Category Archives: Blogging

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Network! Network!! Network!!!

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Urhg… blogging on so many blogs of my own and as a member of a group blog practically leaves me no time at all to network. Well, I could manage my blogs AND network if I were in this full time but I still have a job to keep and other household responsibilities that I can’t be sitting here the whole day. I am already sitting here THE WHOLE NIGHT haha! 😀

At times like these when I am overwhelmed with blogging and yet realise that I should spend more time to network, I can certainly understand why some people are buying comments, but only relevant comments that are on topic.

Sometimes I think that I am better off trying to raise my Page Rank but that doesn’t look like it’s coming anytime soon, either.

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Blog Search Engine Marketing & Optimization

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As a blogger with multiple blogs, in a way, I have been trying to find a way to market my blogs. I know I can’t be forever writing as actively as I am now but if my niche blogs are marketed well, I believe that I can create passive income streams from link placements on my sidebar from relevant advertisers.

I have read up on search engine marketing and optimization. So far, people who are using these services are for commercial sites but I am trying to implement what I have learned on my blogs instead. I think that if I do it well, I could pull away from the pack of being just a “blog”.

The bottom line is, no matter what we call it, I am trying to not only to build my Page Rank but also to place certain keywords at the top of the major search engines pointing to my blog(s) so that advertisers would fight to be on my blog. I know this is daylight dreaming but if others have done it, what’s stopping me?

Blogging, Computing & Internet

Web Design Ideas

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This morning, I was introduced to a blog that is choke-ful with web design ideas. The name of the blog is none other than “Web Design Ideas: My collection of web design ideas”.

Firstly, as someone who gets lost even in simple WordPress codes, I have to hand it to him to write all those codes and EXPLAIN how they work. Of course, I am not going to pretend that I understand them because I don’t but what further impresses me is that this blog was only started in September this year and it already has 63 posts. The author, Valik Rudd, updates the blog with web design ideas at least two times up to nine times a day. He really is enthusiastic about his blog and web designing, I must commend!

Valik Rudd also takes the trouble to explain why the designs and layout of certain websites have caught his eye, why they stand out from the crowd and what makes the special. An analysis from an independent point of view is always appreciated.

I have a new domain name that I thought that I would set up a personal website but I did not have any idea where to start. I think I am going to grab some web design nuggets from this blog and ask my web designer to implement them on my site. I hope Valik Rudd does not mind!

Blogging, Computing & Internet

Too Lazy To Write?

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Recently, I came across something that makes me very angry. Apparently, there are people setting up niche blogs or websites and taking our posts and publishing an excerpt on their site with a link back to our post “to read more”. Normally, I would think nothing of it if this was done once or twice. The thing is, they are cheating to the point of changing the author’s name.

Previously, I would discover that someone actually took my post and put it on his blog with an introduction like “The Artist wrote a very compelling post titled Too Lazy To Write where she said the following: …..

These past couple of days, though, I noticed that these people are not only stealing our content but also images and have the nerve to change the author’s name into something like, Ellen wrote … Guest wrote …

When someone uses an ID as “Guest” there must be something wrong. Stealing content without the writer’s prior permission is not fine but now they want to change our names too. Isn’t it frustrating that we cannot do anything about this?!?

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It’s Kinda Weird!! GGGrrrr

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You know, when I was blogging and posting sponsored post as and when I like without caring if there was an organic post between every single sponsored post, I was getting my bids accepted like nobody’s business from a marketplace that requires us to place our bids on jobs.

This month, I started to make a conscious effort in slipping an organic post between all my sponsored posts and guess what? My bids were not accepted at all. Not even one! GGGrrrr It is so disappointing. Perhaps sponsors like to read my sponsored work upfront so that they know what to expect. Perhaps they don’t want to waste time guess which is sponsored and which isn’t. Just because a post has a link in it does not mean that it is sponsored, right?

So, how now? I am trying to shift my balance a little and see if there is any improvement! I certainly cannot let a single company dictate how I should have my posts published, right?

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Feeling Bad Deleting Comments

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Since joining the DoFollow blogroll, I have an increased traffic and comments but although some comments are legitimate and on topic, I don’t know how I can approve comments by someone by the “name” of Teak Wood Furniture or Anti-Smoking eBook. I know that in order to place a fairly on topic comment, even though it is just a short line, these people did read my post, even if they only skimmed through the text.

I know I definitely can’t approve such comments that were left on my sponsored posts due to the competition but then when these were left on my organic posts, without a conflict of interest even though they just want some PR juice and a link back to their commercial site, I feel rather bad that I have deleted these comments. I mean, technically, I could let them be, but like I said, I don’t think I am that desperate to need to keep comments by Teak Wood Furniture.

However, I keep thinking that behind every handle is a REAL person. I pity that he is doing all these “work” for nothing. *sigh* Perhaps I am just thinking too much!

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Major Irritation

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As a very active blog for pay blogger, I have written posts for many sponsors. I write them good and I write them fast. However, what irritates me is that there will ALWAYS be someone who has no original idea of his own and would look for the sponsor’s URL and keywords through websites like Technorati or Google Blog Search.

Yes, it irritates the hell out of me because I don’t have the time to check if my content is being copied or not. I’ve got no time to keep checking through sites like CopyScape to see if my content has been stolen. And having discovered an intellectual thief before, I do not like the feeling and do not want to face the same problem again.

You may say that it is not a big deal and that in fact I am getting extra traffic, but heck, I am feeling as if this person is spying on me! I don’t know who this person is and I am so glad or I would be hounding his blog to check if my content has been copied over.

My point is, write your own posts and if you do read other people’s posts before writing your own, you would tend to consciously or unconsciously get a little word or phrase from here and there to make up your own seemingly “original” post.