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Protect Your Blog or websites Content

2012-02-09T03:32:00.000-08:00

What if you lost all your sites content?

In internet marketing at the moment allot of the money that can be made is from selling content or information online. For people trying to make a living selling information from their site, about the worst feeling in the world is finding out someone has managed to access their website's content without paying for it. Protecting content from unauthorized access is among the top priorities of every online business and having a membership site can help prevent that from happening.

Investment in Security

Working with a WordPress site, creating a membership area is relatively easy and, when considering the cost of lost sales, can be an investment in your site's security. A membership site can also be used for secure communication with others while protecting your intellectual assets from prying eyes. But seriously if you run a site at the moment and you want to protect the goods of the content on that site then you need to invest in allot of security or simple get a membership site.

Let's say you sell internet content and have several people working for you writing content articles. You can have a membership site strictly for your writers. This is so powerful because it allows you to have your own little hub of work and projects that the article writter have to complete. Another membership site can be established for your clients where they can submit orders or review articles they have requested. This site is also controlled by user ids and passwords.

Protecting Your Article Library

You might also have a storehouse of information available for sale online and you can offer free access to a certain amount of information to allow potential customers to peruse your available content, but if they choose to buy something, they have to be registered in your membership site in order to access the full content of the information.

Beyond that, your visitors can be given snippets of your information, but in order to gain full access, you can charge them a fee to view the rest of the content. Whether you charge a fee for one-time use or on a monthly basis can be established in your membership site and those not willing to pay for the information are blocked from access.

Membership most powerful feature of all is the ability to set up different membership levels and allow and disallow different members to different area's automatically. If you have a business with several people working on a project, you can limit their access to only the section of the project on which they are working. This is great because it keeps your workers working on what they are good at, and there side of the project.

Of course you can give a user access to 2 or 3 membership levels in the one membership site or all of them, and only some of the membership site software and plug ins allows you to track and see what member was in what area for how long.

Some of the available software can also provide alerts if it detects access by someone not authorized to visit a secure site. This can occur if someone shares their user id and password with unauthorized users, as it can track the IP address of each computer entering the site. The alert allows you to block access to that user id until the issue is resolved.

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Memasang Widget Pengunjung Blog

2010-06-07T23:11:00.000-07:00

Selama mempunyai blog apakah anda sudah tahu berapa pengunjung anda ? ada situs yang memberikan layanan penghitung pengunjung blog anda.Untuk mengetahui pengunjung yang aktif pada saat tertentu, anda dapat menggunakan fasilitas dari beberapa penyedia online counter, diantaranya :

Dari keeempat, onlinecount dapat anda pilih onlinecount.com atau histats.com karena kemudahan penggunaannya dan fasilitasnya. Onlinecount.com cukup mudah dalam melakukan instalasi ke dalam blog, terdapat juga fitur statistik dengan menyertakan informasi Negara yang sedang mengakses situs anda. Demikian juga dengan histats.com. Saya sertakan dua panduan baik dari onlinecount maupun histats
Untuk menggunakan onlinecount tentu saja anda harus terdaftar dulu sebagai membernya. Ikuti langkahnya sebagai berikut :

Buka situsnya http://www.onlinecount.com/signup.php dan isilah beberapa kotak input yang ada didalamnya.
Isi kotak input tersebut dengan nama lengkap anda (Your first name), alamat email (Your email address), alamat website (Your Site URL) dan judul website (Your Site Title). Lalu tekan tombol Send jika semua sudah terisi.
Selanjutnya akan muncul pesan seperti dibawah ini yang memberitahukan akan adanya perintah teknis penambahan online counter yang dikirim melalui email anda.
Buka email anda. Anda diminta untuk mengakses http://www.onlinecount.com/instruction.php untuk melihat langkah selanjutnya.
Pada halaman http://www.onlinecount.com/instruction.php, anda akan melihat beberapa pilihan kode. Gunakan dua kode JavaScript yang terletak di kotak paling bawah dalam menampilkan jumlah pengunjung yang sedang online pada saat itu.
Gantilah isian parameter “site” dengan huruf yang diberikan didalam email.
Sisipkan kode diatas ke dalam blog sebagai salah satu elemen di blog anda.

Selamat mencoba

Make Money Quick With Google Adsense

2010-06-07T23:07:00.001-07:00

by: Jeff Schuman
Do you want to make money quick? In this article we are going to
talk about one of the quickest ways you can make money. Making
money quick is not only possible there are people doing
it everyday with Google Adsense.

Google AdSense delivers text and image ads that match the
content on your website. These are very targeted ads that you
can choose the size and color of and they come across to your
customer as helpful more than an ad itself.

Google Ads require virtually no maintenance and they help you
put advertising on your website without actually having to deal
with advertisers yourself. If you can copy and paste a small
code you can have targeted advertising on your website in
minutes.

Adsense is simple to join and it is free to join. Whether you
are an internet newbie or a veteran you can profit quickly by
placing Google Adsense ads on your web pages.

Since Google does all of the work by finding the most profitable
ads for your pages you can do what you do best....provide good
content and lots of it. The more web pages you create the
quicker you will be making money. You can learn more here:

https://www.google.com/adsense/

Once you have joined Google Adsense you will want to combine
Google search with AdSense to monetize more of your web pages.
You can do this by placing a Google search box on your pages.
Google AdSense combines Google's search technology with
thousands of keyword advertisers to deliver targeted text-based
ads to search result pages. People find these ads useful and
click on them, and when they do, Google pays you.

You can see an example of how this works right here on this web
page. In fact we combine Google search and Google Adsense on
almost every website and web pages we create. We have found it a
very easy way to make money quick and to make money over and
over. It's great.

The internet offers many ways to make money quick. The nice
thing about Google Adsense is you have the largest search engine
in the world doing your advertising for you. This truely allows
you to make money quickly and you can do it over and over with
as many products as you want.

About the author:
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Google Adsense Strategies and Tips

2010-05-11T01:04:00.001-07:00

by: Alden Smith

Adsense is beginning to make a huge impact on the affiliate marketing industry today. Because of this, weak affiliate merchants have the tendency to die faster than ever and ad networks will be losing their customers quickly.

If you are in a losing rather than winning in the affiliate program you are currently promoting, maybe it is about time to consider going into the Adsense marketing and start earning some real cash.

Google is readily providing well written and highly relevant ads that are closely chosen to match the content on your pages. You do not have to look for them yourselves as the search engine will be the doing the searching for you from other people’s source.

You also don't have to spend time in choosing different kind of ads for different pages. Google makes it very easy for you, with no codes to mess around for different affiliate programs.

You will be able to concentrate on providing good and quality content, as the search engines will be the ones finding the best ads in which to put your pages on.

