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Why Joining 38,943 People is Bad

Nov. 5, 2009

Copyblogger is among the blogs I’ve read for about 18 months. Not every day, not every week; but it’s always among my list of subscribed and go-to sites for useful advice. I’m a Brian Clark groupie.
His writing aside, I don’t approve of his focusing on the number of people following him on Twitter as a [...]

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1 Essential Plugin for Your Wordpress Blog

Oct. 17, 2009

Take a look at the following comment sections of Wordpress blogs:

Do you see what’s missing?
Here are another four examples:

Do you see what these four comment sections contain that the first four lack? The answer lies in an optional check box a person writing a comment can tick to receive follow-up comments by email.
If I have [...]

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How to Discover the Truth

Oct. 17, 2009

Scanning recent Twitter messages by people I follow, I noticed this bit by Crystal King:

Curious, I clicked the link and was redirected to a blog post about a woman named Nic who was separated from her toddler at Atlanta’s airport because of a pacifier clip that set off the x-ray machine. According to the story, [...]

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Tribute to Danny Brown

Oct. 16, 2009

Danny Brown debuted his prolific comments on AriWriter on December 8, 2008 in response to my interview with Rachel Kay. My introduction to Danny was earlier that fall after frequently seeing his name–alongside his face and comments on Chris Brogan’s blog. We struck up a conversation and became virtual friends.
I recently singled out Danny for [...]

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Your Go-To Guide of Wordpress Plugins

Oct. 10, 2009

As a follow-up to my prior list of 22 Wordpress plugins I use today, I tip my hat to Andrew Rondeau for his excellent compendium of 111 Wordpress plugins assembled across the web.
Perusing through Andrew’s summary, I quickly realized he included more generic lists and less categorical ones.
With this in mind, and considering the master [...]

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How to Increase Google Results 35% in 20 Months

Oct. 7, 2009

Twenty months ago (in this blog post), I ego searched my name on Google and discovered 621 results.
I spy 21,900 results today.

It wasn’t an overnight sensation, but a time honored tradition of commenting and being interviewed on other people’s blogs and frequently churning fresh content here.
Randomly glancing through the months…
Aug. 20, 2008: A comment I [...]

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How Climate Change Will Link Global Bloggers

Sep. 30, 2009

To the naysayers about global warming and climate change, I say how dare you.
Climate change is no laughing matter. Winters are getting shorter, summers are getting hotter, tidal action is getting choppier, and the air streams are getting colder. If we don’t do anything, we risk losing the planet to everything that we hold precious [...]

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