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SEO: What Are NoFollow and DoFollow Links?

February 22, 2010

Linking, whether you’re linking to another site or your site is being linked to, is an important part of SEO (search engine optimization). How a site treats links is important because it can determine how search engines treat those links as well. Specifically, I’m talking about whether a site uses NoFollow tagging within its links.

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Helpful Blogging Links: Blissdom Recaps, Women in Public Speaking, Create a Sliding Button

February 19, 2010

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Crafty Love by Arianne at To Think Is To Create. Arianne was part of a panel on writing well. She [...]

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Google Buzz: Is It a Privacy #FAIL or The Next Best Social Media Tool?

February 17, 2010

In the past few months Google has been trying to secure their spot not just as the go-to search engine of choice, but a real player in social media. Google Wave and the Google Nexus One phone were cool options to the norm and just last week Google unveiled yet another new social media tool: [...]

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What is the difference between blog categories and blog tags?

February 15, 2010

When I talk to beginning bloggers, I’m asked all sorts of questions. One I received this week was what is the difference between tags and categories? The obvious way to answer this is to define both, of course, but beyond that, I want to explain why you need both, how to name them, and how [...]

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Helpful Blogging Links: WordPress Themes, iPhone apps for blog stats, Facebook Guide

February 12, 2010

14 Fantastic Free WordPress Themes via Mashable

Stat Geeks Take Note: 4 iPhone Apps to Analyze Blog Health via Blogging Pro

Context is King: How Videos are Found and Consumed Online via TechCrunch

The Facebook Guide via Mashable

Unleashing the Power of Website Analytics via Six Revisions

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Blissdom ‘10 Highlights: Friends, Bloggers, and Harry Connick, Jr.

February 11, 2010

I’ve attended three blogging conferences since October, 2009. I’ve had every intention of blogging recaps of each. Unfortunately, I’m a thinker; I like to mull my experiences over before I share them with others. However, I think I’ve gone beyond the normal reflection stage and passed into the procrastination stage. In an effort to remedy [...]

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Is the iPad just a Big Ol’ iPhone or Is There More to It?

January 28, 2010

Believe it or not, I’m not an early adopter. I’m pretty tight with my purse and I don’t buy the “next big thing” as soon as it hits the market. I’m interested, yes, but I like to see how things shake out before I buy. Invariably, the first edition of anything is just aching for [...]

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Apple and AT&T Exclusivity: Will You Switch if You Have the Choice?

January 28, 2010

Update: AT&T Will Spend $2 Billion to Improve Wireless Network
Yesterday, Apple unveiled it’s new iPad and discussed the future of portability. It was suggested that the event would also lay to rest–one way or another–the rumors that Apple is ending it’s exclusive deal with AT&T. Unfortunately, those rumors were neither confirmed nor denied and [...]

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Blogging Basics 101 on Tumblr

January 7, 2010

In addition to the weekly Helpful Blogging Links feature, Blogging Basics 101 now has a Tumblr account (http://bloggingbasics101.tumblr.com) where Melanie shares links to the articles she’s reading each day. Many links include Melanie’s thoughts on the issue and invite discussion.

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Blogging & Taxes: What You Need to Know

December 28, 2009

Blogging in 2004 was significantly different from blogging in 2009. Over the past five years we’ve seen an explosion in how people use social media and how we make money from it. In 2004, it was hard to find a professional blogger; blogging was still very much a community-based hobby. These days, it’s unlikely to [...]

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