You are still allowed to add Adsense ads even if you already have affiliate links on your site. It is prohibited, however, to imitate the look and feel of the Google ads for your affiliate links. One of the things you can do, however, is to utilize Google's custom palette to customize your Google ads, making them to appear a part of the web page itself. The idea here is to match background and links to match the theme of your site. People on the internet today are trained to click on a link that is blue, and if your Google ads have the same theme as your web page, it makes the Google ads appear to be a portion of your "content."

You can also filter up to 200 URLs. This gives you a chance to block ads for the sites that do not meet your guidelines, and also block competitors. Remember that it is unavoidable that Adsense may be competing for some space on web sites that all other revenues are sharing.

Owners of small sites are allowed to plug a bit of a code into their sites and instantly have relevant text ads that appeal to your visitors appear instantly on your pages. If you own many sites, you only need to apply once. Then ,you are issued a unique "publisher ID", which can be used on any site you currently own. A small snippet of Javascript is placed on your site in the location you wish the ads to appear in, and generally speaking, the ads from Goggle will appear in minutes. This ends the hassle of having to apply to many affiliate programs, and keeping track of many different URL's and user ID's and passwords.

As Google ads are very easy to customize, and can be placed anywhere on your site you wish, you can experiment with placement, colors, and themes. Many tricks are available to the resourceful webmaster, including adding images in conjunction with your Google ads to make them more noticeable.

The payment rates can vary extremely. The payment you will be receiving per click depends on how much advertisers are paying per click to advertise with the use of the AdWords. Advertisers can pay as little as 5 cents and as high as $10-12, sometimes even more than that too. Some savvy lawyers are currently paying as high as $75 for advertising the keyword mesothelioma! And you, as the ad publisher, are earning a share of that money generated.

If your results remain stagnant, it can help if you try and build simple and uncluttered pages so that the ads can catch the visitor’s eyes more. It sometimes pay to differ from the usual things that people are doing already. Google has many tutorials, including a "heat chart" which shows you where the best placement for ads are. You will need an account to access these tutorials. Sign up for an Adsense account at https://www.google.com/adsense/?sourceid=aso&subid=ww-et-awhome&hl=en_US. It is also a refreshing sight for your visitor once they see something different for a change.

It is still wise to look at other people’s information and format your Adsense in a like manner. A wise old business axiom is to "find a good business model, then copy it." Let others do the hard work for you, and learn from a successful site. Just think about it as doing yourself a favor by not having to work too hard to know what content to have. Look to sites that have high page rank, and carefully observe their layouts, their content, and placement of their ads. A little time spent doing research can put dollars in your pocket down the road.

Publishers have the option of choosing to have their ads displayed only on a certain site or sites. You can also have them displayed on a large network of sites if you so desire. Google now has the option to allow other people to advertise on your site. This only makes good sense. If you are marketing to a tightly defined niche, you can place your own ads, written by you, on site that allow this option. The choice is yours, depending on what you think will work best to your advantage.

It is important to note that you cannot choose certain topics only. If you do this, search engines will not place Adsense ads on your site and you will be missing out a great opportunity in making hundreds and even thousands of dollars cash.

Topics to be avoided includes gambling, firearms, ammunition, tobacco or drugs. If you are being offered more cash in exchange of doing Adsense with these kinds, it is just like signing your own termination paper.

With all the information that people need in your hands already, all you have to do is turn Google Adsense into your own cash cow. It all boils down to a win-win situation both for the content site owners and the webmasters or publishers.

Our website, http://www.for-the-record.biz, is a good source of information for the beginning marketer. We present a lot of content for those needing more information on a variety of subjects.

6 Easy Ways to Increase your Adsense Revenue

2010-05-11T01:02:00.001-07:00

by: Scott Patterson
How much revenue do you generate from Google Adsense?

Recently there has been a lot of discussion about people who earn over $10,000 a month just from Adsense. Furthermore, there are rumors of a few individuals who earn over $1 million a year just from using the power of Google advertisements.

So what is Google Adsense and how can you use this program to earn a six-figure income?

About two years ago, Google created this program to help websites to monetize their web-traffic.

Here's how it works:

Webmasters obtain a special code from Google which then displays targeted ads on their website. Whenever a visitor clicks on one of these ads, the webmaster earns a commission. Unlike other online businesses, there is no selling involved. All you need to do is get people to click on the ads.

Although this is an excellent way to generate an income, many websites are not effectively maximizing their Adsense potential. As a result, they are leaving a lot of cash on the table.

The question is how can you increase your Adsense revenue without increasing the number of web visitors?

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6 Easy Ways to Increase your Adsense Revenue
by: Scott Patterson
How much revenue do you generate from Google Adsense?

Recently there has been a lot of discussion about people who earn over $10,000 a month just from Adsense. Furthermore, there are rumors of a few individuals who earn over $1 million a year just from using the power of Google advertisements.

So what is Google Adsense and how can you use this program to earn a six-figure income?

About two years ago, Google created this program to help websites to monetize their web-traffic.

Here's how it works:

Webmasters obtain a special code from Google which then displays targeted ads on their website. Whenever a visitor clicks on one of these ads, the webmaster earns a commission. Unlike other online businesses, there is no selling involved. All you need to do is get people to click on the ads.

Although this is an excellent way to generate an income, many websites are not effectively maximizing their Adsense potential. As a result, they are leaving a lot of cash on the table.

The question is how can you increase your Adsense revenue without increasing the number of web visitors?

The key to earning an income with Google Adsense is to have your ads match the rest of the site, making them look like part of your content. Your focus is to avoid having the Adsense blocks look like blatant advertisements.

The following are six ways that you can do this and increase your revenue at the same time:

1) Find the right place- Most website visitors read content that is in the middle of a webpage. As a result, the best place to put your Adsense block is in the top part of the page, at the beginning of your web content. You want to weave the Google Ads into your web content to give the appearance that they are extra links which expand on the information of the page.

2) Use the Large Rectangle-With Google Adsense, you have the option of picking different ad formats. Most of the time people opt to use the Leaderboard (728x90) or Wide Skyscraper (160x600) style ads. Unfortunately, this is the wrong choice, because both look like blatant advertisements. Instead smart webmasters have found that using the Large Rectangle (336x280) yields the best amount of click-thrus.

3) Ditch the border- Many people experience a sharp increase in Adsense revenue when they changing their border. What they change is very simple…they get rid of the border on their Adsense blocks. This is another way to make the advertisements look like useful web content.

4) Adapt the font- Whenever you write content, it should be the same font size and style as your Google Adsense block. This will help make it appear that the advertisements are a natural part of your website.

5) Match the colors- In addition to changing the fonts, you also should match the colors of your website. For instance, if your content is written in black, and your hyperlinks are blue, then the Adsense blocks should also be the same color. Again, this helps the advertisements appear to be normal web content.

