What is Blogging? Weird Blogging and the Battlestar Gallactica Blog!

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:36:14 +0000

Blogging has exploded in the last few years. It’s not like it’s a new phenomena, at least relatively speaking, because it’s actually been around since the very beginnings of the world wide web. But what has changed, is that blogging is now being seen as a mainstream tool, and hence is increasingly being used by businesses to promote themselves. In a way, this is good, because it does mean that consumers are increasingly getting more and more information about products and services that they use on a regular basis. However, on the flip side of that, it has served to dampen some of the more weird and eccentric blogging that used to be the rule rather than the exception. In a sense it is a philosophical conundrum which is fighting for the very heart and soul of what blogging is really about. And serving to ask the question, What is Blogging? Is it merely a commercial exercise? Or does it strike at the heart of what the internet is really about. Namely information purely for informations own sake. No matter how strange it may be…
One of the great examples of a purely weird, non commercial, blogging experience was the Battle Star Gallactica blog. Guess what it’s all about? Yep, the Battlestar Gallactica blog is all about bringing that most wonderful of science fiction programmes directly to the masses. It does this with an eclectic mix of information about the programme, its stars, and the storylines that kept us all glued to our seats over the years. And yet, it was with great regret that I recently read of the unofficial BattleStar Gallactica blog ceasing to blog! And in a way, this highlights the problem with blogging. Essentially, the reason that be Battle Star Gallactica blog was shutting up shop, was because its primary author (a gentleman called Trapper) simply no longer had the time to maintain it. What with family, work and other Web ventures. Nightmare!
One of the great things about blogging is how easy it is to do with it not requiring any great technical expertise, because most of the blogging platforms are now set up to be easy to use. But what it does require is commitment, time, and in order to be successful a fair amount of passion it has to be said. The Internet is becoming increasingly competitive, and so if anyone is going to hear what you actually have to say about a topic, then you need to be constantly providing great information that people want to read. At its heart the Internet hasn’t changed. Its a content medium, pure and simple. And if you provide great content, and do a minimal amount of marketing, then people will start to tell each other about it.
The only problem with this dichotomy is that just as something can be easy to set up, it can also be easy to let it die. In a way, the Battle Star Gallactica blog was a victim of its own success. Its author had so much to say about the subject, that he obviously felt overwhelmed by it to the extent that he was encroaching on his real-life! Oh well! Another one bites the dust

WordPress and SEO Techniques For Your Blog

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:56:36 +0000

KengKaMoo asked:

WordPress is the most important and popular blog platform today, embraced by numerous individuals, CEOs, marketing managers and anyone who has a message to communicate online. There are more than 50 million blogs out there, therefore, if you are planning to stand out, you have no choice but to keep the phrase WordPress and SEO in mind. WordPress is an amazing platform, very well appointed, offering a lot of amazing SEO power already built in. not everything comes by default, though, and you need to follow particular tips and hints in order to make a difference.

Most bloggers tend to forget that WordPress and SEO go together, and do not implement some of them, condemning their blog posts to invisibility, no matter how good they might be. Optimization for search engines depends on many different factors and can be implemented in many different ways. Here is what you should keep in mind if you want to implement a good SEO strategy for your blog:

Permalink Optimization: The most important thing you can do regarding WordPress and SEO is to use the right keywords in the title. No matter how nicely written is your blog post, if no one can find it, it doesn’t really make any sense. The right keywords can make your URL visible and more attractive.

Tags: Tags are very important for SEO, but only if they are useful and well picked. You do not need useless and unnecessary tags; there is no point in adding tags that have nothing to do with your permalink or description. On the contrary, they lessen the emphasis given on the title keywords.

WordPress allows you to use Headings and Subheadings. Use them. They are defined by html code, with H1 for the main heading to H6 for the smaller one. If you are writing a long post with several topics elaborated in it, it’s a good idea to use sub headings, because this way you allow the search engines to search for keywords in the blog, and not only in the title. This way you increase the comprehensiveness of your blog in keywords and implement one of the most important WordPress and SEO techniques.

Design: keeping the wordpress design clean, clear and simple is crucial. The body text should be written using clear heading and lines. Most bookmarking sites are against blogs, because of possible spamming, therefore keeping your blog well appointed and clear, can help your blog look more like a site, liked and appreciated everywhere. The design should also be clean because of crawlers; if Google, for example, sends a crawler to scan your blog and everything is too messy, with flashy and attacking designs and weird codes, chances are you will be ignored. Moreover, a clear design and text allows the visitor to see your text directly, without wondering where to click;

WordPress and SEO techniques already built in the platform and these tips here can help you create a likeable site and interesting texts, with SEO interest as well, allowing your blog to be among the first results in Search engine queries.

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WordPress and SEO Techniques For Your Blog