March 2007

Why I Will Display My Feed Subscriber Count

by Philip on March 18, 2007

Maki over at Dosh Dosh very kindly tagged me with a meme as to why I would/would not display my feed subscriber count.  I think high subscriber counts give legitimacy to a blog.  It says, “Hey, there are people who read my blog.  Why aren’t you?”  Personally, I would only display the subscriber count if [...]

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101 Great Posting Ideas That Will Make Your Blog Sizzle

by Philip on March 16, 2007

Great posts are hard to do consistently on a day-to-day basis. Probloggers really have to work at it. I thought about all the different ways and angles a blogger can approach choosing posting topics. Here are 101 different ideas that I think are great to stimulate your mind and jumpstart your blogging.

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Egypt Jails Political Blogger For Four Years

by Philip on March 12, 2007

Bloggers are a diverse bunch. Those of us in North America rarely think twice about sharing our thoughts on everything under the sun. Political blogs are amongst the most popular of all blogs here. But, in other places, blogging about politics or government activities can get you jailed.

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Against The Grain: Blogging By Taking An Alternate Position

by Philip on March 10, 2007

I was reading a really great article by Alex Iskold of Read/Write Web about why Technorati is more than just a blog search engine. Alex had written the article in response to Emre Sokullu’s piece on Technorati’s exit strategies now that it had fallen behind Google Blog Search on traffic. It is useful to bear in mind that Emre’s piece is not the only one that discusses threats against Technorati from Google and examining exit options. For example, the business magazine Inc. discussed the same topic in its most recent March issue.

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Managing A Crisis With Your Blog

by Philip on March 9, 2007

If you haven’t heard already, the folks over at ReviewMe have landed in some hot water for allowing bogus blog listings to appear on their list of blogs willing to do paid posting (or pay-per-post). Both BoingBoing and Gawker’s Consumerist were listed as willing to accept paid reviews for $500.

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