Handy Blog Tips #1

Published: July 30, 2007, 11:52 pm

Tags: commenting on blogs, how to guides, blogging tips, google alerts

If you have never heard of Google Alerts and how they can help you as a blogger, or you have seen bloggers leaving a URL after their name when they comment and wonder why, this is a post you'll want to read.As I travel around the blogosphere it often surprises me how people don't seem to put thought into doing the little things that mean a lot - but then I stop and remember we're not all reading the same blogs, and so it is unlikely you have picked up all the tips I have. So from time to time I'm going to post some of the good stuff I have found out.How does Snoskred magically turn up when someone writes her name?Snoskred uses Google Alerts. Basically this is like a google search that comes to you as a surprise in your email. They are incredibly simple to set up. Simply -1) put the search term in2) choose if you want all (comprehensive), or one of search, groups, news, blogs3) how often - daily, as it happens, weekly4) put your email in See how simple this is? One more reason to love

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