Windows Live Writer

I have been playing around with Windows Live Writer in recent times, in preparation for blogging on the road. Here are my observations of the software to date:

You can write pretty much the same way you do in your blogging window and prepare everything ready to go. This includes images and links.
It takes […]


Children Blogging

My children have just started blogging and so far they are LOVING it. It’s taken me a while to get blogs set up for them but now they’ve started, they can barely talk about anything else. I guess while it’s all new and exciting, they are particular interested. Time will tell how […]


Fab Five On Friday

A Juggling Mum features a regular weekly meme called “Fab Five On Friday”. It’s a great way to share some of the blogs you enjoy reading and to find some new blogs that others enjoy. As this is a blog mainly about blogging, I’m going to focus my first “Fab 5″ on blogs […]


A Few Selections From Lightening’s Blogworld This Week

Welcome to my “weekly” wrap up (yeah, it hasn’t quite been weekly of late has it? I hope you’ll take the time to visit and read some of these posts.
Next time I’m in a baking mood, I’m going to try making these Snickerdoodles. I’ve heard Americans talk about Snickerdoodles and always wondered […]


Problogger Group Writing Project: Killer Post Titles

Darren Rowse, author of the popular “Problogger” site, is currently running a group writing project focusing on killer post titles.
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Have You Tried Qassia Yet?

I have just joined Qassia so that I can check it out a little closer. As part of the 30 Day Challenge we have been covering some sites that help you build backlinks to a new blog. Qassia isn’t one of the sites that has been covered but it looks like being a […]


Comments Disabled

Every now and then I come across a blog that does not allow comments.
I guess because this is the exception rather than the norm, I’m curious as to:
a) whether this is still considered a “blog” (ie do you HAVE to allow comments in order to be considered a “blog”)
b) why the author has chosen to […]


Short and Sweet In Lightening’s Blogworld This Week

Life has been crazy busy of late and I’ve gotten slack with adding links to my favourite posts throughout the week as I used to. So this will be a very quick round up this week.
Craig Harper continues to churn out top quality content each week. His post “A Solution to Global Obesity […]


Blog Nosh Magazine

Are you hungry for some great reading material? Then Blog Nosh magazine could be just the right smorgasboard for you. Blog Nosh magazine is an online collection of some of the best blog posts ever written.
A selection of channel editors are constantly trawling the blogosphere for top quality content to be added […]


5 Reasons To Add A Tag Cloud To Your Blog

You may have noticed that I recently added Tag Clouds to the sidebars of both this blog and Lightening Online. I haven’t used them in the past because I haven’t really understood the benefits of doing so.
Benefits Of Having a Tag Cloud in Your Sidebar
1. Help Google to Find Your Keywords for Search
Assuming you […]