The Importance of Outbound Links

By lisala on 7/29/09 12:10pm
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Linking to good resources and providing citations helps your readers and thus helps you.

Outbound links are links from your post, blog, or Web site to someone else's content. Outbound links encourage surfing to other quality sites based on the link selection practices of the writer responsible for the page with the outbound link. In a sense, outbound links are the most important aspect of a page; they create the Web. They're a service to your readers, and a courtesy to other writers whose sites you've used in your post. Simply put, it's good netiquette to link to your sources, and to related resources for readers who want more information.

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On Top Posting

By lisala on 7/27/09 9:44pm
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As a courtesy to other writers, wait a day before posting "on top" to allow the current post to be spidered and linked.

The phrase "top posting" was initially used to refer to old style Usenet "threaded" discussions, and email clients that repeated the entire thread of emails regarding a particular subject, and positioned the cursor for a reply at the top. Top posting in email and Usenet is still a bit of a religious issue, but the phrase was hijacked to refer to blog posts as well, where the posting mechanism and style are slightly different.

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How to Find Blogging Jobs

By sarajean on 6/3/09 11:28am
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BloggerBloggerWhen I was laid off from my editing job last fall, I had to quickly start over. I knew I wanted to keep working from home, and I wanted to do more writing and less editing. I soon discovered that the best way to do this was through blogging.

Blogging is a great way to write about a wide variety of topics for multiple companies, which allows you to rapidly build both your resume and your portfolio. Most blogging jobs allow you to work from home at whatever hours you wish, making blogging just about the most flexible gig there is. But how do you go about finding blogging jobs?

It’s easier than you might think! Here are some tips in finding a blogging job you’ll love.

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