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Feature Article #1

Roadmap To Become a Blogger Review

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Thanks to Yaro Starak & Gideon Shalwick for getting us an advance copy of The Roadmap to Become a Blogger that will be officially released 9am Dec. 1st/2008.
 
Blogology Rating: 4.5/5
 
Cost: FREE (That’s refreshing :>)
 

If you are a newbie, read this [...]

Blogology | November 30th, 2008 | Continued

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Feature Article #2

Speed Reading 30 Blogs a Day

So you want to follow 30 amazing blogs, but how the heck do you find the time to read 30 blogs a day, when the average person reads only 250 words per minute. If an average blog post is around 500 words, you will chew up an hour a day staying on top of your [...]

Blogology | November 22nd, 2008 | Continued

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Feature Article #3

2008 Web Log Awards

The Weblog Awards are the world’s largest blog competition, where you can vote for your favorite blogs or Vlogs  in 48 different categories. So whether your favorite blog is about food, pets, technology or politics you can nominate them or vote for them to win a 2008 Web Log Award.
If you would like to nominate Bl.ogology.com, we’d be more [...]

Blogology | November 19th, 2008 | Continued

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Is Blogging Art or Science?

OK, so you can probably guess we might be a little biased considering our name Blogology, but nonetheless its a question we want to pose to the Blogosphere.
Is Blogging Art or Science?
With approximately 185 Million blogs worldwide, and Technorati reporting that around 7.4 Million blogposts occured in the last 120 days alone, there is more [...]

Blogology | November 16th, 2008 | Continued

Feature Article #5

Work At Home Mom Blog Contest

This one is a pretty sweet contest folks, and one that would make my Mom proud!!!
Contest Url: Work At Home Mom’s
How To Play: Simply vote for your favorite WAHM Blog by commenting at the contest URL.
Prizes:
1 Yr Membership to Mom Masterminds ($270) From Lynette Chandler & Kelly McCausey
Free One on One Coaching Certificate ($75) From [...]

Blogology | November 16th, 2008 | Continued

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Blogology is the science of blogging, and we intend to be your main source of information related to blogging. From simple ‘HowTo’s’ to Advanced Strategies, Wordpress Goodies, Blog Contests and a whole lot more. We are scouring the net for the best of the Blogosphere.
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Win A Trip To Australia

April 26th, 2009 • Blogology • 0 comments • Related • Filed Under

Description:

Enter the Travel Channel’s Travel Bug Sweepstakes for your chance to win a trip to Australia and New Zealand as part of their Trip-a-Month Sweepstakes.

Sweepstakes Links:

Sweepstakes Entry Form
Sweepstakes Rules
Home Page

Eligibility:

USA, 18 and older

Start Date:

April 01, 2008

End Date:

April 30, 2008 at 11:59 p.m. ET

Sweepstakes Prizes:

Grand Prize: A trip for 2 to Queenstown, New Zealand and Sydney, Australia. Trip includes airfare to Queenstown, New Zealand, stay at the the Crowne Plaza Hotel, helicopter tour of Queenstown, a boutique wine tour in Central Otago Wine Country, airfare to Sydney, Australia, stay at the Intercontinental Hotel, a 4-day TravelPass Card, and a Sydney Harbor dinner cruise. (ARV: $8,500)

StumbleUpon Charity Blog Contest

December 14th, 2008 • Blogology • 0 comments • Related • Filed Under

This ones for a great cause folks… win money for your charity and some tech goodies for yourself.

Contest URL: http://leeraito.com/stumbleupon-blog-contest See details at Contest URL on how to enter and rules.

Contest Ends: Jan 5/2009

Prizes:

1st Prize $500 To The Charity of Your Choice, 8G iPod Nano ($135 Value) & StumbleUpon Sponsor Status ($20 Value)

2nd Prize $100 To The Charity of Your Choice, iPod Shuffle ($70 Value) & StumbleUpon Sponsor Status ($20 Value)

3rd Prize Mystery Prize (Unknown Value) & StumbleUpon Sponsor (20$ Value)

Wordpress Comment Spam

December 14th, 2008 • Blogology • 0 comments • Related • Filed Under

If you run a WordPress Blog then you NO DOUBT have at some point been irritated by the comment and or trackback spammers. It’s not slowing down anytime soon. When I turn off our spam plugins on any of the many WordPress blogs we are involved with,  I would estimate that 90% of the comments and trackbacks are spam.

Whats the solution?

Shawn Collins of AffiliateTip.com wrote a post, that led us to Rachir over at TechVivo who has posted a list of 21 essential plungins, two of which you should definelty check out in an effort to combat spam, and the precious time you spend dealing with it.

Simple Trackback Validation

The Simple Trackback Validation plugin helps to eliminate trackback spam by performing a simple a simple but effective test on all incoming trackbacks.

WP-Spam Free

Fed up of all that comment spam? Stop wasting time checking and clearing your Akismet spam queue every day and download WP-SpamFree. It will eliminate 99% - 100% of the comment spam you receive. Yep, I’m not joking. And it does it without captchas! WP-SpamFree uses a combo of JavaScript and cookies to stop the spambots. Since 99% of the spambots out there can’t process JavaScript, they won’t be able to submit comments. It also doesn’t slow down your blog one bit.

