How to Use Site Maps

As always SEO Book is one of the best resources for Search engine Optimization.  Check out the article on Sitemaps, the Do’s and Don’t’s at SEOBook Blog SEO Book Sitemaps XML

Add Search to Your Blog

I’m not sure if you realize how important a Search Widget is for your Blog but what I’ve noticed over a period of time is it is one of the most essential features.  Over a couple of years I’ve written a few hundred posts I find it essential to help me manage my blogs.  I often get questions about material I’ve done and it saves lots of messing around.   Also it makes it easier for visitors, example someone might like the Acoustic Blues Guitar Player Howlin Wolf and arrive at my blog after doing a Google Search for him and then they can look for other Acoustic Blues Guitar Youtubes as well

WordPress Tutorial How To Do A Blog Post

Here is a Simple WordPress How to Do A Blog Post, it includes images and is designed for people with good basic gweb skills and average common sense.  It is in PDF format so it is viewable across formats and Browsers.  It’s Free.

View this document on Scribd

Tony Hogan SEO – Byron Bay and Northern Rivers

SEO Book Copy and Site Testing

Here is a link to a sensible article at the SEO Book blog about site testing. It’s sensible, organized and highly worth a read if you are interested in being successful with Web Development Site Testing. It is relating to writing good Copy

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Awesome SEO Tip

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Scott Huffman revealed that mobile search results are blended between results from the mobile web and results from the regular/normal web. Makes sense, but not everyone knows that.

Tony Hogan

How to Import RSS Feed Into Ning Social Network

A number of people I have spoken to are a little confused about how to get RSS working with our Social Networking Site, so I have written a very easy to follow set of steps at our Ning Social Network.

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Here are some simple instructions on:

How to Import RSS Feed Into Ning Social network

Visit Web Bling @ Ning

This will enable you to view your Blog in Ning Social Network

Tweeter – Learn How to Use It Properly

Here is a worthwhile article about Twitter.  Yes Twitter Mania has gotten out of control but it’s worthwhile stopping for a moment and sorting through the hype and instead of just signing up and saying,  “It didn’t work for me”, take a look at how to use it effectively.  A lot of people quickly tire of a web tool if they don’t don’t investigate it properly and use it effectively.

So here are a couple of sensible articles ProBlogger Twitter

Twitter with Ezine Articles How to Drive Traffic to Ezine Articles

Simple Twitter Tips on How to Drive Traffic

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Or Go to The Twitter Blog for the Latest

Useful Blog Post about Negative to Positive Thinking

I saw this post on the Web this morning and thought it was useful.
We often can find ourselves in a negative headspace and if we are not careful it’s easy to wallow in it.
If a person is wanting to push ahead and be in some way successful with anything, it’s important to get ones head together, else all that happens is a person just repeats the same on things in a different environment.

As offline, so Online

Check this out, it’s a great starting point to point you nose in a Postive direction.

http://angelzmag.com/blog/category/stress-management/

Suscribing to blogs that are inspiring in some way is a very healthy thing to do

Facebook – Import Your Blog

If you are NEW to FACEBOOK and want to know how to import your blog, I suggest you see this.

This is a Youtube Video on How to Import Your RSS feed into Facebook 

A great simple resource

How to Install Tweetfeed Widget Tutorial in PDF

A Simple Tutorial for non Techie people to look, act and feel Techie      

A number of people have trouble making sense of How to Install a Tweetfeed Widget at WordPress.  

As I hate seeing people suffer and to alleviate unnecessary pain,  I have created a simple tutorial in Acrobat Reader Format, click on how-to-install-tweetfeed-widget-at-wordpress2to download or view the printable PDF Tutorial 

NOTE:  This is for WordPress Hosted Blogs, NOT ones at wordpress.com

Blogcatalog Purchases Tweetfeed

Of great interest to the Blogging world is that the very cool Blogcatalog has just purchased tweetfeed

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What’s a TweetFeed?

• A customizable page that displays related Twitter activity live.
• A way to keep track of what is happening on Twitter that interests you (and share it with friends).
• A super-easy way to create “tweet walls” for conferences and events!
• Whatever you want it to be.

