Better Blog TIPS and the New Media by BLOGBloke

The Social Media Generation OR Paradise Lost

I was discussing with my Internet repairman today about this generation's complacency over privacy with Social Media. I think I hit it on the head when I said they don't seem to realize what they have because they were either born into it or didn't have to fight for their ...

The Social Media Revolution?

The Social Media Revolution: Is Social Media just a fad? Or could it be the biggest thing since the Industrial Revolution? Either way, this video doles out Social Media facts and figures that are too hard to ignore. Many years ago when blogging was still in its infancy I predicted it would ...

Add Google Buzz to the Wordpress Plugin “Sociable”

You can’t help but notice all of the buzz (no pun intended) over Google’s latest foray into the crowded Social Networking arena . So I was looking for a way to add Google Buzz to the popular Wordpress plugin “Sociable” that I have at the bottom of all my posts. Unfortunately ...

Getting Better Visibility on Google: An Interview with Google’s Matt Cutts

A few ideas from Google's Matt Cutts: "Think about what people are going to type to want to come to your site .. and make sure those keywords are on your page". Title tags matter because that is the first thing readers will see when they search on Google. Why the Description tag ...

How Long Should a Blog Post Really Be?

There seems to be a widely held view out there that the length of a blog post should be limited to only about 300 words maximum. Others might stretch that to 500 words or less but the general concensus is readers suffer from Attention Deficit Disorder (notice the tongue in my ...