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SEO time!
As some of you know, I’m heavily involved in the SEO realm. SEO is an industry that I have worked in for many years, and the topic has played a big role in my daily web surfing for some time now.
So, with that in mind, I’ve expanded my presence in the SEO world in the form of a new site, Freshy SEO. This new site gives me a sandbox to test SEO theory, and opine on my experiences.
I’ve also been invited to write SEO related content for one of the most popular blogging blogs on the web, Blogging Tips. If you haven’t been reading Blogging Tips, you should start following the RSS Feed ASAP. Blogging Tips is a group blog written by some of the most talented bloggers on the web. I highly recommend you follow the blog and keep an eye out for my weekly SEO post.
For those of you covering or attending Samsphere Denver, Slapstick Politics has a good amount of footage on the event. He’s also got a live blogging interface up so that you can watch the discussion as the session unfolds.
I’ll post the first video here. You can watch the rest here.
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I’m currently sitting in a room packed full of free-market bloggers here at Samsphere Denver. The day will be getting started here in about ten minutes, and I for one can’t wait for the day to unfold.
Because of the busy day, and the fact that I’ll be traveling to the West coast through Thursday, I probably won’t be able to do a lot of blogging over the next five days. That being said I’ll do what I can.
Finally, I leave you with a list of confirmed bloggers for Samsphere Denver.
CONFIRMED BLOGGERS
Anthony Surace at Rocky Mountain Right
Denise Mund at Colorado Charter Schools
Brian Schwartz at Wakalix
John Martin at The Drunkablog
Ray Thomas at The Thoma$ Report
Randy Ketner at Night Twister
Ben DeGrow at Mount Virtus
Michael Sandoval at Slapstick Politics
Ross Kaminsky at Rossputin
Jon Caldara at The Cauldron
Brad Jones at Face the State
David Harsanyi at David Harsanyi
Jeff Goldstein at Protein Wisdom
Patrick Sperry at Conservative Libertarian Outpost
Bob Ball at The Daily Blogster
Marty Neilson at Colorado Taxpayer
Bob Agard at Bob’s Blog
Richard Combs at Combs Spouts Off
David Petteys at Backbone America
It’s official. My blogging has reached critical mass. OK, not really critical mass, but it’s getting pretty hefty.
You see, I don’t just write posts, I maintain and manage a plethora of blogs, group blogs, and blogging communities. Lately I’ve been spending any and all extra time cleaning up other blogging projects and preparing them for a long term plan. The following is a list of some of the blogs I am intimately involved in.
The Oink Report – The Oink Report is a blog that documents government waste, pork barrel spending, and political corruption via earmarks. I’m joined by Rob Port at SayAnythingBlog.com, and I look forward to seeing this blog reach its full potential.
Telecommies – A Net Regulation blog aimed at exposing the truth about net neutrality.
Left Watch – This is a blog that I am only just starting to chew into. It’s main purpose is to follow the left wing money machine and provide details about where the money comes from and what it is used for.
BlockersRus.com – Blockers “R” Us is a new blog set up to follow the people who work to limit free speech by actively blocking citizen petition efforts.
ConservaBlogs.com – CB is a community of more than 20 bloggers who are hosted on the site and crank out an enormous amount of original content. The site currently enjoys more than 4,000 visits per day and is continuing to grow.
And, of course, I blog here, The Developers Blog, and Blogivists HQ.
Needless to say, it’s a handful keeping up with it all. But I love every minute of it.
Yes… I’m addicted to blogging. 
I remember a conversation back in October about how nice it would be for there to be a blogger event for center-right e-activists to network, learn from each other, and gain a better understanding of where we need to go as a movement. Back then it wasn’t clear if this sort of meeting could work, or if it would even happen, but I lobbied heavily for it and those who I work with agreed it needed to be attempted.
Five months later we gathered in Chicago, Illinois, for the first Samsphere event. It was the first of its kind, and one the center-right state based bloggers (including myself) had been in need of for years.
In total, including those of us from Illinois, there were about 50 in attendance. These 50 bloggers, in my opinion, can be some of the strongest and most influential bloggers in the country. Why? Well, because this group follows, blogs, and participates in local politics.
I had a preexisting relationship with a good portion of the bloggers who attended Samsphere Chicago, but is was wonderful to get to meet everyone who I have dealt with online for many years now. And even more encouraging to meet with and network with new bloggers whom I had, until Continue Reading
I’ll be joining a fine group of bloggers this weekend for SamSphere Chicago. As an organizer for the event, I’m guessing I won’t have a lot of time to blog, but I’ll try and post updates and notes on the event as time permits.
The following is a full list of confirmed bloggers.
Confirmed Bloggers:
Name*Blog*Blog Region
Erick Erickson * RedState * National
Allen Fuller * Flat Creek Management * National
John Fund * Wall Street Journal * National
Brad Jones * Face the State * National
Jenn Sierra * Fort Hard Knox * National
Erik Telford * Americans for Prosperity * National
E.M. Zanotti * American Princess * National
Bill Smith * ARRA News Service * Arkansas
Ben DeGrow * Mount Virtus * Colorado
Mark Johnson * ILGOPnet * Illinois
Doug Welch * Stix * Illinois
Bob Weeks * Wichita Liberty * Kansas
Earl Glynn * Kansas Meadowlark * Kansas
Jeff Blanco * Louisiana Conservative * Louisiana
Lance Dutson * Maine Web Report * Maine
Jack McHugh * Mackinac Center * Michigan
Chet Zarko * Outside Lansing * Michigan
Jim Hoft * Gateway Pundit * Missouri
Craig Sprout * Montana Politics * Montana
Chuck Muth * Muth’s Truths * Nevada
Skip Murphy * Granite Grok * New Hampshire
Mario Burgos * Mario Burgos * New Mexico
Maggie Thurber * Thurber’s Thoughts * Ohio
Chris Arps * Oklahoma Political News Service * Oklahoma
Trent Siebert * Tennessee Policy Institute * Tennessee
Leslie Carbone * Leslie Carbone * Virginia
Don Ward * Sound Politics * Washington
Fred Dooley * Real Debate Wisconsin * Wisconsin
Tristen Cramer * Haemet * Wyoming
Chad Everson * Grizzly Groundswell * Minnesota
Steve Sibson * Sibby Online * South Dakota
Sam Adams Alliance Staff
Nic Hall * Nicky Cheese * Illinois (currently in Texas)
Bob Costello * cozcommunio * Illinois
John Tsarpalas * Tsarchats * Illinois
Ken Marrero * Blue Collar Muse * Tennessee
Eric Odom * Eric Odom * Illinois
Mike Van Winkle * A Chicago Blog * Illinois
Micheal Tams * American Federalist * Illinois
Jodi Bridges * Thirty Something * illinois
Lennie Jarratt * Open Source Activism * Illinois
Drew Veeneman * Trenches of Democracy * Illinois
State Policy Network
Nicole Williams
A friend of mine recently asked me about creating a static homepage so that his Wordpress site had a main page that worked more like a static website. I think he was able to get it all set up and functioning properly, but at the time I didn’t have a web page to direct him to that had comprehensive instructions on setting it all up.
Thanks to the Blogging Experiment, we now have a step-by-step guide on using Wordpress as a static home page.
FYI for Blogivists: While this can be done on our system, you cannot edit the code in your navigation area. The above method is designed for self-hosted Wordpress blogs.
