Here is a quick sample of the best and most successful articles from Pingable in 2007.
In terms of page hits:
5 Simple CSS tricks (20,173) It’s very embarrassing to think that this article has got so many hits. It was just a quick list put together with some useful CSS tricks I found around the net [...]
I want to start my own niche blog site. It will be about toast. I am an expert when it comes to toast. I know the best ways to cook it. I know the best toppings to put on it. I know all the different types of toast, and I am the person to see [...]
The idea of creating content to target social media is nothing new. Terms like “Made for Digg” have been coined, and many people have created a basis for a successful site by focusing on attracting social media. When discussing the term Social Media Optimization (SMO) I consider it to be the optimizing of content on [...]
System fonts can look ugly, and appear rigid. Using CSS you can replace text with a beautifully formed anti aliased image, yet still have all the accessibility and SEO benefits of text headings.
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 # | Users [...]
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 affiliate money [...]
Following on from the article Ten Writing Errors That Makes Your Blog Less Good, I want to look at some more writing tips.
Writingclasses.com lists George Orwell’s 12 Writing Tips, some key points include:
What am I trying to say?
Could I put it more shortly?
Have I said anything that is avoidably ugly?
Never use a long word where [...]
Pre dating your blog posts is rather simple, basically, you set the date of a post your are publishing to a date that will bury your post in your blog archive. Why? Well the idea of having a pre dated post would be to get content onto your site that may be considered less desirable [...]
Publishing video on your website or blog is now easier than ever, however there are some common mistake which should be avoided. With sites like YouTube seeding over 100 millions videos to users every day, video content is everywhere and there’s something for everyone. Here are some points to set you on the right path [...]
I had the awful experience the other day when showing my blog to a friend on their computer. I found out what my blog actually looked like in IE6. As you probably know, web browsers tend to behave slightly differently to each other, handling formatting in different ways. So how do you know what your [...]
