A couple of weeks ago, I received and accepted an invite to be a blog partner for WebProNews and ientry content network.
What this means is content from this blog may be syndicated through WebProNews, or through the ientry content network, namely:
It’s a pleasure to be listed among the company of other ientry bloggers, such as:
and numerous other first rate bloggers.
When I first started blogging in July 2006, my intent has always been to Continue reading
The third episode of the Friday Podcast focuses on bumping up the content quotient of your podcast.
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On some level, all of us crave some form of recognition, and awards and prizes confer a degree of recognition. Even though you might get some plastic trophy covered with gold paint, or maybe a dinky award graphic in GIF format, it’s not so much the trophy itself, but the symbolic value of the prize.
So here comes the Blogger’s Choice Awards.
By a process of peer voting, bloggers stand to receive recognition by their peers and display badges on their blogs.
And yes, expect to see bloggers nominate themselves (and likely that will be the only vote many of them will get.)
Still, any exposure is better than none.
Looking at the current rankings is quite revealing:
Leading the “Best Blogs About Blogging” category, we have:
Notables like ProBlogger Darren Rowse, Lorelle, and I’m not familiar with bloggingbasics101.com (PR5, Alexa 821,000), so I’ll be check it out.
Leaping ahead of the “Best Blog About Blogging” bloggers, we have the celebrity bloggers:
With 4,865 votes, Rosie O’Donnell is clearly ahead of mainstream bloggers and other celebrity bloggers.
The fact is that if you want to do well in blogging (or in any area of Internet Marketing for that matter), you will need to Continue reading
It’s been about 5 months since Amazon launched it’s own Wikipedia-type site, where users could tag and submit their opinions and review.
So what’s happened since the launch?
In Jan, when WebProNews announced the Amapedia launch, early feedback was along the lines of:
The site looks pretty raw currently and has little info in it – it is after all brand new.
And now nearly half a year later, I find 15 product reviews on the site, none of which are particularly inspiring. Worst still, some product discussions haven’t had an update in 55 days.
Ghost town?
For sure.
Critics will question, Is it even a worthwhile exercise for the mammoth online retailer?
Let’s look at the demand for Wikipedias, or user-contributed content sites:
So there is high demand for online information reference sites.
And the chances are, once you’ve discovered wikipedia, you’re likely to bookmark or keep it in mind, and head over there to bone up on unfamiliar topics.
I’ve gone over there a number of times in the course of my blogging and site development efforts to fact check or build up my background knowledge.
So where has the story gone wrong for poor Amapedia?
The site design certainly looks polished and is consistent with Amazon’s branding and consistent sitewide design.
I do find the Continue reading