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Weekly Digest: On The Road to WordCamp, Sponsored Themes, Selling Your Blog, NoFollow, and More

The from this week will be shorter, and do not expect a Weekly Digest next week as I will be in San Francisco playing with my WordPress friends. I’ll have a ton of news on my blog following the WordCamp conference!

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I’m going to WordCamp! While I’m waiting confirmation, it looks like I may have a driveway from my plea for a parking spot for my motor home in San Francisco for the WordCamp conference next week. Thanks to everyone for looking out for me.

July 21-22 in San Francisco and I’m one of the guest speakers presenting Kicking Ass Content Connections. I’ve had a few people ask me what that means. Yes, I’ll be kicking some ass over content issues, but also kicking your ass into gear over your content and blog building and networking techniques. With so many of the top blogging speakers there, it’s going to be an incredible weekend!

Selling Your Blog: Problogger Darren Rowse featured a list of articles he’s collected on the issue of selling your blog called How to Sell Your Blog. The list included two of my articles from the Blog Herald, Selling Your Blog: What Are Buyers Looking For and Selling Your Blog: What Goes Into the Selling Price. Thanks, Darren.

eMoms Says NoFollow: After a lot of debate and discussions, eMom Wendy Piersall has decided to turn off the DoFollow tag for comments and is reinstituting the NoFollow. She’s had it with cheating commenters. The NoFollow was a link tag requested by Google a couple years ago which instructed Google’s web crawler to follow but not give credit to any links tagged with the NoFollow tag. This was an attempt, lame one at that, to take away the link juice gain of PageRank for comment spammers. It didn’t work.

Many bloggers got together and decided to give their commenters “credit” for commenting by removing the NoFollow tag in comments through adjustments to the code or Plugins. Still, the comments are indexed and some link love might get through, but it really hasn’t worked either. And Google isn’t the only search engine in town. Other search engines totally ignore the tag, so it doesn’t matter to them what you tag a link. Like so many things on the web hyped way beyond their truth into myth, this is another one that can go bye-bye. It’s not working, no matter which way you look at it.

We must come up with ways to stop comment spam at the source not on our blogs. However, the growing debate around comment spam, human comment spammers and paid comment spammers will climax in a lot of retribution. I’m very worried over what will happen to the once free and easy interaction of blogs. Aren’t you?

Interviews and Features: Somehow in the rush of travel and work lately, I missed the publishing of an interview I did recently with Adii discussing my past and how I got involved with WordPress and blogging. My apologies. It was a fun interview with really good questions. Other recent interviews and features include:

Guest Blogging: Recent guest blogging adventures included:

The from this week will be shorter, and do not expect a Weekly Digest next week as I will be in San Francisco playing with my WordPress friends. I’ll have a ton of news on my blog following the WordCamp conference!

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Exciting Lorelle on WordPress News

I’m going to WordCamp! While I’m waiting confirmation, it looks like I may have a driveway from my plea for a parking spot for my motor home in San Francisco for the WordCamp conference next week. Thanks to everyone for looking out for me.

July 21-22 in San Francisco and I’m one of the guest speakers presenting Kicking Ass Content Connections. I’ve had a few people ask me what that means. Yes, I’ll be kicking some ass over content issues, but also kicking your ass into gear over your content and blog building and networking techniques. With so many of the top blogging speakers there, it’s going to be an incredible weekend!

Selling Your Blog: Problogger Darren Rowse featured a list of articles he’s collected on the issue of selling your blog called How to Sell Your Blog. The list included two of my articles from the Blog Herald, Selling Your Blog: What Are Buyers Looking For and Selling Your Blog: What Goes Into the Selling Price. Thanks, Darren.

eMoms Says NoFollow: After a lot of debate and discussions, eMom Wendy Piersall has decided to turn off the DoFollow tag for comments and is reinstituting the NoFollow. She’s had it with cheating commenters. The NoFollow was a link tag requested by Google a couple years ago which instructed Google’s web crawler to follow but not give credit to any links tagged with the NoFollow tag. This was an attempt, lame one at that, to take away the link juice gain of PageRank for comment spammers. It didn’t work.

