Lyndon Antcliff

You are what differentiates your blog. What attracts people to blogs is more about the person behind the writing than the actual writing itself. Don’t believe me, check out all the top blogs and they are personality driven. What I mean by that is it is the brand of the author that transcends the content itself. Of course the content goes a long way to developing the online brand of the author, but when it is established the content is less important.

I hesitate to say that it is the personal brand of the author, rather it is the online persona which is created and used to market the blog. This is why companies and corporations have a hard time blogging, it’s all about online personality, conversely this is why a lot of blogs are boring. [Read more…] about Your secret blogging weapon is you

Murtle took a walk with an aligator

I shouted “Murtle took a walk with an aligator” out on my digg shout box to see what would happen, then set up a Google alert for it. Sure enough it popped up in the SERPS, but not on my shout page, on Aldomatic’s and Obeezy’s. Which is interesting, does this mean these two have the most google juice for their digg page within my digg network?

I have now added the phrase to my “About me” on my digg profile. I have obviously added it here also, lets see what happens?

I love the speed at which google picks on blog stuff these days.

BTW, if you want to compete with me on this term to see how much juice you have, be my guest.

Update: dammit, I had a phone call that caused me to miss exactly when it popped up in Google for this site. It was definately less than an hour. The power of the blog is power indeed. I will be checking other sites for their indexing speed. One thing that is interesting is that I am beating digg in the serps. Probably because on on-page elements.

It has taken me a while to get to grips with Stumbleupon. It has features that I cannot find explained anywhere on the official Stumbleupon pages. The guys who run Stumbleupon don’t seem to mind that most people have no idea how to use their system.

Maybe that’s why I like it so much. It’s like the restaurant that does not advertise, and you only find whilst trying to find your girlfriends cat in the rain. A restaurant whose menu is out of date. But the food happens to be exceptional.

Sometimes digg feels like a mental asylum and Reddit is just too prissy and up its own end, whilst Stumbleupon just takes it easy. And because there is no one way to use the site and because it has a number of funky doo dahs, you can turn it into a powerful networking beast. [Read more…] about How to be a success in online networking part 2, Stumbleupon

If you are a little tired of the Twatish behaviour at digg, go check out Thoof.com

Muhammad Saleem has written a thought provoking article on Copyblogger regarding the injection of common cultural celebrities into your headlines as a way of reaching out to a potential reader.

The post is targeted at social media submissions and how using common cultural hot spots can get your stuff noticed.

The post distills a few thoughts I have on this technique with regards to headline writing and hopefully moves my writing ability on a bit further. [Read more…] about Britney Spears Plumps My Pillow