Comments on: Tips for Bloggers, New and Old

By: MomChatter

MomChatter — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:27:46 +0000

Thank you so much for this! I just “stumbled upon” this, but not using the Stumbleupon you’re talking about. I’m so new at this, so any help I can find is GREAT!! I didn’t realize how much there actually is to know about blogging. I’m so glad that there are many old timer bloggers willing to share their knowledge! Thank you!

By: Mrs. Flinger

Mrs. Flinger — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 02:30:58 +0000

Ohhh, awesome post. And I love LOVE that you can share these things. I’ve learned only a few on my own, the hard way, but honestly I’m still at a loss for a lot of it, like Alexa and not being logged in to Blogger. Oh, and I SUCK royally at social networks.

But it’s so nice to be invited (did I say thank you? THANK YOU) muwha!

By: Sarah (In the Trenches of Mommyhood)

Sarah (In the Trenches of Mommyhood) — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 01:21:46 +0000

Ack. I am so woefully inept at this stuff.

By: meleah rebeccah

meleah rebeccah — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 18:58:05 +0000

Great Tips! Great information! Thanks!

By: Blue Momma

Blue Momma — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:54:29 +0000

When I don’t let Google log me in on comments, but check the “other” option and manually enter my name and URL, I get no link whatsoever, not even the one to my profile. Any suggestions?

By: Kango

Kango — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:01:31 +0000

This is a great set of tips for a novice blogger. Bless you! I love the tip about not logging automatically into Blogger. Another tip is to allow people to bookmark your site easily. We use a Wordpress plugin called Subscribe Me that allows people to bookmark at various sites and homepages. Cheers. BTW I was LOL about the gapmom's post.

By: JaniceNW

JaniceNW — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 06:35:35 +0000

I don’t quite understand how one sets up an alexa redirect. Call me htmp, css and whatever else people use to program idgit. You have nice helpful. Thanks for sharing.

By: moodswingingmommy

moodswingingmommy — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 02:13:01 +0000

Thanks girl, and keep ‘em coming. You’re a font of knowledge! I second (or is that third) StumbleUpon. My Site Meter was working overtime one day, and that was the cause. Now I just have to figure out how SU works. Maybe you could address that in Part II or in a separate post ?:grin:

By: Julie (a.k.a. calm mama)

Julie (a.k.a. calm mama) — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:22:35 +0000

You are a blogger’s saint. Thank you for this advice. I have same question about submitting my own site to the reddit etc. And you mean specific post links, yes? Or just home page?

You also really made me think about what/how I blog. I do put recipes in my blog, because I love food — this also brings some unusual traffic to my site. I’m a relatively new blogger and I’ve been trying to post every day, so mundane has certainly snuck in. Earlier posts in my archive are more interesting and short story like. It’s something I was just thinking about this morning… am I boring???

Sometimes I am, yes.

Will try harder. Thanks for the inspiration.

Wondering what you think of Skirt — seems like I should submit my own posts first, so readers who click can just vote rather than having to go through all those windows…?

By: slackermommy

slackermommy — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:01:42 +0000

Great tips! I just used the Alexa redirect here. Hope I did it right.

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:46:51 +0000

When you need it most, a buddha appears! Thank you for the blogging wisdom.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:13:29 +0000

Thanks for the tips. I submitted Hubby’s website to Reddit and Stumbleupon last night and he got over 100 hits from Reddit in a few hours! Nothing from Stumbleupon though, I wonder if I’m doing that one right?

Here’s a link I found to some hints for Reddit use.
http://www.southasiabiz.com/2006/07/25_tips_for_getting_best_succe.html

By: Mommy Daisy

Mommy Daisy — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 13:35:58 +0000

Interesting tips. Guess I’m not a real blogger. Not that I ever anticipated being one. I don’t know, maybe I’ll try harder in the future.

By: Deb - Mom of 3 Girls

Deb - Mom of 3 Girls — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:44:35 +0000

Thanks for the tips – these are a great help! I never thought about not just automatically logging in… And I had the same question as Megan about sites like reddit, stumble, etc. – how do you “submit your site”?

By: AbsolutelyBananas

AbsolutelyBananas — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 21:36:10 +0000

These are great tips!!!! thanks for posting!

By: Mary Krajnovich

Mary Krajnovich — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 20:22:29 +0000

Great tips, thanks for sharing those!

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 20:15:01 +0000

my blogging learning curve list just got longer! But thank you!

By: Cakehead

Cakehead — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 19:52:40 +0000

spel chek? Wot r u talkeen abowt?

By: andi

andi — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:24:34 +0000

Such great tips – thanks Sara! I especially love the Blogger tip and am hoping people follow it. Even though I’m on Wordpress, I read a lot of Blogger blogs and get irritated when I click on someone’s interesting comment only to get directed their profile instead of their blog. And don’t even get me started on spell check…

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 13:21:14 +0000

I’m going to have study up on this stuff…esp. the blogger and alexa thing.

My brain hurts just a little now, though.