First of all, why would you want to list every site you have ever linked to? In the case of The Pisstakers, nearly all the information and food for thought required to create ranting humor(less) posts has come from other sites on the internet. The extraction script enabled us to view all links to those […]

I am not talking Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Quite simply, take time off from the exciting sexy side of blogging, and check that every “boring” part of your blog is uptodate. By that I mean, we have loads of info pages like About Us,About the Site, and Testimonials, the all-important SiteMap, Privacy… and on checking […]

This blog is quickly becoming me airing my blog writing dirty laundry! As I think about the topics to write here I find myself challenging the way I write my various blogs. It isn’t always fun to highlight one’s own faults but it can be rewarding and in the long run I’m hoping to become […]

I’m so guilty of this.  Very often I will write a great blog post and put some vague title that doesn’t really sum up the content and won’t drive readers to take the time to read the rest of the article. The reason why so much emphasis in on headlines in newspapers is because it […]

On your blog do you allow swearing? I run a couple of sites and my current rule of thumb is if I get a message that contains maybe one or two swear words I’ll just #%&* them out and let the post through. If the message itself is unnecessarily vulgar or offensive or just plain […]

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I’ve encountered one or two blogs recently that I’ve noticed have turned off their comments. I don’t really get that? Why would you do such a thing? Leaving comments is such a large part of what makes a blog. It’s the promise of web 2.0 – complete interaction. Don’t just passively read content like a […]