rudyamid on April 8th, 2008 at 4:22 pm

I’ve recently read James’ post on ending the use of EntreCard (EC) in his site. The Comment King has always been skeptical about its usefulness and voiced his dislike about it since the beginning. I understand he has high standards. There are a few things he can’t sacrifice, and has set the expectations very high. […]

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rudyamid on April 3rd, 2008 at 1:51 pm

Gary Vaynerchuk just let out his usual heart-felt plea to the Blogosphere to thank good people around the world today. I’m not sure if this is going to be an annual thing, but it ought to be a daily thing! I’m surrounded by good people: my wife, my parents, my family, my neighbors, my friends, […]

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rudyamid on March 24th, 2008 at 9:36 am

I’ve been thinking about my own blog writing. Have I changed much since I first started? Have I seen any growth in my writing? My wife likes to sit with my 3-year old daughter and show a slide-show of my daughter’s photos in reverse chronological order from recent to birth. She’ll ask her, “Who is […]

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rudyamid on March 17th, 2008 at 11:13 am

I saw Jay’s post on Technorati Favorites Exchange, and read the associated Dosh Dosh article that inspired him to promote reciprocal favorites. It will certainly help a new blog to be put “on the map” if they start with a decent amount of fan base, as ranking sites like the Blog Juice Calculator uses Technorati […]

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rudyamid on March 10th, 2008 at 12:23 pm

I have been using the Clustr Maps widget since October 2007 to track where my readers are coming from. I’ve noticed those red dots light up all over North America and Europe in the first few weeks. For the longest time, I did not get any traffic from South America and Africa. I suppose it’s […]

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