WordPress fans might have heard about the WordPress Plugins competition held at WeblogToolsCollection blog. Out of the 30 entries (+6 that haven’t submitted their final code), I have chosen 7 WordPress Plugins that I think are really useful for enhancing WordPress functionality. Let’s see what they are and why they made my list in no […]

We get dozens of spam messages everyday. I have found there are two great ways to reduce spam messages on your blog. Plugins Askimet is the default plugin to help you fight spam. However, I personally use Bad Behavior. Bad Behavior has blocked 914 access attempts in the last 7 days. One of the features […]

This week the topic was how important the design of a blog is. Personally, as long as I can read the site and navigate through it well then I don’t care much. However, I do agree that a unique design can turn on a visitor. Since the post I have been helping out Home Mom […]

Blogging has become a powerful way to raise money for diseases and charities. Whenever I see a blog promoting something that I can contribute to I will do so gladly. This type of thing isn’t a usual topic on our blog, but I thought it was important. The Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk is the nation’s […]

It’s another Comment Friday here at Blog about your Blog. The “rules” are simple. Just leave us a comment about anything you want. I will select one commenter that really stands out to give a free link to, as well as a spot on our blogroll for the week. Do you have what it takes […]

When I posted 10 Quick Blogging Tips I included that joining blogging networks is important. MyBlogLog has been pretty consistent in sending 100-200 visitors per month to our blog. Lynne asked I am currently subscribed to blogcatalog not bloglog. Is one better than the other and why? Besides the small differences, they are very much […]

I recently was asked what are the advantages of owning your own website. There are more than 5, but these are the best ones. Credibility I’ve said it before. If you give someone the opportunity to chose between two identical sites, one that is mysite.com and mysite.blogspot.com, they will chose the one on the domain. […]