6) Don't have too many distractions- On a webpage, it is important to give web visitor a limited number of options. By having too many links and graphics, the web visitor might go to a section that doesn't help increase your profits. While it is important to inform and entertain your web visitor, it is also vital that you monetize your site. So if the main focus of your site is to earn an income through Google Adsense, then get rid of all non-essential links and graphics.

By taking the time to implement these six simple steps, you'll see a dramatic increase in the click-thru ratio of your ads. If added to all of the content of your site, your Adsense income will skyrocket!

About the author:
Scott J. Patterson earns over $12,000 a month, mostly through Google Adsense. To read about this and other home businesses you can try, download his fr*e ebook, The Secret-Guide to Home Businesses: http://www.duncemoney.com/adsense.html

Bagaimana Membuat Artikel Yang Menarik Banyak Pengunjung

2010-04-26T23:58:00.001-07:00

Buatlah artikel "How-To" (bagaimana Cara)
Buatlah artikel Definisi
Presentasikan sebuah teori atau argument. Jika anda blogging tentang Konseling, tulislah sebuah artikel yang mendiskusikan teori anda tentang depressi, konseling pastoral, ketrampilan konseling yang bisa menjadi artikel utama anda.
Hal yang terpenting disini adalah menyalin beberapa pemikiran yang unik. Berikan opini anda pada beberapa issue besar dalam industri anda, atau bahkan pada topik utama yang mungkin
Buatlah sebuah resource seperti laporan gratis atau e-Course

Mengikuti program PPC Google AdSense

2010-03-31T19:47:00.000-07:00

Program PPC (Pay Per Click) adalah program yang menghasilkan uang hanya dengan mengklik sebuah atau beberapa iklan yang ditempatkan di sebuah blog atau website yang telah mengikuti program PPC.
Sedangkan Adsense adalah program bisnis dari google di internet yang membayar setiap membernya untuk memasang iklan pada web / blog mereka. Setiap ada pengunjung yang melakukan klik pada iklan tersebut maka pemajang iklan akan mendapat dollar dari google.
Kelihatannya memang tidak sulit ya ? Betul jika pendaftaran anda telah diterima oleh pihak yang memiliki Program PPC. Hanya perseoalannya, sebelum anda membuat blog dengan menempatkan program PPC di blog, hal yang perlu anda perhatikan adalah mencari keyword yang bernilai klik tinggi.
Yang dimaksud dengan nilai klik tinggi adalah para pemasang iklan membayar pihak google dengan nilai iklan yang cukup tinggi. Sehingga iklan yang kita pasang jika nanti di klik oleh pengunjung, kita pun mendapatkan sharing pendapatan yang cukup tinggi pula.

Bagaimana cara mengikuti program PPC Google Adsense ?
1) Anda harus mempunyai sebuah blog, saran saya buatlah blog di blogger.com, karena Blogger adalah milik Google
2) Buatlah Email di Gmail.com, sebab Gmail juga merupakan program email milik Google.
3) Buatlah Artikel yang anda posting di Blog. Buatlah artikel sebanyak 10 buah yang merupakan hasil tulisan anda sendiri (disarankan berbahasa Inggris)
4) Buatlah artikel sesuai dengan tema blog yang anda buat.

Apakah Blog Anda Sepi ?

2010-03-23T20:31:00.000-07:00

Anda sudah mempunyai sebuah blog, desain bagus, konten sudah ada puluhan, postingan-pun sudah ada pemanis gambar dan video, sudah anda daftarkan di ke beberapa search engine. Tetapi kenapa sudah dua bahkan memasuki umur blog 3 bulan, masih sepi pengunjung ? Ada beberapa yang mau berkunjung, tetapi hanya kunjungan awal, selanjutnya tidak kembali lagi. Nasib apa nahas ya...?
Beberapa orang memepunyai blog tidak kelihatan tertata rapi, bahkan konten belum begitu banyak, tetapi mempunyai kunjungan yang lumayan banyak dan pengunjung tetap.

Lalu Ada apa dengan blog saya ?
Ada satu cara sederhana tetapi lumayan ampuh untuk mendapatkan kunjungan terus dan terus dari para blogger atau para pembaca blog Anda. Bahkan instant. Ada satu alat yang dapat anda gunakan untuk meningkatkan jumlah kunjungan seseorang ke blog Anda. Alat itu adalah toolbar untuk Firefox.
Caranya seperti dibawah ini :
1. Download terlebih dahulu Alexa Sparky di alamat https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/Addon/5362
2. Kemudian setelah mendapatkan tampilan halaman seperti dibawah ini, klik Accept And Install
3. Dari kotak dialog Software Instalation, klik tombol Install Now
4. Tunggu beberapa saat proses instalasi sampai selesai. Setelah itu klik tombol Restart Firefox untuk dapat menggunakan Add ons tersebut.
5. Setelah selesai dan firefox kembali muncul maka pada status bar sebelah kanan akan terpasang Alexa Sparky di komputer Anda.
Anda bisa lihat toolbar tersebut, Anda bisa mengetahui ranking situs Anda. Untuk situs yang sudah ramai pengunjungnya pasti akan terlihat grafiknya. Tetapi jika situs anda masih baru belum terlihat.
Selanjutnya, panduan dibawah ini yang akan memberikan kunjungan terus menerus ke Blog Anda. Buka link berikut : http://doorwaypage.com/C5270-139.php
Pada bagian URL, masukkan alamat blog/situs Anda. Tentukan pula proxy list pada bagian unique Proxy Servers List.
Terakhir generate users. Gunakan teknik ini sekitar 1 jam setiap hari selama satu minggu dan anda akan melihat perbedaan hasil yang mencolok di blog/situs Anda.

9 Cara Mempromosikan Blog

2010-03-23T20:05:00.000-07:00

Ada 9 cara mempromosikan Blog kepada para pembaca Anda.

Melalui Email, perkenalkan blog yang sudah Anda buat melalui email yang anda punya kepada orang-orang terdekat Anda. Buatlah sebuah tulisan yang menarik di email Anda lalu kirimkan kepada mereka secara berkelanjutan.
Daftarkan Blog Anda di Komunitas Blog luar negeri seperti MyBlogLog, BlogCatalog. Buatlah profile Anda disana mulailah membangun komunitas anda sendiri melalui blog yang sudah anda buat.
Berkomentar di Blog Tetangga. Blog sekarang telah berkembang, di lengkapi dengan kolom komentar yang biasanya di pasang pada akhir postingan. Tinggalkan komentar Anda pada sebuah blog sambil mencatatkan alamat blog Anda.
Bertamu di Blog. Ada sebagian blog yang memasang widget kolom Tamu. Bertamulah di sana jangan lupa tinggalkan jejak Anda melalui alamat blog anda.
Pergunakan Situs Networking seperti Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, dll. Pastikan Anda aktif memberikan komentar pada sebuah group untuk membangun jaringan anda yang lebih luas.
Daftarkan blog di situs sharring seperti Digg, Delicious, StumbleUpon, reddit, dll. Buatlah Akun disana dan bangun jaringan Anda.
Buatlah Ezine (Majalah Digital).