Many bloggers got together and decided to give their commenters “credit” for commenting by removing the NoFollow tag in comments through adjustments to the code or Plugins. Still, the comments are indexed and some link love might get through, but it really hasn’t worked either. And Google isn’t the only search engine in town. Other search engines totally ignore the tag, so it doesn’t matter to them what you tag a link. Like so many things on the web hyped way beyond their truth into myth, this is another one that can go bye-bye. It’s not working, no matter which way you look at it.

We must come up with ways to stop comment spam at the source not on our blogs. However, the growing debate around comment spam, human comment spammers and paid comment spammers will climax in a lot of retribution. I’m very worried over waht will happen to the once free and easy interaction of blogs. Aren’t you?

Guest Blogging: Recent guest blogging adventures included:

Interviews and Features: Somehow in the rush of travel and work lately, I missed the publishing of an interview I did recently with Adii discussing my past and how I got involved with WordPress and blogging. My apologies. It was a fun interview with really good questions. Other recent interviews and features include:

Blogging Tips - book cover, copyright Lorelle VanFossenBlogging Tips, What Bloggers Won’t Tell You About Blogging: The reviews coming in are amazing for the book. Performancing says “It is immensely useful and comprehensive, and I highly recommend it to anyone serious about blogging.”

To order your own copy of the limited first printed edition with a reduced introductory price, order from SplashPress or the new Blog Herald Bookstore. For more information on the book, see the original announcement and a recent update with reviews and other information, as well as the Blogging Tips Book official page. Coming soon will be an ebook version and an audio version. Stay tuned!

Lorelle on WordPress Scrapped and Violated: Some wonderful blogging friends and fans have been alerting me to copyright violations and feed scrapers (splogs) of this blog. THANK YOU. If you find Lorelle On WordPress is being scrapped or the content stolen, please let me know.

What’s Happening with Lorelle on WordPress

Recent posts from included:

Most Popular Articles on Lorelle on WordPress

I was honored by the attention my plea for a parking spot for my motor home in San Francisco for the WordCamp conference. Thanks to everyone for looking out for me.

Well, I knew that the response to the official statement that WordPress will no longer permit sponsored WordPress Themes in the official Theme Viewer would be big, but I had no idea how big. So many are writing about it, I can barely keep up. Two posts of note come from the two volunteers who maintain the WordPress Theme viewer, Mandarin Musing and Headsetoptions. Here are some other referrers:

Announcing WPMUDEV Premium gained a lot of attention, too. WordPressMU is an amazing program for group blogging, and what James Farmer and his team are offering is a way to have the benefits of WordPressMU and the ongoing development support so you won’t have to start, literally, from scratch.

Smashing Magazine’s coverage of copyrights has again brought a lot of attention to What Do You Do When Someone Steals Your Content.

The most popular posts on Lorelle on WordPress this week were:

Linking To and From Lorelle on WordPress

Cory Miller lists Lorelle on WordPress in “My Top 25 Favorite Blogs and Feed Reads”, saying very nice things about what I do. Thanks, Cory!

Dawud Miracle is at it again with a fabulous article with tons of links, this time tackling “Why Building Website Traffic Is About Content And Relationships.” Lucky me, he cites Blog Community Building Starts With Two, an article of mine that dispells some of the myths that a community needs a cast of thousands. I’m still reeling from his neat article about me.

Popular destinations and recommendations from this blog elsewhere included:

Blasts From the Past

Here are a few WordPress Plugins I’ve covered in the past:

Blog Herald Columns

I’m so thrilled with the popularity of Tips for Writing Good WordPress Tips which I published on the this week. I was very nervous about publishing that article. I’ve been working on it for over six months. I’m thrilled it has been so well received.

