Robert B.

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What is the meaning of blogging?

Robert B. posted an article on - Dec 3, 2009, 1:16 am
A blog is also known as Weblog. It is a personal online diary or you can say journal which allows you to share your thoughts and ideas , you can add video, games, pictures, music, you can read comment...
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The Beautiful Art of Blogging

Robert B. posted an article on - Dec 2, 2009, 2:13 am
They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. What is beautiful to you might just look like, well I won’t say it, to me. We all have different tastes and we all have different likes and dislik...
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How to create a successful website

Robert B. posted an article on - Dec 1, 2009, 5:39 am
Any one can create a website. There are so many free tools available that makes this task easy and as painless as possible. But just because you can create a website does not mean that it will be a go...
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Google PageRank – Is it worth all the fuss?

Robert B. posted an article on - Nov 30, 2009, 9:26 am
PageRank is a technology developed by the Google search engine to measure the importance of web pages. Well at least how important other people view your website. It was meant to be a measure of the w...
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Are you motivated? What motivates you?

Robert B. posted an article on - Nov 30, 2009, 5:31 am
In November of this year, 2009, we were fortunate enough to have a holiday in the UK for a month. Relatives were kind enough to buy the plane tickets and pay for our accommodation and food. I did blog...
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Web developers Blog Carnival - Issue #26

Robert B. posted an article on - Nov 30, 2009, 4:34 am
Welcome to the November 30, 2009 edition of web developers. We have four great articles this month. Take time to read them all. You will not be disappointed. More...
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Some fun with Twitter. Funniest Tweets.

Robert B. posted an article on - Nov 27, 2009, 5:45 am
Twitter is a micro blogging service that allows you only 140 characters to express your inner most needs, your most astounding questions, your most intellectual answers and your most outrageous funnie...
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What in the world am I doing, I'm dyslexic

Robert B. posted an article on - Nov 26, 2009, 2:54 am
Blogging, it's about writing. Blogging is the web 2.0 phenomenon that has taken over the internet. Every Tom, Dick and Jane is blogging now.  For a while I had thought that you needed to be an au...
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What do you have to be thankful for?

Robert B. posted an article on - Nov 25, 2009, 1:54 am
The ceremony of thanksgiving as we know it today is celebrated mostly by Americans on the fourth Thursday of November. Most people in South Africa and many other places around the globe do not celebra...
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How To Build A Closer Relationship With Your Blog's Readers.

Robert B. posted an article on - Nov 24, 2009, 4:25 am
This is a guest post by Gordie Rogers. If you have a blog with a readership, then you already have a built in support group. Recently, I wrote two posts where I shared some personal strugg...
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Web Developers Blog Carnival - Issue #25

Robert B. posted an article on - Nov 23, 2009, 1:19 pm
Welcome to the November 16, 2009 edition of web developers. General Case Ernsting presents MetaSpring Blog | Pre-Launch Website Checklist posted at MetaSpring Blog, saying, "There is a l...
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X-Factor your blog

Robert B. posted an article on - Nov 23, 2009, 3:55 am
The X Factor is a British television singing competition, contested by aspiring singers drawn from public auditions. The X Factor was devised as a replacement for the highly successful Pop Idol. The s...
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Blogengage: Promote your blog, get involved, worth it all.

Robert B. posted an article on - Nov 22, 2009, 8:16 am
We are always looking for new and inventive ways to promote our blogs. Now the best ways to promote your blog is to actually convince others to do it for you. Word of mouth is still the number one and...
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7 Reasons why you should quit blogging

Robert B. posted an article on - Nov 20, 2009, 2:57 am
Everybody can blog, but perhaps blogging is not for everyone. Is that true? I see so many new bloggers start with great expectations, but soon give up. Their blogs seem to die a horrible slow death af...
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Don't put me down.

Robert B. posted an article on - Nov 19, 2009, 2:43 pm
Just come from visiting family. It's a great time and every one has fun and shares a lot of memories and great stories. But then it turned into a who's better than who argument, and eventually...
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How much advertising should you have on your blog?

Robert B. posted an article on - Nov 19, 2009, 3:27 am
Every blogger looks towards the A-list bloggers like Darren Rowse, Chris Brogan, Seth Godin, Guy Kawasaki and sees how much money they make as full time bloggers. A fair amount of funds seem to come i...
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Technorati no more accepting pings from your blog.

