BlogBurst Joins Demand Media Blog Distribution Network
BlogBurst was once known as the free and ad-supported blog syndication service that could help bloggers get their content in front of wider audiences. I’m a proponent of syndication with some caveats that I explain later in this post. Since Demand Media announced at Blog World last week that BlogBurst Read more…
5-Minutes to Better Blog Email Subscriptions
Have you ever subscribed to your own blog’s feed via email to see what those messages that your email subscribers receive from you actually look like? Do you know what time of day those email messages are sent? Do you know what the subscription confirmation message says that subscribers receive Read more…
Stay Informed: Learn About RSS Feeds
One of the smartest things a new blogger can do, other than writing their own content, is to keep track of what others are doing. This is especially true if you are running a news focused blog, or are trying to compete with another blogger. Many of you probably understand Read more…
Help Us Name our Our RSS Subscription Link
Taking the cue from a post on Copyblogger a while back, I now wonder what we should name our RSS subscription link in our site redesign. On the Blog Herald, Lorelle reinforces the view that using the term “subscribe” might turn away people. True–”subscriptions” usually cost money. And folks are Read more…
50 Tips To Gain RSS Subscribers
DailyBlogTips has published 50 simple ways to gain more RSS subscribers. 1. Have a big RSS icon. People are lazy. You need to keep that fact always in mind. If you use a little RSS icon, visitors might have a problem finding it. Most of those will just give up Read more…
Full RSS Feed Versus Partial
Within the realm of blogging, there are some arguments that seem to go on forever. Whether or not one should use partial or full RSS feeds happens to be one of those arguments. Those in favor of partial feeds usually argue that this prevents duplicate content from showing up on Read more…
Customized RSS Icons Via Photoshop Shapes
Anidandesign.com has released a pretty cool shape set for Photoshop. These shapes will allow you to create RSS icons with shapes that can be enlarged or shrunken while still maintaining high quality. If you are unsure as to what a Photoshop shape is, be sure to read the About.com shape Read more…
40 Awesome Icon Sets
I’ve published articles relating to icon packs on my own blog for quite awhile now and those posts have served me well in terms of search engine traffic. Also, people seem to love collecting as many icons as they can. With that said, Noupe has gathered up 40 different icon Read more…
Tip: Get more from the delicious.com a.k.a. del.icio.us RSS feeds
Reading the news on blog.delicious.com I discovered a valuable hint regarding the number of items in a delicious.com RSS feed. We recently limited RSS feeds to 15 items, but you can change that by adding ?count=30 (or up to 100) to the URL. Source As the RSS feeds are a Read more…
Building RSS Group Writing Project
GroupWritingProjects.com is now holding their Building RSS Group Writing Project/Contest. The contest started on July 1st and ends on July 13th which doesn’t leave much time for you to get your entry in. The list of prizes looks pretty impressive with the chance of winning a 30 minute subscriber consultation Read more…
