Archive for September, 2007

What Browser Do Your Readers Use?
30
Sep

What Browser Do Your Readers Use?

Written by Simon Ward. Posted in Blogging Tips with 9 Comments

After reading Donna from Blogging Tips article about how it is Ok to be a StatsAHolic, I have decided to embrace my stat watching habit and post about one of them, reader’s browsers. What browser are most of your users using? Pingable Browser Percentages 81.62% – Firefox 12.67% – Internet Explorer 03.43% – Safari 01.19% – [...]

10 Blog Success Metrics and How They Can be Manipulated
26
Sep

10 Blog Success Metrics and How They Can be Manipulated

Written by Simon Ward. Posted in Blogging Tips, Social Media with 7 Comments

This article will discuss success ranking systems within the blogosphere, and then give ideas about how to manipulate and benefit from them. TEN – Technorati Favorites Although I don’t think this is a particularly useful metric, having a lot of people who have added your blog as a favorite on Technorati may get you some [...]

Blue Jar – How To – Group Writing Project
22
Sep

Blue Jar – How To – Group Writing Project

Written by Simon Ward. Posted in Blogging Tips with 1 Comment

Here are my top 3 articles for the Blue Jar “How To” Contest. How To Track New RSS Subscribers Google Analytics in 3 Easy Steps by Rhys 7 Steps To Creating a Successful Community by Karthik How To Pull In Quick Cash With a Myspace Resource Site from Levi’s Internet Marketing Blog. I am not going [...]

Why Should You Blog. Why I Blog
21
Sep

Why Should You Blog. Why I Blog

Written by Simon Ward. Posted in Blogging Tips with 3 Comments

Why You Should Blog:

To build a brand.
To build a profile for yourself.
To become an expert.

How To Increase Your Non English Speaking Readership
19
Sep

How To Increase Your Non English Speaking Readership

Written by Simon Ward. Posted in Blogging Tips with 15 Comments

Assuming that only English speaking readers will be interested in your content is a mistake. Until recently I never considered the possibility that non English speakers could be an audience for this blog. So how do you go about making your content more accessible to those who speak other languages? Internet language use statistics Languages # [...]

15 Common Web Design Mistakes That You Should Avoid
18
Sep

15 Common Web Design Mistakes That You Should Avoid

Written by Simon Ward. Posted in Web Design with 48 Comments

Content that’s not written for the web i.e., non-scannable text. Page titles with low search engine visibility, think key words in a combination that entices. Content that looks like an advertisement or content that is an advertisement, I don’t care which books on Amazon you enjoy, they wouldn’t be listed on your site if you weren’t making [...]

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