  To set up a Tweetfeed Account go to Tweetfeed.com 

This Weeks Super Blogging Tip

Super Blogging Tip

Each Week I’ll be Posting One Blogging Tip from around the Blogsphere, here’s this weeks:

Develop a backup system for your blog posts and contents before disaster strikes. The time to backup your posts is while you are writing them. The best method of doing so is to use an offline blog editor to compose your posts in and to publish the posts directly into your blog.

Using an off-line blog editor, such as Windows Live Writer or BlogDesk, etc. rather than posting directly into the editor on any blogging platform provides you with a back-up copy of every post on your own computer. Therefore, if you press “publish” or “save” and find that the post or page did not make it into the database you can replace it quickly and easily.

Check out this:  Offline Blog Editors Reviews One Cool Site

Coming Soon – 10 More Tips for Developers

  

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I need some -Time Out

The next Ten 10 from 50 bloggers will be posted in the next 24 hours

I’ve got some great feedback on the 20 Tips posted so far by 50 bloggers, what people have said is they like them because they are in a simple language.  That in itself is a lesson in Design Marketing and Blogging.

I am grateful to all the bloggers who have offered their assistance.  It shows how the web has changed and the importance of Social Networking. 

Coming soon to an Igloo near you… 10 more tips

WordPress User Type Clarification

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There seems to be a number of queries about the various USER TYPE options at WordPress.  To claify a number of issues, YES others can contribute,  YES they can have either full admin rights or they may have limited access.  The idea of giving anyone else full admin rights is obvisiously absurd until you are clear and know exactly how they operate.  I will be putting an invitation out for some other developers to write content at this site.  

I have taken the following from the WordPress Support and have posted here for Educational Purposes.

There are four roles: Administrator, Editor, Author, and Contributor.

Administrator

An administrator can do everything. Complete power over posts/pages, comments, settings, theme choice, import, users – the whole shebang. Nothing is off-limits, including deleting the entire blog.

Editor

An editor can publish, edit, and delete any posts/pages, moderate comments, manage categories, manage tags, manage links and upload files.

Author

An author can edit, publish and delete their posts and they can upload files.

Contributor

A contributor can edit their posts but cannot publish. 

Anyone invloved with the WEB Diploma Project please email me so I can set your access to the appropriate level.

Tony Hogan

Create a WordPress Blog Tutorial

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Every now and then people say they want to get onto the Web and have some sort of presence.   Here’s a simple tutorial on how to get started with a WordPress  Blog.  I wrote it a year or so back, I will be adding additional SIMPLE Tutorials on working with WordPress.

Feel Free to distribute this a a complete document.  This is Copyright and I ask that you don’t edit the document or claim it as your own.

Click on the link to download or open the Create_a  Blog Tutorial ,  it is in the Acrobat reader format.

10 More Hot Tips from 50 Bloggers

50 Blogging Tips

Tip 1 : prepare your blog entry in Microsoft Word and save it to your hard drive. Copy and paste your blog entry into your on-line blog.
By doing this you protect your work from being obliterated mid-sentence in the event of a power failure or HD crash or upload catastrophe. Name: Sweet Violet – Web Address: http://sweetvioletsa.blogspot.com/

Tip 2:  Before writing a post, think of a target audience. And pictures speak more than a thousand words Name: Roentarre 
Web Address http://www.facadephotos.com/  & http://www.50mmphotos.com/

Tip 3: Always know or find your niche. Be an expert on your topic and post to your target audience.
Name: Ettarose  – Web Address http://thevoicesofthem.blogspot.com/

Tip 4 : If you want more people to comment on your blog go down the “Do follow” route and of course write stuff that peoplein your niche will be interested in reading and commenting on.
Name: Russell Webname: inbusiness Website: http://www.in-business.org.uk/

Tip 5: Find out what Aristotel has to say about rhetoric and apply to blogging.
Name Walker Website: http://games.walkersblog.info (in poor english, lol)

Tip 6: Let’s see…. Building a set of loyal readers is key. You can always get people to look at your blog through sites like entrecard,  technorati and blogcatalog (just to name a few) but for quality traffic you have to work a little harder. AND

