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Wordpress Basics for Newbies

Jul 26

Posted by Bobby Revell in wordpress

It can be difficult for beginners to learn wordpress basics. Newbies have all the information at their disposal, but get overwhelmed. I was thinking about some things I really wish I knew when I first started using wordpress. When you’re just starting, it’s not easy to know what’s important and what isn’t, so here we go.

Most people tend to use too many unnecessary plug ins and most are redundant. Beginners are simply unaware of what’s already built in. I highly recommend you actually read the wordpress codex. While some of the information maybe hard to understand, there is an astonishing amount of useful tips even a novice can use. Any question you have is answered in the codex, if you take time to read it.
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A Look at Technorati’s WTF

Aug 13

Posted by Bobby Revell in blogging

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 lot of people on Technorati but I don’t on digg. Most people use Technorati so they’re already signed up – that made it easier for me because I just don’t want to join another latest greatest craze to hit the market. Just go to: http://www.technorati.com/people/technorati/yourusername and you’ll see WTF at the top.

I have two WTF’s up right now:

Beginner Bloggers Neglected

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Beginner Bloggers get left behind while most tips are too…

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There are 1000’s of beginner bloggers who have great potential but end up reading tips from popular sources. I’ve been helping lots of newbies lately, and every detail must be explained down to which mouse button to click. And they are bloggers! Big league bloggers often won’t link to them but what they fail to see is that you never know who will rise. New bloggers are a great source of links if you help them and coach them. Don’t be so concerned with every article being on time and perfect.

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Also I have this one:

Malaysian Artist Emila Yusof

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Help a truly talented artist and blooger win the All…

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HELP A FELLOW BLOGGER WHO DESERVES RECOGNITION My wonderful friend Emila from Emila’s Illustrated Blog has been selected top 20 out of 600 in the All MalaysianBloggers Project sponsored by Genting – the City of Entertainment If you don’t know who she is then you are missing out on one the most talented artists around today. Her artwork is so original, upon seeing it once, you will never forget her magical style. This is a chance for us as bloggers to help bring this talent to a higher level.

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To write your own WTF just click “Write a new WTF”. Write a short description of the post you’re referring to; it can be your own post or a post from someone else. Also, look at the other WTF’s and each one as you can see has the option to “add a blurb”. To really give someone extra support you can write a post about their post (a blurb). After you write a blurb or a fresh WTF go to WTF – My WTF’s and you’ll see under the title “view search results for this topic”. Click it and find a very important page for WTF’s. Lets take one of my WTF’s for example:

http://www.technorati.com/tag/Malaysian+Artist+Emila+Yusof

Now you may not have anything listed on this page, your WTF and post are new so probably wont be listed yet. Go to the bottom righthand corner and you’ll see the little java script that references your post and links. Copy and paste it the actual post on your blog – make sure you put it in using HTML view or code view etc. and make sure it’s on the bottom of your post. Save it. You will now see a little green icon that links to your technorati search page.

Lets look at this Tecnorati search result again:

http://www.technorati.com/tag/Malaysian+Artist+Emila+Yusof

Now you have this to remember as your assignment:

http://www.technorati.com/tag/

and type in your technorati tags after, like in the first example. You can use any combination of words you like. Lets say you sell internet hamburgers, delivered hot anywhere on Earth in 30 minutes or less – you type in “http://www.technorati.com/tag/hamburger” or add other words with a plus sign “http://www.technorati.com/tag/hamburger+delivery” and maybe your post isn’t listed among the topics it should be. Well, write a WTF about your post, publish the WTF and then paste in the javascript we discussed earlier. Click your new green icon to go to the newly created search result! Do you see the point? Now you’re post is referenced by Technorati. Now when you search as in my example above you’ll find the search result:

