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"How To…"

January 26, 2008 / / 4 Comments

There is something about “how to” books that grabs the reader’s attention and makes him want to buy the book. I think my first “how to” book was named ” How to become a writer?”

Needless to say, that book did not help me a lot. Was it because the book was not good or because I was too young to understand it then, can be debated. But, the book was not a complete waste of money.

At that time whatever I wrote was in long hand. The book said if you are aspiring to be a writer you should have a word processor, or at the least a typewriter. Since buying a computer was not even a option, I began to look for typewriters.

I began to save my pocket money in the hope of buying a typewriter.  Every time I saw an advertisement in the paper for a typewriter, my eyes would be filled with a deep yearning. Of course, I couldn’t tell about my desire to my parents because writing to them was merely, “a waste of time”.

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A Global English

January 18, 2008 / / 4 Comments

Thanks to the Internet, English has become one of the most written, if not spoken, language in the world. And from the way things are going it can be safely assumed that the use of English is only going to increase in the years to come.

A few years ago, there were only two major varieties of English – the British  and the  American. Given the fact that most of the world has been a British colony at some point of time or another, it is not surprising that countries like India, south Africa etc. were predominantly using British English, and occasionally spicing it up with bits and pieces of the native language.

Thus, in addition to the two major varieties of English, a few other variants began to develop. But, then came computers, and the Internet, and things changed altogether.

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Finding a niche…

January 14, 2008 / / 4 Comments

As I said in one of my previous posts, if someone has more than one blog it is important for them to identify a niche for each of the blogs. Otherwise it is easy to become confused as to what one is going to post on the different blogs.

Once confusion sets in, many other problems follow. 

Identifying a niche is also helpful as it gives you a rough outline around which you can  develop your post. There are certain things that you write about, and then there are others that you don’t. Once you have that defined, coming up with the posts becomes a little less difficult.

A niche is good for the readers too because they know what to expect when they come to your blog. If it is something that is of interest to them, they would like to subscribe to your blog or bookmark it. If not, they will move on.

This blog has been in existence for almost an year now, but till now I have not been able to decide a niche for it, but I think that is a thing of the past. Because, now, I have decided that it will be possible to continue this blog only if a niche is defined for it. And I have defined it…

What it is, is something that you will have to figure out for yourself in the days to come.  I am sure it will not be hard to figure it out!

Some changes on the Blog

January 11, 2008 / / 2 Comments

Change is the law of nature. This statement is especially true for the blogosphere, where new ideas and concepts come up every day. Some stay and flourish, while others fizzle out and are soon forgotten.

Bloggers have to keep in touch with the latest trends and make changes on their blogs accordingly. So, in line with what has happened in the blogosphere lately, I have made a few changes to my blog too.

  • The Blogrush widget, that had been occupying the top spot in the side bar, has been moved down the order. I thought about taking it off the blog, but on second thoughts I let it stay as I have come across some good blogs through the widget. But Blogrush has been a disappointment considering the momentum it had gained on account of it’s explosive opening.
  • Entrecard, the new kid on the block, has been given the top spot on the side bar. The reason for that is that the entrecard widget has been sending in consistent traffic, despite the fact that I have not made any real effort to get traffic from there. I think I am going to do that now, and getting the entrecard widget on top is the first step in that direction.
  • I had been using a couple of referral programs for the last few months, but they have not produced any results. So, off they have come too.
  • Google Adsense is back on the blog. After experimenting with a couple of ways to make money – without affecting the blog – I have come to feel that Google Adsense is still one of the best ways to do it. So, the google ads are back again, until I can find a better alternative.

That is about it…at least for now.

Social Networking is bad for Blogging!

January 7, 2008 / / 1 Comment

Or, maybe I should say,  too much social networking is bad for blogging.

Contrary to what is widely said in the blogosphere, I have begun to feel that too much social networking can hurt you in the long run as a blogger. Of  course, social networking has an important role to play for any blogger, yet sometimes it begins to consume too much of the blogger’s time that blogging is affected.

Most bloggers join social networking sites as a way to promote their blogs. But, when they explore the site, they make new friends and find new things to do on these sites, resulting in the blogger’s losing focus of their main goal – Blogging. 

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