Archive for July, 2008

Are You Concerned About Fake Friends?

If you run a blog or two, you may already know that some of the means to promote your blogs to the world are social media and commenting on other blogs in your niche. Both methods imply communication. Your avatar meets my avatar on the same page and we exchange words and thoughts.
What if my [...]


Invisible Readers, Where Are You?

Do you remember the last time when you did something for your readers to make them feel better on your blog? How did you come to the conclusion that you had to do exactly that particular change and not others?
One of the niches I’m writing in is internet marketing. As I want to stay informed [...]


Removing Dates From Posts for Timeless Content

Removing Dates From Posts for Timeless Content

Darren Rowse from ProBlogger wrote a post today that covered the topic of removing dates from blog posts for the appearance of timeless content.
As mentioned in my design decisions series, I believe it should be the reader, and not the blogger, who decides which content is timeless.
After I consolidated my design decisions series for another [...]


The Lifespan of a Reader

There was this research some years ago which was showing that the staff of a company fully renews itself over a period of three years. People come and go, and if you have the curiosity to pay a visit to your former colleagues after a few years, you may end up with the surprise of [...]


Happy Birthday BlogLancer! Everybody’s Welcome.

Most of the biggest things in life started by being small.
This is not a saying of who-knows-what-smart-personality from the past. This comes straight from my personal wisdom well, and it was issued with the occasion of getting tired to submit stories to Digg to see if I can make it to the front page. After [...]