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9 things that shows you are still a rookie in Blogosphere

Posted: 14 Nov 2009 11:28 AM PST

When we start something new, we commit Mistakes; Some comic while some innocent. The Web is no exception, I have collected some 9 such wrong things being practiced by newbies that expose them as a rookie especially in Blogosphere.

1. Wrong Linking

Make a link is the first challenge while writing an article and regularly do poorly. As a rookie you link to the typical anchor text reading “click here” and in the worst, put the URL as text without link.

Solution: Learn How to link in proper way.

2. Unoptimized images

Find Giant resized images in wysiwyg editor, images of poor quality or excessive weight are also clues that show our inexperience on the web.

Solution: Use an image editor, desktop or online to make your images the right size and a balance of quality and weight. Use Lossless image compression tool or try search box to find Imaging softwares.

3. Stealing content!

Although there are people who deliberately steal content, there are also people who play the content from another blog or website through lack of use and licensing terms. People not involved in-depth internet has the perception that “everything is free on internet but that’s partly true, there is free content and fully protected.

Solution: Read the basics of licensing and terms of use, while choosing the permission to include it in your content.

4. Using the terminology wrong

RSS, tweet, usability, CSS, widgets, gadgets, URI, blogroll, FTP, snippets … are some examples of the many terms that are used in web and a good rookie really do not know its meaning and use them in improper way.

Solution: If you are using a word which is not 100% sure these consultation before Google and Wikipedia and possibly for an example.

5. Link Exchange Request on first interaction

Link exchanges are a good way to start a network of contacts in the blogosphere. It’s good to build relation and stay in community but asking for link exchange at first meet is something wrong.

Solution: Ask for Link exchange only to someone of your niche or the blog similar to your topic. Well, you can start it with your friends but don’t expect it from the giants of blogosphere.

6. Hit Counters and Web Analytics

I remember, it was a fashion to show off Hit Counters in various ways on the webpage when I entered here. But Visitor Count is more of decorative element than statistics system.

Solution: Use Google Analytics or StatCounter for complete Web statistics of your Blog.

7. Too Long Domain Name

When you start, URL looks like a little thing and in search of available domain name, we get too long URL or complex one to remember.

Solution: Take your time to choose the correct domain or subdomain name of your site, try to be short, memorable and enjoyable.

8. I will lose pagerank for outbound Links

When we begin reading a bit of SEO, we see the importance of links and begins to form the idea that we lose pagerank by linking, something further from the truth, you link to external sites in the SEO benefits, but above it lets you create contacts and to gain visitors, you get to know many people and blogs because you link them.

Solution: Link without thinking much about SEO and do more thinking on the value for your readers. Still not convinced, read article Do Outbound Links Matter for SEO by Darren Rowse.

9. Sidebar Full of Useless items

Adding various widgets always fascinated me while being on Blogspot. I thought it may interest my readers to see flashy clock, Currency Convertor and other excessive banners which were of no use but just increased the weight of my page resulting into slow page loading.

Surely a blog is a personal space in which we can put whatever we like, but based on the idea that creating a blog is so that more people read our ideas, well worth considering your potential visitors and make a stay more pleasant.

Solution: Think twice whether it is essential for your blog or helpful for your readers? try experimenting the loading time with and without those elements. You will end up leaving only the necessary ones.

Image Credit : KnuckleBuster

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Microsoft Vine: Hands on Review : Inside Look

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 09:27 PM PST

"Sooner or later comes a crisis in our affairs, and how we meet it determines our future happiness and success. Since the beginning of time, every form of life has been called upon to meet such crisis."

-Robert Collier

No!! We are not turning philosophic!! . That was rather a quote to show that no matter how smoothly life goes on, we face a crisis at some point of life. Crisis at Human level, well we can't help about it, but the guys at Microsoft have come up with an innovative feature called Microsoft Vine to help you in times of Crisis like Natural Disasters.

Microsoft Vine

Microsoft Vine is a tool designed to let you stay in touch with your family and friends during Emergency Crisis when all other medium of communications break down. The Idea for the tool came up when US witnessed Hurricane Katrina. Microsoft started working on the project development after around 5 years. We at Blogsolute received a Microsoft Vine Invite (Invite season, it seems: P) and we immediately laid our hands on it.

Once you register at www.vine.net , you need to download the file and install it on your PC. Log in with your Windows ID and provide your Vital Information. Also you will be asked to put in a pin for security reasons. Once you are done with it. This is how the application looks like when you log in. Your current location is shown on the Map and People who matter to you; their location is shown on the map below.

Peoples and Places

Microsoft Vine currently runs on Windows Operating System and can be accessed by Email or text messaging. You can add people to your list and make a group who you would like to contact in case of Emergencies. Besides Emergency Situation, you can also see what their current Facebook or Twitter Status says. That makes it an everyday use application.

Security Issues - Pin Code

Vine Vitals

You can read Local News and also be alerted about a Worldwide or a local calamity through these news sources. Microsoft claims it will be picking up feeds from around 20,000 local and national news sources, plus public safety announcements from the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). You can filter the types of news like sports, fun as per your convenience using the tool. You can invite people to use Vine by clicking on ” Add People ” as shown in the screenshot below.

People

You can post an alert to a group or at the same time add recipients to it. Once you post an alert, people in the group can receive the alerts on whatever media they choose. The same goes for updating. You can update your Alert using your mobile or Email Id. Vine will allocate an Email Id or a Number to you to which when you send an Email or a Text Message, it will be sent to everyone.

Emergency Alert

You can also post a report that will either indicate "Check in safe and well", "General Information", and "Report Upcoming Plans" as well as "Report a Situation". They will be indicated to your contacts too.Once someone replies to an alert, the alert will pop up on your desktop screen or you will get a message which is a useful feature.

General Status Report

Blogsolute Verdict: Although in Beta testing, Microsoft Vine is a different type of application. Certain features are available only for US and we hope this will open up worldwide. It can be summed as a tool that will let you connected with your friends and family but at the same time lets you locate them in a time of calamity and post alerts. A Thumbs-Up for the concept but the application still has a long way to go.

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