Belajar Menulis Konten "How To...."

2010-03-23T20:02:00.001-07:00

"How to......" adalah sebuah uraian informal yang umumnya berukuran pendek dan menjelaskan tentang bagaimana melakukan sesuatu hal. Konten yang berjudul "How To..." biasanya ditujukan kepada mereka yang masih pemula, karena itu bahasanya cenderung mudah di mengerti dan ditujukan untuk menjawab kebingungan seseorang tentang sesuatu masalah yang dihadapi.
Artikel dengan judul "How to...." (bagaimana cara) biasanya digunakan untuk berbagi ilmu kepada para pengguna internet. Karena artikel "How to..." ditujukan kepada mereka yang baru pemula, maka tentu saja yang menulis dengan konten "How to...." setidaknya adalah orang yang berpengalaman dalam bidang tertentu.
Walaupun demikian, bagi Anda yang sedang belajar menulis konten di blog bisa belajar untuk menulis artikel "How to...". Bagaimana cara membuat artikel "How to...." yang baik ?

Berikut ini beberapa cara yang dapat anda gunakan untuk menulis artikel "How to...." :
1. Buatlah artikel "How to..." yang tidak terlalu panjang, bisa hanya berisi panduan, atau bisa dibagi dalam beberapa artikel berkelanjutan.
2. Buatlah artikel "How to..." yang mudah dibaca dan dimengerti oleh pembaca. Oleh karena itu pergunakan bahasa yang sederhana, tidak formal. Bayangkan anda seolah sedang berbincang-bincang dengan pembaca anda.
3. Gunakan petunjuk visual, bisa berupa gambar atau video yang bisa anda tempelkan diantara postingan anda.
4. Buatlah ringkasan di akhir konten "How to..." supaya pembaca diingatkan kembali.
Ringkasnya : membuat artikel "How to..." sesederhana mungkin yang dapat digunakan oleh pembaca anda dan menjawab masalah yang sedang dihadapi oleh pembaca anda.
Contoh :
Judul : Bagaimana Cara Membuat Blog"
isi :
langkah demi langkah membuat blog di blogger, bisa disisipkan screenshot blogger.
Selamat mencoba

Sumber Penyedia Konten Blog

2010-03-23T20:00:00.000-07:00

Sebenarnya kalau anda mau sedikit berlelah untuk mencari referensi bagi tulisan anda di blog pribadi, di internet banyak artikel yang dapat anda manfaatkan. Tentu saja tidak asal copy paste, atau asal anda terjemahkan, tetapi Anda olah menjadi artikel yang baru.
Anda bisa memanfaatkan sumber-sumber penyedia konten blog yang dengan gratis dapat anda ambil. Kenapa mereka bisa memberikan gratis ? Karena mereka menulis artikel salah satu tujuannya adalah untuk memperkenalkan kepada publik tentang siapa, keahlian, produk, website mereka. Dengan membagikan artikel secara gratis otomatis nama dan alamat website mereka di kenal.
Sumber-sumber penyedia konten blog di bawah ini dapat anda manfaatkan. Sekali lagi sebagai peringatan sebaiknya "Jangan Copy paste" tetapi referensi bagi artikel anda, walaupun ada situs yang memperbolehkan Anda untuk mengcopy utuh di blog Anda.

http://articlecity.com. Sifat situs ini unik karena Anda boleh langsung menyalin bulat-bulat isi artikel ini dan menempelkannya di blog Anda. Untuk melihat detil artikel yang disediakan, Anda bisa mengklik pada judul artikel.
http://wikimedia.org atau http://id.wikimedia.org. Wikimedia adalah situs ensiklopedia terbuka, berbasis web yang dioperasikan oleh yayasan Wikimedia. Yayasan ini merupakan sebuah yayasan non-profit. Kebanyakan isi dari wikimedia adalah konten gratisan, namun beberapa diantaranya (versi Inggris) bisa berisi materi yang tidak gratis. Anda bisa memilih bahasa tertentu untuk mencari artikel.
http://wikihow.com; wikihow hampir sama dengan wikimedia tetapi khusus membahas "how to...." dari tema-tema umum. Untuk mendapatkan artikel secara gratis, Anda bisa memanfatkan fasilitas kotak pencarian (search box). Seperti biasa isikan kata kemudian tekan tombol Enter.
http://wikitionary.org; Wikitionary adalah situs wiki yang menjelaskan tentang arti kata-kata atau dengan kata lain berupa kamus. Untuk melihat arti sebuah kata tertentu, Anda bisa mengetiknya di kotak pencarian.
http://ehow.com; Ehow merupakan situs yang berfungsi sama seperti wikihow. Situs ini mengandung berbagai informasi "How to......" yang sangat bermanfaat. Hanya saja informasi di situs ini bersifat komersial sehingga anda tidak bisa menyalinnya begitu saja.

Belajar Tata Letak Template Blog

2010-03-23T19:58:00.000-07:00

Pada postingan kali ini Anda akan belajar tata letak template blog. Belajar Tata letak blog ini penting, sebab Anda akan mudah mengganti, mengubah dan menata blog anda menjadi lebih menarik. Di dalam blog biasanya terdapat 3 bagian :
Header Blog (Kepala Blog)
Dalam istilah Blog, Header blog biasanya dinamakan #header-wrapper. Pada bagian header ini perlu anda perhatikan betul sebab berpengaruh pada tingkat kunjungan seseorang pada blog Anda. Yang perlu Anda lakukan agar header blog tampil menarik yaitu :

