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Why aren't my videos getting more web traffic? : Ft. Hard Knox
Good advice on how to help websurfers find your videos. It's all about providing descriptive text that search engines can grab.
This is a great but brief, nine-point analysis of why blogging is very different than when it first became hot five years ago. One big overarching point -- blogs aren't connecting to each other the way they once did. The only thing I see missing -- RSS aggregators like Google and Newsgator have changed the way readers interact with blogs.
(I found this on Twitter, of course, via @sissywillis.)
The life of a Massachusetts sheep farmer. It's lambing season! (H/T See Dubya.)
Danz Family: Landon Walter Danz
The Danz Family has added a new member -- click through and offer your congratulations to Don, now the proud papa to three boys.
Last hurrah from CPAC | conservativeintelligencer.com
J. Wesley is there, hobnobbing with his fellow conservative bloggers. Read back a ways for more coverage.
Confessions of a Pioneer Woman - 25 Best Blogs 2009 - TIME
The multi-blog website of Oklahoma ranch wife and homeschooling mom Ree Drummond made TIME's top list of top blogs.
Flammable Pajamas Media « Dr. Melissa Clouthier
An outsider looks at the closure of Pajamas Media's blog network and makes a good point about why video doesn't work well with blogging. A commenter notes: "My argument against video is the same one I use against voicemail. Why would I want to sit and wait to listen for someone to get to whatever their point is when I have the option of reading it in 1/10th the time."
BIG, HAPPY news! Go read it and congratulate Karol!
Emily Gould - Exposed - Blog-Post Confidential - Gawker - NYTimes.com
Gawker gossip learns lessons of blog discretion.
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