Resource for Bloggers Carnival – 5th Edition

January 13th, 2008

Welcome to the 5th edition of Resource for Bloggers Carnival! The only thing I could say for this edition is WOW! what a great participation. It seems that everybody is fresh for a new year. I’ve received a lot of articles and even if some of them didn’t meet the carnival criteria, I would thank you all for your participation.
If you want to see the previous editions, you can find them here:

1. Resource for Bloggers Carnival – Edition 1
2. Resource for Bloggers Carnival – Edition 2
3. Resource for Bloggers Carnival – Edition 3
4. Resource for Bloggers Carnival – Edition 4

Well, let’s see what we have in this edition:

Saedel presents How Viral Linking Taught Me To Be Patient posted at Planet Saedel, saying, “In this post, I discussed what viral linking is, why it is tempting, and how it taught me to be patient.”

Karen Zara presents Should Blog Comments Be Moderated? Why? posted at a1-fan-fun, saying, “Three reasons why blog comments should be moderated and three reasons why they shouldn’t. What side do you take?”

PabloPabla presents What Makes Me Stumble and Digg Your Post posted at Blogsreview.Net, saying, “Why is it that nobody stumbles your blog posts or articles? Or why is it that you don’t get a Digg? In this article, I will share with you what makes me stumble or digg a post when I visit a blog. By the time you complete reading this article, you will have an idea of what goes on the mind of a StumbleUpon stumbler or Digg digger.”

Vishnu presents Domain Name change – Issues – Tips – Tricks posted at Beautiful Minds, saying, “The issues a blogger is gonna face when he/she is gonna change the url of the existing blog.!”

Saedel presents 10 Commonly Used Net Lingos To Improve Your Internet Experience posted at Planet Saedel, saying, “I am going to share with you my top 10 popular internet lingos to help you improve your online surfing experience.”

James Alenteal presents 5 reasons Why Blogs & Content Marketing Beats SEO & PPC. posted at James Alenteal’s Conversion Rate Clinic, saying, “Two Classic Online Marketing Models — One Depends on blogging.”

Isabella Mori presents compassion and social media posted at change therapy, saying, “This article talks about the community and compassion that can develop among bloggers. ”

Vahid Chaychi presents 5 Things that All Bloggers Have to Know or Have posted at Weboma Work at Home, saying, “What is blogging? Is it just signing up for a free blog at www.blogger.com and start posting? Definitely not! What are the most important things that bloggers have to know/have?”

andrew784 presents 33 Reasons to Start a Blog posted at Personal Hack, saying, “Have you thought about starting a blog but never actually followed through? Or did you start your blog a long time ago but stopped posting to it, and are now wondering why you started it in the first place? This is a great post to get you motivated to start your own blog, or to regularly post on your current blog.”

Summer presents 5 Things You Should Be Doing Online In 2008 posted at Wired For Noise, saying, “Sites to ad to your blogging arsenal to really beef up your blogging power.”

Hill Robertson presents Sometimes External Links are Bad posted at Hill Robertson, saying, “A lot of plugin or add-on features for many blogs and other websites use external links do display data (in this case image files) that is stored on external servers. They can be nice when everything works but they can also be a real pain when they don’t.”

Christine presents Finding Your Special Talent posted at Me, My Kid and Life: An American Single Mom Living in France, saying, “Most of us are told to get a practical job and to ‘deal with it’ because ‘that’s life’. Remember, you don’t have to be one of those people when you raise your own children or choose a direction for your own life.”

Tip Diva presents Top Ten Tips – Getting Out In The Blogosphere posted at Tip Diva, saying, “Congratulations, you’ve started a new blog. Whether personal, business or even an interest-based blog, you’re now in a word filled with millions of other blogs. But how will you ever get noticed? Here are some tips to draw visitors to your blog.”

Saedel presents Improvement Using Addition By Subtraction posted at PlanetSaedel, saying, “Have you heard of the phrase “addition by subtraction?” If you have not, I’m inviting you to read ahead, I’ll explain it using simple examples. Otherwise, stay with me, you might be able to share here or learn new perspectives.”

James Alenteal presents A subtle conversion rate & response booster from 3 masters. posted at James Alenteal’s Conversion Rate Clinic, saying, “Article on increasing blog & website opt-ins.”

Brett presents Are You Making The Most Of Google’s Search Statistics posted at Monetize Your Blog, saying, “Google Webmaster Tools is a great resource to optimize the search traffic to your blog.”

Pearl presents Interesting Posts Around the Web – Jan 4 posted at Interesting Observations, saying, “Check out his blog, I am sure you will like it.”

