This blog post round-up once again brings a little something for everyone. As always, read what you like, leave the rest.

Does It Matter If I Use 1 Plugin Or 100s Of Them?
by Keith Dsouza at WeblogToolsCollection.com.
You might be wondering this very same thing. I was glad to see I answer this question the same way Keith does in this post.

It’s Time to Shoot Your Blog
by Jon Morrow at Copyblogger.com
In every area of life, it’s really valuable to know when to quit and when to stick. When it comes …

WordPress 2.8 has hit the streets, folks, and there are some serious goodies awaiting you!
WordPress 2.8 Highlights
* Theme Browser and Installer
* Ability to add Custom Headers
* New drag-and-drop widgets admin interface and new Widgets API
* New ways to customize dashboard widgets
* Syntax highlighting and function lookup built into plugin and theme editors.
* Configurable Views on Management Pages.
* Faster Loading Admin Pages
Check …

This blog post round-up once again brings a little something for everyone. As always, read what you like, leave the rest.

12 Blog Tune-Up & Spring Cleaning Tips
by Thomas McMahon at BloggerDesign.com.
This is a great list of housekeeping activities for your blog. I would add three more:

Review Your Categories: Are they still relevant to the direction and purpose of your site? Do you have too many? Do you need more? Is your content spread fairly evenly across them? If not, adjust.
Review Your Tags: Take a look at your tag …

No matter where you are with your blog – whether you’re just getting started or you’ve been at it awhile – Problogger wants to help you build a better blog in 31 days.

This challenge was originally set to begin April 1, but it?s now been delayed to Monday, April 6, leaving you PLENTY of time to get signed up. And sign up – you should! I did. You want a better blog, right?! Of course you do! So do I?and I?m not too big for my britches to admit it, either. In fact, here is what hooked me:

Commenting is an effective traffic building strategy for your site/blog. Every time you visit another blog and leave a comment, you leave behind a link back to your own site. The more interesting, relevant or controversial your comment, the more likely readers of that blog will click through to your site to find out more about the person who left the comment they’re reading.
Notice I said, ‘…the more interesting, relevant or controversial…’
When I receive a comment that interests me, and it’s from someone I don’t already know, I click through …