Blogging Basics

I receive many questions asking me why I use Typepad for my blogs (Don’t Try This at Home, Blogging Basics 101, and Bloggy Giveaways) instead of Blogger. In fact, I… Read More »Blogger vs. Typepad: Some Questions

When you are browsing any page in any browser (as far as I know–I’ve tried in IE and Firefox) and you’re looking for a particular word or phrase, you do… Read More »Using the Find Shortcut

This is most definitely improper blog etiquette. It is never anyone’s right but your own to be "outed" online. Many people use a pseudonym on their blogs as a means… Read More »What would you do if a fellow blogger intentionally used your real, full name in a post knowing that you chose to use a partial name or pseudonym for the sake of privacy/security issues? Is this improper blog etiquette?

When you are browsing any page in any browser (as far as I know–I’ve tried in IE and Firefox) and you’re looking for a particular word or phrase, you do… Read More »Tip: Using the Find Feature

A URL is simply a website’s “address”, the one the appears in the white bar at the top of your browser.  As for pronunciation, some people say each initial separately… Read More »What’s a URL?

WYSIWYG is pronounced wiz-ee-wig. It’s an acronym for What You See Is What You Get. WYSIWYG is a way of showing you as you type how things will look once… Read More »What is WYSIWYG?

A meme is a pre-set group of questions, similar, in many ways, to a chain letter.  You can start your own, or “grab” one off someone else’s blog.  A meme… Read More »What is a “meme”?

Writing a successful post is subjective: it depends on what you consider successful, the content you’re covering, what readers want to see, etc. However, there a few things "successful" posts… Read More »What is the key to writing a successful post?