I love the different statistics that Google hands out, and the Google Reader has several, so I decided to use a different screen shot this week and post the graph for time read. If you haven’t looked at them yet, there are several different graphs available in the “trends” section of Google Reader.
This week has been a little more quiet than the past few weeks. In part it might be the upcoming holiday here in the U.S. that had several of the frequent article writers looking for a little relaxation.รย There were so many posts to choose from this week, but these below are all good reading.
This Week in Review
There is still a lot of chatter about the PageRank system of course, and a new twist was with the release of a new TLA code, see my article TLA Changes Code, Says Refrain From Paid Links Text where it looks like the battle rages on between TLA and Google.
Another added component this week was a few articles that were written that talked about PayPerPost now being on the hit list for Google. I haven’t read to much about the issue quite yet, but the article, Use PayPerPost? Watch your blog PR drop to ZERO explains it pretty well.
Upcoming Holiday Week
I myself and going to try and use this week to catch up on some other projects and take some time off for Thanksgiving. I am working to implement a CMS blog of sorts in a niche craft market using a great WordPress Theme by Brian Gardner called Revolution (using the Magazine version), which I hope will be ready early next year. It looks like a great theme to work with and hopefully I will have some time over the holiday to dig into the code a little bit.
So, lets get on to the top 15 stars of the week.
Top 15 18 Stars of the week of Nov 12th-19th
5 Tips for Show Top Commentator Plugin Usage
via Wayne Liew Dot Com by Wayne Liew on 11/12/07
Today I am going to write about a popular plugin which most of us might be using, the Show Top Commentator plugin by Nate Sanden. I will not be reviewing about it since it is a known fact that the plugin is
The Problem with Waffly Headlines
via Copyblogger by Sean D’Souza on 11/12/07
Headline writing is an art, right?
No itรขโฌโขs not. But you canรขโฌโขt have waffle.
So how would you define waffly-headlines? Waffly headlines have terms like this:
Does your office have workplace-stress?
What Topic Would You NEVER Blog About?
via Everybody Go To by Hyder on 11/12/07
We all have our favorite blogging topics be it Technology, Web Startups, Making Money Online, stuff about Blogging itself, among many others. But there are always a few topics that every blogger
Wanted: Bloggers for Hire
via Blogging Tips by Elaine Ramos on 11/12/07
Blogging is more than just a hobby, it is now considered as an income generator.
Aside from having blogs which has high traffic, one could be a รขโฌลblogger for hireรขโฌย. It means that you could be hired as bloggers for different topics provided that you would meet the requirement needed
17 Creative Link Building Ideas : Please Add Your Own
via Search Engine Journal by Miles Price on 11/12/07
For a follow-up to the post on link-building techniques, Iรขโฌโขve decided to take some articles off of my compilations for creative link-building ideas on the Search Marketing Wiki. I hope you enjoy these ideas for more and more are coming รขโฌโ Feel free to add any ideas you feel
Would you buy adverts on eBay?
via TameBay by Chris Dawson on 11/12/07
An interesting twist has come to light regarding the adverts eBay are testing on the site in search results.
eBay are consulting website owners to gauge their interest in paying for the adverts and gathering information on the likely take up rate and the amount users may spend per month.
A Basic Guide to WordPress Template Tags
via Randa Clay Design by Randa on 11/12/07
Recently a reader asked how to add the time of a post to a theme, so I thought I would give a basic overview of WordPress template tags. This is one of those things that seems like it must be really complicated, but actually isnรขโฌโขt.
How to Transform Readers Into Raving Fans
via ProBlogger Blog Tips by Skellie on 11/13/07
In this post regular contributer Skellie from Skelliewag.org explains how you can turn readers into fans.
The notion of รขโฌหraving fansรขโฌโข brings to mind a screaming crowd at a Beatles concert. For bloggers, a more accurate version of a รขโฌหraving
WWLD? No. 2: Keeping Connected
via 43 Folders – by glassdog on 11/14/07
Our great friend, Leslie Harpold, passed away in December of last year. In addition to being a swell pal and an old-school web mandarin, Leslie was an endless source of advice and opinion on practically everything.
How to Attract Comments on Your Blog
via bluejar.com – the webmasters guide to the galaxy by Sarah on 10/17/07
Photo by greggoconnell.
My blog is a little over 3 months old and right now I have a total of 107 posts with 1,091 comments. I have tried a lot of things to attract comments on my blog, many which have worked out well and
A No-nonsense Guide To Clearer, Sharper, And Better Writing
via Blogging Bits by Mohsin on 11/12/07
A great idea wrapped in flimsy writing is a waste of words.
On the other hand, an average but clearly expressed thought enjoys more attention.
Why bother about good writing practices, you ask? You are a blogger, not a would-be author of the next best-seller.
Do You Thank Your Stumblers?
via Caroline Middlebrook by Caroline Middlebrook on 11/14/07
Iรขโฌโขm sure many of you enjoy the benefits of large volumes of traffic from StumbleUpon, but do you take the time to find out who gave you those thumbs up and stop to thank them? If not, then read on to discover why you should.
[on a side note: you have to go read her follow-up to this post and see the emails she received by doing this post. They were not nice!]
How I Make Money Blogging
via ProBlogger Blog Tips by Darren Rowse on 11/14/07
Every now and again I give readers an update on how Iรขโฌโขve been making money through blogging over the last few months.
Itรขโฌโขs been a over six months since I last did it and a number of things have changed since that time – so I thought
My Blogging Advice To Connect With Your Readers
via Shoemoney – Skills To Pay The Bills by ShoeMoney on 11/13/07
First of all if you are reading this site for blogging advice you are at the wrong place. problogger is hands down THE blogger and has the best advice and reads.
Improve Your Productivity with the 80-20 Rule
via Winning the Web by Gyutae Park on 11/14/07
Have you heard of the Pareto principle? If you havenรขโฌโขt, youรขโฌโขre missing out on a key business idea and may be working inefficiently for little gain. This is a principle mentioned in Timothy Ferrisรขโฌโข popular book, 4-Hour Work Week and is extremely relevant in online business and
Using Google Webmaster Tools with Go Daddy
via Google Blogoscoped by Tony Ruscoe on 11/14/07
The Google Webmaster Central Blog recently announced that Google and Go Daddy were working on a pilot together so that Go Daddy customers could more easily access Google Webmaster Tools.
Hereรขโฌโขs how it works:
Who is Blogging and Why? Is the Blogosphere in a Digestion Phase?
via Read/WriteWeb by Alex Iskold on 11/15/07
Last week Marshall and I attended the Blog World Expo conference. The gathering, held in Las Vegas, drew over 1,500 bloggers from different parts of the country and overseas. The conference
Savings is Sexy
via W Revenue dot Com by Scott on 11/18/07
Everyone reading this blog wants to make more money, but once you get it, do you know what to do with it? Letรขโฌโขs face it, most people donรขโฌโขt have any savings and if they do, itรขโฌโขs maybe a few thousand dollars. Thatรขโฌโขs not necessarily because they canรขโฌโขt save, or because
Conclusion
I think that about wraps it up for a week of starred items. If you are not familiar with this post, each week on Monday’s I post an article called Top 15 Stars of the Week. In this article I review the web happenings from the week before and post some of the articles that I starred in my Google Reader from the week before.
I hope you enjoy reading these articles, or at least marking them for later reading. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
3 responses to “Top 15 Stars of the Week, November 19”
Thanks for the link Scott. Much appreciated. ๐
Nice article Scott, you’ve uncovered some brilliant blogs there.
Mark
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