Recently on the Blog Herald, I wrote about:

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Blogging Tips - book cover, copyright Lorelle VanFossenBlogging Tips, What Bloggers Won’t Tell You About Blogging: The reviews coming in are amazing for the book. Performancing says “It is immensely useful and comprehensive, and I highly recommend it to anyone serious about blogging.”

To order your own copy of the limited first printed edition with a reduced introductory price, order from SplashPress or the new Blog Herald Bookstore. For more information on the book, see the original announcement and a recent update with reviews and other information, as well as the Blogging Tips Book official page. Coming soon will be an ebook version and an audio version. Stay tuned!

Lorelle on WordPress Scrapped and Violated: Some wonderful blogging friends and fans have been alerting me to copyright violations and feed scrapers (splogs) of this blog. THANK YOU. If you find Lorelle On WordPress is being scrapped or the content stolen, please let me know.

What’s Happening with Lorelle on WordPress

Recent posts from included:

Most Popular Articles on Lorelle on WordPress

I was honored by the attention my plea for a parking spot for my motor home in San Francisco for the WordCamp conference. Thanks to everyone for looking out for me.

Well, I knew that the response to the official statement that WordPress will no longer permit sponsored WordPress Themes in the official Theme Viewer would be big, but I had no idea how big. So many are writing about it, I can barely keep up. Two posts of note come from the two volunteers who maintain the WordPress Theme viewer, Mandarin Musing and Headsetoptions. Here are some other referrers:

Announcing WPMUDEV Premium gained a lot of attention, too. WordPressMU is an amazing program for group blogging, and what James Farmer and his team are offering is a way to have the benefits of WordPressMU and the ongoing development support so you won’t have to start, literally, from scratch.

Smashing Magazine’s coverage of copyrights has again brought a lot of attention to What Do You Do When Someone Steals Your Content.

The most popular posts on Lorelle on WordPress this week were:

Linking To and From Lorelle on WordPress

Cory Miller lists Lorelle on WordPress in “My Top 25 Favorite Blogs and Feed Reads”, saying very nice things about what I do. Thanks, Cory!

Dawud Miracle is at it again with a fabulous article with tons of links, this time tackling “Why Building Website Traffic Is About Content And Relationships.” Lucky me, he cites Blog Community Building Starts With Two, an article of mine that dispells some of the myths that a community needs a cast of thousands. I’m still reeling from his neat article about me.

Popular destinations and recommendations from this blog elsewhere included:

Blasts From the Past

Here are a few WordPress Plugins I’ve covered in the past:

Blog Herald Columns

I’m so thrilled with the popularity of Tips for Writing Good WordPress Tips which I published on the this week. I was very nervous about publishing that article. I’ve been working on it for over six months. I’m thrilled it has been so well received.

Recently on the Blog Herald, I wrote about:

Lorelle’s Linkworthy Links

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Weekly Digest: WordCamp, Interviews, 070707, Content Theft, and The Usual

The from this week features more guest blogging on Problogger, interviews, a little content theft, traveling to WordCamp, and more of the usual blog babble.

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I’m going to WordCamp! Space is filling up in the upcoming July 21-22 in San Francisco and the deadline for registration is July 9. If you are planning to attend and you haven’t registered, registration is required. There is an amazing line up on the WordCamp Schedule, so I expect it to sell out fast, so get your tickets now. And yes, I’ll be one of the speakers covering “Kicking Ass Content Connections”, helping you connect with your readers and build your blog through your blog’s content. Any tips or hints you’d love to share or know about, let me know.

All the Copyright Information That Is: Smashing Magazine produced “Copyright Explained: I May Copy It, Right?”, an amazing collection of tons of information and resources on copyrights, copyright myths, and how to protect and defend your copyrights. I’m honored that they included my article, What Do You Do When Someone Steals Your Content, in their vast list. Wow!

