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After attending WordCamp Dallas on a whim, I’ve decided to give this whole blogging thing another shot. My main problem the first time around was that I really didn’t know what to blog about. I mean… why was I writing and who was a writing for? I didn’t have an answer to those questions, so the blog died. This time around, I have the answer to those questions. I’m writing because I want to, and I’m writing for me. If other people want to read along, that’s great! If not, oh well… thanks for stopping by.
Since I am writing for me, there won’t really be a “niche” to this blog… no one particular topic or subject. It will probably be pretty scattered. One day will probably be about golf, the next day about some television show, and two posts later could be a product review. I have no idea what I’ll talk about. You may learn something, you may be entertained, and/or I may piss you off. In any event, it should be exciting!
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So WordCamp 2008 is going down here in the Dallas area, and I was made an offer I couldn’t refuse for me to attend. So I spent most of yesterday wildly amused by twitter streams, full of BBQ, and occasionally learning things about WordPress and blogging in general. One of the greatest presentations yesterday was given by John Pozadzides on the importance and usefulness of optimizing your blog for SEO, attracting users, and building community. His entire presentation, 45 Ways to Power Up Your Blog, can be found on his extremely ugly, yet hugely successful, blog.
For those of you who hate to read, you’re in luck. The Poetic Prophet has a deliciously geeky rap song about SEO and site design and standards which pretty much covers everything John P. went over. John said he could do his presentation in 45 minutes… The Poetic Prophet does it in 3:22… as a rap song. I think we know who wins that round. I’ve embedded the video for your viewing pleasure after the break.
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For reals. It’s on its way back from the dead. We had a voodoo priestess work some mojo, and now it’s back and hungry for brains. Stay tuned.
