One of the things that drives bloggers crazy is a wildly fluctuating FeedBurner subscriber count that goes up and down with no apparent explanation. But before you go into another chaotic panic, trying to figure out what you might be doing wrong (or right), here is a little secret that many people do not know: the FeedBurner subscriber count is not accurate.

In this worsening economy, online contests provide websites with a cost-effective way to generate traffic, build a mailing list, and gain inbound links. But not all contests work… Here are 4 tips to make sure that your contest is successful.

When visitors don’t use proper comment etiquette, how do you respond? Do you edit your visitors’ comments?

When businesses or freelancers decide to create blogs to supplement their websites, one question always pops up: “Where should the new blog be located?” Or in other words, should the blog be integrated into the preexisting website, or should it reside in a subdirectory, a subdomain, or on a completely new domain?

Google has been cracking down on websites which sell links by giving them heavy penalties. But how does Google find these websites? And is Google ever wrong?

Have you noticed? Bloggers these days seem to be writing shorter and shorter articles, with many of the longer ones artificially inflated with images. So what’s up with this trend? And why is it starting to dominate the industry?

Big companies are always exposed for their environmental impact. Just recently, Google joined the ranks. But what about your energy usage or your website’s energy usage? Here are some tips to calculate your environmental impact and minimize your carbon footprint.

We all have a tendency to use acronyms, abbreviations, and technical jargon when writing articles, all without ever explaining what they mean. The result? We end up alienating our readers. Here are 3 ways to stop speaking Greek and start speaking a language that your readers understand.