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PS My main art blog Making A Mark has had more than 4 million visitors, 11.5+ million pageviews and is ranked in the
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Starting and Improving a Blog
Technical
Types of Art Blogs (in progress)
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Tools, tips and techniques (in progress)
When things go wrong
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Top Tips for Blogging
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The Best Art Blogs
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Here are some quick tips to be going on with
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Choosing which blogging platform to use is a big decision because moving a blog at a later date can be a bit of a pain!
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Time to check out which is the right blogging platform and webware for you
Find out about the different webware platforms for blogging. They each have different features and different approaches to blogging - but they also have a lot in common. One feature that is consistent is that there has been a lot of development over time - so base your judgements on blogging platforms based on what they can do right now - not why somebody rejected a particular platform in the past |
Comments systems which control spam
Blogs are a big target for spammers - so you need a system which enables you to control spam. In over six years of using Blogger I have had very little difficulty with spam comments. This is because:
I RECOMMEND you always try the built-in comments systems and the options it offers for the control of comments and the prevention of spam before you try any alternative systems REFERENCE
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Alternative third party comment systems - and spam
You may want to try alternative systems for management of comments. Alternative third party comments systems include: They vary in terms of which blogging platforms and browsers they support. Bear in mind that:
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First my blog posts on this topic:
Plus an article I wrote for The Good Web Guide - which likes to characterise itself as "the 'thinking man's google'."
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Articles by other commentators:
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What I've written about theft of blog content on Making A Mark and what to do about it
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Articles by other bloggers
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