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Etiquette

Helpful Blogging Links: Learning Tech, SEO Plug-in & Advice, Blogrolls

April 9, 2010

Every day I share links to all the tech articles I love on the Blogging Basics 101 Tumblr blog! Subscribe to the Tumblr blog and never miss another article. One Year Ago Today — Learning to Embrace the Tech Community via Girl with a Computer. I really needed to read this yesterday. I’ve had a [...]

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Blog Roll Etiquette and Advice

April 5, 2010

I recently received a great question about blog rolls. The question was whether or not you should contact the people you put on your blog roll to let them know that you’re linking to them. Then I started thinking about all the issues related to blog rolls, the etiquette behind them, the usefulness of them, [...]

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5 Blogging Etiquette Tips for Beginning Bloggers

August 17, 2009

Blog etiquette is something seasoned bloggers sometimes take for granted, but many beginners are just discovering. Melanie Nelson gives five blogging etiquette tips that will help beginners (& remind experts) to be a good neighbor in the blogging community.

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What is a permalink and why do I need it?

November 24, 2008

Before I start my explanation of permalinks, I want to show you two examples so you can refer to them as necessary: An example of a blog’s main URL (which shows all the posts for a given period of time: http://www.bloggingbasics101.com An example of a permalink: http://www.bloggingbasics101.com/101/2008/11/what-is-a-permalink/ A permalink is the link to an individual [...]

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Should I ask permission to link to a blog I find interesting, or should I just link to it without bothering the blogowner?

May 8, 2008

I don’t think you need to ask people if you want to link to them. For the most part, when you link to another blog or web site, you are helping generate traffic for that blog or site. In most cases, you are sharing the link because you think it’s worthwhile and you want others [...]

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I have started a website about “Work from Home” and have been advised to contact webmasters and request to exchange reciprocal links but have not done so because I don’t feel comfortable asking. What are your thoughts?

May 7, 2008

This is the second part of the question I was asked yesterday. Reciprocal links are a gray area. I don’t care for reciprocal links. I don’t like to be asked and I don’t like to do it. I feel like anything I link to (that’s not a paid advertisement) should be something I *want* to [...]

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I have started a website about “Work from Home” and have been advised to post comments on blogs. Am I on the right track by posting on any blog or should I just be posting comments specifically on “Work from Home” blog sites?

May 6, 2008

This is part one of a two-part question I received this week. Part two will be answered tomorrow. Leaving comments on WFH blogs (or any blogs for that matter) consistently will allow other readers to start to get to know you. They’ll recognize you from the comments section on blogs you both frequent. If your [...]

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When entering an online giveaway, is giving an e-mail necessary when you’ve left your blog link?

May 1, 2008

Many online giveaways require that you provide a valid e-mail address so they can easily contact you if you win. I would say you need to leave your e-mail address even if you also leave a link to your blog. My reasoning is that if the host has to track you down, they may just [...]

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What is ‘hotlinking’ and what’s the big deal?

April 28, 2008

Hotlinking is when you are directly linking to another site’s graphics, files, video, etc. instead of linking to those items from your own server. For instance, when I share a graphic like this one I encourage you to right-click it and save it to your computer and either insert it into your blog from your [...]

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How should I alert the winner of my giveaway–via e-mail or just an announcement on my blog?

April 24, 2008

For my own giveaways, I prefer to send out an e-mail to the winner. That way I know I have tried to contact the winner. I can put a time-limit on how long I’ll wait for a response and mailing address from the winner. The next step is to either send out the prize or [...]

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