WordPress Web 2.0 Spot-Er

Every once in a while someone comes up with a great idea that is designed to benefit anyone involved with it. And no - I’m not talking about monetary gains. This is more in line with giving all to gain almost nothing, well almost … he does get recognition!

My friend and fellow blogger Mert Erkal, who also published on this blog as guest blogger released his latest project a few days ago - Bloghology. Free Report that features us - bloggers and shares our stories and our best posts…

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Thieves come in many forms and shapes and stealing intellectual property is one of the oldest forms. Widespread of internet self-publishing in form of websites and blogs brings this issue to a new level. Now thieves can earn money by stealing YOUR content! While I can understand that some might do it out of lack of knowledge - I don’t care!

Anyone stealing my content will be taken actions against! Information I write is designated for my blog visitors and for my RSS readers ONLY. I have never given permissions to anyone to take my RSS feed and post it on their blog. Yes, it is easy to do and I don’t care if I get a backlink or not - a link from a blog that has no original content has no value to me but even that is besides the point - my RSS Feed is clearly marked as copyrighted material and anyone stealing my posts will be taken action against! And In this post I want to share how you can do same - effectively!

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And here is second part of the videos “in Plain English” created by Common Craft and continuation of the post yesterday. These 2 Free Videos cover a very important aspects on Web 2.0 trends and once again - if not educational, at least very entertaining

I personally enjoyed these videos and you can too…

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In this mini series I wanted to share a couple great videos that cover couple very important aspects: Blogs and RSS in plain and simple English and done in video format.

Don’t expect anything ground breaking but these free videos are very entertaining AND educational at same time and well worth the 6 minutes of your time…

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This guest post was submitted by Lars Koudal, Publisher of Web 20 Tutorials blog that provides information on all aspects of web building from design to how to maximize your revenue streams.

A not-so-new thing for several blog owners is to use guest bloggers to fill in holes in their own posting schedules, or to expand the areas/niche to which the blog focuses on. Guest blogging is nothing new, but what exactly are the benefits, and is it worth it for both the host blog and the guest blogger?

There are indeed several benefits to both the host-blog and the guest blogger and the combined effect of all elements are great for both blogs on short-term as well as long-term.

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Part 3 of the mini-series of posts dedicated to RSS technology and its benefits will build upon information shared in 2 previous posts:

• What is RSS and How You “Feed” It
• What Is RSS And How You “Eat” It

… and in it I will not beat around the bush and want to concentrate directly on what is “near and dear” to every blogger - monetizing the RSS feed without loosing integrity of the blog and annoying our most precious readers - our loyal subscribers!

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This is Part 2 of the short series on RSS and expands on information provided in my first post “What Is RSS And How You “Eat” It“. But this time I want to discuss details that are more relevant to bloggers and how you can use RSS technology to promote your blogs.

In this post I will cover 3 specific areas:

• Optimizing your RSS feed
• Announcing your RSS feed
• Promoting your RSS feed

So dive in for details…

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