At the end of a particularly insightful post on ClappingTrees, J.K. asks why the huge backlog of submitted sites can’t be opened up to everyone, Digg-style, in order to get sites approved (she’s referring to the DMOZ and Technorati backlogs here). She also points out some flaws with the Alexa ranking system (as I pointed [...]

Over the course of writing this blog for the past few months, I feel I’ve learned a thing or two along the way about what it takes to make your blog, site or brand stand out from others. I thought I’d share those ideas.
Here’s 12 ways to make sure your blog, site or brand gets [...]

I recently came across the diagram below, which attempted to explain how feeds, blogs and various other parts of the content syndication process were interrelated. While this diagram was created to reflect the blog, feed and syndication situation in 2005, has that much really changed since then?

I always enjoy anything that has to do with memes (in case you’re not familiar with memes, here’s a definition). I also happen to enjoy things that turn the conventional way of looking at things around.
In this case, it’s Technorati.
Quick Online Tips has a post about the so-called ‘Z List’, which was created in response [...]

On New Year’s Day, Guy Kawasaki posted a top 10 list (as he’s so fond of doing) on his blog, reviewing his first year of blogging. Guy’s been very successful (despite the modesty of his own postings) — reaching a #45 rating on Technorati.
As is usually the case however, disclosing his AdSense earnings garnered an [...]

While I’ve taken a course or two that has introduced me to the basics of web design, I think I have really learned more in the past few weeks through starting this site and installing various Wordpress themes.
When I started this site, I had virtually no knowledge of PHP. I think there’s really nothing better [...]