Archive for the ‘Blogosphere’ Category:
Why use WordPress?
Written by Jai on April 19, 2008 – 11:45 pm - 1,464 views
If you are new to WordPress and looking for reasons to use WordPress as a CMS (content management system) in your new website, let me give you some.
Open Source Software
WordPress is an Open Source software which allows it to be used free of cost. You can use it on any kind of personal or commercial website without have to pay a single dime for it. It is built on PHP/MySQL (which is again Open Source) and licensed under GPL.
User Friendly
You don’t really have to be experienced to use WordPress on your website. Nowadays most of the hosting companies provide the ability to install WordPress on your site at a single click of the mouse. The administration section is easy to navigate and its even easy to add articles/content to your website.
Themes Support
You will never run short of templates when using WordPress. If you don’t like the themes that come with the default installation of WordPress, you can hunt on the Internet and you will find thousands of free themes that you can download and use for your website. There are themes which can even make your website look like a regular site instead of a blog.
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!WPdesigner.com going down the Drain?
Written by Jai on April 18, 2008 – 7:02 am - 1,731 views
If you are a WordPress enthusiast and have been following the latest news, you will know that Small Potato (Wpdesigner.com) recently sold his blog for $65,000 to some Polish guy called Pawel Ciszewski. It is really amazing that the blog was sold for that much money even when it was not earning any substantial revenue. But anyway, I feel that SP (Small Potato) has made a wrong choice by selecting someone who is not related to the WordPress field and the blog is in jeopardy now. I guess SP was in a hurry to pack his bags for his tours.
There has been no news posted since March 28, 2008 on the blog which is making the blog readers impatient and many have already unsubscribed from the blog. Pawel who is the new owner, promised the blog readers that he is hunting for theme designers and other staff who will run the blog. But its very ironical that there has been no update after that point. According to some readers’ research, Pawel Ciszewski runs some online casino sites. So, this really shows how much he will care about the reputed blog which was taken to a high level by SP. But SP, shame on you… your baby is dying out there and no one really cares.
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!30 tips to Maximize your RSS Feed Subscribers
Written by Jai on April 5, 2008 – 11:32 am - 2,035 views
There are many ways in which you can maximize your RSS subscribers. I have tried to compile some of the best ones here:
1. Making the most out of your blog posts
- Write descriptive headings for your blog posts – They should purely point to the content in your post and describe optimally about what is written and it is relevant to whom and what.
- Write articles for your post with a minimum of 150-200 words because too less content will dissatisfy your readers who are trying to find information on a topic (that’s why they subscribe to the blog).
- Put internal and external links related to your articles and it would also be better if the keywords in your title match the links you have posted with the article. It adds more relevance and usefulness to what you are informing your readers about.
- Make the post user friendly and your blog easy to subscribe. The new readers of your post, who liked your article, are willing to subscribe, should be easily able to find the ‘subscribe now’ option on your site.
- When possible, try eliminating the pronouns and putting more descriptive nouns. The sparking idea behind this is that when the search engines start searching for the key words, they identify the semantics in your article and thus the searcher can approach your blog site or article. It helps your post reach its highest potential.
2. Comments should be encouraged on every post of your blog. A well written blog entry invites more readers and comments from them. Make it known to them that you value their distinct comments and they herald an improving ladder for you.
3. Give people different options on how they want to subscribe as readers like e-mail and different RSS feed readers (e.g. Google Feed Reader). Some may even prefer feed readers depending on their Internet browsers.
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!Another Reason to be Proud of Wordpress
Written by Jai on January 23, 2008 – 10:39 am - 1,480 views
Our favorite blogging CMS, WordPress, has received a whopping $29.5 million as funding from four companies, to buffer as it invests in other services, including an antispam filter and an online-identity product. These companies did not reveal the size of each firm’s investment, although The New York Times Company’s stake is the smallest one.
The Times Company had previously maintained a business relationship with Automattic, the commercial arm of the popular WordPress publishing platform. The About.com guide site, which was purchased by the Times Company in 2005, is published using the WordPress platform. The New York Times has also produced more than 50 blogs using the platform.
I am really proud to be a WordPress user and so are many other bloggers around the world. What about you?
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!Common Wordpress Myths & Facts
Written by Jai on January 10, 2008 – 7:15 pm - 2,589 views
A lot of people are still on the learning curve for WordPress, so I would like to clear some myths that exist in the blogosphere about WordPress.
1. WordPress is a Website Builder.
No Sherlock, WordPress is a blogging CMS and that is a fact. Although, there are themes and plugins which will make your WordPress blog look like a website.
