HOW TO: Boost Your Blog Traffic
For old and new bloggers alike, Paul writes a short HOW TO on increasing traffic to your blog. He covers Usability, Content, Technorati, Blog rings, Feedburner and few other tricks.
SK2 + Akismet = Spam Karma 2 Akismet Plugin
Are you currently using SK2 and like me have qualms switching over to the new Akismet? Enter Spam Karm 2 Akismet Plugin by Sebbi You will need to have a WordPress.com API Key for this to work, however you can easily get one by using Flock.
WordPress.com Please give me
Update I missed this, but Donncha has already taken care of this request 🙂 For those new to WordPress, in versions 1.5.x and below a nice feature for creating teasers was available while posting.
Images in your sidebar at WordPress.com
While you still can’t edit your templates here at WordPress.com the WP.com FAQ suggests a good method to add images to the sidebar using the Link Manager.
Web 2.0 Cracks showing…?
I had written a while back about Web 2.0. As with anything new a debate rages on as to how good or bad or effective is the term Web 2.
Your own domain with WordPress.com?
This FAQ states that in the near future you may use your very own domain with your WordPress.com blog. This will come as a nominal yearly cost.
Flock to WordPress.com?
Have seen a lot of Flock the past few days and decided to investigate. For those who don’t know yet, Flock is a new browser based on Firefox. Wasn’t really into downloading it until I saw Matt’s post which got me interested.
Is Blogging Private?
Lately I’ve come across a lot of persons asking me about the privacy of blogging. Others tell me that they seem to know a lot about me by reading my personal blog even without meeting me. This led me to actually evaluate the privacy of having your own blog.
Web 2.0 in Simple English
Tim O’Reilly in his article What Is Web 2.0? attempts to clarify Web 2.
Guestbook in WordPress 1.5
Came across a nice article on geeksmakemehot on making your own guestbook in WordPress 1.5. This would be better than having an external guestbook because: 1.
Got a golden ticket – am giving it away
Got another golden ticket for WordPress.com at another email address of mine. Now, that ticket is pretty useless for me as I already have a blog out here.
WordPress.com – back on track?
The last two days have seen long page loads along with temporary downtime at WordPress.com Well things seem to be back on track now. Though I do have a feeling that an older backup was used, because I seem to have lost a comment on my post below.