Why shameless social media promotion hurts your blog
Over-promoting your blog on social media can turn away your potential readers. Here are some strategies to find the right balance between not enough, and shameless social media promotion.
Spinning content the right way
To problogger Beth Hodgson, spinning content is taking a step back to see how she can take a common topic or story and add a new perspective to it, or just something else that’s generally new and different.
Lessons from the virtual watercooler
Exploring the definition of ‘original content’ in the Web 2.0 world.
Finding inspiration when the well runs dry
Whether you’re a writer or not, finding the time to sit down and write is hard, especially if you’re running your own business. Finding inspiration for writing can be even harder.
Thank you Google Panda
Reasons why Google Panda makes us all better bloggers.
Don't be Sir Links-a-lot when it comes to your site
Google Panda has made it even more essential that you use high-quality links in your blog posts – and all of your web content for that matter. But you have to know what constitutes a ‘high quality link’.
Did you get bit by Google Panda?
Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve explored the cons (and pros) of Google Panda as well as some tips to make sure your blog meets the new criteria. This week, I want to look a little bit more generally at Read More >
Cuddling up to Google Panda
For Google Panda it helps to make your content unique – this has always been important, but not something that everyone follows. Don’t simply rewrite something else someone else has written using different phrasing, put a spin on even the most popular subjects and make it your own.
Google Panda – pros and cons for your blog
Over the next couple of weeks, we are going to be exploring some of the things that you can do to make your blog content a bit more in line with the new guidelines that Google has set out.
Your blog sucks
It doesn’t matter how you are or what you are writing about, at some point, you are going to fall under scrutiny for something that you did or didn’t say, or about the style of your writing.