The Life Cycle of a Blog Post Clicking the post button after writing a blog post is just the beginning of a blog post's life cycle, and not the relished end as some writers may prefer to think it. Within minutes, if you've written about a timely and noteworthy topic, a small army of bots will get the word out to anyone remotely interested, from fellow bloggers to corporate marketers. A fantastic ... Read full entry

Bots and Bloggers Don't Get Holiday Time Off. In my opinion "pro" blogging is a little like running your own business, or being a sole proprietor. And when it comes to taking holidays the (grim) reality is things are going to slow down at your place of business for the duration. After all they don't call them holidays for nothing. My access to the net has been restricted for the ... Read full entry

Since spam bots can't read, this post is pretty much pointless, but give me any excuse to underline the fact I've on the web for over ten years now, and there's no stopping me. In the old days, and I am referring to the days of the dot com boom, requests for link exchanges were usually composed by a human, and also included an actual and tangible incentive to consider such ... Read full entry