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The Relationship Between Bloggers And Journalists Is Complicated

July 4, 2010 - 6:22 pm No Comments

You should be able to set up a podcast using Blogger and FeedBurner in about the time it takes for all the images on this page to finish loading. Some bloggers tweak high traffic pages to add keyword modifiers to the page content, which helps them get a bit more traffic by ranking for additional keyword phrases.

Like everything else that Google touches, Blogger has been instrumental in bringing a practice that was the privy of the technologically savvy into the mainstream. In this case it is the habit of keeping an online journal. it’s good to nominate other bloggers for their merit, and not just because you either can’t think of anyone else to nominate, want to put them on the spot, or want to dig out the dirt on someone. Because it is owned by Google, Blogger integrates well with the full line of Google applications. You can add your blog link to your Google Chrome page, add it to your bloglines feed, and find all sorts of add ons that help blogger to run better and do more things. Google has kept up well with the newest waves of technology and now allows you to purchase your own domain name for $10 per year and host your blog on your own domain name. This is obviously more professional-looking than having yourname.blogspot.I used that method to host JavaScript files of my previously released magazine style blogger template ‘ Falkner Press. Although the option for using your own domain name does bring Google back into the mainstream, most people consider a Blogspot blog to be less professional-looking than a WordPress blog.

Unless you are very interested in having your blog integrated with other features of your Google account, WordPress is probably the platform that you will want to use for your business blog. Because WordPress is open-source software it is constantly updated. The basic code is very light, and the flexibility is in the add-ons that can help your WordPress blog do almost anything you could possibly want. WordPress prides itself on being easy to install and brags that you can have a blog up and running in just 5 minutes. Even if you opt to pay for a domain name and web hosting WordPress makes this easy by recommending several well known hosting services. There are a multitude of templates available so that you can make your blog look exactly the way you want it to.

A professional looking beautiful template, Photographic is designed by Templates Novo Blogger. Blogger is a great option for beginners since it now offers the option of registering your own domain name. How to add Email Subscription Form to your blog Increase Search Engine rankings by adding meta tags Adding Background Image to your Blogger Header Submitting your Sitemap to Google Submitting your Sitemap to Yahoo Loading.

Who Wins in the Battle Between WordPress and Blogger

May 21, 2010 - 1:58 pm No Comments

WordPress and Blogger are the two dominant internet blogging systems. So it’s only natural that there be heated debates over which one is better.When people want to create a blog they basically have a choice between WordPress or Blogger.  And often times because they don’t want to waste any time figuring out which one is better, they just go with the one that they found out about first or heard about somebody else using.  But as they go around looking at other blogs they start seeing and hearing about other people using the “other” blogging software and start to wonder why they choose that service.  If your creating your blog for business purposes it’s especially essential that you understand the advantages and disadvantages between the two. Blogger….Advantages• You can put Google Adsense into your blogs. • You can promote anything that you want, any way that you want, as long as it’s not illegal or against there rules and regulations• It’s free!Disadvantages• Unless you have your own blog template or know how to design one your not going to get a top notch looking blog. • Adsense and other ads add a lot of clutter to pages and this can turn off visitors to your blog. • Very basic software that you can’t do much with unless you have advanced blogging technical knowledge.WordpressAdvantages• Has great templates to choose from so even if you don’t know much about designing blog you can still make a nice looking one. • Very User Friendly• Excellent for use on private domains• It’s freeDisadvantages• Your not supposed to advertise products using wordpress, but they will allow you to advertise a few links if you don’t over do it.• You can’t personalize your blog to much unless you have your own hosting and domain.And the winner is…. WordPress!!With the exception of adwords, WordPress offers everything that blogger has and more.  And if you really want to have ads on your blog you can join some ad networks.

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