http://www.socialblogroll.com/rss/ social blog roll http://bloggrrl.com/2008/08/26/love-letters/ A Rita’s Digest Note:  Last Tuesday, I declared that since I had little time to catch up with everybody, I was going to institute “Touch Base Tuesday,” a day on which I would not blog.  This being Rita’s Digest, however, where the theme is “Whatever,” I changed my mind.  Occasionally, I get an uncommon urge ...] http://bloggrrl.com/2008/08/25/rita-on-the-cross/ Oy vey! Yesterday I had my first Teacher’s Meeting of the year at my multi-cultural school. Each year, we rotate as to the location: a Church, a Synagogue or a Mosque. For the first time this year, it was decided to bring more “religion” into the meeting. We had representative Clergy from four different Religious ...] http://bloggrrl.com/2008/08/22/rest-in-peace-dear-joey-g-–-your-damn-dad-molested-me/ There are very few things in life that scare me.  Likewise, there are very few things in life that I believe to be afraid of me.  I may speak my mind – but I’m also open-minded.  At times I come off as tough, but those who know me well will tell you that I am ...] http://bloggrrl.com/2008/08/21/my-father-the-anchor/ As I’ve stated before, my father was a man of iron constitution and few vices.  He smoked for 2 years in his 30’s, decided it wasn’t good for him and said “tomorrow I stop smoking.”  He never took a puff on a cigarette again.  He had one beer a year, though when he passed away, ...] http://bloggrrl.com/2008/08/24/ritas-digest-mini-weekend-choice-–-a-question/ Though I was not going to do a “Weekend Reader’s Choice” blog this weekend, something came up that I couldn’t resist.  Remember, you can leave a “Weekend Choice” request ANY DAY during the week in the Comments Section, and mark it as such.  Want me to blog about something in particular?  Want me to answer ...] http://bloggrrl.com/2008/08/28/contest-time-blogging-for-prophet-–-a-quiz/ We all know that Moses was constantly tested by God, right? Well, today I pose a Challenge to my Readers: How many of you have actually READ the Bible (we’ll confine it to the “Old” or “Jewish” Testament)? I can see your heads shaking up and down – of COURSE you’ve read the Bible! It ...] http://bloggrrl.com/2008/08/20/ritas-internet-connection-is-down/ Rita will be back (hopefully) by later today. Her Internet connection is down. Please feel free to leave comments. Thank You! http://bloggrrl.com/2008/09/01/george-washington-the-cherry-tree-and-learning-frum-the-quiz-part-i/ Those of us who live in the United States are lucky enough to have a document called the U.S Constitution.  What makes the Constitution SO PERFECT is that it is amendable; it can be changed as times change.  It is not stagnant.  It is alive. Though many in this country do not agree with some ...] http://bloggrrl.com/2008/09/03/prophet-and-loss-statement-part-ii-–surprise/ Well, we are finally here – the day we find out the quiz answers.  But it’s not the QUIZ itself that’s important:  what matters is:  What is Truth and What is Fiction?  What does the Bible REALLY say?  I suspect that many of you will be surprised – even those who wrote that you knew ...] http://bloggrrl.com/2008/09/04/the-final-chapter-–-part-8627-give-or-take…/ Actually, it’s part III (I think) – and that’s Roman Numerals, so it would mean 3, not 111.  It just FEELS that long.  So let’s get to it directly:  What does the Bible say?  Few explanations today:  you can save the specifics for the “Comments” section if necessary…we need to get DONE! 10.  Why was Moses ...] http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bloggingpro/PfjF/~3/374556406/ How do you reward loyal readers? Of course, you link to their blogs, too. Or perhaps you can come up with a list of top commenters every month or so. How about loyal “linkers”? While linking blogs are usually automatically rewarded with pingbacks or trackbacks, it can also pay to regularly feature the top linkers. ...] http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bloggingpro/PfjF/~3/371048078/   Just a play of words… the Lijit Wijit is your not-so-usual search wijit… er… widget.  A search function that basically works like a small community network.  The basic idea is if someone visits your blog and say searches for the word “vacation”, the usual search widget will only produce results that are found in your ...] http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bloggingpro/PfjF/~3/369999431/ The first and only industry-wide tradeshow, conference, and media event dedicated to promoting the dynamic industry of blogging and new media… that’s Blog World and new media expo 2008.  I think this is the first trade show that’s actually dedicated to the blogosphere and new media.  If you’re just starting to blog, are already blogging, ...] http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bloggingpro/PfjF/~3/373951734/   Today Wordpress.com announced a new feature called “Tabular Stats“.  It’s an easy and immediate way to find out how your blog is performing, what visitors want and what you need to make a follow-up blog post on. While there are tons of stat widgets and plugins available, and while Google Analytics alone provide a complete solution ...] http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bloggingpro/PfjF/~3/377272976/ Social bookmarking site Ma.gnolia.com is opening its doors to the open-source world.  They have announced at Gnomedex 2008 that they would soon distribute their code publicly, akin to how WordPress.com has done for WordPress.org, the latter being a website that the public can download freely the full WordPress code. This is a much anticipated move for the Ma.gnolia.com ...] http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bloggingpro/PfjF/~3/376304354/   I was talking with a young blogger this morning about writing styles.  