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Weekly Roundup - Week Ending June 20, 2007

by Sheryl Sisk

Straight to it, right? Y’all have waited long enough:

About WebLogs: “Benefits of Blogging” … Bloggers Blog: The former prez Clinton is blogging! Awesome … The Blog Herald: Lorelle’s got some tips to keep your readers on your page … Blog-Op: Publicizing your blog? Gotta know how to leave comments … Blogger & Podcaster: “Information Does Not Always Want to Be Free” - it doesn’t? EFF will be surprised to hear that … BloggingPro: Thoughts on the massive Theme Viewer purge of aught-seven … Chris Garrett on New Media: “How Many Columns Should a Blog Have?” … Copyblogger: Two helpful tips on getting to the point quickly … DoshDosh: Maki’s got the skinny on something called “FoldSpy” which can help you with your efforts to design your blog for maximum profit … Google Blogoscoped: Google isn’t always disclosing ads … i’d rather be writing: how to tweak design so IE and Firefox both show it like it should be - complete with code examples … Instigator Blog: Ben wants you to write blog posts, not articles - not sure I agree 100% - I think articles have useful purposes on blogs - but I see his point … Mashable: Has a list of 30+ AJAX-powered WordPress plugins … Lifehacker:  How to upload photoshop images to Flickr using FlickrShop (Mac only) … Liz Strauss on Successful Blog: “Blogging in a Foreign Language?” … Lorelle on WordPress: Covers an equally good SEO post from Tom on i’d rather be writing, with some additional reading recommended … Performancing: I’ve been thinking lately about divesting myself of one of my practice blogs, so I can spend more time marketing the other side of my law practice, so this post on valuing your blog is really timely - note to Ahmed: what I really need now is a strategy for marketing the blog to potential buyers (hint hint)  … Problogger: “Alexa Releases Firefox Toolbar” - go get ‘em! … Slyvision’s Online Tips: SEO keyword selector tools … Web Worker Daily: I really love this site, mainly because of pieces like “5 Strategies to Web Work Without Distractions” …

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