I recently joined Swagbucks, a site that when you use it, you can earn ‘swag bucks’ that you can spend on items they offer. Ways you can earn ‘swag bucks’ are shopping using their referral system. Some places award you 1 swag buck for so many dollars spent. Some places offer discounts. However, one big
[Continue Reading...]Do Not Forget Your 404 Page!
A 404 error page, or for those not familiar with the term, the ‘Page not Found error’ is important to have with any website. At Blondish.net, there is an article that illustrates the importance of a custom 404 page in detail, but it is really simple. 1. You are keeping your visitor within the site
[Continue Reading...]How to Blog Better Lists
Perhaps when you read the top, you wonder what I mean by ‘how to blog better lists.’ People love to read the top 5 of something to see if it is relevant – to them if they might be on that list, for information that could be provided, or if their friends might be listed.
[Continue Reading...]Oh Dear – What Blog Comment System To Use?
Some sites use Disqus, some sites IntenseDebate, some use static pages with Haloscan, and others use what comes with their WordPress or blog platform. The first two offer their own plugins so users can log in with it and you can be connected with others users. Apparently it increase visitors and even cuts down on
[Continue Reading...]SOB – Successful and Outstanding Blogger
I recently saw in my blog links that Liz Strauss had linked back from her site Successful Blog, to my site and when I followed to see, I found that she had picked me for a SOB – Successful and Outstanding Blogger. I was really surprised as it has been a while since I have
[Continue Reading...]Lijit: Create Your Own Search Engine
A lot of the topics at WordCamp Chicago worked around social media. One of the sites that were plugged was Lijit, which is a free service you can sign up. What it does is once you sign up, you insert all the social media places you have an identity with, and then you can put
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