Robert B. posted an article on - Nov 18, 2009, 9:07 am
Technorati is one of the oldest and most popular Blog Search Engines in the blogosphere. Some say it is competing with Google and Yahoo! But I think not, as it's target searches is not your every ...
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I Dare You to Link.

Robert B. posted an article on - Nov 18, 2009, 3:40 am
Copyright Marvel Comics Link juice is the fuel that drives the internet. It is the democratic voting system of any website or blog. It shows how important your site is. If people like it they ...
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20 Crazy ways to promote your blog.

Robert B. posted an article on - Nov 17, 2009, 3:01 am
There is just so much good advice out there on the internet about blogging. How to start a blog, how to blog, and how to promote a blog. Problem is that most of it has been regurgitated and re-written...
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We Have a Winner

Robert B. posted an article on - Nov 16, 2009, 3:08 pm
Last week I started a new effort on my blog. I started a blog competition. It served to help promote other bloggers for free. While benefitting their blog, I would benefit as well. The competition wou...
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Google, Yahoo Urge FDA to Update Ad Guidelines

Robert B. posted an article on - Nov 13, 2009, 5:28 pm
Internet giants Google and Yahoo have lined up with the pharmaceutical industry in asking the U.S. government to draft new rules that would give drug companies more latitude to advertise online. Curre...
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Spam Spam How I Hate Spam.

Robert B. posted an article on - Nov 13, 2009, 3:23 am
Every internet user, whether you are a blogger, reader, or just a casual browser or email user, has been affected by spam at some point. Spam is the plague of the internet. More and more energy is bei...
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What is blogging all about?

Robert B. posted an article on - Nov 12, 2009, 3:40 am
I feel that there are many who have missed the point of blogging. They have seen a few A-list bloggers, seen that they make a huge amount of money by blogging proffessionaly and think that blogging is...
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Web Developers Blog Carnival - Issue #24

Robert B. posted an article on - Nov 12, 2009, 3:30 am
Welcome to the November 10, 2009 edition of web developers. A small one this week, but nonetheless exciting. Check it out. More...
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Why I think Google's new Programming Language, Go, will fail.

Robert B. posted an article on - Nov 11, 2009, 4:58 am
It's all over the web, Twitter streams are full of it. Google has announced their release of a new programming language called Go. What is Google up to. Hot off the release of Wave, is Go. Here I ...
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Win free advertising for your blog

Robert B. posted an article on - Nov 11, 2009, 2:51 am
... phenomenon is the perfect place to be social and help others. One of the sustaining forces of a blog is traffic. Bloggers are ever looking for ways and means to promote their blog and incre...
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Combating Blog Fatigue

Robert B. posted an article on - Nov 10, 2009, 3:37 am
We all go through it sometime don't we. Whether in sport, at home, at work, we all suffer from some sort of fatigue. Bloggers are not immune from this either. Those times when you wonder why...
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Twitter mistakes that you might have made before.

Robert B. posted an article on - Nov 9, 2009, 3:21 am
Everyone makes mistakes. The point is do you learn from them? Twitter is a World Wide Web phenomenon that every one is getting into. As a newbie you would have made many mistakes. But now that you are...
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Botox your Blog

Robert B. posted an article on - Nov 6, 2009, 4:44 am
Botox! What is it? Why do people use it? Well acutall Botox® is a protein derived from botulism toxin.  In large doses, the protein causes botulism, a rare paralytic illness often linked to food po...
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Social Media Optimization and Marketing

Robert B. posted an article on - Nov 5, 2009, 3:06 am
For a long time now, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for websites has been honed into a fine art with entire companies devoting considerable effort to defining best practices and touting the value ...
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5 Simple SEO tips for Bloggers

Robert B. posted an article on - Nov 4, 2009, 3:43 am
Everyone is talking about SEO lately. SEO professionals are crawling out of the woodwork in every corner of the globe. Traditionally SEO was targeted at big business. Then other smaller businesses and...
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5 Ways to improve your blog.

