Every Friday, blog expert Melanie Nelson alerts you to five of the best articles about blogging. This week covers breaking out of the mommyblog niche, adding your Twitter account to Technorati, and taking the guesswork out of design.
Which directories should I use to promote/list my blog?
Unless you’ve decided to blog in a vacuum and don’t care if anyone reads what you have to say, at some point you’ve probably looked for ways to encourage new readers to find your blog. When I started blogging in 2004, it wasn’t uncommon for a blog to be part of several blogrings. A blogring [...]
What Are Blog Metrics?
Blog metrics are a way to measure the success (or at least the popularity) of a blog. In this article I will introduce you to several of the sites that are most popular for determining a blog’s success: Google PageRank, Technorati, Digg, and Alexa. Whether you put any stock into them is your call. (wink) [...]
Helpful Blogging Links
2008 Design Trends via WebDesigner Wall. Best Practices When Moving Your Site via Google Webmaster Central Blog. Inserting Images In To WordPress 2.5 via Mrs. Flinger. Protecting Your Content on WordPress.com via Lorelle on WordPress. Why Does Technorati Still Mock Me? via The Edublogger.



