How gullible are you to "special offers" on the Internet in your blogging experience? And how much do you lend an ear to some of those so-called "street smart" bloggers who seem to know all the "tricks and treats" under the blogging sun? Can you see through that most of the stuff they write are regurgitated articles prese

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Many bloggers are suffering from delusory pleasure. For this lot, their problem they are continuously denying themselves and having delusions of competence. Have you ever wondered which category do you belong? Understandably, we all can't be the same type of blogger - in our thinking, outlook and vision. Don't show yourself up when you're

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It's not often we see another person or a blogger going through a difficult patch that may have a profound impact on his life and his family. If we can help by any means and even in our own small ways, I believe it will go a long, long way. Fellow blogger RT Cunningham, a retired former US Marine living with his family in the Philippines, is

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Consider this pertinent question: Is it no longer cool to blog? Well, at some point in your blogging experience, have you ever wondered whether to call it a day or slow down your blogging pace? After writing post after post in almost two years of blogging, I guess blogging is no longer something cool. I can't be scampering around the blogsph

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There are noobs and there are noobs in blogging. They appear to look smart but actually they are not that smart. Last year saw a spate of noob bloggers coming on to the scene and making a lot of noise about how to make money online. They were all over the sites of so-called A-listers like John Chow, Problogger and some other A-list wannabes.

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There are three major trends to watch out for this year "if you want to make some serious money in 2008 and beyond". Well, you may agree or thumb your nose at these predictions but let me state here in no uncertain manner that these predictions may well be right on the ball. Do you know there are more and more newbies entering the Internet

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"All of a sudden things are revealed that were previously hidden..." Blogger Unleashed has called out some of the A-listers for not truly disclosing the "truth" to the unknowing blogger. Now he's telling those who care to listen that "niches are where the action is." In fact, in my opinion, Vic is actually applying the Long Tail theo

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A quick flashback on some of the goings-on in the blogosphere. Although it's a bit trite to talk about the Good, the Bad and the Ugly, you have to admit it has been that kind of year. Not to mention the winners, losers and whiners as the Big G cracked down on PageRanks.rnrnFrom John Chow's big-time blogging to John Cow's successful pa

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How's your widget doing, buddy? Many of you have given BlogRush the boot, but what about your other widgets that are still sitting in a cosy corner of your blog? Are they sitting there for show or are they generating some money for your starving blog? Have you ever wondered that most of these widgets are long on promises and short on deliver

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If there's any one blogger who's making some waves right now, it has to be our good BZ buddy, Vic. Since launching his Blogger Unleashed site, the outspoken Vic has been getting an increasing number of visitors/readers. Vic does not pull his punches when criticising some silly bloggers who are trying to make like they are know the whole stu

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It has been an impactful year, no doubt, for 2007 as it reaches the tailend. Depending on where you come from - and where you got slapped...in the butt or in the pocket - it has been a season of mixed fortunes for most bloggers. Some will take pride in their work and be thankful with their blogging harvest. Others will look back in anger or

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Is it "doomsday for comments" at Blogger sites?

At first, people thought Blogger.com must have gone bonkers. Some even thought the "evilness" of Google PageRank slapfest has taken hold at Blogger.com.

I'm sure WordPress and other non-Blogger users would have noticed the sudden change when they wanted to leave a comment at a Blogge

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Are you fully aware that typography if used correctly can enhance the appearance of your blog and increase readability? I've seen blogs that don't regard typography as an important visual element in their blog makeup.
A blogger is a publisher. And as in the traditional world of publishing, publishers are expected to acquire "typographic l

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As many successful and savvy bloggers will tell you, you have to sweat for it in the initial stage. You have to nurture your blog to maturity, build links to gain more traffic, write contents that will draw in the readers, and keep up with the latest news and developments on the Web.

The blogging landscape is not a static entity. It's vib

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There's a lot to be said about herd mentality. In the Blogosphere, the bane of herd mentality will never go away so long as there's a continuous flow of newbies coming into blogging. If they have no one to guide them such as a mentor, then they will fall in with the crowd and move along with it. That's a general view of what's going on in

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