In Other Words: May 23, 2009

Posted May 23, 2009 · Filed Under In Others' Words · 368 views · Leave a Comment

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 cloud…does it reflect what your site/blog is about? Do you see any topics that are surprisingly more heavily weighted than others? Login to the dashboard and clean out any tags that have 0 posts assigned to them.
Update Old, Outdated Posts: Cruise through your archives and update any posts that you’ve learned more about, changed your mind about or just don’t apply the same way anymore.

Ad Swaps: A Smart and Easy Way to Get Free Traffic

by Maki at DoshDosh.com
You’re always on the lookout for effective ways to generate traffic to your site without spending a boatload of money, right? Well, ad swaps, while not “hip” compared to all the “cool” social media stuff available now, are still effective. Check out this article and see if you can’t find a few ways to generate some free traffic to your site.

The Cost of Freedom as We Know It

by Charlie Gilkey at ProductiveFlourishing.com
A thought-provoking post for this holiday weekend.

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