1. Beri judul blog dan diskripsi blog yang jelas dan unik mewakili seluruh bagian blog Anda.
2. Supaya tampil menarik gunakan background foto atau gambar yang mewakili isi keseluruhan blog.
Dengan dua hal diatas maka akan menambah tingkat kunjungan seseorang ke blog Anda, selain itu search engine akan dengan mudah meng-index blog Anda. Semakin tepat, kata kunci yang anda masukkan sebagai judul blog maka kemungkinan dicari orang akan semakin besar.
Content Blog (Konten Blog)
Konten blog bisa diumpamakan sebagai jantung dari sebuah blog. Karena memang pembuatan sebuah blog di khususkan untuk menampilkan konten (isi) artikel yang dibuat oleh pemiliknya secara berurutan. Konten blog biasanya menggunakan istilah #content-wrapper atau #outer-wrapper.
Pada konten blog berisi dua bagian yaitu Post blog dan sidebar blog.
Post Blog, adalah tempat anda menulis artikel mulai dari judul sampai dengan isi artikel.
Sedangkan Sidebar Blog, merupakan wakil dari apa yang sudah Anda tulis di dalam postingan blog. Untuk menambahkan sidebar blog yang mewakili psotingan Anda gunakan widget archive.
Footer Blog
Pada footer blog biasanya berisi tentang penjelasan hak cipta, nama pembuat bog, alamat pembuat blog. Anda bisa menggunakan footer sebagai tempat anda menaruh link blog anda yang lain, bisa pula digunakan sebagai ucapan terima kasih kepada pengunjung blog. Anda atur sendiri sesuai dengan kebutuhan blog Anda.
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Belajar Menulis Konten Blog

2010-03-23T19:57:00.000-07:00

Sebenarnya setiap orang mempunyai potensi untuk menulis. Hanya saja tinggal kemauan Anda, mau tidak untuk belajar menulis kembali. Coba bayangkan kembali, sejak Anda mulai diajari memegang pensil, kita diajari bagaimana menulis yang baik. Apakah masih ingat pelajaran SD, ketika ibu atau Bapak Guru menyuruh Anda untuk mengarang sebuah cerita ?
Kira-kira mudah tidak ? sangat mudah. Karena Anda bisa menuliskan cerita apa saja yang terjadi dalam kehidupan kita sehari-hari. Kemajuan teknologi sekarang ini dan dengan hadirnya sebuah blog. Potensi untuk menulis kembali cerita Anda sudah disediakan, tinggal kita mau tidak meluangkan waktu sejenak untuk menulis. Apalagi blog memang disediakan untuk menulis apa saja yang menjadi minat, bakat, hobi, keahlian Anda secara berurutan sesuai waktu.
Hanya yang perlu diperhatikan dalam belajar menulis blog, adalah :

1. Apakah tulisan Anda, untuk dibaca sendiri atau akan juga dibaca oleh orang lain ? Hal ini penting untuk anda ketahui, karena tujuan anda membuat blog agar diketahui oleh orang lain. Otomatis kalau anda menulis di blog, tulislah sesuatu yang juga dimengerti oleh orang lain.
2. Layaknya sebuah surat kabar, menulis di blog harus dilakukan secara rutin. Tidak perlu menulis setiap hari, tetapi rutin bisa seminggu 2 atau 1 postingan, yang penting rutin. Jadwal dan motivasi diri anda sendiri supaya anda bisa menulis sesuatu secara rutin. Lama kelamaan blog yang Anda buat akan semakin banyak pengunjungnya, kalau artikel yang anda buat hadir secara rutin.
3. Kombinasikan tulisan anda dengan sebuah gambar atau video, tidak hanya berwujud tulisan. Karena blog memungkinkan Anda membuat sebuah tulisan disertai gambar atau video. Selain tulisan semakin menarik, orang akan mudah berhenti sejenak untuk memperhatikan sebuah gambar atau video yang anda pasang pada tulisan Anda.
4. Buatlah tulisan yang mengandung unsur pemecahan masalah, dalam hal ini dapat anda mulai dengan sebuah judul “How To….” atau “Bagaimana Cara….”. misalnya : bagaimana cara memelihara keharmonisan rumah tangga ?, bagaimana cara membuat toko online ?; bagaiamana cara membuat blog, bagaimana cara membuat website, dll. Coba Anda buat 4-6 artikel yang berawalan kalimat “Bagaimana Cara…” pasti akan banyak dicari orang.

Tips Ampuh Merawat Blog

2010-03-23T19:55:00.000-07:00

Banyak orang telah berhasil mengekspresikan dirinya di internet dan blog adalah tempat yang tepat untuk melakukan hal tersebut. Diantara mereka bahkan telah berhasil menjadikan blog sebagai salah satu sumber menghasilkan uang sampingan. Tetapi juga tidak kalah banyak yang akhirnya berhenti menggunakan blog sebagai media ekspresi diri.

Apakah Anda termasuk diantara mereka yang berhenti menggunakan blog sebagai media ekspresi diri ? Apakah Anda termasuk diantara mereka yang kehilangan semangat untuk merawat blog Anda sendiri ?
Jika Ya, anda harus mengikuti tip Ampuh merawat blog dibawah ini :
1. Sebelum anda membuat blog, berpikirlah yang panjang terlebih dahulu, berpikirlah mulai dari perencanaan, pengenalan blog, pengenalan diri sendiri atas kemampuan anda, dan bertanyalah : apakah saya sanggup merawat blog dengan baik ? Apakah saya termasuk orang yang kreatif ?
2. Buatlah Blog dari hobi anda. Misalnya Hobi anda memancing, melukis, memasak, dsb. Kata orang biasanya pekerjaan atau kegiatan yang dilakukan berdasarkan hobi berumur panjang.
3. Jika Anda sudah memiliki blog, fokuslah pada blog yang anda buat. Walaupun cuma satu, tetapi jika anda perhatikan dengan benar mulai dari mendesain blog, menulis artikel sampai pada mempublikasikannya. Jangan membuat blog yang kedua atau ketiga atau bahkan kelima sebelum blog pertama berhasil seperti yang anda kehendaki. Walaupun ukuran berhasil satu dengan yang lain berbeda. Tetapi yang dimaksud berhasil sesuai dengan ukuran anda, misalnya : berhasilnya blog jika banyak pengunjung, banyak yang berinteraksi dengan anda, berhasil mengenalkan diri kepada banyak orang, berhasil mendatangkan uang yang lumayan, dsb.
4. Jadwalkan diri anda dalam menulis artikel atau memposting artikel ke dalam blog. Misalnya, seminggu satu artikel atau bahkan lebih. Disiplinkan diri Anda untuk melakukan hal tersebut. Cara yang bisa anda lakukan adalah buatlah tulisan secara offline baru anda onlinekan. Hal ini bisa dilakukan di sela-sela waktu sibuk anda.
Semoga 4 tips diatas bisa memotivasi Anda dalam melakukan perawatan blog.

Blogging for Business

2010-03-19T07:41:00.000-07:00

Business blogs are primarily used to improve a company’s communication both internally and externally. Business blogs are a type of communication channel that could be used effectively in product launches, team interaction internally within the company or interaction between clients and company. With the level of interactivity blogs provide, clients feel more confident in the company. Not to mention the amount of traffic it brings to the main site.
Personal and business blogs: What is difference between two?
There is not much of difference between personal and business blogs visually but there is a fine difference between them in terms of reputation and brand attached.
Business blogs should be well planned before hand. Companies can’t afford to just walk away after launching their blog. Business blog has to be successful. Constant and consistent posts are the rule of the game. Blogsphere is full of best writers and faster one learns their rule, better for them. Companies can’t just rely on the fact that they are market leaders in their business so they will be successful with their blogs too.
The postings on business blog should be open and should portray personality of the writer and the company. The postings on business blogs should be very informal, and should be written in first person voice. Posts should be informative and relevant with an expert touch to it.

