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Monthly Archives: August 2011
Making the Most of Cons (and ArmadilloCon)
I was just at ArmadilloCon over the weekend, and had a fabulous time of it. There’s an account of that, with sundry photos, on my Google+ page. Continue reading
Posted in career
Tagged armadillocon 2011, conventions, gene ha, howard waldrop, lowell francis, project superman
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Links from the Blogging 101 Class – Google Analytics Resources
There’s a number of tools for evaluating how a website’s doing traffic-wise, but I’m not sure why anyone doesn’t just use Google Analytics, which will tell you how many visitors, where they’re coming from, what pages they’re looking at, and much more. Much like SEO, this is something that could take up its own workshop, and we didn’t get much to explore it in class. Hopefully these links will prove an alternate entrance. Continue reading
Links from the Blogging 101 Class – SEO Resources
SEO is HUGE, and while one could do a class on that alone, I’m pretty sure I’m not qualified to teach it, having only explored the iceberg’s tip. If anyone’s got a text or resource on it that they’d recommend, please drop it in the notes. Continue reading
Links from the Blogging 101 Class – Stumbleupon and Other Bookmarking Sites
As I noted in class, I don’t agree with the methods talked about in that first link, but I do think bloggers shouldn’t overlook the power of Stumbleupon and other bookmarking sites to drive traffic to their site. I’ve seen a significant amount of traffic come from such sites, particularly Stumbleupon and Delicious. Continue reading
Posted in blogging
Tagged blogging, delicious, reddit. digg, social bookmarking, stumbleupon
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Links from the Blogging 101 Class – Google+ Links
As I said in class, no one knows yet what will happen with Google+, but it’s off to a very strong start, and the responsiveness of the Google team to feedback and suggestions has been remarkable. Here’s links mentioned in class along with some other links to useful Google+ information. Continue reading
