Proof that Nofollow = Quality Comments:
Visit the Best Science Blogs.

Posted on November 9, 2007 - Filed Under Blogging | 9 Comments

Do you remember Shoemoney’s Pamcake’s eyerolls at the idea that “Nofollow” blogs have good comments? Well, if you need any proof, visit the two blogs currently neck and neck in the “2007: Best Weblogs” contest. At both Climate Audit and Bad Astronomy, you’ll find plenty of heated debate.

The things you won’t find are:

Automated […]

TrafficJam.com Is Coming!
Can It Save Blogrush?

Posted on November 8, 2007 - Filed Under Blogging | 13 Comments

John Reese, the promoter who brought “Blogrush” recently announced “TrafficJam.com”; evidently TrafficJam will help our blogs even more than Blogrush. The Blogosphere seems to have ignored the announcement. . .
But I won’t ignore it! John Reese is now promising loads of traffic through “TrafficJam”, requesting bloggers be patient and telling us feed back […]

Make Your Blog Easy to Read:
Heck, even a Ph.D can.

Posted on November 5, 2007 - Filed Under Writing Tips, Blogging | 11 Comments

Which blog do you prefer? One that makes easy things hard to understand? Or one that makes difficult things easy to understand?
In “Is your blog easy to read?” Muhammad Saleem recommends the second. He also guides bloggers to an online readability tool to test the reading level of your blog.
Guess what readibility level […]