Business Blogs and it content:
According to search engine optimizers, “Content is King”. Indeed this is true for websites but not for a blog. Blog is all about writing with a particular voice and personality. A lot of people would like the style and would stick to the blog with regular visits. A lot of them will hate it and would never return.
Content for a business blog should be written in a strong voice with high consistency in quality. It becomes somewhat difficult to maintain quality with regular postings, but no choice. A few bad or substandard posts and regular visitors to the blog will fly off.
Important
Don’t hammer your visitors every time with posts like how great is your product and so on. Add some funny incidences or bit of humor to your postings. Talk something about how employees enjoyed drinks in a party organized at particular department. Add some lighter moments in between posts.
About the Author
(Personal blog for the author is at http://seoexpertindia.tblog.com)

Top 10 Tips for Blogging

2010-03-19T07:37:00.000-07:00

Tips for creating a blog.
There are no hard and fast rules on how to blog. Having said that, bloggers will likely increase their exposure by following some simple blog guidelines.

1.) Stay on topic.
Opinions are generally accepted but the content of the items in the blog should all relate to a general theme. Unless you have an uncanny knack for wit, humor or cynicism, the majority of your readers will be interested in the content that relates to a specific defined theme or loosely defined area of interest. Most readers won’t care that you eat Cheerios for breakfast. They may, however, be interested in the fact that vinegar takes out stains and that toilet paper rolls make great wreaths. Define a topic and stick to it. This will ensure that you create a loyal following of interested readers.

2.) Stay informative.
If you are attempting to create the impression that you are knowledgeable about a specific industry or sector, be sure that you stay current on news. If you are endorsing a product or voicing an opinion, be sure to check your facts; your reputation is at stake. If you are offering an opinion, be sure to qualify your post, making it clear that the content is intended as an editorial.

3.) Old news is not news.
While blogging every day can be a drain, it is important that the information presented is current and accurate, writing an article or blurb about something that happened 6 months ago, will not be of interest to many. Telling your audience that Martha Stewart was convicted and will be going to prison, after her sentence is completed will make people question the value of your columns.

4.) Adhere to a schedule.
Create a schedule and stick to it. Realizing that blogging requires time and effort, don’t create unrealistic expectations and be unable to deliver. An occasional lapse or holiday is generally understood but readers returning to find stale, out-dated content are going to find another blog with similar content. New blogs and RSS feeds are popping up on a daily basis. If you have worked hard to develop an audience and a community you don’t want to lose them due to lack of communication.

5.) Clarity and simplicity.
Keep your posts and blog entries clear and easy to understand. Remember, the web is global and expressions, idioms and acronyms don’t always translate. Sometimes a little explanation goes a long way.

6.) Keyword-rich.
If the goal of your blog is to increase your visibility, include related keywords in the title of the blog. Use the title as a headline to attract interest. Each item post should have a title that will attract attention but still be relevant to the post. The title should be no longer than 10-12 words.

7.) Quantity matters.
In order to attract the attention of search engines, you will need to develop content and substance. A headline or simple sentence is not going to generate the interest of readers or help with search engine ranking. Be sure to archive old blog posts to develop a large portal of similarly-themed content.

8.) Frequency.
If your blog content is updated frequently, search engines will tend to spider the pages at regular intervals.

9.) Spell checking and proof-reading.
It only takes a few extra moments and can save you from having to make embarrassing explanations. Remember that whatever you publish on the Internet can be found and archived. Think carefully about what you post before doing so.

10.) RSS.
RSS will increase your blog’s reach. It is important that you include your blog’s content in an RSS feed to increase readership and distribution.

Most weblog audiences are small, but with time and regular updates audiences grow. Bloggers may never have more than a few hundred readers, but the people who return to regularly are generally interested in what you have to say.

About the Author

About the Author:
Sharon Housley manages marketing for FeedForAll http://www.feedforall.com software for creating, editing and publishing RSS feeds and NotePage http://www.notepage.net a wireless text messaging software.

Mendaftarkan Blog Pada Search Engine Indonesia

2010-03-19T07:17:00.000-07:00

Untuk mendaftarkan blog Anda ke Search Engine Indonesia caranya mudah, ikuti panduan berikut ini :

Ketik alamat ini, http://searchindonesia.com. Kemudian lihat pada kolom menu sebelah kiri terdapat link untuk mengajukan pendaftaran situs yaitu tambah URL.
Klik link ini, maka Anda akan dibawa pada halaman judul “Tambah URL”, bagaimana caranya ?” Halaman ini berisi penjelasan tentang tata cara mendaftar di searchIndonesia.
Kembali ke halaman awal, untuk memilih kategori atau kelompok yang pas untuk blog Anda.
Setelah memasuki halaman kategori yang sesuai dengan blog anda, klik link Tambah URL yang terdapat pada kolom menu sebelah kiri.
Isi formulir pendaftaran, mulai dari Judul blog, alamat URL blog Anda, deskripsi singkat tentang blog Anda, nama Anda, email Anda. Setelah selesai klik tombol Kirim.

Panduannya telah selesai, otomatis Blog anda telah tercatat di searchIndonesia.com

Mendaftarkan Blog Pada Technorati

2010-03-19T07:14:00.000-07:00

Technorati adalah situs yang khusus digunakan untuk pendaftaran blog. Untuk mendaftar di Technorati, caranya cukup mudah. Caranya :

Ketik alamat ini, http://technorati.com
Pada pojok kanan atas, terdapat link Sign in. Klik langsung link tersebut, maka akan muncul form registrasi.
Isi form registrasi sesuai dengan kolom yang disediakan. Setelah selesai klik Join.
Klik OK, anda akan dibawa kembali ke form registrasi berikutnya. Isi semua form registrasi sesuai dengan kolom yang disediakan.
setelah selesai jangan lupa centang I have a blog and would like to claim it now.
Anda akan dibawa ke halaman depan, di halaman tersebut langsung saja pilih tab Blogger Central yang berada di sebelah kanan pojok atas, dan ber-tab warna putih.
Setelah anda menekan tab Blogger Central, pilihlah sub tab yang bernama ping.
Di halaman ping, ketika URL dan isikan alamat blog Anda lalu tekan tombol Ping.

Panduan Singkat Membuat Blog di Blogger

2010-03-19T07:10:00.000-07:00

Namanya juga panduan singkat, maka artikel ini memandu anda secara singkat dalam membuat blog di blogger.com.

