Showcasing Australia's Blogging Mums and Dads
This is just a fraction of Nicole Avery’s workshop she conducted at the Digital Parents Conference. But it is a start with some pointers to get you thinking. Now if you missed the workshop but want to really explore making your blog work for you, you can always visit her site www.blogcoachingboost.com Blogging Goals What… [Continue Reading]
I took some time to chat with Ashur Lazar from Insynch Web Design about the very sexy topic of domain name and blog hosting. Here’s how it sounded: How do you search for available domain names? I use either http://whois.ausregistry.net.au/ if it’s an Australian domain or any of the hosting providers like CrazyDomains, Melbourne IT. How… [Continue Reading]
BLOGGING is a bit like breastfeeding. When bubs go through a developmental period, they become fussy, feeding problems set in and you begin to lose your confidence. It’s at this stage you contemplate giving up. In the bloggy world, school holidays or a blog event happen, traffic and comments decline and you begin to lose… [Continue Reading]
First of all, there are a lot of Blogger to WordPress migration combinations: .blogspot.com to .wordpress.com (free ones) .blogspot.com to a self-hosted wordpress self-hosted blogger to .wordpress.com (not sure why you would do this though) self-hosted blogger to self-hosted wordpress Add to these combinations, moving from one host to another or just maintaining the same… [Continue Reading]
If you’re a blogger, I can almost guarantee you’ve seen the letters RSS somewhere in your Interwebby travels. It took me ages to learn about RSS, and I know a lot of other bloggers were the same. So here’s the run down- shhh, don’t tell anyone we told you!! RSS stands for either Really Simple… [Continue Reading]
Creating quality content for your blog takes time and effort and to find out that your content has been stolen AND that site could be getting more traffic because of your work is a kick in the teeth, especially if the thieving site is making money from adsense or some other ad network. Unfortunately, it… [Continue Reading]
Why I’d recommend WordPress over Blogger any day
To someone who is used to Google’s Blogger, WordPress might seem like a lot of bother and work. First there’s the installation and the settings, of course you need to find a way to deal with spam and then you also need to keep it up-to-date. You might be thinking, is it worth the hassle?… [Continue Reading]