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Just a quick note today to let you know that over the next few weeks, I'll be moving this blog to the Wordpress platform. I have my own Wordpress server, and it will be easier for me to keep a consistent look across the various blogs I run if they are all Wordpress blogs. There are also some Wordpress features like Widgets that I have come to love. And lastly, as Blogger becomes more popular, it also becomes more crowded and less stable. So I think it's time for the move.

You may note some service down time over the next two weeks. Hopefully, we can pull the switch off without causing too much trouble.

I appreciate your patience while we make the move.

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Does your local newspaper have a blog? Chances are, the answer is yes. In fact, the major daily newspapers are all quickly adopting blogging as a way to hang on to their traditional audience. As more and more people start to get their news online, newspaper company executives realize that they better fight for that audience if newspapers are going to remain relevant.





Portland Oregonian
Houston Chronicle
Washington Post
Seattle Times
USA Today
St. Petersburg Times
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
San Antonio Express-News

These are just some of the newspapers that have robust blogs available. In fact, of the nation's top 100 newspapers, only 13 don't have blogs.

Some smaller newspapers are also getting into the blogging habit. The Spokesman Review in Spokane, WA has a great blog called, Blogging@Spokesmanreview.com.

Newspapers are primarily using blogs to keep their news stories fresh, for commentary and in some cases as replacements for the LETTER TO THE EDITOR section, since it's so easy to enable reader-generated feedback.

Some newspapers are even adding RSS feeds for their Classifieds section - no doubt a very smart move given the fact that the Internet is just KILLING the traditional newspaper classified business.

If the newspaper business is on board with blogging, that means it's arrived. How about your industry? Is it blogging yet?

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If you use Google's Blogger, it might be a good idea to republish your entire blog once in a while. It seems that links can be broken, pages lost, etc., over time with Blogger. Republishing the blog cures the problem.

So if you've had a blog for a while, consider republishing the entire blog, just to keep things clean.

Hat tip to Blogger Tips & Tricks.

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When you blog, should you mention your home phone number? How about your child's name? Should you talk about your boss?

My advice is - no. Your blog has a global audience whether you know it or not. If you'd feel uncomfortable sharing information with that creepy stranger you just met at the grocery store, remember that if you post that information on your blog, you just did the equivalent.

Blogs are spontaneous. That can be good or bad. If your boss makes you mad, and you vent on your personal blog, you could find yourself fired the next day.

If you went to the ballgame rather than attend your girlfriend's piano recital, make sure you don't blog about the game if you told her you had to work.

It's easy to forget that lots of people can access your blog. So make it a point to treat every word on your blog as if it were a newspaper headline. Would you want that information out there?

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I get lots of requests from newbies who want to understand social bookmarking sites like Digg. I was researching an article on this subject when I came upon Pronet Advertising's great post - A Beginner's Guide To Digg. So rather than reinvent the wheel, I invite you to read Neil's well-written article.

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