Langkah Pertama : Buka alamat blogger di http://blogger.com

Langkah kedua : Klik Tombol Create Your Blog Now untuk memulai membuat blog.

Jika anda belum mempunyai account email di Gmail, maka anda akan dibawa terlebih dahulu untuk membuat account di gmail. Buatlah dan ikuti langkahnya sampai selesai.

Langkah ketiga : Setelah itu kembali ke halaman blogger, kemudian isi semua form yang tersedia dan klik tombol Lanjutkan.

Langkah keempat, pilih sebuah template yang sudah di sediakan oleh Blogger, jangan lupa klik tombol Continue

Langkah kelima, beri nama blog Anda, lalu klik tombol Lanjutkan

Langkah terakhir, Blog Anda telah selesai dibuat.

Kabar Buruk Dari FormulaBisnis.com

2010-02-24T22:30:00.000-08:00

Kabar buruk ini saya terima sebulan yang lalu, karena memang sudah beberapa bulan tidak melihat situs formulabisnis.com. Apa kabar buruknya ? Kabar buruknya adalah naiknya harga produk informasi formulabisnis.com.
Kayaknya ini karena imbas harga gula dan beras yang naik, sehingga pemilik formulabisnis.com ikut menaikkan harga produk informasinya he...he.....he....maaf pak Joko.
Jadinya kabar buruk kan. Anda yang kemaren-kemaren menunda untuk beli produk informasi formula bisnis, sekarang nyesel kan. Tahun 2009 lalu masih 150rb sekarang di tahun 2010 udah 250rb.

Karena saya penasaran, saya ketik alamatnya : http://formulabisnis.com Karena saya udah member tinggal login dan kemudian membandingkan lagi produknya. Ternyata ada perubahan isi di produk Utama dan penambahan bonus. Jadinya semakin mantap deh.
Bagi yang sudah member, ini tentu saja menjadi kabar yang baik dan menyenangkan. Karena semakin melengkapi panduannya kepada para membernya dengan baik.
Bagi mereka yang belum jadi member formulabisnis.com, baik yang kemaren menunda dan sekarang belum tentu menjadi kabar buruk. Tambah buruk lagi jika Anda tidak bergabung dengan formulabisnis.com.
Terutama anda yang ingin memulai bisnis di internet seperti yang Bp.Joko Susilo, ST terapkan.
Supaya tidak bertambah buruk kabarnya, bergabung segera dengan formulabisnis.com, anda akan mendapatkan ilmu yang bisa langsung anda terapkan untuk menjual produk informasi di internet.

Are You a Blogger?

2009-12-24T01:31:00.000-08:00

by: MikeC

What is a Blog?
Glad you asked!

You can get your very own for FREE by visiting:
HeartlandOutdoorsman.Com

# A short form for weblog, a personal journal published on the Web. Blogs frequently include philosophical reflections, opinions on the Internet and social issues, and provide a "log" of the author's favorite web links. Blogs are usually presented in journal style with a new entry each day.

# A public web site where users post informal journals of their thoughts, comments, and philosophies, updated frequently and normally reflecting the views of the blog's creator.

An online Journal.
matra.sourceforge.net/misc/glossary.php
# Blog is short for weblog. A weblog is a journal that is frequently updated and intended for general public consumption. Blogs generally represent the personality of the author or the Web site.

# An online journal, published frequently (often daily). Readers can post comments on each journal entry.

Whether you enjoy writing about Travel, the Great Outdoors, Cooking and Grill or other Outdoors activities...we have a Blog for you!

Blogging has become a great way to get set up with a website of your very own, without the hassles.
About the Author
Mike provides FREE Blogs for anyone registering on HeartlandOutdoorsman.Com

A Blog Isn't Just For Christmas

2009-12-24T01:29:00.001-08:00

by: John Taylor

I was watching the news on TV last night and there was a warning about buying puppies as Christmas presents. There's nothing worse than visiting the kennels in the new year and seeing all those unwanted dogs that were chosen as presents because they were so cute at the time. It reminded me of people who start a blog in the hope of making some money online only to give up after a few days or weeks when things don't work out.
The average blogger makes around $20 to $50 per month. So, if that is the average, it stands to reason that some people make less than that and some people make more. The amount of potential income that can be generated by blogging depends entirely upon your ability to build a loyal audience of people who have money to spend.
There is no point in creating a blog and then looking for an audience. Your first task is to identify a hungry market and provide it with high quality information. Once you have established your blog and created some interesting content, your next task is to attract your hungry audience to your blog. There are many ways of attracting traffic to a blog site including banner adverts, ezine advertising, pay per click traffic, links fro other web sites and submitting your site to the specialist blog search engines.
There are literally hundreds of blog sites that lay desolate and abandoned like an old frontier town with tumbleweeds blowing through on the breeze. Their owners failed to identify a hungry market, they failed to attract visitors or they simply gave up posting fresh new content to their blogs.
Blogs are dynamic web sites, they require time and attention. Search engines love them because they are frequently updated with fresh new content. People love them because they regularly provide new and interesting information. But you have to persist, just like any other business, online or offline, you have to work at building up your content, building up an audience of loyal readers and creating a portfolio of products and services that will appeal to your readers and generate some income.
There are many ways of generating income from your blog. Several people have created successful niche sites that offer product reviews including books, software, videos, DVDs and other popular products. Other bloggers earn their income from the sale of advertising space and yet others generate income through pay per click systems such as Google's Adsense programme.
There is now another way of building a profitable blog. A brand new hosted blog service - http://www.Blog4Cash.com has married a fully featured blogging service with a two tier affiliate programme thus allowing you to build up a residual income from everyone who signs up through your referral. This provides a great opportunity to build up a regular income to supplement your regular blog profit.
So remember, to become a truly successful blogger you must take a long term view and seek to provide interesting content for a hungry market with money to spend. Don't expect to achieve profit overnight and plan to build a portfolio of income streams some of which have a residual element that will provide you will a recurring income.
Copyright 2004 John Taylor

John Taylor - November 2004.
John is a prolific writer and is the author of several books including "Testing & Tracking" (http://www.Test-and-track.com).
For information on *How To Get Paid To Blog* click here now to visit... http://www.Blog4Cash.com
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Mengganti Template

2009-10-19T21:09:00.000-07:00

Pada saat blogger diluncurkan pertama kali untuk mengganti template anda harus belajar terlebih dahulu kode-kode HTML. Pengalaman pertama kali belajar mengganti template yang saya rasakan sangat sulit, karena memang saya adalah pemula. Dibutuhkan ketelatenan untuk mempelajarinya. Tetapi justru ketika kita mau belajar akan bermanfaat banyak sekali. Tidak hanya untuk mengganti template, tetapi untuk menyisipkan script atau apapun dapat anda lakukan untuk mempercantik blog anda. Apalagi template yang disediakan oleh blogger adalah template standar.
Namun kini, anda tidak lagi bersusah-susah untuk mempelajarinya secara detail (walaupun tetap harus dimengerti) karena sudah banyak situs yang menyediakan template jadi. Anda tinggal memasukkannya saja.
Untuk langkah mengganti template yaitu :

