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Blog Talk 6- What is a Host?

July 20th, 2008 at 4:35 am » Comments (0)

A host is like an apartment building. Your website is one of the apartments in the building. Hence you pay rent to the apartment building.
Also, a host is like the host or hostess of a party. They provide the food, accommodations and all the right food to make your event a success. When you [...]



Blog Talk-3-Categories

July 6th, 2008 at 2:48 am » Comments (0)

Categories organize the stuff you write in your blog. Actually many folks can relate to a category like the chapters in a book. Ah, does that mean you could blog your book easily by managing your categories? Ummm
Here is some talk about categories given by Wordpress.(08)
“Each post in WordPress is filed under one or more [...]



SEO For Your Blog! From The Word Press Wizard Weekly

March 25th, 2008 at 5:58 pm » Comments (0)

SEO (Search Engine Optimization) was the topic of the Word Press Weekly by Cathy Perkins last week. I am listening to it now by mp3 because I missed it. I am so excited about the meat she shared that I had to post about it on this site.
She gives you the information of changing your [...]



Do You Recall What a Type of Blog is Called a Blawg?

March 4th, 2008 at 11:25 pm » Comments (1)

A BLAWG is a blog about legal topics and issues. I saw a great one today that was referenced by Debra Shiveley Welch. Best Selling Author of “Son of My Soul - The Adoption of Christopher,” “A Very Special Child - An Adoption Story” - co-author “Jesus Gandhi Oma Mae Adams”
The site is LLRX.
I am [...]



What is the Difference between a Blog Search Engine and Blog Directory? New Blogging Boomers Want to Know

November 26th, 2007 at 2:07 am » Comments (0)

There is a big difference between a blog search engine and a blog directory. I know most of you reading this have experienced using both but for those new blogging boomers I thought this explanation might be helpful.
A blog search engine’s main focuses on finding blog entries that match specific keywords and blog entries that [...]



What is an Event Blog?

September 13th, 2007 at 3:32 am » Comments (0)

Now an event blog is usually temporary. It is set up to promote an upcoming event. Those events may include a concert, trade conferences, etc. Many times someone in the event may blog reports about the event proceedings from their laptops while at the event. Sometimes they are left as an archive after the event [...]



Telegraf Blog-An Example of a News Blog-

September 13th, 2007 at 3:03 am » Comments (0)

Please click on digg story to read a news blog. This one deals primarily with technology news and updates.
Top tech news
read more | digg story



Blawg Review Awards for Best Law Blog Design and Best Blog by an Attorney

September 13th, 2007 at 2:42 am » Comments (0)

This is a great example of the best of blawgs  in action. In this post the author is highlighting the award given to a blawg. Really very impressive. Please read the post by clicking on Digg story.
Rosie
In the annual Blawg Review Awards, J. Craig Williams received the award for Best Blog by a Practicing Attorney [...]



What is a Blawg?

September 13th, 2007 at 1:55 am » Comments (1)

This is a legal blog. In other words it is blog that has a focus only on the law and legal issues. I did a google search and the first one that comes up is a site called blawg.com. This is a password protected site.
As of today the stats on the front page show that [...]



RSS-What’s That? Pt.2-A FEED

September 7th, 2007 at 1:15 am » Comments (0)

I like the definition of a feed given by good old Wikipedia. It is as follows:
A web feed is a data format used for serving users frequently updated content. Content distributors syndicate a web feed, thereby allowing users to subscribe to it. Making a collection of web feeds accessible in one spot is known as [...]