Archive for December, 2006

Dec
18

8 Tips On Making The Front Page Of Digg

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Posted by Eric Odom in Social Networking

I personally have made it to the front page with two stories, so I understand what the wave of traffic and attention feels like once you’re there. I also now understand what all the fuss is about, thanks to having one of my blogs crash in the middle of the day. The traffic Digg can shoot to any URL should have anyone who tracks this sort of thing drooling on their shoes.

Making the Digg homepage is no easy feat. The community is bulging with new users and user “clubs” that bounce around looking for stories to Digg. You can rest assured knowing that the chances are pretty good you won’t be hitting the front page anytime soon. Unless of course, you find a groove.

How do you find that groove? Well, very few people know the true formula for Digg.com, but there are some proven tips that seem to hold sound logic. One of the best lists of tips I’ve found to date was posted over at SEO Egghead.

Read the list of 8 ways to get your story Dugg.

Dec
17

Conservative Blogosphere Growing

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Posted by Eric Odom in General

Well, this is the third day in a row that I’ve seen ten or more Google alerts for “new conservative blog” come into my Gmail inbox. The news gets even better! Each one of the alerts actually led to solid blogs being launched in some very Liberal parts of the country.

We’re starting to see a lot of right leaning blog networks come in to play and a lot more opinion writers are getting online. I truly believe that 2008 is going to be covered by the blogosphere in numbers we can’t yet grasp.

Anyone else excited?

Dec
17

Blogger Import Problem

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Posted by Eric Odom in blogging

Earlier today it was discovered by one of our bloggers that Wordpress is having issues importing from blogger. Publius Forum attempted an import from his Blogger blog and it looks like Blogger has server issues that cause timeouts when uploading post content into Wordpress. When the posts that did make it to Wordpress finally came in, the archives were completely wrecked and posts were stuffed into months and dates that were not at all anywhere close to accurate.

I haven’t been able to pinpoint the exact cause of the problem, but from what I can find it looks like an XML/Wordpress Script/Blogger Server combination that somehow isn’t working together during the import. I found a comment in Wordpress support that said if you disable your XML/Feed in Blogger before the import you’ll have more luck.
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Dec
17

Hang on a tick…

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Posted by Eric Odom in General

I know my blog layout is currently having issues, but please know it’s only because I just got set up and still need to make time to get the template all cleaned up.

I hope to be running at 100% by Christmas Eve. I’ll be posting some between now and then, but the overall blog layout may be a bit messy.

In time…

Dec
16

Tips & tricks that help you find the latest news

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Posted by Eric Odom in blogging

In a growing blogosphere it can be difficult to try and stay ahead of the pack. Keeping up with the news is no easy task. Having the latest news tips and information is one of the best ways of making sure your blog is getting a piece of the traffic pie. With that being said, it can also be one of the most time consuming ways of growing your readership.

Fortunately for us, there are now a plethora of free tools available for the general public. These tools can make watching the news as it happens a much easier process. The following is a list of ways you can make your story finding journey a little more pleasant.
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