Daily Archives: Friday, February 16, 2007

Blogs don’t (always) threaten traditional media — they prop it up

I started the day with a post about the impact of DVRs on the viewership of commercials. A comment on that post alerted me that I could do a little hack on my DVRs remote control and skip through commericals … Continue reading

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Neil Patel goes to all time low by revealing 5 easy steps to increase your blog traffic within one week by improving your headlines following Guy Kawasaki’s ultimate guide to attracting incoming links

In my last post, I suggested some headline writing techniques that may help you communicate better with those who read headlines in a newsreader. However, if everyone starts writing all their headlines like this, I think I’ll give up reading … Continue reading

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Tips for writing headlines and articles that people may read in an RSS news reader

Google has posted some Tips for Publishers that include suggestions for writing newsreader-friendly articles (posts) and headlines. It includes some thoughtful ideas that work in all newsreaders, not just Google’s. My general advice: Remember, people who use newsreaders can choose … Continue reading

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The NY Times imitates The Onion with a story on how people watch TV using DVRs

There’s something almost parody-like in this story on how viewers who use digital video recorders, DVRs (like TiVo), don’t always fast-foward through commercials. It seems like the story could appear in The Onion, as writers for that parody newspaper are … Continue reading

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links for 2007-02-16

How to video blog | New Media Literacies A helpful guide from Steve Garfield and others. [via: Jeff Jarvis] (tags: video blogging) Create your master feed with Yahoo! Pipes | Lifehacker A how-to guide. (tags: lifehacks mashup RSS) The demise … Continue reading

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