Troy presents All The Free Domains You Could Want posted at The Free Website Project, saying, “If you pay for only one thing on for website, make it a good top-level domain name. Free TLD services are hard to find, but I’ve compiled a little list here.”

Steve Osborne presents Blog Writing Tip: “Has Got” Has Got to Go posted at TheWritersBag.com, saying, “Two phrases should be banished from the English language: has got and have got. The contraction forms of these phrases (“he’s got,” “I’ve got,” etc.) should also be banned. Why?”

Lin Burress presents Social Networking Tips For All You Whiners posted at Telling It Like It Is, saying, “What does your blog offer that would make anyone want to visit, comment, subscribe or link to your blog? Who are you anyway? Does anyone even know you or know that your blog exists? You can join all the social networking sites that you want, but it won’t do you one bit of good unless you actively participate in getting to know your fellow bloggers on a more personal basis.”

Dan-O presents Learn the Proven Money Making Keys to Successful E-commerce posted at Danogo.com – Discover. Inspiring. Media, saying, “Outlines the critical factors used by sites like Amazon and eBay that can be used to put together an online money making business.”

Christine presents Monetizing Your Website Through Inspiration and Desire posted at Me, My Kid and Life: An American Single Mom Living in France, saying, “There are several ways of making money from a website. You could sell a product or offer a service. Another way to make money from a website would be to place ads on your site which bring an income when people visit the site – which creates page impressions – or when people click on the ad itself, hence a Click Through Rate (CTR). This article will discuss making money from your website from the ads which you place on your site.”

Marc Berry presents What is Web 2.0? posted at techne-eikon.com, saying, “Web 2.0 is not a suite of technologies, but rather the people of the internet, and what they are doing with those technolgies. This is the first in a series of articles that will be exploring the nature and style of this brave new, people oriented internet.”

Alfa King presents Enhancing your authority posted at Alfa King Memories, saying, “It’s the aim of every blogger to become an authority in the blogoshpere. For whatever reasons; little does it matter. And once they accede to a certain level, it’s legitimate to want to reach the summum bonum.”

Aaron Anderson presents Are These 3 Blogging Mistakes Costing You Readers? posted at Online Business Blog, saying, “There are a ton of blogs that are basically asking there readers to leave. They are so confusing that it actually starts to give you a head ache. And it’s not something that would be all that difficult to fix. All that matters is consistency. Consistency not only in what you write… but also in the way you present it.”

Brian Terry presents The Law of Necessity posted at Big Selling Website Design, saying, “What motivates people to buy and then by pushing all the right buttons increase your sales conversions.”

Brett presents SEO – Backlink Anchor Text Optimization posted at Make Money Blogging, saying, “Learn how to make the most of your backlinks. Its on of the key planks in a strategy to gain for search engine traffic.”

Dave Origano presents Be Likeable And Be Controversial – Writing Your Way To Success posted at Online Marketing & Exponential Business Growth Blog, saying, “Millions of new websites, blogs and businesses are made every single year. The world is changing at such a speed almost noone can keep up-to-date with everything. There are so many solutions to any problem you have, that standing out from the crowd is slowly becoming the only way to grow your business.”

Graphic Identity presents 10 Enhancement Ideas to Optimize your Design Blog Topic posted at Graphic Identity Tutorials, saying, “We often read SEO tips for general blogs. I was so curious how to implement those tips and tricks to my design blog topic. Because a design blog niche (like any other niches) always has uniqueness in context, and therefore I always experiment and doing trial and error to improve my blog. Here are 10 enhancement ideas to optimize your Design Blog Topic.”

IMZ2H presents Make your own WordPress widgets in 10 easy steps! posted at Internet Marketing Zero 2 Hero Blog, saying, “A tutorial I wrote about how to make your own custom WordPress widgets. As easy as copy / paste / change a couple of words. You can put almost anything into a widget (provided it fits into your sidebar).”

Chris Christensen presents Twitter and TwitterPod posted at Inside Chris’s Head, saying, “Use Twitter to connect to your readers and other bloggers. This is a review of TwitterPod.”

FitBuff presents DVT Symptoms – Do You Have Any of These? posted at FitBuff.com’s Total Mind and Body Fitness Blog, saying, “Blogging isn’t a very high contact sport, but new research indicates we may be at increased risk of DVT (it’s not just limited to frequent fliers anymore). Check these symptoms to see if you’re suffering from any, so you can catch it before it’s too late…”

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of resource for bloggers using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

This was the last edition held on this blog. This is the rule of the game. The next 4 editions will be hosted on Simonne’s blog, All Tips and Tricks.

The next edition of Resource for Bloggers Carnival will be held on 26th January. The submission deadline will be on 25th January.

Thank you all for participating to the 5th edition of Resource for Bloggers Carnival.

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