Here be dragons!
A blog needs to be visually appealing to stand out, attract and keep readers. The content, navigation and spelling alone don’t get noticed in that quick, first impression. Illustrations get noticed right away. Of course, not everyone is an artist. Not everyone can draw or take time to learn to use graphic software. So most … Read more
A rockhound is an amateur geologist or collector of rocks, minerals and gemstones. It’s not always about the value or selling them. Not for me. I like the history of rocks. Such ancient things, far older than even the oldest of trees. Eroded by time and the elements (mostly water) found on and under land, … Read more
First, I found his site, Ontario Exploration 101, via the Curlie listing which had come up as a broken link to check. The link works, if you go past the web browser warnings of gloom and doom. People may miss all his posts because they start from the navigation bar, under the word “more…”. Not … Read more
A Brief History of Canada Pre-History to 1599Early ExplorationIntroductionIn the beginning, North America and Canada did not exist… at least in the minds of Europeans. They knew of Cathay and of the rich trade possibilities there, but the ocean to the west was a barrier which seemed too vast to cross. When overland trade routes … Read more
My sister-in-law, Miss Karol, sent me the link to write for SheKnows. I think they are looking for the domestic Goddess, Mother blogger types. But, I sent in a note anyway. I’m working on the ‘what can it hurt’ theory. This is what I sent (image not included): Tonight I’m listening to Godzilla roar and … Read more
Today I had an email (sent from the contact form on my thegrrl.com site) they asked me to change my links from indieblogger.com (which closed in 2007 or thereabouts) to another domain. They claimed they were the people running Indie Bloggers (though they only referred to it by the domain) and were moving everything to … Read more
Most businesses need to reconsider keeping a blog for something which would work better for consumers and take less time and energy for the business to maintain.
Don’t give up on blogging when you start feeling burnt out. Take a break, find new inspiration, learn to pace yourself and get right back in there.
This was originally published (by me) to EzineArticles. These are ideas you can use to make your site an asset to yourself, as a writer, and a resource to bring others to your site. Set up a blog on Blogger/ BlogSpot or WordPress. Pick a theme you can add a background and/ or header graphic … Read more
Stop thinking about luring in Google. Consider the standards of another site, one that focuses on finding great content. How would your site stack up to their guidelines? What is findingDulcinea‘s site selection process? We evaluate Web sites on many criteria including credibility, usability, and design. Credibility is a fundamental criterion of any site we … Read more