As of last week, I wasn’t providing full text in my RSS feed. I don’t remember if this was a conscious decision or I was simply using a default setting, but I think this was a bad move on my part and I’ve corrected it. This being said, I gave it some thought before converting mostly [...]
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The Windows Live Writer Blog This extension for Firefox isn’t currently compatible with Firefox 2.0. However, it is possible to get the two to work together if you are willing to manually edit Firefox’s version checking feature. If you have not installed the Blog This extension yet, follow these steps. Download the Blog This installer using the link [...]
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First, what is FeedBurner? At it’s core, FeedBurner republishes blog feeds. This alone isn’t all that exciting, however, the service provides so much more. FeedBurner’s most attractive feature is it’s analytics. The service keeps track of feed subscribers, applications used to access your feed, where your readers are located and a few other statistics. Not only does [...]
The quick answer is HUMILITY. Here’s why.First things first. I’m guessing that most everyone already knows, but what is Technorati? At the risk of messing up an answer which isn’t really need in the first place, I pulled information from the About Us page on the site itself. Technorati is… Currently tracking 58.5 million blogs.Technorati is [...]
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I recently signed up with Digg. The registration process was short and sweet. I simply provided a username, email address, password, my birthdate and I also verified that I was a “human” (their words, not mine) by entering the text I saw in the image verification box. All fields were required. Upon submitting my request, [...]
I’ve freely shared that my blog is “powered by” WordPress and I have enthusiastically endorsed the product time and time again. Heck, I may have posted enough praise to last WordPress a lifetime, but since Andreas Kraus asked for it, I am going to share a little more. Here’s the top 3 things I love [...]
I recently wrote about Google not indexing my site. One can find johnnycoder.com through Yahoo! and MSN, but I’d really like for Google users to find me. Well, I thought I found a backdoor into getting indexed yesterday… As you may already be aware, Google now let’s us build Custom Search Engines. The idea is [...]
The 9Rules blogging network will open its doors to welcome submissions for Round 5 tomorrow. Over 700 sites were submitted last round and 111 of the sites were selected to join the community. As I understand it, there is an expectation that thousands of entries will be submitted this time around and I was still curious what 9Rules [...]
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