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Melbourne Blogger Meetup - Coming Soon
While we’re talking about Australian Bloggers - I thought it was about time that I actually put my money where my mouth is and got together a Melbourne Bloggers Meetup. Alister Cameron and I have been getting our heads together on this and I’ve just signed up as the moderator of the The Melbourne Weblogger […]

Code of Conduct - Your Say
One of the stories that’s been appearing throughout the blogosphere this past couple of weeks is the ‘Code of Conduct’ discussion that was started by Tim O’Reilly.As I’ve been traveling (we’re heading home tonight) I’ve not been in a position to read the full range of discussions that took place as a result of his […]

Interview with Gina Trapani of Lifehacker - Part 1
Today I have the pleasure of posting the first part of an email interview that I conducted recently with Gina Trapani from one of my favorite blogs - Lifehacker. I’ve divided the interview into two parts because Gina’s put some great ideas into what she’s written and I’d like to give us all the opportunity […]

Hosted or Standalone Blogging Platforms - Which is Best?
One of the most common questions that I get asked around blogging platforms is whether people should go for a hosted blog platform like Blogger, TypePad or WordPress.com or whether they should go for a stand alone platform that you host on your own domain and server like WordPress.org, Drupal or Movable Type.I’ve talked previously […]

Is Your Blog Template Holding You Back?
This Guest Post was written by Wendy Piersall from eMoms at Home.In the first few months of blogging, there was SO much to learn. I figured that SEO was one of those battles I would tackle once I was “more established”. But after 9 months or so, I hired a professional designer to develop a […]

Is Your Blog Biased?
This post has been submitted by Aaron Wall - the author of the comprehensive Search Engine Optimization e-book SEO Book. He blogs at seobook.comWhat is bias? According to the Wikipedia:A bias is a prejudice in a general or specific sense, usually in the sense for having a preference to one particular point of view or […]

Is Your Blog Template Holding You Back?
This Guest Post was written by Wendy Piersall from eMoms at Home.In the first few months of blogging, there was SO much to learn. I figured that SEO was one of those battles I would tackle once I was “more established”. But after 9 months or so, I hired a professional designer to develop a […]

Custom vs Premade Blog Themes
The following post on custom vs premade blog themes was submitted by Matthew Coddington from Net Business Blog.At one point in every blogger’s career he or she has to make a choice between investing in a custom template or staying the course with a premade, downloadable template. There are important factors that you have […]

Do You Have Blog Goals?
Stuart asks - ‘I would love to know what type of goals you set yourself in terms of future earnings, readership, subscribers, commenters and even SEO growth. Mainly because I’m just really nosey but also because I like to know how the BIG boys play the game.’Hi Stuart - good question and one I’ve not […]

Finding Advertisers for Your Blog
Alistair asks - ‘Having a niche blog means that I will never have the same amount of visitors as some of the larger technology/media blogs. This means that advertisers such as blog ads will not allow me to use their ads as they see me as having lower visitor numbers. Traditionally manufacturers in my niche […]