To make life a little easier for some of the WordPress newbies out there we put together a video on How To Install the WP-Spam Free Plugin:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D303pK3yjLg

Problogineer Xmas Blog Contest

December 12th, 2008 • Blogology • 1 comment • Related • Filed Under

If your looking at PPC, or advertsising your blog this will be a contest for you.

Contest URL: http://www.problogineer.com/problogineer-xmas-blog-contest

Contest ends Dec.20th/2008

Prizes:

 

Ben Spark Blog Contest

December 8th, 2008 • Blogology • 1 comment • Related • Filed Under

This one is a mystery folks.

Big Box of Awesome Contest URL: http://www.benspark.com/bensparks-big-box-of-awesome.html

How To Enter: The usual comments, Twitter, etc.

Prizes: No clue! Whatever is in the box :>)

Dates: Ends Dec.17th/2008

If your wondering who Ben Spark is, he is a not so famous but very active blogger. Here is a recent video of him crashing a toy drive he found on FaceBook. How can you not like a guy who supports toys for kids :>)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlZ411dvx8E

$6000 John Chow and XR Blog Contest

December 1st, 2008 • Blogology • 0 comments • Related • Filed Under

Here is a contest from a trusted pro blogger, where $5000 goes to the Charity of your choice and a cool $1000 to spend on Christmas. We entered the contest as well (see at the bottom of this post)… why not its for a great cause and think you should jump on board as well.

Contest Url: http://www.johnchow.com/6000-contest-from-john-chow-and-xrcom/

Prizes:

$5000 to Charity You Choose

$1000 to blow however you wish

How To Enter:

To enter the contest, you need to sign up for an account at XR.com. Then you need to write a blog post about it. The post should link back to the contest URL, include the name of the charity you’re playing for, what you’ll do with the extra $1,000, and a review of XR.com.

Dates: The deadline for entry is December 24. Winner will be drawn on December 27

Blogology’s Entry into the Contest:

Charity: We are playing for the Children’s Variety Heart Center.

How would we spend the  extra $1000? We would as well give the $1000 to the Children’s Variety Heart Center.

XR Review: Amazingly simple free service like TINYURL, but even shorter!!!!! Example we just turned this long blog post URL into http://xr.com/i28 Doesn’t get better than that folks!

Win Premium Wordpress Themes Contest

November 27th, 2008 • Blogology • 0 comments • Related • Filed Under

Hurry…ends tomorrow!!!

Contest Url: http://www.blogohblog.com/mega-contest-win-10-premium-themes-worth-700/

Deadline:  Only one day left… Nov. 28/2008

How to enter: See contest URL

Prizes:

 

50 Bloggers HP Magic Giveaway Contest $300,000 Thousand in Prizes

November 24th, 2008 • Blogology • 1 comment • Related • Filed Under

You heard that right, HP has teamed up with 50 Bloggers below so you will have 50 contests to try and win some really cool prizes for Christmas. You better grab a drink… your eyes are going to go buggy after this one!

Official HP Contest Page: http://www.hp.com/united-states/campaigns/blogger-magic/

Prizes X 50:

Hardware

  • HP TouchSmart IQ816 PC
  • HP HDX 18 series Premium Notebook PC
  • HP MediaSmart Connect
  • HP Pavilion dv4 series Entertainment Notebook PC (with Windows Live)
  • HP Mini 1000 (with XP)

Accessories

  • HP Photosmart C6380 Wireless AIO (printer)
  • HP 564 Photo Value Pak

Software

  • Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate/Home Premium or Microsoft Windows XP pre-installed on all units (Mini 1000 runs XP)
  • Microsoft Office Home and Student Edition 2007 (Student-Teacher Edition) – 1 DVD with 3 licenses
  • Microsoft Windows Live
  • Corel VideoStudio X2

Entertainment

Kung Fu Panda (2 widescreen DVDs; 1 widescreen Blu-ray disc)

50 Simultaneous Blog Contests Pages:

 

 

 

 

Yaro Starak’s 10 Videos On How To Become a Blogger

November 24th, 2008 • Blogology • 0 comments • Related • Filed Under

So you want to become a blogger or are just getting started. Who are we to tell you NO, you shouldn’t be the150 Millionth blogger… we’ll leave the negativity checked at the door. Go for it…you’ll love it!

In fact, we would love to help you get started but are pretty busy these days, so thought our friend Yaro could point you in the right direction.

From one of the best bloggers in the world, Yaro Starak teaches you how to blog with ten free videos, and will be giving away a FREE Blogging Roadmap Report starting Dec.1/2008.

Video 1- Why You Should Use WordPress

Video 2 - How To Get Your Own Domain Name

Video 3 - How To Get A Web Host

Video 4- How To Install WordPress

Video 5- How To Upload Files To Your Webhost Using FTP

Video 6- Choosing A WordPress Theme For Your New Blog

Video 7- How To Install And Use WordPress Plugins

Video 8 - How To Create Your First Blog Post And Blog Page

Video 9 - What RSS Is And Why You Need It

Video 10- How To Use Feedburner For Supercharging Your RSS Capabilities

You can check out the videos and get the Free Report here: Become A Blogger

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