Tip 7: There’s a few ways to do this, but the best way I’ve found is to be an active commentator on other people’s blogs. When they know you’re reading their blog they will be inclined to read yours.  AND

Tip 8:  is to register/submit your link to google, yahoo, ask.com etc and if you’re posting relevant material you’ll get a lot of search engine traffic that way too.  Travis – Site: News Today – http://www.newsday.today.com/

Tip 9: Make regular entries to your blog. Don’t let a week go by without adding at least 2 or 3 postings. Keeping your content fresh and up-to -date, and relevant to the theme of your blog, should encourage repeat visits and a loyal following.
Name: Flashgamerone Address: http://www.flashgamerone.com

Tip 10 : Proofread your work. At least two or three times. Don’t let your eagerness to submit a post get in the way of a well written post. The extra time is worth it.  Name : Larry McDowell – Guitar Musings Site: www.guitarmusings.com

That’s the Second set of 10 – Call Back and See what the Other 30 or So Bloggers have to say.  

ONE SIMPLE TIP MAY MAKE A MASSIVE DIFFERENCE

Absolute Best Tips From 50 Bloggers

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Thanks to the 50 Bloggers who were kind enough to share their  Absolute Best Blogging Tips with us here  at the  Web Business Blog.    

I asked a number of my favourite bloggers and online friends to help me out by posting just One Simple Tip that they felt was important to them.  I  set a goal of 50 Blogging Tips from 50 bloggers, I think we’ll surpass that pretty easily.   I’ll point out that what works for one person, another person  may not even consider as important, that’s why I’ve asked a lot of Bloggers instead of just one or two.   Intelligent people take a few ideas, implement them and then TEST TEST TEST, to see the results.  I’ve broken them up into blocks of ten. 

Here we go:

1) Always have an about page to introduce yourself to the people reading you. An on the fence reader might use an about page to decide whether to bookmark you or not. The lack of an about page often makes up my mind. It doesn’t have to be personal, but put a little of yourself into it, whether you use your real name or not.And please at least try on the grammar and spelling. 
Cooper website  Wonderlandornot

2) Post on a consistent basis, readers are more likely to follow if they can know how often to expect your posts, e.g. once a week or every three days or even once a month. if you post irregularly, followers will miss information or think Wtf? this guys is all over the place. 

AND 

3) Don’t have background music as a default… you can make it an option it often deters readers – Sir Almo website SoundSpasms  

research new technologies so you can best fit your need
if you need a picture gallery, explore options
if you need file manager, explore options
don’t settle for something that doesn’t work the way you want 

AND

4) Don’t be afraid to let an idea simmer. I have surprised myself many times if I just think about what I want to do for a while and save myself re-coding and re-writing. Let the solutions come to you, just think about it 🙂 
Eric Wiegand websites Rogue Deals &  Pitt Design

6) When deciding for a blog topic, choose the one that you are most interested and knowledgeable at. Most blogs fail because the blogger somehow lose interest along the way. This is why blogging about something you’re interested at will help you stay focussed and motivated. You’ll also have a better chance at success. 
Rocky at Web Blog Zone 

7) Don’t have pop-up ads on ur blog… Jhangora at Jhangora Blogspot
 
8.) Be simple yet informative.  Dosox at Dosox Blogspot 

9) Similar lines to Rocky’s tip, write about what’s closest to your heart. For one thing you will find it easier, updates will be more frequent. But I advise against daily updates. This is bound to be, at times, automated content, and might well dilute the subject material. Think about your readership target, also. Information overload is not only a danger for a bloggers learning curve, but how many readers can cope with daily updates, with everything else they have to do…
Mark Antony at Guitar Mark Antony  

10) When you are writing, think foremost about your intended audience, and write to them, not above or below them. (that’s true for any writing, by the way, but it’s a good tip none the less).Pair that with a reasonably quick and friendly inviting response to comments in your comments section and you will gain readers and contributors, not just hits and statistics. Which is really the goal. Getting readers and interactive followers.   
Anok Kropotkin at Identity Check  

Ok, so there’s Ten Tips from Eight different Bloggers who specialise in different area.   Tomorrow, I will post the next 10.