Category Archives: blogging tips

Geolocation of Blog Posts, WordPress Android

Posted on October 14, 2010 by robertmerrill

I’m testing WordPress mobile’s Geolocation function in its Android app.

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Disqus Mobile Apps for Moderators

Posted on October 12, 2010 by robertmerrill

Disqus (pronounced: "Discuss") launched their mobile apps for comment moderators, allowing for comments to be read/deleted/approved or "spammed" on the fly by site owners. From their blog: Features: Approving, marking spam, and deleting content Filtering by status Background notifications Search Reply … Continue reading →

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Using Live Writer

Posted on May 11, 2010 by robertmerrill

I’m trying out Windows Live Writer because I am looking for a bit of a smarter client.  It seems to be doing an excellent job so far, including allowing me to take a quick screenshot, paste it into writer, crop … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Uses Blog to Refute Rumor

Posted on November 12, 2009 by robertmerrill

It’s kinda nice to see blogs being used well by companies.  It almost feels like a conversation again. Microsoft has done a good job with the Windows7 launch of blogging a lot about what they’ve done, how they’ve been trying … Continue reading →

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What is a Blog?

Posted on April 27, 2009 by robertmerrill

<rant> From Wikipedia: A blog (a contraction of the term weblog) is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly … Continue reading →

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Quick Blog Usability (and SEO) Improvements

Posted on March 23, 2009 by robertmerrill

Making your wordpress blog a little more useful to both humans and machines (and kittehs?) is important for both keeping site visitors and encouraging natural search engine traffic. Here are some improvements I recommend, that I recently added to the … Continue reading →

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