Darren Rowse

A few links and a video today: Chris Pearson writes The Definative Guide to Semantic Web Markup for Blogs Daily Blog Tips Shares 43 Web Design Mistakes You Should Avoid Webomatica writes a post with some reasons why they nearly quit blogging and what they did to overcome them – ...more

On a recent post a reader (Mindful Entrepreneur (Jason)) asked: “I know you talk a lot about being ‘relational’. I’m wondering if you can offer some specific suggestions for upcoming information marketers and/or bloggers to that end. What are some strategies that worked for you? How were you able to ...more

Just a quick note to note that it seems like Technorati are making some changes to their Top 100 Most Favorited List – changes as in…. it’s not there. I’m not sure it’s a permanent change or whether it could be a glitch – but in light of recent conversations ...more

Kevin’s picked up a new feature that Google have added to their blog search service in a post Google ads auto-link to add search to Google Reader. If you’re a user of both Google Reader and Google Blog Search then you’re going to find this one useful. Do a search ...more

Well it does seem that my post expressing my opinion on Technorati Favorite Swapping has caused quite a stir among some bloggers engaging in the practice (I link to many of them at the end of this post). I don’t want to be drawn into a long, heated, personal and ...more

One of the increasingly common emails that I’m getting from my Digital Photography School blog is along the lines of: ‘can I republish and article from your blog in my periodical/newsletter/magazine?’ It is an interesting question and one that I’ve had a change of heart on over the past few ...more

One of the questions I’ve been asked quite a bit lately is what I think about the increasingly common practice of swapping Technorati Favorites in order to climb the Technorati Most Favorited Top 100. To be honest, it’s not really an issue that I’ve given much thought to (although I’m ...more

Modern Life has a useful post titled ‘What’s Wrong With My Blog?’ which outlines 11 ‘common pitfalls, mistakes & faux pas in blogging’. I think it’s a really useful list to run through periodically for bloggers. Which of the 11 might you need to work on for your blog? What ...more

Just a few quick ones today. While using StumbleUpon this afternoon I came across 16 Must Read Articles For Bloggers which might make for some worthwhile reading if you’re looking for something to do over the weekend. ProNet Advertising shares why the Digg Button Gets Your Buried, Not Dugg Another ...more