Category: Newbie tips

Submitting to Search Engines

I asked bloggers if they knew if they had actually submitted their blogs to search engines. Most didn’t know or weren’t sure. These are the most rudimentary newbie blogging tips. Here are the main ones for you to take care of:

Submit to Microsoft live search http://search.msn.com/docs/submit.aspx
Submit to Google http://www.google.com/addurl/?continue=/addurl
Submit to Yahoo http://submit.search.yahoo.com/
Google Webmaster Tools [...]

New Bloggers New Directions

If you read several big authoritative blogs you’ll notice that most all say the same thing. Problogger for instance; while his blog has much information, I see it as an occasional reference guide. I am not friends with him and I do understand how hard it would be to talk to 20,000 people. So this [...]

A Look at Technorati’s WTF

I tried out Technorati’s WTF recently and I actually had pretty good results with it. The WTF stands for “where’s the fire” referring to that heat you feel when reading the hottest post. It’s kind of like Technorati’s DIGG. The one thing about it that I did like a lot is that I know a [...]

Blogger: Create A Link (Plus Special Applause!)

Before I get into it, My friend Marzie is now a Technorati 10k blogger!
How did she get there? With a little help and a heaping load of friendliness!

Congratulations Marzie! Going from 37,000 on June 10th to 10,000 today. One month of viral linking, schmoozing and being herself got her where others cannot. I am so [...]

New Blogger Wisdom

Here’s my advice for new as well as some older bloggers.

If you’ve never blogged, don’t worry at all what your blog is about. Just read other blogs, make friends and write whatever. It takes time to learn what you want to write about.

The most important thing to do is read and comment on other blogs. [...]

How To Find Your Blogging Voice

I recently wrote a post Jobs and Careers: My Journey to Happiness which prompted a friend Jonathan Phillips to write a most excellent post, and now I feel compelled to write a post inspired by it!
We’re talking about finding your own voice, finding a way to make what you do your own and simply [...]