Okay, so here we go with another warning. The Internet is a wide open place with all kinds of people; from honest to down right despicable. Now, scammers come in all areas of our businesses. We know this to be true right? From blog scrapers stealing your content, to Paypal hacking, etc….this little story is…
When you are looking for free images to accompany your blog post, you need to understand that – unless you are using your own images – there are copyrights and attribution rules to follow. Let’s take Flickr for example – one of the image sites I usually refer to when looking for images for my…
Did you know that your blog site speed will affect your search engine rankings? Big G let us know about site speed’s role in search rankings in the Official Google Webmaster Central Blog about a year ago. From the blog post: Like us, our users place a lot of value in speed – that’s why…
When I think about riffs, I think about Eric Clapton shredding up the stage with some sweet riffs on “Layla.” 🙂 I don’t usually think of blog riffing. So what is this thing I speak of you ask? Well, let me explain! Seeing as most bloggers goal is to drive traffic to their blogs, you…
Hi everyone!!! I am thrilled to be staying on and writing for Ivan with The Friendly Blogger. As most of you know, it was a tough decision for me, but I think it worked out beautifully in the end. So, I look forward to hearing from you and touching base with all of you soon.…
Ever visit a blog that utilizes AdSense advertising and see some wacko looney ads? Seriously, what AdSense tool are they using?! I’m talking specifically about blogs that have reputations, not blogs set up solely for ads. I mean, you pop over to a link building blog and right there on the sidebar, for all the…
I see you now, yammering and hollerin’ that PR doesn’t matter Lisa! Okay, I hear you. However, let me dabble on the flip side of this issue. This is not going to be a long drawn out post because I want to show you something. And then get your opinion. 🙂 Why I Still Look…
So here’s the thing. Blogging sucks the life out of you sometimes. Now, don’t pretend you don’t know what I’m blabbering about. Researching topics, keywords, reader interest…golly gee Beaver, that’ s a lot of work. 🙂 I like Wally and the Beav. Anyways, my point? This work can burn you out. Snuff you out just…
