5 Blogging Etiquette Tips for Beginning Bloggers

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.

Helpful Blogging Links

5 Blogging Goals Worth Chasing After via Daily Blog Tips. Create Extra Columns in Your Blogger Layout–Magazine Style! via Blogger Buster. Cheat Sheets for Front-End Web Developers via Six Revisions. Effective Use of Blog Sidebars via Vandelay Design. Finding and Adding Creative Commons Images to Your Blog Posts via Edublogger.

A Few More Links for Copyright Information

Copyscape allows you to type in your URL and see if anyone has copied your content without your permission. A quick FAQ on copyright infringement: what’s allowed and what is not. And, as a reminder, if you’re using Creative Commons, you may be giving away some of your copyright rights. Nothing can keep someone from [...]

I put a Creative Commons license on my blog, but is my material truly protected?

Creative Commons or any version of copyright helps you to maintain your rights regarding your writing. However, it won’t keep others from trying to steal (or scrape) your content if they are determined. What it will do, is give you a better legal standing because you clearly labeled your content copyrighted. Many people have had [...]