
Bloglines Release New Beta Version
Today Bloglines have launched a new beta version of their feed reader for users to test. It’s a fair departure from the classic view that many of us have become accustomed to with a lot of ajax driven features, a new start page (allowing you to drag and drop in ...more
Blogging Tools and Services

Do You Use American English, British English or do you Swing like the Canadians?
Here’s a question that I get asked a lot – particularly by non US bloggers who find themselves writing primarily for US audiences: “I am English so of course spell words such as ‘colour’ the English way. However, I also know that my largest audience is likely to come from ...more
Reader Questions

Find a Sponsor for Your Blog
Today’s task in the 31 Day Project will appeal more to those who are looking to make money from their blogs. If that’s not you – there are plenty of other daily tasks in previous days of the project that you might like to repeat. This task might also be ...more
31 Days to Building a Better Blog

MovableType 4 Review
Thinking of giving MovableType 4 a go? There have been plenty of reviews done of it but today Aaron Brazell put together a well balanced one with some of hi impressions at his Movable Type 4 Review. Another review worth checking out is Mashable’s comparison of MT 4 and WP ...more
Blogging Tools and Services

10 Blogs That I Read
Earlier today I set the task for readers to link up to other blogs in their niche. I decided to do it too – but immediately hit a snag. As I scanned through my feed reader i realized that I read hundreds of blogs about blogging (and related topics). Listing ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips

Link up to a Competitor
Earlier in the 31 Day Project that I’m running this month I suggested taking some time out to analyze your Blog’s Competition as an exercise to help you improve your own blogging. In that post I wrote: “I use the word ‘competition’ hesitantly because the thing about blogging is that ...more
31 Days to Building a Better Blog

Subscribe to Comments Reactivated
Just a short note to let readers know that due to an overwhelming number of requests for the feature to be re-added to this blog that I’ve activated the ‘subscribe to comments’ feature again. By default it is not activated when you leave a comment – so you need to ...more
ProBlogger Site News

10 Lessons in Blogging Learned on a Shopping Expedition
Earlier today I suggested that bloggers go shopping as an observational exercise to help them improve their blogs. While it is a fairly random idea – I did it myself today and as I sat in the food court of my local shopping establishment I jotted down the following 10 ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips

Go Shopping and Improve Your Blog
Today’s task in the 31 Days to Building a Better Blog project is to go Shopping! OK – I can hear what you’re probably thinking: “What? The ProBlogger has lost his mind – what does shopping have to do with blogging?” Stick with me for a second and let me ...more
31 Days to Building a Better Blog