1.Carilah situs penyedia template gratis di internet (diakhir postingan saya akan berikan alamatnya kepada anda).
2.Jika anda sudah menemukan extract terlebih dahulu (biasanya file berbentuk zip) ke dalam computer anda.
3.Lalu klik tab Template pada jendela blog, hasilnya akan tampak jendela fungsi Edit Current berisi susunan tag HTML (Kode pemrogaman halaman web) blog anda.
4.Sebelum mengganti template lama dengan yang baru, ada dua hal yang harus anda perhatikan :
a.Apabila anda mengubah tag html dengan template yang baru maka segala aksesoris atau perubahan yang telah anda lakukan pada tag html sebelumnya akan hilang.
b.Jika itu yang terjadi, maka backup dulu tag html yang lama di notepad atau word, jika anda sewaktu-waktu ingin mengembalikan seperti semula bisa langsung memakainya kembali.
5.Jika sudah anda backup, klik tombol
6.Setelah itu klik tombol browse untuk mencari dokumen tag html yang baru, kemudian upload.
7.Biasanya setelah selesai upload, akan muncul tulisan dan gambar seperti dibawah ini. Jangan kawatir. Klik tombol “Confirm & Save”
8.Setelah selesai lihat blog anda, anda akan menemukan tampilan lain dari blog milik anda.

Dibawah ini daftar situs yang menyediakan template untuk Blogger :
1.www.blogger-templates.blogspot.com
2.www.blogskins.com
3.www.btemplates.com (saya rekomendasikan untuk anda karena banyak pilihan disana)
Selain 3 daftar situs diatas, anda dapat mencari sendiri di internet.

Cara Mengedit Profile

2009-10-19T21:08:00.000-07:00

Supaya anda bisa kenal dengan baik oleh para pengunjung anda, sebaiknya editlah profile anda. Untuk melengkapi identitas diri anda pada blog, anda dapat mengisi seperti langkah berikut ini :
1.Masukkan user admin blog anda dengan memasukkan user dan password
2.Pada jendela menu Dashboar di sebelah kanan, klik link menu Edit Profile. Anda juga bisa melihat tampilannya terlebih dahulu melalui link menu View
3.Pada Edit User Profile, lakukan pengaturan berikut :
a.aktifkan tanda cek share my profile di sub menu privacy, jika anda menghendaki identitas anda ditampilkan pada blog
b.Jika nama asli anda ingin ditampilkan, lakukan check pada share my real name
c.Jika alamat email anda ingin ditampilkan dalam blog, klik tanda check pada sub menu show my email address.
Anda juga dapat menentukan blog mana saja yang akan menampilkan profil anda, jika anda memiliki lebih dari satu blog
4.Pada submenu Identity, anda dapat melihat nama user dan alamat email yang telah digunakan.

5.Pada baris isian Display name, anda dapat mengubah nama blog yang akan ditampilkan atau dipublikasikan. Selain itu, anda dapat mengisi nama lenngkap anda melalui baris isian First Name dan Las Name
6.Pada sub menu Photograph, anda dapat memasukkan foto dengan mengisi baris isian Photo URL. Tips untuk photo gunakan layanan pihak ketiga untuk menyimpan photo anda. Layanan pihak ketiga dapat anda gunakan www.photobucket.com
7.Pada sub menu General, pilihlah jenis kelamin. Masukkan tanggal lahir, masukkan juga homepage jika anda memiliki alamat homepage selain diblogger.com.
8.Pada kotak isian Wishlist URL, masukkan daftar permintaan atau harapan anda.

Blog Problems

2009-10-14T18:17:00.001-07:00

by: Jesse S. Somer
What in the world is up with the world of blogs? Blogs are meant to be this great new technology where people can share their ideas and interests with others around the globe. As far as I’m concerned the state of blogs is one of chaos, confusion, and anti-interactivity. The other day I decided to do some research on the Web and try to connect to some blog writers out there that interested me. Let me tell you it was not an enjoyable task as I had envisioned. I spent four painful hours surfing through around a thousand on-line journals, and I found only a few that interested me. What are we doing out there people?

First of all, just getting to a blog can be a pain in the arse. For example, you type in the words ‘Philosophy blogs’ and a whole bunch of sites come up. Some are conglomerate sites with thousands of journals, but the area you’re searching for may have only one blog in it! This is because they separate the blogs into a million different categories, like ‘love’, ‘lovers’, ‘lovable’ etc. Why not have just a few main categories to choose from?

The next problem is the content. People with ‘philosophical’ blogs are having personal chats with their mates about the local dance competition on Tuesday! Why not go to a chat room if you just want to talk to your friends? Blogs are supposed to be a personal viewpoint expressed to the whole Web community. Wouldn’t you actually like to meet more people like yourself? How is this going to happen if you talk in strange uncommon slang and acronyms that you and your friends can only understand? Please stick to the subject at hand, and take it at least half seriously.

Another major problem is the fact that you can find a really cool blog that sparks an interest, but then find that the writer hasn’t added an entry in over a year! What’s it doing on the Net? Have these people passed away? I seriously doubt it, as there are so many blogs in this ‘lost’ state. Having a blog is a responsibility; it’s a shared diary for the whole community. How can someone form a relationship if you only write in your blog once a millennium?

Back to the subject of content: These on-line journals are a real chance to communicate regularly with others with similar views to yourself. We can learn a lot from each other, as each human is an individual with special traits and skills that only they have. So why do we see so many blogs just talking about trivial nonsense like ‘Who the coolest movie actor is.’ Humanity is an intelligent species evolving everyday towards a higher consciousness. So where are all the thinkers out there, the people who have taken us to the next levels of spirituality and scientific exploration? I’d really like to hear what you’ve got to say, but all I can find are philosophical beliefs on why died pink jeans express one’s true inner self.

The issue of making comments on someone’s blog is also a controversial one. Why have comments sections if you’re not going to reply to people who have expressed an interest in what you’ve had to say? How is this community going to function if all the conversation is one-way! Come on people, wake up and smell the onions! Let’s change the blogging community into the awesome structure of shared knowledge that it was intended for. Please don’t let it turn into the small-talk world of chat rooms.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jesse S. Somer
M6.net
http://www.m6.net
Jesse S. Somer is a concerned human attempting to inform his fellow people of the real possibilities hidden in the Internet.