2. I can use all the plugins in the world and they will rise my WordPress blog to fame.
I am sorry to say but you are mistaken if you think so. WordPress is a blogger’s nightmare when it comes to CPU usage. It can bring any kind of server (even enterprise ones) to its knees and most of the plugins are not optimized for their SQL queries. Plugins are notorious for causing high CPU usage on servers. So, be careful on what and how many plugins you activate on your blog.
3. WordPress is limited to WordPress.com
Many new users think what WordPress can only be used if they have an account on WordPress.com. It’s not so. Yes, WordPress.com offers free blogs to people who do not have hosting or a domain name but on the other hand, WordPress.org offers WordPress in the form of a software that can be downloaded and installed either locally (if you are running a server) or on your own hosting if you have any.
4. I can use blogger templates on WordPress and vice versa.
No. You cannot do that because coding for both kind of templates differs in many ways. Although, there are people who convert templates from one platform to another.
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!Progress of Blog Oh! Blog
Written by Jai on December 28, 2007 – 4:37 pm - 1,736 views
This time of the year is really special because everybody looks back and analyzes what they have done throughout the year, and also make resolutions for the upcoming year. I have prepared this interesting little report on the progress of this website, so that all you readers can judge the quality of Blogohblog dot com. Here it is :-
Internet Stats
Alexa Traffic Rank : 26,813
Google Pagerank : 6
Yahoo Back links : 8,25,000
Google Back links : 4,76,870 (Source : Google webmaster tools)
Technorati : Rank » 8 | Authority » 14,591
Compete Rank : 40,077
Most traffic from : USA
Other Stats
WordPress Themes Built : 32
Total no. of People using our themes : 16,000+ (This is an approximate figure derived from Technorati)
Dashboard Statistics : 94 Posts & 1,836 Comments
Money Earned so far : $4,000 + (This figure is after Bob sold this blog to me on 5th November)
I am sure we have done well so far and also hope to continue progressing in the year 2008 with better pace. Free themes will continue to flow and lots of innovations are on the way (which include a new look for this site).
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!Joining the Race of Bald Bloggers
Written by Jai on December 16, 2007 – 6:15 am - 2,025 views
Finally, I have decided to join the race. You might want to know which race am I talking about. Well, I am talking about the race of the bald bloggers. On the occasion of this blog crossing the 1000 readers bar , I decided to shave my head today and suddenly remembered that many of the popular bloggers are actually bald (Darren Rowse, Jeremy Schoemaker).
So, if you also want to join this bald bloggers’ race, shave your head and tell me about it 
I know that you love your locks but you only qualify if you are bald. If you are a female…I would say…go for it. You might set a trend.
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!Viral Marketing
Written by Jai on December 15, 2007 – 6:54 pm - 1,608 views
You must have heard the term “Viral marketing” a lot nowadays and it seems to be the new in thing, with countless of internet marketers and online advertisers passionately enunciating all the benefits behind this new phenomenon that although so fresh, has already become part of the latest internet movement. But what is viral marketing? Can we buy it, sell it? Can it be controlled? Is there money to be made from it? First, before we proceed, a simple yet precise explanation on viral marketing.
“Viral marketing and viral advertising refer to marketing techniques that use pre-existing social networks to produce increases in brand awareness, through self-replicating viral processes, analogous to the spread of pathological and computer viruses.” - Wikipedia
To a certain extent blogs and the tangible blogosphere could be considered a vast social network, connect together by millions of bloggers systematically reviewing, discovering, commenting, experimenting and above all sharing their experiences with the world. As the news spreads, reaching a wider audience and suffering a further push from other bloggers, who so generously elected to share the same piece of information, the article creates the so called viral effect. What was once a simple static piece of information, now has gained life and spread all over the internet. Read more »
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!Get Twitter to Drive Traffic to your Blogs
Written by Jai on December 12, 2007 – 3:51 pm - 1,890 viewsWe all love our blogs, nurturing it day in day out with unique, beautifully structured content only to discover that unfortunately that isn’t enough. What good is a blog if no one visits it, right? Today I have a little something that will get you hopping with joy, and traffic. Yes, I am talking about none other than Twitter.
Twitter is a cool community driven social networking site that provides an amazing tool for friends family and even strangers to keep in touch with each other while on the go. Unlike most normal social networks, Twitter doesn’t require the use of a computer seeing as updates can be sent using a normal mobile phone. You might be asking yourself how is this going to help your blog, read on and I’ll answer that question.
The system is really simple. A user creates an account on twitter which can be accessed by anyone from around the world. Individuals then write short messages, known as twits, which may contain a maximum of 140 characters, the same as in a standard text message. Twits can be on any topic desired and can include links to sites, other members or anything you find interesting. Can you start to see the potentials here?
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!