http://www.technorati.com/tag/Malaysian+Artist+Emila+Yusof

This will now bring you to a search result where you will see the people who put in the javascript. Emila herself put in the javascript and her’s is what my WTF is about. If you read my WTF, you’ll see I have three other links listed at the bottom. This is a good thing to do. You should add some links in a post that you use to write a WTF and also add those links or friends links etc. in the WTF itself. All in all I like using it, and try it out for a little while. Digg might not be the right place for a new blogger and really I think it’s mostly effective if you already have a popular blog. Of course you may be a Digg master so don’t hesitate to use it. The WTF I think would be a pretty good place for a beginner blogger to learn. You also learn to see how technorati searches work from writing WTF’s which can be valuble if you want more references to your work or to help someone. If you’ve never used Digg or anything like it, at least go have a look at WTF’s and see what you think. Or envision how your new philosophically perplexing post on transcending human consciousness could rise to the top and get you some new traffic! Don’t be confused by the searches with plus signs like in the above examples. When you look at WTF’s you’ll find your searches already have these plus signs. I just want you to pay attention to the address in your search bar and be aware of what you’re looking at. This awareness alone will help you immensely :smile: While you’re at it, just go vote for Emila!

Check out this fantastic article on WTF’s

Dosh Dosh has a great article here -For those wanting lots of details.

Please vote for my WTF’s including one on this very post: Vote here





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Blogger: Create A Link (Plus Special Applause!)

Jul 11

Posted by Bobby Revell in blogging tips

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!

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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 Happy for her :smile: The nicest person on the Internet

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LINKING USING BLOGGER”S CREATE A LINK

Linking, and being linked to properly is one of the best ways to get your blog noticed and indexed by search engines. It can also be detrimental to your page ranking. This post is for blogger users. Personally, I recommend Wordpress. You cannot add meta-tags to your home page and do all the cool key word optimizing with blogspot. Someone probably can but it’s not common.

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New Blogger Wisdom

Jun 25

Posted by Bobby Revell in blogging

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. Don’t comment on 50 different blogs, pick 10 and comment daily. You can start without a blog for a month. Then tell your 10 friends your ready. You’ll have 10 readers. If anyone says this isn’t the best way, they are wrong. This is the only way. It’s impossible to know everybody that come by. As you get better, you’ll find ways to be friends with bloggers you never read. Thats weird but true. Some people help the distressed with their blog. They may not read yours regularly, but they migrate where they are needed. That’s how it is.
  • After you start your blog, join Technorati. Don’t be a Technorati snob like some people who have 3000 fans but only have 7 favourites of other blogs. I see these guys with shallow, refabricated, stolen and rediculous content; and they try to look like other authors!!! If you dress like another blogger, etc. – you are a ridiculous moron:) If you are faved by someone, then fave them! Check once or twice a week and keep it straight.
  • Don’t be a dork copycat. If you write a money blog then chances are you copied John Chow’s blogroll. I’ve seen tons of people who have 0 readers, 0 comments and yet they only have the most famous rich bloggers on their link list. That is really ridiculous. Most of the big money bloggers have terrible, boring blogs. Most of them arent bloggers. They are rich guys who happen to have a blog! My friend Mike mentioned how he hated a sports car header. If I see a guy next to a red sports car on the header, I can’t click away fast enough!
  • THE BIGGEST MOST IMPORTANT RULE – Be you. Try to find you. Never try to do anything like someone else.
  • How to gain true, faithful readers: Here is the only way- Go read a regular set of blogs. Comment at least once every time you visit. Don’t worry about writing, just read and comment. Make sure they know you well and expect you. If they arent reading yours by then, ask them to read! Ask bloggers you know to write a comment for them. They will. Don’t ask strangers to come comment. They usually never will. Make friends. There are bloggers with thousands of friends who actually don’t read them. Some guys comment only on rich bloggers, as if to leave their handprints on the sidewalk in Hollywood. Those aren’t friends or good bloggers.
  • Always help others and have fun. If you have a great idea, don’t be greedy, share it. Friends make great ideas better.
  • Buy your own domain before you start blogging. You”ll be grateful in the long run. Have a lot of diversity in what you read. Before blogging I had never met anyone from Malaysia. Now, I have more than ten Malaysian friends! Stick with your blogging buddies through thick and thin.
  • There is no better advice than this, if there were, I’d have written it here. Lots of folks say the same things I’m saying. They are right.:smile:

Also, please don’t take offense like I think I’m the only person with the answers. It’s just that if you are are a real beginner, you probably don’t even know what Technorati is yet. There is lots of good advice everywhere, but as a beginner you should limit yourself to really just reading and commenting. This will give you a great headstart:)

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