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Category Archives: Google
24 Ways to Increase Traffic to a Technical Blog
Making money from blogs in an inexact science. What works one blogs fails on another. I’ve launched over 200 websites since 1998 (mostly ecommerce) and about 30 blogs (mostly technical). If your blog has a technical slant, for example, it’s target audience is technical writers, analysts, architects, or others micro niche areas, then use some of these techniques to increase your traffic. Continue reading
Posted in Google
Tagged Aweber, Backlinks, Clickbank, eJunkie, Expert, Google Analytics, google docs, Journalists, Money, Newsletter, Niche, PageRank, Review, seo, Sitemap, Tags, Target Audience, Technical Writing, Traffic, Video, Workflow, YouTube
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Google Webmaster Tools: How to Get Your Site Verified
Google Webmaster Tools is one of the hidden secrets on Google. Use this to add your site directly to its index, verify that Google sees your site (and sub-domains), and also fix the errors it has identified. Split testing has … Continue reading
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Tagged Domain, PageRank, seo, Verified. Matt Cutts, Verify, Webmaster. Sitemap, Wordpress
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Using Google’s Wonder Wheel for Mind Mapping & Generating New Ideas
Google’s Wonder Wheel is Search and Mind Mapping combined together. The Wonder Wheel was introduced in May 2009 and is one of Google’s best kept secrets. This search/mindmapper tool shows search results in a Wheel with different Spokes for each associated search result. Fantastic tool for brainstorming, studying trends, and idea generation. Continue reading
Posted in Books I Like, Business Process, Communications, Google, strategy, Tools
Tagged Add new tag, Google, Innovation, Mind Mapping, Problogger, Research, strategy, Wonder Wheel, Writer’s Block
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Don’t Feed The Trolls!
I have a troll. Do you? Trolls slither over the internet. They start as lurkers, then get brave, creep out and spit things at you. 10 out of 10 trolls feed on attention. Negative or positive – they don’t care. Attention is the oxygen that keeps them going. Here’s the story of how I found my troll and what we may do next? Continue reading
User Guide vs User Manual – which one is Right?
Let’s say you’re setting up a new Tech Docs Dept. You need to create new guidelines, style guides and naming conventions. Should you call the user ‘documents’ User Guides or User Manuals? Which one is Right?
Posted in Google, How To, Technical Writing
Tagged Add new tag, Apple, Google, ibm, iPhone, microsoft, Style Guide, user guide
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Technical Writing News – Nov 20th
Meet Captain Jing, eat Alphabetti Spaghetti, create lists in Robohelp, move technical writers to network thinking, LaTeX (not that type!), Why I Wasn’t Sold on Single Sourcing, The Moment I Felt Like an Executive, Does Your Company Need a Dedicated … Continue reading
Posted in Adobe RoboHelp, Content Management, Dita, Doc 2 Help, Google, MadCap Flare, News, Social Media, Technical Writing
Tagged Adobe Framemaker, Adobe RoboHelp, blogging, Career, CMS, contract, Copywriting, Darren Rowse, Jing, LaTeX, MadCap Flare, Online Help, Open Source, Robohelp, rss, Single Sourcing, STC, Structured Authoring, Technical Communications, Technical documentation, Technical Writers, Technical Writing, Tweeter, Twitter, wiki
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Is a Degree In Technical Writing Worth The Effort?
Do you have a degree in technical writing or technical communications? Was it worth the money? If you had a second chance, would you have chosen this or opted for another career path? One of my younger cousins has started … Continue reading
How The Huffington Post uses Real-time Testing to Write Better Headlines
Zachary M. Seward http://www.niemanlab.org writes that The Huffington Post applies A/B testing to some of its headlines. Readers are randomly shown one of two headlines for the same story. After five minutes, which is enough time for such a high-traffic … Continue reading
Posted in Google, How To
Tagged Arianna Huffington, audience segmentation, Detroit Free Press, Dustin Curtis, Eric Brown, Google, headlines, Huffington Post, Josh Young, Market research, metrics, ONA09, Online News Association, Oscars, Paul Berry, Research, social media, Steve Dorsey, Tagged A/B testing, Twitter, user behavior, Yahoo
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Stop Blogging! What happens if you start to make money?
Does writing a blog constitute work? Forbes reports that the New York State Department of Labor recently declared a laid-off attorney ineligible for unemployment benefits as she was bringing in $1.30 a day from blog ads.
Posted in Career, Google
Tagged Adsense, Google, Google AdSense, Lawyer, New York, Searching, seo, Unemployment benefits
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Turn Google Docs into a Distraction Free Writing Tool
Looking for a simple writing tool that automatically hides your desktop so you can concentrate on your writing? Anil Atluri on Digital Inspiration has this great tutorial on how to make Google Docs your perfect free writing tool.
Posted in Google, How To, Technical Writing
Tagged google docs, Microsoft Word, Technical Documents, Templates, writing
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Outsourcing Isn't a Problem for Silicon Valley But Is for Detroit
For those involved in out-sourcing or off-shoring, Andy Rappaport discusses why outsourcing works for the IT industry but fails in the automobile industry. He writes that “the U.S. IT industry has been able to innovate over the past 20 years … Continue reading
Posted in Business Process, Google, How To, India
Tagged Amazon, AT&T, Auto industry, Global business, Google, Hewlett-Packard, ibm, Outsourcing, Qualcomm, Silicon Valley, Tech industry
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Using Google Reader to share data, trends, and visual info
I’ve started a small experiment. I use RSS to monitor blogs, gather data, and share information. What I’ve now started to do is share ‘the best of the web’ using Google Reader. This lets you track web feeds and share … Continue reading
Technical Writer Contract
Cytiva Software has an immediate need for a Technical Writer at its Burnaby, BC office. Contract position where you will be reviewing product documentation for accuracy and translating into HTML ready to be uploaded into SonicRecruit. http://www.cytiva.com
Shortcut to go to the END of a document
If you want to go directly to the end of a Word document when you open it, Press Ctrl+End when you open the document. If you want to create a little macro that does this automatixcally, add the following lines … Continue reading
Google Dashboard Widgets for Mac
Google offer free widgets for Mac users who want to spice up their blogs. Widgets are mini-applications that you download and install into your blog’s dashboard to add new functionality. Download here: http://www.google.com/macwidgets/
Getting Your Documentation Plan in Shape
Preparing a Documentation Plan involves several different activities. Depending on the complexity of the project you may want to change the depth of the plan, but most plans will include: 1. Overview 2. Resource Requirements 3. Schedule Deliverables Tip: Documentation … Continue reading
Make Google Ads appear on each post you make
To get Google Ads to appear between the Blogger post title and Blogger post body: 1. Log into Blogger. 2. Open the Template page. 3. Click the Edit HTML tab and select Expand Widget Templates. 4. Search for these lines … Continue reading
Yahoo Shortcut for Checking Multiple Email Accounts
If you use Yahoo to check both your Yahoo accounts and business emails accounts, you’ll be glad to know there’s a shortcut for checking all accounts at once. Instead of checking each account manually, hold down SHIFT and press M. … Continue reading
Windows Live Photo Gallery Integrates with Flickr
Microsoft released a new beta version of the Windows Live Photo Gallery, a free tool for managing and sharing photos. The new beta version now offers a Publish on Flickr option directly from Windows Live Photo Gallery, extending the photo … Continue reading
Popfly Web 2.0 Tool Released
Microsoft has released Popfly, a tool designed for building “mashups,” gadgets, Web pages and applications. Popfly allows you to make web creations without code and share them on social networks such as Windows Live Spaces and Facebook. Popfly key features … Continue reading
