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5 Things You Must Know About StumbleUpon

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Image via Wikipedia If you’re into Social Bookmarking you’ll know about StumbleUpon. But there are some important things you should avoid or you could be putting not only your own site but those of others at risk. No. 1 – The Thumbs Up Stumble, Stumble If you click on the Stumble “thumbs up” button and [...]

Sylvie Fortin Admits To Knowing Homer

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

That really put the cat amongst the pigeons! Michel Fortin found out about Homer getting into bed with Sylvie (as reported here a few days ago) and came looking for him. (You may still see Michel in the BlogLog widget below if you’re quick). He obviously confronted Sylvie. Sylvie in turn has admitted to knowing [...]

The Twitter Light Bulb

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Image via Wikipedia The use of Twitter had completely passed me by – until today. I admitted to my scepticism a few days ago but now I’m convinced. I just spent $20 on the best traffic, social marketing and credibility building idea I’ve seen. The light bulb is shining brightly now that Rick Butts has [...]

Let’s Disqus – Video Comments?

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Disqus – surely you mean D I S C U S S? Actually no, Disqus is another of those great sites that uses an unusual spelling of a common word. I started using the Disqus service today and you need to know because it affects you. Quite simply – Disqus is brilliant. Ever wanted more [...]

Utility Poster – How To Write Blog Posts When You Have Writers Block

Friday, June 6th, 2008

I was away from my PC for a week – yes, I’ll admit it was a holiday not a glamorous all expenses paid business trip to Vegas! The week before I was all set to write 4 or 5 posts and stack them for automatic posting in my absence but, as usual “stuff” got in [...]

Utility Poster Finds Guru Posts

Friday, June 6th, 2008

Image via Wikipedia I created this post using Utility Poster to see how quickly I could generate something that may be of interest to both readers and search engines yet also ensure the links were relevant and not some rubbish just to keep the blog looking fresh. With the added benefit of Zemanta (I’ve written [...]

How To Maximise Links From Squidoo Lenses Part 2

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Following on from yesterday’s post two issues have arisen: 1. Some people watched the video here and couldn’t follow the link to the other videos. This is what you need – Easy HyperLinks Tutorials 2. Suzie from Abundance Highway asked me about Flock so I’ll put together a video showing how great that browser is [...]

Bloggers Appreciation Day

Monday, April 14th, 2008

A good online friend of mine, Suzie Cheel at Abundance Highway (a great blogger who’s posts always raise my spirits and leave me feeling positive) wrote a great post today about showing appreciation to other bloggers because today, as designated by Darren Rowse at ProBlogger, is unofficially Bloggers Appreciation Day. So here are my thanks, [...]

Internet Explorer, Firefox or Flock – You’ll Be Surprised

Friday, March 28th, 2008

You haven’t heard of Flock? No, this isn’t Guru Fodder terminology and sorry, today isn’t about Homer & Marge, although they will benefit from what I’m about to say. I’ve been a fan of the Firefox internet browser for the past year or so, mainly because I find it more stable than IE and the [...]

Social Bookmarking Explained

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

Never let it be said The Anti Hype doesn’t pay attention to comments left on the Guru Fodder blog. Jean-Pierre asked earlier about Social Bookmarking and how it is done. I found this video to answer the question. It is so simple but very well done & makes everything extremely clear. With thanks to Lee [...]