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Q: Not
ask a ridiculously obvious question, but what
a blog? And what's
future
blogs
blogging?
A: By a remarkable coincidence, Steven Streight, aka Vaspers
Grate, just asked
me
very same questions about
definition
blogs
his own site, so rather
than write something new, I'm just going
quote what I wrote
him:
What
your definition
a "blog"?
A blog isn't what everyone thinks
is.
In fact,
this very page, you have a pile
definitions
blogs
I disagree with.
Why?
Because everyone likes
focus
*presentation*
information
blogs are
really all about
*management*
information.
Here's what I mean: if you think
a blog
a web site characterized by frequent
articles displayed
chronological order, typically with timestamps, a la a journal or
diary, you're missing
forest
trees.
Weblogs, instead, are just
facade
we see
considerably more powerful
content management systems
really revolutionize
maintenance
Websites.
Look at
this way: if you're not using a blog
help manage your site, when was
the last time you added any new content or revised an existing page?
When you do add content, do you make sure
link
into all
other pages
your site, including your sitemap?
Sure, there are other software solutions
managing Web sites, but none
are
as flexible, easy, inexpensive,
SEO-friendly
weblogs.
What
future
blogs?
Having said that, I think
blogs are going
go
way
dinosaur, evolving
from an animal we spot into
petroleum we use
fuel our journeys, without
giving an iota
thought
source
petroleum.
It's not
blogs aren't cool
interesting, but just
geeks used
learn
PostScript so they could work with printers
display systems
now...
...have no idea
PostScript
underlying language
many devices, so we'll
find
we can focus
our sites, how
information
displayed
how we
utilize
our needs.
After all,
bottom line
same
was before
blogging "phenomenon":
How do you find
best, most useful
valuable information
Internet
any given question, problem or query?
Dave Taylor
an internationally recognized expert
business
technical topics
and
author
18 different books
thousands
magazine articles. His Q&A
Web site
http://www.askdavetaylor.com/
Republishing RSS Feeds?
lively debate about
republishing
RSS feeds
other sites. The argument surrounds
use
RSS feeds from
feed publisher being used
an unfair manner.
Know Yourself Better
be a blog writing novice but
I've got a few entries under my belt I can tell you about an unexpected bonus
this journaling process. A lot
people think that blog writers are just people who are tooting their own horns blabbering
self-righteously about what they believe
be true
life.
be a private, personal experience done late at night, scribbling hardly legible thoughts
daily occurrences down
paper amidst
haze
a barely lit room. When read over
a later date one could find connections
coincidences that sometimes brought deeper insights into
meaning
life.
Google
Yahoo
day's if not hours, I did, never pay $299
be listed
Yahoo - you can get your site listed if you have an RSS feed.Googlebot
Yahoo's 'Slurp' bot have never left my server since putting up a RSS feed,
syndicating
through RSS directories where
was quickly found by an eager, info- hungry crowd
affluent types who are looking
spend their disposable income
something that captures their imagination.
explained, even reputable online marketing publications such
ClickZ still don't get RSS metrics.In an otherwise good RSS marketing article, Add RSS
Your Marketing Mix, Heidi Cohen has this
say about RSS metrics:"From a marketing perspective, RSS's measurability
still evolving
therefore limited.
Aggregators
time, immersed
bits
bytes, hands automatically resting
keyboard, where
lingua franca
a mish-mash
acronyms
abbreviations -
easy
forget that
average person has no clue what we talk about. It can be very daunting
Internet neophyte with all these terms, technology
hardware.
Being a Blogger
take
seriously this year. My blogging journey began when I stumbled upon a company owned by Google named Blogger.
Promoting Your RSS Feeds
Your Website
your content delivered, but it's no good if no one subscribes
your feeds.So your first order
business after planning
creating your feeds has
be promoting them
your visitors.
RSS Marketing Power
a many-in-one marketing & publishing tool, although unfortunatelly most marketers still fail
understand this powerful concept.While RSS does provide a number of benefits when used
each individual marketing function, best results are achieved when
fully integrated
your internet marketing strategy.
Why
RSS
blogs (and blog
pinging) are part of
latest hyper-frenzy
internet marketing. Tools
services are mushrooming all over.
wasn't
my blog, I wouldn't make any online sales at all.It's true that I have a "regular" website, my so-called "main website," which I first set up
sell my goods,
this case, men's
women's health products.
effectiveness of RSS
a communications channel
non personal communications over that of email. The protection
anonymity that RSS can offer over email means that
fast becoming
preferred medium
many users.
Write A Blog... And Survive
day
"Should you start a Blog?"
People all over
planet are blogging. Companies, CEOs, lawyers, journalists,
stewardesses.
newsletter discussion focused first
blogs (about two years ago)
then
RSS feeds (mainly within
past year). It was a brand new opportunity
marketers
use, one that promised both search engine success
a way around spam complaints.
browsing public. If at
moment you do not have an RSS feed then there
a whole community of people who do not know about you.
more websites, news services
blogs are adding RSS content. RSS
a method of syndicating content.
Kids
writer
children. Blogging could draw out a young writer
open doors
their future.
many definitions
they are all correct.Blogs are instant publishing.
Cash In
Blogs
past year or so, more and more webmasters have been creating their own blogs (web-logs). If you don't already know, a blog
sort of an online diary which
updated at regular intervals by
author(s), and can be viewed by
public.
a personal journal
Web. They have evolved far beyond that initial concept.
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