason for starting and maintaining a business blog. Not all business people, and indeed not all bloggers, agree on the value of blogs for creating and developing those important customer relationships.

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The Dangers in Blogging
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2009-10-11 21:29:00 Topic Category: Blogging Comments: 0 By Sharon Housley



I have heard many a blogger say that blogging fills a need. While blogging provides a humanizing effect on news and journaling, it also opens a window into personal lives. The details shared in blogs were once only available to a select group of friends, and while blogging has become common place, it has risks that should not be ignored.

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8 Ways to Use a Blog to Develop Content for Your Book
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2009-10-11 21:26:22 Topic Category: Blogging Comments: 0 Author: Patsi Krakoff, Psy. D. and Denise Wakeman



1. Participate in the blogosphere: Read and comment on other blogs in your field. This is a prime way to build readership of your blog. It is also a way of getting fresh content for both your blog and for your book.

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Blog post themes: Missing the point
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2009-10-11 21:22:23 Topic Category: Blogging Comments: 0 By Wayne Hurlbert

It happens to all writers at one time or another. It may be an occupational hazard that occurs when fingers tap keyboards. A reader will misunderstand the point of your blog post. There may even be issue taken with a very obscure part of the article. Instead of debate taking place over the main theme of the column, some obscure section may find itself the topic of various interpretations.

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Blog burnout: How to avoid it
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2009-10-03 21:52:49 Topic Category: Blogging Comments: 0 By Wayne Hurlbert

Blog out might not be the proper blogspeak term, but everyone who has blogged for at least three months understands the phenomenon. Blog out is that feeling that blogging is just not fun any longer. It's the sense that writing blog posts has become a chore and a duty. Blogging even takes on the feel of drudgery and pain. The blog owner feels burned out on blogging and all of its related activities.

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Don't Rush to Blog
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2009-10-03 21:49:05 Topic Category: Blogging Comments: 0 By Bob Bessette

I find myself occasionally becoming impatient with my blog post writing. Sometimes I feel as if I have to hurry get my post done in a certain prescribed amount of time. As a result, I find myself "rushing to blog". I think this can be one of the worst things that a blogger can do. The result of rushing your blogs could have deleterious effects on your blog and ultimately your readership. So what can you do to prevent this rushing feeling?

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How to Get Google to Send Traffic to Your WordPress Blog
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2009-10-03 21:43:56 Topic Category: Wordpress Comments: 0 By John P Mitchell

After recently moving a number of blogs from Blogger to a hosted WordPress Blog I discovered a BIG problem, Google stopped sending me traffic.

I managed to resolve the problem, and after a lot of hardwork, frustration and after what seemed like a life time, Google has started sending traffic to my new WordPress blog. I naively thought that this would be straight forward process and I wasn't alone as when I first started writing about this issue on my blog I was surprised to find that this is a common problem.

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Top 10 Must Have WordPress Plugins
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2009-10-03 21:21:48 Topic Category: Wordpress Comments: 0 By Steven Tremko Bellante

One of the best things about WordPress is the ability to customize your blog through a ever growing selection of plugins. I've come to realize though that for every incredibility useful plugin, there is a plugin that does little to help your blog out. Figuring out which plugins are essential can be difficult at times. That's why I decided to put together a top 10 list of plugins everyone should be using to get the most out of their blogging experience.

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Seven Benefits of Submitting Articles to Ezine Article Directories
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2009-09-30 23:52:47 Topic Category: SEO Comments: 0 By Rose DesRochers

Bloggers are always on the lookout for ways to market their blog effectively. Throughout the internet, there are various article directories to submit to.

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Getting Accustomed to the Twitter Environment
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2009-09-07 22:35:23 Topic Category: Twitter Comments: 0 By Helen Hoefele

Especially for those of you who joined Twitter on your own, without really knowing anyone else in that environment, being on Twitter may feel like being the new kid in school. You desperately want to fit it, to be a part of the experience, but you still feel left out.

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What Does it Take to Make Money With Blogging?
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2009-09-07 22:29:38 Topic Category: Blogging Comments: 0 By Diane Corriette

Every blog must have a few things in place in order to enjoy earning an income from what you offer and these are:

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Blog, Blogging and Comments - How to Get Your Visitors to Comment on Your Blog
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2009-09-07 22:23:13 Topic Category: Blogging Comments: 0 By Pinky Mcbanon

Let's just face it - regardless of the nature of your blog, you would want to see comments there. Whether it is for pleasure of whether it is business-based, having comments would be like having the 'T's crossed and 'I's dotted. It is also the perfect motivation factor to get you going even more.

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Blogging on the Web is a Great Way For the Unknown to Become Known
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2009-09-07 22:16:31 Topic Category: Blogging Comments: 0 By Cheryl G Burke

Blog, blog, blog, you can't blog about yourself or your business without it becoming known somewhere on this big old Universe of life! Blogging started out to be a web log of personal information, it has since become a great avenue for the unknown to become known!

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Interview with Lorelle VanFossen, that Woman on Wordpress
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2009-08-16 17:47:41 Topic Category: Interview Comments: 0 Written by Rose DesRochers

If you use WordPress you most likely already know who Lorelle VanFossen is. Lorelle VanFossen is no stranger to Wordpress. Lorelle is one of the most popular and well-known bloggers in the Wordpress community.

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