He was a little worried that he’ll soon tire out his readers, or himself, if he continued the way he writes.  In honesty, I told him that I too needed coaching because I am in the same situation as he is.  We just ...] http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bloggingpro/PfjF/~3/379422718/   Linkshare, a leading performance marketing network, is now offering partnerships with hundreds of top advertisers.  They have recently developed a tool that will allow you to populate WordPress blogs with ad placements.  All through the easy-install LinkShare RSS DealFeed plugin. LinkShare RSS DealFeed uses RSS feeds from LinkShare Advertisers to automatically populate your Wordpress blog with ...] http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bloggingpro/PfjF/~3/378690836/   Seems that Amazon.com is growing their stake in books as they have recently acquired Shelfari (one of the biggest online book community).  While it’s widely known that Amazon has been involved with Shelfari since its early beginnings, it is a natural course to solidify the relationship. According to the Shelfari blog: Amazon has been a long supporter ...] http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bloggingpro/PfjF/~3/380612726/   Alex King has recently updated the Twitter Tools from 1.5b1 to 1.5b2, yes still a beta version but there are new important fixes and 2 new features.  You can check it out right here.  Twitter tools is a well known bridge between your WordPress blog and your Twitter account.  If you are into both, well ...] http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bloggingpro/PfjF/~3/381424494/   Honestly, I was both surprised and happy when I heard that Google’s taking on Microsoft head-on by introducing an open-source browser… Chrome.  It will be launched tomorrow in close to 100-countries.  For now, I believe it’s limited to the Windows beta version though.  Rightly so if they’re taking on Microsoft first hand.  But for the ...] http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OnlineMarketingSEOBlog/~3/372920244/ At marketing conferences readers of Online Marketing Blog mention to me frequently about the photo roundup posts we do as favorites. We certainly like to make those posts and since readers like to see them, here is a collection of favorite candids taken during SES San Jose. Kevin Ryan, Misty Locke, Kevin Newcomb Danny Sullivan, Matt Cutts, ...] http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OnlineMarketingSEOBlog/~3/374317251/ Welcome back to the BIGLIST Update of SEO, SEM and Social Media Marketing Blogs. This week’s blog reviews include ecommerce, social media and PR as well as agency insights on industry trends. Enjoy! eCommerce Optimization Blog - This ecommerce blog by eCopt (aka Matt Franklin) advises you’ll sell more online if you read the many tutorials, ...] http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OnlineMarketingSEOBlog/~3/372046106/ What a great conference for SES at San Jose and the many new people to the event in attendance. Below are the TopRank team blog posts for the final day. Another big thank you goes to (L to R) Jessica, Ashley, Thomas and Dana for a great job covering sessions. If you saw these happy ...] http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OnlineMarketingSEOBlog/~3/376186893/ What exactly, does Web 2.0, social media and even SEO have to do with public relations? Everything! You’d be hard pressed to find any modern public relations agency practice that isn’t researching or already implementing a digital PR strategy including search engine optimization, blogging/blogger relations and social media. The winds of change are here and ...] http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OnlineMarketingSEOBlog/~3/378063940/ We’ve made the case for integrating media relations, SEO and social media into a digital PR program as well as covering some of the basics. Now we can drill a bit deeper into blogger relations and social media monitoring. Practical Examples of Involving SEO Expertise with Media & Blogger Relations, Social Media Monitoring The advent of digital ...] http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OnlineMarketingSEOBlog/~3/377105415/ Yesterday we talked about the opportunity for combining search engine optimization, social media and digital public relations. Today’s entry will discuss how to start going about it. Leveraging Low and High Tech for Social Media Relations “Fuzzy”. That’s how I would describe most companies’ thinking on social media, SEO and PR. How can marketers and companies start ...] http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OnlineMarketingSEOBlog/~3/375294843/ Content is King and links are Queen. Together with a nice dose of marketing they make a nice little kingdom. But what if you have trouble generating new content on a regular basis? How can resource strapped bloggers and busy web site owners leverage what they’re already doing for the benefit of their online audiences ...] http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OnlineMarketingSEOBlog/~3/371420986/ There were so many good photos taken at this year’s Google Dance that we decided to show a collage here with a link to the full set on TopRank’s SES San Jose Google Dance photos on Flickr. A big thank you goes to the hard working TopRank blogging team at SES putting out an amazing number ...] http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OnlineMarketingSEOBlog/~3/380426643/ It’s a new month and a bloggy bloggy world I tell you. So many blogs and so little time, and yet you’re drawn to the BIGLIST each week, aren’t you? Who made it? Who didn’t? Admit your BIGLIST addiction and we’ll send two lucky souls free access codes to the DPAC II Conference (The Next Wave ...] http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OnlineMarketingSEOBlog/~3/381068664/ There’s already a ton of buzz on this but it’s potentially a big change for the web as John Battelle called it, “This Is Web OS, Make No Mistake“. Google’s release plans (in comic book form) for their new web browser were first posted by Phillip Lenssen with follow up by Google Blog ...] http://www.socialdesire.com/2008/07/06/selling-versus-telling-does-your-site-convert/ This Featured Guest Post is by Edward Beckett of Florida Search Engine Optimization. Image by jakeliefer It would be interesting to know just how many people in Internet marketing actually had professional sales experience before marketing on the web. Having had a bit of experience in several sales sectors, ...] http://www.socialdesire.com/2008/08/28/i-get-back-to-social-media-basics-on-hobo-blog/ I wrote my first ever guest post over at Hobo SEO Blog. No, It’s not about SEO….. it’s about my true love, Social Media. Shaun asked if I would write a post on how to get involved in Social Media and I couldn’t be more thrilled. I don’t write ...] http://www.socialdesire.com/2008/07/01/thenanny612-and-the-three-avatars/ I wrote a post regarding my avatar change on Collective-Thoughts. This post is a continuation of that. The avatar I had chose at the end of that post didn’t work out. And since my 6 year old daughter helped me come up with my final choice for an avatar ...] http://www.socialdesire.com/2008/07/22/is-it-possible-to-have-intimacy-online/ Image by uayebt Lately, I have been thinking a lot lately about Web 2.0, Social Networking & Romance. With the Next Generation of Web bringing all parts of the World together through Social Media got me wondering what this has done to Love & Intimacy. Is it possible to have Intimacy online? I ...] http://www.socialdesire.com/2008/07/10/what-the-hell-can-social-media-do-for-me/ This Featured Guest Post is by Mark Hayward of MyTropicalEscape.com. Why am I asking - because your clients want to know! How do I know - because I am them. image source: azrainman I am a small business owner in the purest sense of the term, in fact, it’s just my wife and I ...] http://www.socialdesire.com/2008/08/04/a-recap-of-my-1st-wonderful-year-using-stumbleupon/ July marked my first anniversary being a member of the StumbleUpon Community. It has been an incredible year for me. I have met some wonderful, wonderful people. And, I have stumbled across and discovered some truly amazing websites. Sites that if it wasn’t for StumbleUpon I probably wouldn’t have ...] http://www.socialdesire.com/2008/08/15/how-many-businesses-really-‘get’-the-social-web/ This Featured Guest Post is by James Duthie of Online Marketing Banter. Image by activeside How many businesses really ‘get’ the social web? Rand Fishkin recently wrote a post on SEO Moz about ‘getting it’. By ‘it’ Rand was talking about the web… and he guesstimated that just one person in ...] http://www.socialdesire.com/2008/08/07/stumbleupon-is-finally-removing-the-200-friend-fan-limit/ StumbleUpon has plans to finally remove their 200 friend limit. I am so thrilled as this has been a huge pet peeve for me for months now. I have over 1300 fans, but I can only make 200 of them my friends…. meaning at this moment I can only ...] http://www.socialdesire.com/2008/06/11/the-abcs-of-social-media/ Social Desire will be featuring Guest Posts for the next few weeks. Today’s Featured Guest Post is by Mark Dykeman. Image by Steve & Jemma Copley Everyone’s got a Top Ten list, an 8 step guide, or some other how-to post to succeeding in social media. This ...] http://www.socialdesire.com/2008/08/22/holy-smokes-ive-been-nominated-for-the-hot-blogger-calendar/ Wow!! I have been nominated for the Hot Blogger Calendar!! What is the Hot Blogger Calendar? It’s a real honest to goodness calendar filled with hot guy and girl bloggers from all over the internet. And get this, the winner will travel to New York City for a ...] http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ablereach/~3/300945143/ submit_url = "http://ablereach.com/green/big-list-of-green-web-hosts/"; Welcome to the first edition of my Big List of Green Web Hosts. There are 22 here, and I am sure there are more out in the world that can be added later. I only included hosts with English language pages and specific information about what they are doing to be ...] http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ablereach/~3/301771757/ Each weekend a new "Brunch" post will feature thoughts about balancing family and self care with working in an always-on Internet environment. This edition is by Rachel Goldstein. As a parent who runs a successful Internet business, you probably assume that I have no free time to spend quality moments with my 4 young ...] http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ablereach/~3/304939960/ On Monday I had an emphatic series of visitations from the Blue Screen of Death. The hard drive is toast and I'm not so sure about the future of the computer.  Talk about expensive and irritating! Needless to say, this is a great time to toss me a $10 tip via my scratchback ...] http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ablereach/~3/301855785/ I thought I'd better let everyone know that I'm putting my twice-a-week WordPress project on vacation until Thursday. You see, I'm busy moving to a new host - yipeee! I'll be back in a few days, reloaded with promised humor. In honor of brunchy balance, I may also give myself a couple days off ...] http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ablereach/~3/306858919/ Each weekend a new "Brunch" post will feature thoughts about balancing family and self care with working in an always-on Internet environment. This edition is by Elizabeth Able, owner of AbleReach. What can you do after your Broadband goes on the fritz, hosting is wonky, a hard drive takes a final bow and the ...]