New Bloggers on this site

I've linked these new bloggers on this site: Lord Nazh, Ruthie Zaftig, Crushed by Ingsoc and Guthrum. Welcome to you all. Just play nicely and behave yourselves.

"Blogroll" updates

Apart from the hilarious Welshman, Chip 'n Dale, I've also added ATW, or A Tangled Web. This site is well written by David Vance and his team. A rising star, I feel.

Another thought provoking site is Tim Kevan's clever Barrister Blog

Finally, I just love Drunken Blogging



P.S. I nearly forgot Tim Kevan's fiancee - Michelle Tempest and her Psychiatrist Blog

3 ways to boost your internet rankings

1. Post reguarly with relevant content

2. Get links

3. Ask people for testimonials, like this

In addition to the kind words at the top of this Blog, I'm grateful to my colleague at the PSA, Graham Jones, whose kindly posted this about me on his site

Of course, Graham is only referring to my main Blog

You see with a bit of hard work and application one does move up the rankings.

Goodbye 2006 and hello.................................

to 2007.

My last post on this forum for 2006.

See you all in a few hours time!

Top Tips for Blogging

These were outlined by a charming young lady from Adelaide called Beerli. Her Blog is known as The Talk of the Town.

The charming young lady on the left is supermodel, Kaja Wunder, who's the co-founder of The Button Club.

Ten tips for blogging

1. The length of the post is irrelevant. It’s the content and it’s a bit hard to judge sometimes what will take off. Readers often like different and quirky, but they also like to get stuck into some meatier subjects.

2. Pictures help. Readers react to pictures and it’s often the ones which stir a memory, capture the imagination or make them laugh which get the reactions.

3. One day you will go to your blog and you will feel sick. You will not want to blog. It’s like aversion therapy. Some people delete their blogs or blogs are left hanging in space. Know this will happen, that it feels awful but that it will pass.

4. Blog holidays are good. After a week’s break you come back just popping!

5. Get a stat counter which lets you see who visits. It is so exciting to know that someone has come in from Thailand or Greece. It really cheers you up to know there are people in far flung corners who come to read your blog.

6. Get an RSS feed going. It does improve the traffic.

7. Join places like Blog Lines, Blog Explosion and Blogshares. It gets your blog known, it makes you feel like a somebody and it helps you to create the connections which you wish to make.

8. Some of the best bloggers I have come to value suddenly just stop blogging. It can be very upsetting and you wonder what has happened. Expect to feel attached and be ready for the separation anxiety.

9. Don’t be frightened to ask for help if you don’t know how to do something or what something means. The blogosphere is full of kind , helpful people who do not make you feel stupid.

10. Link away! Ask to link your blog, let others link to you. That network can be crucial at times.

I think this is a useful list of do's for blogging. I also would like to add that Blog templates and the colours used therein are important considerations, particuarly if you are going to be "monetizing" your Blog.