Robert B. posted an article on - Nov 3, 2009, 11:20 am
Looking to improve your blog? Have a strong desire to increase your traffic? Have a strong desire to see more loyal readers to your blog? I guess you answered yes to all of these questions. Who wouldn...
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Web Developers carnival - Issue #23

Robert B. posted an article on - Nov 3, 2009, 11:10 am
  Welcome to the November 2, 2009 edition of web developers. A short list this week, but none the less worth while. Support us, have a look, and enjoy More...
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How to become a better blogger?

Robert B. posted an article on - Nov 2, 2009, 8:28 am
What is your purpose for blogging? Why do you blog? What are you trying to achieve? These are all questions every blogger should be asking themselves. Another question you should be asking yourself is...
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Software development cycle

Robert B. posted an article on - Oct 30, 2009, 4:17 am
I am in the IT industry. As a programmer we really have a hard time sometimes. I suppose the biggest challenge of any programmer is to produce a bug free program. Something that is considered the Holy...
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Is your blog presentable and friendly?

Robert B. posted an article on - Oct 29, 2009, 5:35 am
We have just traveled from South Africa to the UK. Going through both airports is an eye opener. So many differences as to how the employees handle people and customers. It got me thinking, if your bl...
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Blog by Numbers - Build your blog in 2 hours a day

Robert B. posted an article on - Oct 27, 2009, 3:01 am
.style1 { color:#FFF; Font-weight:bold; } This post is inspired by the really useful, Things I wish I knew and did when I first started blogging. Part I and 10 Things I wish I knew and did be...
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Web Developers Carnival - Issue #22

Robert B. posted an article on - Oct 27, 2009, 1:02 am
Welcome to the October 26, 2009 edition of web developers. Once again a fantastic issue. From styling input fields to creating a viral twitter campaign. From Real world texture to online radio. I am s...
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What are your thoughts on ReTweeting?

Robert B. posted an article on - Oct 23, 2009, 3:45 am
Image author unknown ReTweeting is a phenomenon that has taken the Twitter world by storm. The retweet was not in the original functionality or feature of Twitter. It all began when somebody added t...
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Researching your competitors links

Robert B. posted an article on - Oct 22, 2009, 5:11 am
Inbound links are the lifeblood of traffic and traffic rank for your blog. It not only shows confidence in your blog, but has the ability to spread your brand all over the internet. As with any produc...
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Web Developers Carnival - issue #21

Robert B. posted an article on - Oct 22, 2009, 2:46 am
Welcome to the October 19, 2009 edition of web developers. This week we have a small carnival that packs a large punch. seowizz presents Link Building Factors – The Aspects That Really Drive...
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Alternatives to Google Wave

Robert B. posted an article on - Oct 21, 2009, 5:25 am
Google Wave, the new hype on the internet. But Google Wave is not new. In fact there are other pieces of software that have been around for a while before Google Wave hit the scene. Some have been aro...
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Google Wave, collaboration on steroids.

Robert B. posted an article on - Oct 20, 2009, 2:06 am
The latest craze on the internet now is Google Wave. People all around the internet are scrambling to get Wave invites to test and preview the latest from the internet giant, Google wave. In fact, the...
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Using Wordpress on Vista and IIS 7.0

Robert B. posted an article on - Oct 19, 2009, 2:56 am
Wordpress is probably the most used and most famous blogging software around today. A lot of CMS’s do have blog modules within the CMS. But they are either limited or the CMS is too much overkill fo...
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Is your blog actually useful?

Robert B. posted an article on - Oct 16, 2009, 2:40 am
People blog for many reasons. Some blog professionally while others just do it for the fun of it. But whatever the reason, make sure your blog is actually useful to others who are and will be reading ...
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Do you really need a SEO Consultant?

Robert B. posted an article on - Oct 14, 2009, 3:57 am
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Web developers blog carnival - Issue #20

Robert B. posted an article on - Oct 13, 2009, 12:28 pm
Welcome to the October 12, 2009 edition of web developers. This week we seem to be concentrating on Twitter. If you have a twitter account, or use Twitter in any way, or even thining about using Twitt...
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Why I'm the best blogger in the country.

Robert B. posted an article on - Oct 13, 2009, 2:36 am
Being the best blogger in the country is no small feat. It takes hard work, loads of dedication and lots of passion. It takes patience. It takes even more dedication, hard work and passion to stay the...
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Programmer web developer, professional blogger, husband, dad, and for all that can't spell

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