Number of Readers

Google Reader has a feature of showing how many readers are subscribing to an RSS feed. The number of subscribers can be seen by searching for a blog after clicking the “Add Subscription” link once you are logged into your Google Reader account. The subscription numbers only reflect the number of subscribers through Google Reader, not all subscribers. Nonetheless, it is an interesting way to compare blogs and monitor some trends. Of course, blogs that post about Google Reader on a regular basis due to the nature of their blogs will probably have an advantage. While some claim that sometimes the number of subscribers is not that important, I do not think a webmaster should completely ignore this aspect of their blog.
Often bloggers ask the question what to do in order to be able to maintain a large reader base. I think one of the best ways to approach this dilemma is to try to imagine what would make you read somebody else’s blog. In my case, I believe the most important aspect of a blog that I would visit would be the fact that it would be useful to me. It might be useful in different ways, but it is important that it would be useful in some way. For example, I might want to visit a blog that provides accurate, and well-timed news, or a blog that offers some valuable advice that is hard to obtain, as it requires experience or expertise. Ask yourself the question: what makes you visit other blogs, and try to do the same as other blogs do.

May 29th, 2009 - Posted in About Blogging, About Internet | | 0 Comments

Forums About Making Money

I was searching on the Web for forums that could allow people to discuss various online money making opportunities, and lately I came across a few forums which are communities for people to discuss different programs. These forums have different categories such as Network Marketing, Business Opportunity, MLM - Multi-Level-Marketing, Affiliate, Publisher Advertising Income Opportunities, HYIP, Autosurf, and Investment Programs. I am not going to say that I approve all of the programs available on these sites. I just wanted to let you know that there are a lot of places where people can see what experiences were other users having with a broad range of programs.

May 14th, 2009 - Posted in Business Topics, Websites | | 12 Comments

Blogging Platforms

There is a lot of discusion what blogging platforms should a new blogger choose. I think that starting a blog on a free domain is a good idea for those new to blogging. There are a lot of free platforms available, the most widely known is probably Blogger and Wordpress. Blogger has been around from the late nineties, and at some point has been purchased by Google. Having a blog on Blogger is very easy and does not require knowledge of programming such as html. You simply create your account, choose a template, and basically you are ready to go. No fees, no contracts, no wondering which web hosting provider to choose. Everything is very easy, which is a good thing for someone who is just considering to start blogging. You can start blogging as soon as you want, modify your template, and do many other things. The only downside is the fact that once your blog becomes quite popular you may want to move your blog to a paid domain. That is because once you will be regarded as an experienced blogger, you will probably will appreciate the freedom your own domain would provide. However, most blogs get abandoned within the first few months. That is why you do not have to pay for something that you may abandon at some point anyway.

May 5th, 2009 - Posted in About Blogging, About Internet, Websites | | 0 Comments

Before You Start Podcasting

Those of us who like to talk a lot might enjoy the idea of podcasting on the Web. Since everyone can do it, podcasting is not that complicated. All you need to do before you start recording and publishing your audio messages is take care of a few things like. Here are some of them:

• Appropriate software. Some programs can be found for free on the Internet, while for some software will have to pay. The choice whether to pay is yours, as there is a wide choice of programs.
• Suitable microphone. Make sure you buy a high quality one. If you buy the cheapest possible microphone, then you risk that your voice will get distorted.
• Make sure you have proper hosting. You will also probably need a website to upload your podcasts. If you already have a website, do not hesitate to publish your podcasts on it. If not, look for other places on the Internet where you could publish your work. They are many websites that host podcasts, but it all depends on the subject you want to talk about.

Like I said, podcasting is not that complicated, but you will need to take care of a few things if you are doing it for the first time.

May 2nd, 2009 - Posted in About Blogging, About Internet, Websites | | 0 Comments