One of the issues that every blogger face – especially after a theme change or browser upgrade – is that his blog starts misbehaving with different browser applications and screen resolutions. The issues can range from minor painting issues to major alignment problems. Majority of the issues can be solved by making the theme code XHTML compliant and by avoiding making changes to the blog platform’s core codebase. 
Added third party (advertisements, tracking code, badges etc) scripts are other culprits that make a blog look ugly sometimes.
In this post, I would like to provide some tips and tools that will make your blog look great in every possible browser and device – provided the browser application itself is majorly bug free. [Read more...]
The following are those ten things that could create a very bad first impression (and hence the last impression as well, mostly) among your search visitors.
If you have a Search Engine optimized (SEO) blog then chances are high that 40-50% of your visitors are coming via web search. Though SEO takes care of luring the search users into your blog, it does not guarantee any positive action from them thereafter nor can it extend the stay of the visitor. Hence your blog, at the most, has 10 seconds to prove its worth and hospitality before the search visitor hits the back button or decide to stay on.
in the world, from a list of 50 prestigious companies that are known for innovation and successful business models. Apple‘s feat of being in that position for the fourth time straight is something that needs special mention and for many, the Apple story could be a great case study and inspiration as well.
Blog comment and comment moderation ethics
Of late, all my replies to comments in my own blog have been getting caught by Akismet spam protector. A few good blogger friends alerted me that whatever comments I post on their blogs are getting caught by the spam protection as well. Out of frustration, I contacted the Akismet support and the following was their reply:
Firstly, a big thanks to akismet support team for having replied to my query so fast. Not many free services providers reply to their customers’ queries and hence this one definitely needs to be appreciated. Next, let me spend some time to dig into what he meant and what I have been doing as a commentator as well as moderator. Hopefully I can summarize my findings as a bunch of best practices towards the end of this post.
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