After Thought: Within a few minutes of the Smashing Magazine release of the article, I got six trackbacks from other blogs that ended up being splogs, spam blogs that scrap other blogs for content, violating their copyright. It amuses and saddens me when articles educating others on copyright, and blasting away at content theft, ends up on splogs. No one on the splog is paying attention, but it gives us a thrill. Too bad they aren’t. Because their ignorance or abuse of the law doesn’t change it. Their actions could result in penalization and their blog being shut down.

Why do they risk it? Because you let them. Don’t. It only takes a few minutes to leave a comment or send a letter to Google to put an end to their copyright violations.

Guest Blogging: Recent guest blogging adventures included:

Found: The WordPress Blogging Bible: Some scraps of parchment from the long lost WordPress Blogging Bible have been uncovered and translated by Letters Home to You, revealing for the first time The 20 Blogging Commandments. One of particular note is number eight:

Be ye vigilant in consulting Lorelle on Wordpress. Inasmuch as her Blog be full of wise Teachings, take ye not her entire Word for Gospel Truth.

Interviews and Features: Recent interviews and features include:

Greg Balanko-Dickson, Guest Blogging on Lorelle on WordPress: A dear friend and fellow blogger, Greg Balanko-Dickson published Business Blogging Strategy: Build Trust and Rapport last week on this blog and the response has been amazing. I highlight some of the input below in the Linking To and From section, but I wanted to point out the other great posts on this blog from Greg:

Essential Keystrokes Winner: Kim Dushinski won a signed copy of my book from Essential Keystrokes Blogging Birthday Gifts, a fun and exciting way to promote your blog and give something back to readers. Incorporated Subversion was so excited to get the book, James Farmer photographed it in front of window to prove receipt of the book, showcasing the Aussie bush countryside in the background.

Updating Popular Posts: I’ve been poking around updating many posts on this blog, especially in light of the research I did for my article on the Blog Herald, SEO Tips: Increase Page Rank By Revitalizing Your Old Posts. Of note, the following posts have been updated with new information:

Blogging Tips - book cover, copyright Lorelle VanFossenBlogging Tips, What Bloggers Won’t Tell You About Blogging: The reviews coming in are amazing for the book. Performancing says “It is immensely useful and comprehensive, and I highly recommend it to anyone serious about blogging.”

To order your own copy of the limited first printed edition with a reduced introductory price, order from SplashPress or the new Blog Herald Bookstore. For more information on the book, see the original announcement and a recent update with reviews and other information, as well as the Blogging Tips Book official page. Coming soon will be an ebook version and an audio version. Stay tuned!

What’s Your Blog Worth: A few years ago, I ran across the How Much is Your Blog Worth by Dane Carlson, a funny way of getting the value of your blog based upon the stock market, Technorati’s blog rating system, and a lot of other math computations to give you the estimate. Back then, my blog was originally worth $80,729.22 USD in October of 2005. Oh, Waily, Waily reminded me of this and so I checked it out. Today, my blog is worth $942,217.26. Want to help me spend all that money? :D How much is your blog worth?

Lorelle on WordPress Scrapped and Violated: Some wonderful blogging friends and fans have been alerting me to copyright violations and feed scrapers (splogs) of this blog. THANK YOU. If you find Lorelle On WordPress is being scrapped or the content stolen, please let me know.

What’s Happening with Lorelle on WordPress

This past week’s articles from included:

Most Popular Articles on Lorelle on WordPress

WordCamp 2007 Registration and Schedule and the alert that registration for WordCamp 2007 closes July 9th are attracting a lot of attention as people are excited about the upcoming conference and have been eagerly seeking information on the schedule and activities.

Will You Be Blogging in the July 28 Blogathon 2007? and on the Blog Herald with Blogathon Tips: Blogathon 2007 July 28 continue to attract a lot of attention as people start to think about this fundraising and blogging event. It’s 30 days away, folks. Get busy now if you are going to participate.

070707 got a lot of attention. I think people checked it out because of its odd title, but it’s also a novelty to have a special day and time like the 7th day of the 7th month in the 7th year at the 7th hour and 7th minute and 7th second. That’s fun.

