Yesterday I stumbled on an intriguing blog post by Ana Hoffman, titled in a slightly provocative manner: “The Slow Rotting of the Web and Blogosphere.” Ana shares a pretty scary picture of where blogging and the web are heading to today. To sum up Ana’s blog post: Blogging and blogs are heading toward extinction. Talk…
This question has always been difficult to answer: How often should you publish a blog post? For me a blog post every two or three days is adequate – however, I do post (almost) everyday on several blogs I own. The Friendly Blogger is updated every 2 or 3 days – sometimes everyday (thanks, Lisa,…
According to Wikipedia; a white paper “is white paper is an authoritative report or guide that helps solve a problem. White papers are used to educate readers and help people make decisions, and are often requested and used in politics, policy, business, and technical fields. In commercial use, the term has also come to refer…
I have just added CloudFlare about five days ago, and it is amazing to learn how powerful the services are – so powerful that I literally endorse it. Read on to learn why you should use it for your blog. Did you know that your blog visitors are not really those who want to read…
College is rife with educational and extracurricular opportunities. Between going to class, studying, and attending club meetings, students are certainly kept busy. Some may find it difficult to stay current with non-academic pursuits, such as maintaining a personal blog, but there is good news. Applying the same kind of discipline to blogging that one directs…
So this post is an opinion poll so to speak. Since I wrote the post about how to join Google+, all hell has broke loose. Now, I want to know how are you handling Google+ requests from people. Ever since that post went live, I have been inundated with emails asking me to send people…
On the US Independence Day, Matt Mullenweg and the WordPress team announce the release of WordPress 3.2 – a.k.a. “Gershwin.” Why is it so special so it deserves a mention on The Friendly Blogger? After upgrading to WordPress 3.2 on this blog (and also some of my blogs) I notice one thing that is an…
I know you are thinking right now that I am nuts, however, we have already established that fact! 🙂 Why would you want to check your spam box? I mean, that’s what your anti-spam plug in is for. To grab all that nasty spam and keep away from your eyeballs, right? Well, technically yes. However,…
