If you blog long enough, the thought of creating a blog network will probably cross your mind. That is, if you succeed in building one reasonably successful blog, or tire of freelance blogging. But it’s not something I suggest doing on your own.
For a while now, the thought of a team effort for building blogs […]

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Nova Spivack’s definition of Web 3.0 as being a decade (2010-2020) of web technologies is, I think, probably a better one than something nebulous and open to interpretation - such as Web 2.0, which Tim O’Reilly defined but which most people just interpret for themselves. Nova defines Web 3.0 as being the set of technologies […]

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My friend David over at Xfep has just released his first WordPress theme, Crystal.
Crystal comes with a stylish black background and a gorgeous patterned blue-grey navbar and blue links. It consists of two columns, header, and footer. The content column is wide enough for a standard banner ad, and the nav column is approximately 250 […]

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If you’re looking for new WordPress themes, LogoDesignWorks will be releasing a new theme every two weeks. The first one, Mercury, is now available. It’s a three-column design with the main navigation on the left, and the ad column on the right. This sort of split-nav design is rather hard to find with WordPress themes. […]

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Freelancers and bootstrapping entrepreneurs are often people capable of doing many different things by themselves. This ability can sometimes lead to a false sense that they can do everything well. Delegating tasks is part of the true road to a successful business. Even a website, especially if it is expected to earn income, cannot be […]

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If you’re looking for a partial blog reboot and need a new logo for your blog, I’m happy to announce two free opportunities for qualifying bloggers. Randa Clay of Randa Clay Design has a Blog Header/ Logo Design Contest, and my client Logo Design Works is offering 10 free blog logos per month for a […]

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What is Deep Linking?
In 7 Thoughts on being a better blogger, points #6 and 7 talk about linking out and linking in, respectively. Deep linking is the same as linking in - meaning that you hyperlink from a new article to your own archived articles. (Note that “deep linking” can also refer to linking “deep” […]

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So you’ve decided to make a living online. As my friend Andy Boyd says, it’s not easy. At least, not for the average person. On the other hand, persistence can be the key. Nevertheless, my own decision has been to work on a long-term site building strategy that puts less emphasis on weblogs.
Why? Because building […]

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This week, Google Maps introduced a new Neighborhood Search capability. If you’re a regular Google Maps user, you may wonder how this functionality is different than Local Search. With Neighborhood Search, users can find businesses based on neighborhood locations rather than doing a city-wide search. The Neighborhood Search allows queries like bagels upper east side […]

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