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  Posted by Valentin on September 8th, 2007 | Comments

Previous episodes :

7 reasons why
about guest-bloggers
more rules
golden rules
dictionary

Yo, people.

Bellow you`ll find some tips and tricks about elements required for a blog, specially for a start.

» Avoid use of a full sized image for header. SEs don`t like images. However, if use of a image is what you want, do not forget to ad the alt tag. Best is if you can overlay a h1 tag title over the image.
» Prefferable use h1 tag for blog title. SE looks for one in header. If default h1 tag`s color and size is not fit to what you want, use CSS to make it as you`re pleased.
» Header is fit to be filled with certain elements, but do not overcrowd it, keep it clean.
» If plan to use a banner on header, keep it on top, above the title and logo.
» Main menu should not be overpopulate. Repeat it on bottom of page, on footer.
» Blogroll is usefull for linkexchange also for quick navigation to similar / friends sites (for you and your visitors). Should open in new window.
» Category and archive are very important for inside blog navigation for visitors. Also is usefull to have a “most visited” or “popular posts” area.
» Use a sidebar spaces to show blog statistics and top commentators. Second one is to reward with an extra linkback certain visitors – the most active ones.
» Remove rel=nofollow from comment area. Enhance comment area to make it easy and fun to use by readers.
» Think for eventual monetization of blog and estabilish 1 – 2 areas to display ads, including the one in header if you want one there.
» Keep in mind that ads probably will never produce a income to be proud of.
» Ad a counter and eventual a visitors map. Both are good for you – to watch things growing – and for visitors – many are curious to know those data.
» Do not overcrowd sidebars with badges and widgets, specially if are not generated from your area (domain). Those usualy makes page load harder. If you really want to have all those “fashionable bells”, simply put them in a separate page and put a link to that page (”my widgets” or similar).
» If you absolutely want to embed some sound or video, make it to not start automaticaly. Put it in a visible spot and let the visitor to decide to listen / view.
» Promote your blog in the start, using as many social sites as possible. Make free accounts wherever is possible and add there a link to your blog, using articles teasers or being active on those sites.
» Do not forget, visitors are easyly to get bored of your blog if is loading hard, looks like a hoopoe, often layout change, inconsistent content, not enough often content update.
» GIGO (garbage input, garbage output) effect is valid for a blog, consider the content as input and number of constant readers as output.
» Very important, as you start : to have several articles writed in your draft and use them if nothing else to write on a certain moment.
» Make usefull – sensefull comments on others blogs as a good (maybe best) way to promote your own blog.
» Allways remember : building traffic to your blog is a long term activity, requiring patience. Maintaining the traffic level is also hard.
» Show respect to your readers, do things to keep them pleased, readers-commenters are the core for a blog, not visitors. Your main goal is to make visitors to keep returning and to convert them into readers-commenters.
» Again, do not forget : it need months to build a good traffic.
» Is not a piece of cake to keep people intersted on your content if you simply copy others. Be creative.
» Use the time of beginning, whe your traffic is low, to visit as many blogs and sites you can and do not repeat on yours what you don`t like there.
» Allways repeat to yourself that nobody is set to be a unique authority in a certain field. Learn and do things in your style.

Good luck !

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  Posted by Valentin on September 6th, 2007 | Comments Off

I`m stoned.

Another great big famous man died.

(CNN) — Famed opera tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who appeared on stage with singers as varied as opera star Dame Joan Sutherland, U2’s Bono and Liza Minnelli, died Thursday after suffering from pancreatic cancer, his manager Terri Robson said in a statement. He was 71.

Man, this is not fair.

Far from me to be a religious type – let`s not go in details on such moments – yet I can`t forget Pavarotti`s “Ave Maria”.

Even less “Nessun dorma” ..

Yes, Pavarotti, you are “my first, my last, my everything” ..

with U2

with Elton John

with Lou Reed

with Andrea Bocelli

with Meat Loaf

with Sepultura

with Queen

with Darren Hayes

with Bryan Adams(he bows to Brian !!)

with Jon Bon Jovi

with Spice Girls (he is DANCING !!)

with Ricky Martin

with Liza Minelli

with Mariah Carey

with Joe Cocker

with Zuchero

with Michael Bolton

with Jovanotti

with The Chieftains

with Giorgia

with Eros Ramazzotti

with James Brown

with Sting

with Simon LeBon

with Grace Jones

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Pavarotti : The Last Tenor (must see)

We are the world

All for love

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  Posted by Valentin on September 5th, 2007 | Comments

Well, well ..

Again subject of blogwrestling© post was changed in last minute, again for objective reasons.

I want to spread the word about a blog I watch for some time now. The guy is the author or coauthor of at least three projects – about cycling-coaching, about punk music and about .. wait a minute! .. about :

I’m generally a nice guy, but when it comes to all the get-rich-quick gurus, I get pretty irritated, and it shows!

This is the guy’s name and purposes, but you are here to read about his :

Well, if this blog isn’t a good one – one of best I noticed on blogosphere – then is the 747 who hit the Pentagon building on 9 / 11.

What I think, and strongly belive and powerfully backup, is that one can’t get bored reading it.

Get some samples :

I figured it was some new ad service from Google, like their radio ads, that would allow you to earn money that Google could keep for themselves after banning your account.

The $97 ebook phenomenon might slow down, only to see a surge of $37/month membership blogs. This in turn will give blogging a bad name, much like the internet marketing industry as a whole.

This will be soooo different than anything else in the past. I have a feeling that this will be the biggest trend yet, so remember, you heard it here first!

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Ya see, the blog is challenged to this wrestling is rather a team mate than a .. enemy. Sure, I may say sometime is not harsh enough but however, while so few are outthere going to rant about true faces of so called gurus, about the realities on blogosphere – and not only – or about real good-bad potential of certain things, internet marketing sucks dot com worth a close follow.

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This is a spon .. no ! rephraze : This (hopefully) will be a sponsored post. I will (maybe) receive 2 cents (mean 0.02 usd) for writing it. Yet, I wonder who’ll give me the money ..

Anyway, while you are still here – yes, you, the one reading here now – why don’t you try the bellow “comment” link ? I only delete (and report as) spam comments ..

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  Posted by Valentin on September 4th, 2007 | Comments

AWARDS NOMINATIONS :

The following awards goes to :

“Video killed the radio star.
Video killed the radio star.
In my mind and in my car,
We can’t rewind we’ve gone to far
Oh-a-aho oh,
Oh-a-aho oh
Video killed the radio star.
Video killed the radio star.” (The Buggles / Video Killed The Radio Star)

for Vlad.

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“Your kiss is like medicine – a
prescription to exstacy
and your mind is my playground -
kiss me, kiss me, kiss everything away
oh honey now kiss me, kiss me, kiss me.
come out and play
kiss me, kiss me, kiss me.
come out and play.” (Melissa Etheridge / Kiss me)

for sitefever.

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“talk in ever lasting words
and dedicate them all to me
and I will give you all my life
i’m here if you should call to me
you think that I don’t even mean
a single word I say
it’s only words
and words are all I have
to take your heart away “ (Boyzone / Words)

geedos.

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“The Ultimate in Vanity
Exploiting Their Supremacy
I Can’t Believe the Things You Say
I Can’t Believe
I Can’t Believe the Price You Pay
Nothing Can Save You
Justice Is Lost
Justice Is Raped
Justice Is Gone
Pulling Your Strings
Justice Is Done
Seeking No Truth
Winning Is All
Find it So Grim
So True
So Real” (Metallica / …And Justice For All)

Dave J.

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“Oh my God
When will you raise the dead?
I want to know
When will you fix my head?
When will you join the race?
When will you show your face –
Or just a trace?
Is it supposed to go so fast?
Will this moment be the last?
Just thought I’d ask” (Zen radio / What)

D C speak.

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“Well, it’s time to celebrate your birthday, it happens every year
We’ll eat a lot of broccoli and drink a lot of beer
The monkeys in the pentagon are gonna cook our goose
Their finger’s on the button, all they need it an excuse
I guess you know the Earth is gonna crash into the sun
But that’s no reason why we shouldn’t have a little fun
So if you think it’s scary, if it’s more than you can take
Just blow out the candles and have a piece of cake
Happy birthday
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday
Happy birthday to you
wow!” (Weird Al Yankovic / Happy Birthday)

Aaron Cook.

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“I’m nothing special, in fact I’m a bit of a bore
If I tell a joke, you’ve probably heard it before
But I have a talent, a wonderful thing
’cause everyone listens when I start to sing
I’m so grateful and proud
All I want is to sing it out loud
So I say
Thank you for the music, the songs I’m singing
Thanks for all the joy they’re bringing
Who can live without it, I ask in all honesty
What would life be?
Without a song or a dance what are we?
So I say thank you for the music
For giving it to me” (Abba / Thank you for the music)

forty five n five

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” [Aretha] Don’t waste your time
[Mary] But it gets so hard to know
[Aretha] Just walk away
[Mary] You say that I gotta let go
[Both] Seen it a millions times before
[Aretha] You shouldn’t take this stuff no more
[Mary] Can’t waste my time
[Aretha] Girl, it’s not hard to know
[Mary] Should walk away
[Aretha] Oh, you’ve gotta let him go
[Both] Seen it a millions times before
[Mary] Shouldn’t take this no more” (Mary J. Blidge feat. Aretha Franklin / Don’t Waste Your Time)

for Internetmarketingsucks

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