Are you an individual who has considered blogging, but you just can’t seem to get started? Perhaps your fears are holding you back and not allowing you to begin. Sure, blogging isn’t for everyone, but how will you ever know if you don’t at least try?

I came across this article addressing the top reasons why you may not have started to blog, and I encourage you to head on over and read the information. These are a few of the reasons addressed in the article as to why you have not yet started to blog - assuming you have not, of course!

Fear of failure, skills, finances, and time are only a few points covered in the article addressing why you have not started blogging.

Most of the blogosphere has been saturated with the knowledge of the do follow and no follow attributes, but in case you missed it you may need a handy resource for locating the various plugins or hacks to fix your templates to enable the “do follow” attribute.

Although I haven’t added a graphic display here proclaiming the fact that if you comment we follow, yes my blog does have the do follow attribute enabled! Just a friendly reminder here that we appreciate your comments, unless of course you’re a robot trying to beat the system!

If you’re human, please feel free to post your comments. Please be aware that we have comment moderation enabled, so your comment will not appear immediately, but we do check daily for your comments.

Writing content requires a substantial amount of time, effort, and creativity so it becomes very frustrating when you discover that your creative works have been stolen — and such has been the case more than once this year for me, and probably for you too!

Plagiarism and content theft is probably far more widespread then what anyone can imagine, and it’s down-right disturbing! With the RSS Feed syndication it makes it even easier for this to occur, and the end result can be that your content shows up on another person’s website. In addition to myself there are countless others out there who had their content used for plagiarism or stolen from their RSS feed, blog post or website.

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One strategy for getting more traffic to your blog is to consider submitting your blogs to a good blog directory. When visitors search the blog directory, chances are if you have properly placed your blog in the correct category you will get traffic from the resource.

It takes time to build traffic, but once you have submitted your blog to a blog directory then essentially it’s like being on auto-pilot from there! If your blog is not yet where you want it to be in the search engines for a specific term or your blog niche, a blog directory is another way to help get traffic even before you rank high for a specific keyword or phrase.

There are many different blog directories out there, so do your homework with where you would like to add a blog. Here’s one blog directory you just may want to check out!

Several days ago I purchased another domain, which now adds up to more future projects and fun online! As I was completing my registration process, I realized there was a bit of info I could share with you to help you protect your domain(s).

Most people lock their homes and cars everyday, and we also lock up other valuables. While online we use passwords to access Internet sites, and log off when we want to exit safely and essentially lock the door behind us.

What about your domains? Have you locked the door?

If you haven’t done so already, you may wish to lock up your domains. If your domain is registered through your host you should be able to locate the option to lock your domain(s) in the domain registration area of your control panel. Some hosts may provide an automatic lock feature and you won’t have to do it manually. If your domain was not registered through your host, then you would need to lock your domain from where your domain is registered.

Why would you want to lock your domain?

The locking of your domain will prevent unauthorized transfers to another registrar or web host, by protecting your name servers. You’ll just need to remember that if you want to do a transfer to another server that you will want to unlock it to do so.

By taking just a few minutes to lock your domain you will lock out third parties who would otherwise attempt to misdirect your name servers or who may attempt to do a transfer without your permission. In a nutshell, it’s a good thing to do and an easy way to obtain greater protection for your domain.

A seasonal downer may be what some of you experience with your blogs in the summer, and I’m referring to it as the “summertime blogging blues”, meaning your blog may be suffering from a downturn in traffic. Those who may normally be spending many hours online are perhaps enjoying outdoor activities, time with their families and time off for vacation.

Secondly, if you’re like me our weather has been terrible where I live in the Pacific Northwest and it just doesn’t seem like summer much at all! Have no despair though my blogging friends! By all means, don’t stop posting on your blogs due to any summertime blogging blues your blog (or you) may be suffering.

Even if it means you may be posting only once a week, that is better than not at all! Remember, what you post today is still online tomorrow, and what you post today could mean the difference in traffic you’ll experience once summer is over. Keep up the good blog posting and also enjoy your summer - that is if it’s summer where you are!

For starters, let me clarify what this article is NOT talking about. It’s not about dryer sheets, your kids super ball or how far silly putty might bounce. For those of you perhaps panicking over how much you spent this week it’s also not about bouncing checks.

This article IS about what every web or blogmaster would want to understand, but perhaps would prefer to ignore — the bounce rate of your landing page.

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