The most used words to describe a blog are ‘weblog‘ and ‘online journal‘. Blogs can seem a little intimidating to those new to the internet but they are no more than interactive websites. The term ‘online journal‘ is a little outdated since there are many more uses for blogs now. Blogs are no longer reserved for those that want an online diary or journal, if it ever was. Today blogs are limited only by our imaginations. We have personal blogs,…

I’ve been around long enough where I actually had a Yahoo email account with just my name. Now you would be lucky to come close to even the rarest of names. Now Twitter is well on it’s way to becoming just as challenging. Two weeks ago I grabbed my name on Twitter brianDhawkins and was glad to see it was still available. Just minutes ago it occurred to me that I better secure HotBlogTips before someone else does. Thank God it…

A common issue with WordPress themes is the limitation of word tags that are displayed on our blogs. Most themes by default limit your visible tags to 45 or 50 words/phrases. There is probably a simple coding edit that will adjust this setting but there is an easier way – WordPress plug-ins.
On this site I installed the WP Cumulus plugin because the word tag widget isn’t available in the theme we use. WP Cumulus adds a cool spinning effect.…

Jim Kukral and Paul Richlovsky of Fathom SEO talk about what really makes a good blog. Quick and straight forward blogging advice from Jim Kukral. Layout and colors, Google PageRank, subscribers, and Technorati are a few key points. Now I’m rethinking the theme colors we use on this blog. Is it hard to read to you?
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgJTxmdynX0