SEO Tips: Straight from Google by Matt Cutts

Posted by a_usman on May 31 2009 in Blogging, SEO | 2 comments

seo tipsI want to share some SEO tips by Matt Cutts who is the head of Google’s Webspam team.He just gave a talk at WordCamp San Francisco 2009 about SEO, Page Rank, Keywords.

The presentation is really useful. I am going to share some parts of the presentation in detail.

On first few slides, some pictures of Matt’s cat are shown and then pagerank philosophy is discussed which I don’t like and I don’t want to know about it… oh not about cat but about pagerank.

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My First 4 Mistakes in Blogging

Posted by a_usman on May 31 2009 in Blogging | 3 comments

Blogging Mistakes

I started blogging in December 2007 and since then I made 4 blogs (self-hosted), otherwise the figure goes upto 9 if I include blogs hosted on blogspot and wordpress. Being a noob, I made many mistakes in blogging and still I make. Today morning, I thought that I should share some mistakes with you people, at least you can learn what should not to be done.

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Blogging, English and Me

Posted by a_usman on May 30 2009 in Blogging | 1 comment

english and bloggingEnglish language, no doubt, is a universal language these days. Modern English, sometimes described as the first global lingua franca, is the dominant international language in communications, science, business, aviation, entertainment, radio,  diplomacy and now in blogging.

But what if you don’t know English?

The simple answer is that you can’t do blogging, even in your own language. I know English, but not up to the level I should. I make many grammatical mistakes, typo mistakes and spelling mistakes. But now I have decided not to care about all these things. I want to express my thoughts now. Believe me if I don’t do that, my head will burst into pieces………. so many thoughts in it and I don’t find any way to bring them before this world except this blogging.

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23 Pencil Sketch of Hollywood Celebrities

Posted by a_usman on May 29 2009 in Art | 4 comments

Pencil SketchHere are twenty three beautiful pencil sketch of some Hollywood celebrities made by krzysztof20d.

The actor and actresses are:

  • Salma
  • Shakira
  • Catherine
  • Mel
  • Rihanna
  • Angelina
  • Keira
  • Diane
  • Natalie
  • Jack
  • Meg
  • Charlize
  • Sean
  • Brad

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66 Blogs for Designing and Graphics

Posted by a_usman on May 28 2009 in Art, Blogging | 1 comment

Blogs for design

Graphics and design play an important role in branding of the blog. So if you are planning to redesign your blog or you want to make your blog from scratch, these blogs will be very helpful.

I tried to include all the best blogs regarding graphics and designing. However if I missed anyone, please let me know to include in this list.

Keep exploring and enjoy!

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How to use Sidebar: 10 Tips

Posted by a_usman on May 27 2009 in Blogging, Tips and Tutorials | 1 comment

how to use sidebarThe first impression  a reader gets is the design of your blog. But it does not mean that your blog should be designed with full of graphics. You can simply impress your readers by using simple theme and arranging the layout of your blog in such a way that it looks impressive.

Sidebar plays an important role in this aspect, a second important part after content. Using the sidebar effectively is an art and you can learn this art simply visiting other blogs and see how they are using it.

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Twitter Mosaic: See your friends and followers

Posted by a_usman on May 26 2009 in Blogging, Social Media | 0 comments

twitter mosaicNow you can see all your friends and follower on one single place with twitter mosaic. One of my friend mailed me the link of this website and I was going to ignore it but when I visited this site, it looked really useful to me.

TwitterMosaic is a simple online service which lets you see at a glance, your friends and followers on twitter as a mosaic. You can copy the Mosaic to your own blog or website. You can also create custom gifts (T Shirts, Mugs, Bags, Mousemats etc) from the mosaic. TwitterMosaic is a working proof-of-concept of how online photo content can be turned into custom personalized merchandise.

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