In the process of redesign my blog, I’ve done a lot of research into the design trends of some of the top blog designers in the world, and I thought that it would be applicable to showcase those designs here in one nifty list… I don’t normally publish many of these lists, but this one is different and really valuable indeed (you’ll probably s

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There comes a time in the life of every bl(d)og owner when the unthinkable has to be considered. It isn't easy, and it isn't fair. What will you do when your faithful companion no longer fetches readers and can barely load it's pages in the morning? How will you react when you have to make that fateful decision? And what the heck am I talk

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My blog has too many plugins to count. I don’t even think I even realize what they all do and forgot why I even installed some of them in the first place.

But there are many very useful ones for sure, like the CommentLuv plugin I installed just over a week ago. Or the Comment Relish add-on that sends someone a thank you for commenting the

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Over the past few days Blogger has changed it's comment form to exclude links pointing back to the commenter's site. There was no announcement made and once again Google has caused people to scream and flail. Google owns Blogger if you are wondering what the connection is.

The gist of it is only links to other Blogger blogs will be displ

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It's a good thing that I had the good sense to set up Google Alerts, informing me any time my blog posts or site name are linked to from anywhere in the Blogosphere. While it has the benefit of letting me know of someone who felt my content was worth linking to, it also provides me notice of anyone who might have the nerve and utter audacity

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How to add a YouTube video to your post

This is a step-by-step guide on how to add a You Tube video to your post. Complete with illustrations.

If you have not yet set up your blog for video posting yet, go to You Tube and open the video you wish to add to your post. Click Post Video. A small window will appear below the video, click it.

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rssHugger is a new site that is offering a feed directory service for bloggers. Here's a bit from their site about the service:

rssHugger is a new website developed to help bloggers promote their blogs, and to help visitors discover new blogs that write about subjects that the readers are interested in. Through the power of the intern

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One of the most popular sites in the Web 2.0 world is Squidoo. If you are not building sites to Squidoo, you are missing one of the quickest and easiest ways to build free traffic for your website or blog and make money online.

It is a cross between a blog, a mini website site, and a My Space page. Another way to look at Squidoo is it is

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In this post, I share six of the best features of Google Analytics, which also happen to be overlooked by many users. Through screenshots and examples, I have provided a ranking of my best kept Analytics features.

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Don't throw out nor wear that rock t-shirt that your parent or older sibling got years ago! Vintage rock t-shirts worth money! I have a never-worn Hollywood Stars glitter shirt, as listed. OMG. I have a box of never worn tees. Read more at men.style.com or Christie’s. How much you suppose my photos will be worth in a few years, when I’m dead

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Digg Users Rebel Against Censorship!! Fox News shows Porn? Is Digg asserting Fox News shows porn? Or is Digg caving into Fox News and banning/censoring news parody?? Spread this around! Should smos be aware power of its users or cave into established mainstream media/big money? Greenwald is not afraid of big business/government and its impact

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This post talks about an apparently common problem of waiters adding extra money to your credit card payment in restaurants. Apparently servers are upset with their low tips and feel that they deserve more.

The main reason I loved this post is because it explains to you what you should do if you find yourself in this situation. Follow to f

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Anyone used Blog Matrix Pro? Worth $97? Does it work like they claim? I Google’d and only found a short page of repetitious promotion. Pro or con, please comment!

Trying to get pals into Wordpress, but they don’t have time nor skills to make from scratch. I’d love to help pals on their blogs. Themes easy to customize? Plug-ins wh

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"Pushing Daisies," the ABC show created by Bryan Fuller (of brilliant but criminally overlooked "Dead Like Me"), stars Broadway diva, Wicked's Kristin Chenowith. Their homage to "Vertigo," Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece, and a riff on Bernard Herrmann's soundtrack, livened up proceedings! Great to see TV pay homage to to great movie

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Google's text link ads actions: Why can't we advertise and change text link ad codes to "nofollow"? Can we do that? Would Google then ban those as competition to AdSense? Why isn't this an issue on major news sites? This is as important as net neutrality.

What can we do to keep or improve Google PageRanks and also make enough money to

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