The Social Media Generation: Paradise Lost

The Social Media Generation: Paradise Lost

I was discussing with my Internet repairman today about this generation‘s complacency over privacy with Social Media. I think I hit it on the head when I said they don‘t realize what we have until one day when we wake up and suddenly realize those “rights” that we took for granted are no longer a right […]


Add Google Buzz to the Wordpress Plugin “Sociable”

You can’t help but notice all of the buzz (no pun intended) over Google’s latest foray into the crowded Social Networking arena . So I was looking for a way to add Google Buzz to the popular Wordpress plugin “Sociable” that I have at the bottom of all my posts. Unfortunately […]

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How Long Should a Blog Post Really Be?

How Long Should a Blog Post Really Be?

There seems to be a widely held view out there that the length of a blog post should be limited to only about 300 words maximum. Others might stretch that to 500 words or less but the general concensus is readers suffer from Attention Deficit Disorder (notice the tongue in my cheek) and can’t focus long enough to read anything longer. Makes sense .. right? Hmm .. I have to admit that I’ve always had a problem with this point of view. First of all […]

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2010 Marks the Beginning of the End for Quality Content

2010 Marks the Beginning of the End for Quality Content

The BIG NEWS for 2010 is Google is dumbing-down it’s algorithms to accomodate the idle chit-chat of Social Media. Google is ringing in the New Year with a PageRank shakeup that will be earth-shaking. A new trend is unfolding that will give Social Network accounts like Twitter and Facebook a better pagerank […]

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Twitter Goes LIVE! And Why It’s a Big Deal

Twitter Goes LIVE! And Why It’s a Big Deal

The little app that could has finally grown up. No matter what you may think of Twitter there‘s no denying it is a phenomena. Twitter is on Letterman, celebrities are using it and even Microsoft got into a bidding war with Google over it. Everybody wants a piece of Twitter (except of course Miley Cyrus, […]

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What Should A Blogging Bloke Write About?

What Should A Blogging Bloke Write About?

Since my last blog post I‘ve been feeling a little better and I‘m mulling over what BLOGBloke should be writing about. You might have noticed that I broadened the niche of this blog from “blog tips” to include social media tips and news. Although I would argue the niche is basically one and the same, […]

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Can’t Blog? So What’s a Blogger To Do?

Can’t Blog? So What’s a Blogger To Do?

We’ve all heard of the blogging mantra to write often and regularly. It has become a blogging maxim, a common law so to speak for serious bloggers who want to create a thriving community and rank well with the SERPs (search engine results page). So in consideration of this fact you might have […]

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