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April 18th, 2007

Choosing Just The Right Name

Choosing just the right name for your blog or website should require as much care and thought as naming your firstborn child.
When looking for the perfect name for your journal, you’ll want to take into consideration several factors.
First being search terms.
I like to use Overture (although it seems that Overture is stuck in February of […]

By Gayla McCord -- 10 comments

April 17th, 2007

One Day of Silence - April 30

There just aren’t enough words — in my own lack of words in this horrible, tragic and sorrowful time — I will unite with fellow bloggers to show my own respect and love to those lost and who have lost.
On April 30th 2007, the Blogosphere will hold a One-Day Blog Silence in honor towards […]

By Gayla McCord -- 4 comments

April 17th, 2007

Blogging Platforms - Which is Best?

When it comes to blogging platforms, perhaps I’m a bit biased, but I think the top two are Blogger and Wordpress.
I’ve been asked several times which platform I prefer and further, I’m asked for all the why’s and why not’s of each. I realized I was missing a large opportunity to share this information and […]

By Gayla McCord -- 9 comments

April 15th, 2007

How to Choose a Niche Topic

The last couple of weeks, I’ve been gradually working at helping a relative dip their toes in blogging.
I’m not sure why it didn’t occur to me sooner, to journal the progress from beginning to end — but better late then never, right?
The topic we are up to at this point is choosing a topic for […]

By Gayla McCord -- 12 comments

April 12th, 2007

Even Uncle Sam Doesn’t Know What a Blog Is

I’m one of those procrastinaters who waited until the eleventh hour to get my taxes done. Uncle Sam is without a doubt, my least favorite relative and I dread visiting him every single year.
Ok, back to my point…
This year we had a new accountant take over our account so once again I was faced […]

By Gayla McCord -- 8 comments

April 11th, 2007

Randa Clay - Among The Leaders of The I Follow Movement

Randa Clay has come up with some awesome buttons that are free for the taking to proudly display on our blogs indicating we are part of this DoFollow Movement.

“Turning off the “nofollow” on blog comments has become a sort of “movement”. Well, if we’re going to have a movement, we should have something to show […]

By Gayla McCord -- 10 comments

April 11th, 2007

What’s in Your Plugin File?

I’m talking about Wordpress Plugin’s!I’ve been asked several times what Plugin’s I use and/or which one’s I recommend. Since I’ve just installed another one, I thought I’d have a little fun with this topic - share what Plugin’s I use and why — an hopefully encourage others to expose their plugin’s as well.
~*~ MomGadget […]

By Gayla McCord -- 6 comments