Blogging Sueblimely

News

• Adobe PhotoShop has released a free online version Adobe PhotoShop Express. It is only available to the US as yet, which peeves me, so all I can tell you is that it is a cut down and simpler to use version of Photoshop. As you are given your own URL I presume you can share your creations with others. Perhaps one of the privileged could let us know if it is any good although Profy thinks so Photoshop Express – An Excellent Web-based Photo Editor
• Andy Beard has been noticing a trend in his blog and other which leads him to ask Alexa Rating Changes? Have you noticed any changes in your rating?

Reading

• 7 must-read Webmaster Central blog posts – Google Webmaster Central
• 25 Paths to an Insanely Popular Blog – Skelliwag
• The Fragmentation of Identity and Discussion – Internet Duct Tape
• 20 Types of Pages that Every Blogger Should Consider – Darren Rowse
• Blog Marketing Tips Even the Professional Bloggers Won’t Share – Tip #1 – Andy Beal.
• 50 Thoughtful, Funny and Polemic Blogging Quotes – Daily Blog Tips
• How to Help Immunize Your Site Against Scraping – Blog Herald

Blogging Tools

• Social Scan is an online tool for checking a website link popularity among well known social sites.
• Test different font types, styles and spacing at Font Tester or Typesetter
• LinkBunch lets you put multiple links into one small link which you can share over IM, Twitter, email – or even via blogs as you can see by the blogging blogs I have bunched together here: http://linkbun.ch/76r

Social Networking

• Alltop, a news aggregator, now has a section for dads – Dads.Alltop.com
• Profile aggregator Tabber has been completely redesigned. You can read a review by Profy at Tabber’s Complete Makeover: Looks Like FriendFeed
• Colin of Life warns us about Social Networks Targeted With Trojan At present this uses the Orkut social network to spread. I hope this is not just the tip of the iceberg! Thanks for keeping track of such nasties Colin.
• Facebook has introduced a new feature that suggests “people you may know.”
• Social Media and Simplicity, Part 1: Reduce by Muhammad Saleem writing on Freelance Switch. Wise strategies to reduce our blogging workload.
• The Common is a new site aimed at bringing people who wish to know how do do something together with those who do know. Profy has a post that explains more – The Common: Helping Each Other 2.0 Style

Blogger

• How to Install a Blogger XML Template – includes an excellent idea for saving all your current widgets if you do not want to lose them in a template change over.
• Blogger has recently created a Blogger Help YoutTube channel for those who prefer their tutorials in video form.
• 8 steps to a more professional Blogspot blog – from the Download Squad
• A directory of Blogger Templates - BTemplates

WordPress

• An easily browsed visual index of free WordPress themes – Fresheezy!
• WordPress 2.5 has some significant changes that will need learning. Here are a few posts introducing you to WP 2.5:
  • WordPress 2.5: A Thorough Analysis
  • WordPress Upgrade Preparation Checklist

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