Smashing Magazine’s coverage of copyrights has again brought a lot of attention to What Do You Do When Someone Steals Your Content. I’m so thrilled when people discover this article and learn that copyright myths are indeed myths and that we all have to work together to stop and protect our content from abuse. I believe that all content on the web should be approached with the first belief that it is copyright protected. Then the questions can begin on whether or not it is.

The most popular posts on Lorelle on WordPress this week were:

Linking To and From Lorelle on WordPress

In Lorelle on WordPress Is Reading My Mind, Marketing Pilgrim author, Jordan McCollum, does an interesting take on two posts involving me. On the first one, in reference to the interview with Daily Blog Tips, she challenges her readers on the issue many are focusing on, how long should you wait until you monetize your blog and if you should. The second point references my article in the Blog Herald about SEO and revitalizing your old posts, asking readers what they think of maximizing their old blog content to increase page ranking. Good challenges, both.

A while ago, Forty Plus Two was debating about which version of WordPress to choose, sticking with the full version or going for a WordPress.com blog. She found my articles, WordPress Versions - How Many and What’s the Diff? and I Hate My Web Host, helpful in making a decision on which way to go. It’s a tough decision to make, but thinking it through and making a plan for what and how you want your blog to be is the best route to take. Think long term.

Are You Building Trust With Your Target Audience? by Dawud Miracle Greg Balanko-Dickson and his article on this blog, Business Blogging Strategy: Build Trust and Rapport, saying:

Let’s face it, people do business with people - not with businesses. A business owner may like, want and need something that a marketing coach, for instance, offers. But the single biggest reason they hire the firm is because of the people they meet, talk to and build relationships with.

Why?

Well, people want to be in relationships.

Well said!

The article also attracted the attention of many others, including Confident Writing who says:

Writing with rapport requires you to put yourself into the equation. It’s about being real, sincere, competent, honest, congruent and last but not least: being there.

Having a good guest blogger not only helps the blog and the blogger, it helps make connections you might not otherwise make. Thanks to everyone for their wonderful welcome and links to Greg’s popular blog posts.

While the The Clutter of Dead Blogs on the Web was merely a newsy piece, it has caught the attention of a lot of people who are wondering about the blogs they left behind, as well as the blogs they intend to leave behind. Interesting responses.

Totally Trippin’ at Totally Trippin’ decided to use the article as a kick in the butt to make sure the blog got off to a big bang right from the start:

I was thinking about how to begin the first entry in this blog. I’ll bet most first entries begin with meaningless expressions such as “Welcome to my blog!”, exerting some kind of foolhardy exuberance about the being the first 99,476,389th blogger on the web (only to abandon the blog a few weeks later). Not me.

Even though this blog will probably be filled with useless entries about personal endeavors, grievances, and impulsive late-night brain farts in the long run, I insist this first post will be of some use. And what better use for the first entry then to follow the other 99,476,388 bloggers and explain what this blog will be about and what I have in store for you, the reader.

I like that kind of enthusiasm, whether it comes from a fear of becoming a dead blog or not. Good work!

I’m always stunned by who reads my blog. Recently, in an interview on Rembex Blog Fiesta, Rob Blake, noted for his real estate and mortgage blog, admitted that he enjoys reading this blog for his blogging and WordPress tips and information. You never know who is reading your blog, do you? :D Thanks for reading, Rob!

Popular destinations and recommendations from this blog elsewhere included:

Blog Herald Columns

Recently on the Blog Herald, I wrote about:

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Blasts From the Past

This week, I thought I’d look back at some of the odd ball posts I’ve written over the past two years on this blog. These are odd ball posts because while the are related to blogging and WordPress, it takes a bit of leap to make that connection. In some cases, you had to leap an ocean.

Most of these were published in the first few months of this blog, which goes to show that a little trial and error helps you to tune your blogging voice better.

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