Making Sense of Technorati Link Counts

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Now That Things Are Settling Down

I just got an IM from Janice about a blog post just up at the Technorati Blog. Finally a complete explanation of what those numbers in the link counts mean. Click the title and take look.

It’s worth the read.

Thanks, Janice, for telling us!

–ME “Liz” Strauss

Great Find:21 Tactics to Increase Blog Traffic

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seomoz.org Is the Best

If you’re not familiar with seomoz, you might spend part of your next 10 weekends getting to know their wonderful site.

Great Find: 21 Tactics to Increase Blog Traffic
Permalink: http://www.seomoz.org/blogdetail.php?ID=1347

Audience/Topic: Bloggers

Content: seomoz has posted another winner. The 21 points in this list are straightforward, well-written, and make total sense. Points such as launch with comments closed, waiting to open them until you have readers are proof that randfish, the writer, not only has experience, but also put his best thoughts and practices into this post. This is one I’ve already bookmarked and put in a place where I’ll go back to review it when I need to check myself. Click the title to read the article.

Thanks, seomoz.org.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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SOB Business Cafe 09-01-2006

Filed Under Blog Review, Business Life, Marketing, Successful Blog, Tech/Stats | 9 Comments

Welcome to the SOB Cafe

We offer the best in thinking–articles on the business of blogging written by the Successful and Outstanding Bloggers of Successful Blog. Click on the title shots to enjoy each selection.

The Specials this Week are

Chartreuse BETA names the new “Catcher in the Rye.”

Bloggers Blog reviews mistakes we should steer clear of.

Seth’s Blog considers the options when folks take advantage of a business’s good faith policies.

Simplenomics is right on the money again.

Publishing 2.0 has a suggestion for emerging blog media moguls.

Related ala carte selections include

Working at Home on the Internet has a toy that spoof Web 2.0.

The ~~Selfish~~ Savvy Giver has the peace chant for 2006.

Sit back. Enjoy your read. Nachos and drinks will be right over. Stay as long as you like.
No tips required. Comments appreciated.

Have a great weekend!

–ME “Liz” Strauss

Great Find: Film Loop

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Add some Action to Your Blog

While I was out at Blogher this weekend, I watched the demonstration for a great product.

Great Find: Film Loop

Permalink: http://blog.filmloop.com/

Audience/Topic: All Bloggers

Content: Film loop is an HTML looping tool that can be added to any blog. Put it in your header or within a post.You can use it to showcase photos. Click on a picture to stop and look more closely. It’s easy to use. Just drag and drop photos from your files. Then capture the HTML code for the loop. You can share the loop and allow others to add their photos.

You can also get creative and put jpgs of your latest posts in the loop, hyperlink the jpgs to the post, and let them crawl across the top of your blog for readers to have easy access. Be careful if you try this, it has the potential of being quite distracting. Use product scans. Add captions if you want to. This is a powerful tool that you’ll find a wealth of uses for in your blogging business. Be sure to check out the many blogs in the post that are in the demo. To see the demo, click the title below.

Thanks to the film loop team for the many demonstrations!

–ME “Liz” Strauss

Technorati Has a Birthday and We Get the Present!

Filed Under Business Life, Customer Think, Successful Blog, Tech/Stats, Technorati | 14 Comments

Customer-Centered Technorati!

In honor of their third anniversary as a company, Technorati has rolled out a major upgrade. The billboard that Technorati has changed their view to customer-centered is that when you sign in, you’ll find the home page is about you, your blogs, and what you might find interesting — not about Technorati.

I’m already liking these changes.

The Home Page brings what I need together. Everything I use daily is there. I love that the ping is right on top. I can click directly to my indexed posts.
The link counts are a lot more accurate. Thank you.
Favorites makes sense and is easier. I’m MUCH more likely to use Favorites Now.
Technorati Browser Buttons are one reason I’m more likely to use Favorites now.
The Search function is faster and has more filters. I very much like that I can filter by language.
The Search results have extended excerpts. (Show details.) I can take a closer look without having to click through.
The support text is written clearly. That’s a BIG deal to me. Thanks Technorati for getting a great writer to write these bits and pieces. No confusion or ambiguity whatsoever in anything I’ve read so far.
I also love the quieter new layout.

Check out this tool for business blogging, blog promotion, and branding. You can read about it and see a video of the features at Sifry’s Alerts by clicking on this title.

Happy Birthday, Technorati! Thank you, David and Technorati, for the present!

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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