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By: vikas

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Take these simple steps to create exceptional blog content — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:34:52 +0000

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By: Radioactive Liberty - Useless. Worthless. Pointless. » Short Attention Span Topics #8

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 03:43:35 +0000

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Friday’s Finds — 07/06/2007 | Derrich.com - crude, yet refined — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:39:34 +0000

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BlogSecurity » Blogging - are you helping the bad guys? — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:47:07 +0000

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By: G. Chai

G. Chai — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 19:26:38 +0000

Sleep on (some of) your posts. I have often done this to keep myself from making bad choices in publishing some items.

When bloggers are in a hurry to be the “first” to post, this important tool is often overlooked. One should “Save” the post, instead of “Publish”ing, and think about it for a few hours/days (depending on the urgency of the post). This will allow for edits before publishing…and brings clarity to the point/s one is trying to post.

By: Radioactive Liberty

Radioactive Liberty — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 12:22:14 +0000

Short Attention Span Topics #8…

It’s the return of Short Attention Span topics! Links and Random thoughts for the week.
What?
Technology → Nightmare: Apple Ships 500,000 iPhones with short “i”. Via Point Five.
War Reporting → TJ’s Anti-Contrarian Blog uncov…

By: BusinessMen

BusinessMen — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:57:22 +0000

Nice staff, but it’s true, that if You will be thinking before every publishing, it would be too longer per time for every post, heh

By: NimrodJO Blog |Reviews|Edu|Tech|Wordpress » Blog Archive » Before You Publish…16 Things To Do!

Sat, 30 Jun 2007 04:55:03 +0000

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15 consejos a la hora de publicar un post « TECcfwi — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 05:59:20 +0000

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By: Alfa - Flood of Dollars

Alfa - Flood of Dollars — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 04:43:41 +0000

I try to look for phrases or words that I can hyperlink to one of my other posts to clarify those phrases or to provide continuity if the reader would like to read related posts since I haven’t installed the “related entry” plugin yet.

By: Blogging: 11 consejos antes de publicar | Sicrono

Blogging: 11 consejos antes de publicar | Sicrono — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:15:11 +0000

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By: FIAR

FIAR — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:01:35 +0000

This thread really took off on the “read more” portion of the topic. This is just my observation, but it seems to me that most of the people defending it’s use seem to have all the good “blogger” reasons for justifying it, but not much of a “reader” perspective on it’s use.

I suggest you take a look at this review on a humor blog review site, and see for yourselves that the blog would have fared even better in it’s review if it didn’t use the “read more” feature.

Although it reflects my opinion, I did not participate in the review itself in any way. It’s merely something I have read.

samples from the review:

“Also, I hate-hate-HATE blogs that make me click to read the entire post and then take you to a separate page.”

“I don’t like that I have to click through to read the rest of each post. Otherwise, it’s a great blog!”

“Why the extra click to read every post? That’s really annoying.”

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15 Consejos A La Hora De Publicar Un Post « — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:10:59 +0000

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By: Michael Martine

Michael Martine — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:35:07 +0000

I write longer posts than most people at my blog, because many of them are how-to’s and tutorials. The more tag (I know it’s not really a tag, but it’s convenient to call it that) helps people get a sense of what’s going on the home page without having to scroll down too much. It’s an important first impression, I think. For people who arrive at a single page via search or a link, they don’t need to see the whole dang post again if they decide to visite the home page after landing on a single page.

By: Manny

Manny — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:40:38 +0000

I don’t see why the “read more” link is annoying. I don’t mind clicking a link if I find the article interesting. Of course, if it’s not interesting, then even seeing the whole article on a single page won’t make me continue reading.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 06:37:39 +0000

Like most people here I use ‘read more’ not to add an extra pageview, but to give the user the choice to read the full post or not. This is perfectly inline with every serious news site on the internet and is just common sense (if it’s good enough for the BBC then it’s good enough for me).

Naturally this must be done pragmatically. If the post is 2 sentences then it makes no sense to have a ‘read more’. However, if the post is more than a few paragraphs then I would much rather see an excerpt on the front page than a big lump of text.

If clicking on an extra link is too much work then you really shouldn’t be using the web.

Also, the comment about not using avatars is not something I agree with. Avatars, when used correctly, can greatly improve the look of a blog. If used incorrectly then they can slow things down.

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Miscellany | astrofish.net/xenon — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:14:35 +0000

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By: valent

valent — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:21:27 +0000

I use “read more” often. When I write down a large article, I must use it. The article will take up to many space in main page.