Have you noticed while your are reading online you see a prompt to “digg” this story? We have one on the bottom of each of our full page posts that looks like this: Digg What is Digg? It’s is a technology news website that combines social bookmarking, blogging, and syndication with non-hierarchical, democratic editorial control. … Read More
Add a Tag Cloud to Your Blog – It’s Easy!
Tag clouds visually depict the contents of a web site or blog. The first tag cloud appeared on Flickr (the photo sharing site) and was based on Jim Flanagan’s Search Referral Zeitgeist, which visualized web site referrers. These weighted lists show the most popular categorizes in an emphasized manner while displaying them alphabetically. Larger fonts … Read More
eComXpo: The Virtual Tradeshow for Ecommerce Marketers
One of our clients, Bazaarevoice, was participating in eComXpo this past week. Because the tradeshow was virtual, ContentRobot peeked in and attended several online presentations at the comfort of our own computers. Among what we listened to was “Getting the Word Out,” which was chaired by Bazaarvoice’s CEO Brett Hurt. Although alot of the focus … Read More
Blog Design & Spring Cleaning
If you have been managing your blog for a while, you might notice that things have been getting cluttered as you’ve added new features, buttons and widgets – it’s time for spring cleaning! Blog Design Even if you feel you haven’t done alot of modifications to your blog’s design, be sure to take the time … Read More
5 Ways to Quickly Lose Your Subscribers
No one wants to lose their hard-earned blog readers, but here are some reasons why visitors might turn off your feed. 1. Infrequent Posting If you hardly post, and then post only with apologies for not posting, it’s a surefire way to bore your audience. Irregular posting can be OK, if what you eventually post … Read More
Bazaarblog.com Launched Today
ContentRobot launched Bazaarblog.com for our new client, Bazaarvoice. The Project Scope Converting the blog from TypePad to a WordPress platform. Configuring the WordPress software and setting up the required plugins. Installing the blog on its own domain, bazaarblog.com. Customizing a suitable 3-column template with Bazaarvoice colors and design elements. Importing and tweaking all existing posts … Read More
Use Feedburner to Fight Splogging and Scraping
Do you know where your feeds are? Do you know who is reading them? Feedburner gives bloggers a simple way of finding out exactly how many people were reading your feed, how many of those people were clicking on items and which items they were following up on. It’s an extremely useful service. You can … Read More
How to Treat Your Readers: The Dos and Don’ts
When you are blogging, do you realize that your readers are your customers? As such, you should treat them right so they’ll keep coming back. We’ve outlined some dos and don’ts to help you along the way. DO … Make your design as pleasing as you can and your navigation as intutive as can be. … Read More