It's cooling off outside which is driving to indoor activities. One of those indoor activities is writing this blog.  I've set it aside too long.  The first thing I noticed about this old blog was that I was using posts and not pages.  I'm not sure why.  I'm not happy with the layout, but at first glance, I do some p…

Just a quick update for what will be happening in April with this website.  I've been working on some things related to this weblog. They're in the queue. Sliders or Slideshows  I generally believe they're a nuisance and not good for SEO. I've found some analysis by others that seems to back that up. Nevertheless, I&…

Contents [ hide ] This is not the same old Google Blogger schtick. Google does not want your blog...or your house, your wife, and your children.  Not the Same-Ole Blogger Criticisms blogging (Photo by Dan Counsell on Unsplash) There are many websites circulating dubious indictments of the Google Blogger platform. Many of the …

Contents [ hide ] Google Blogger's Import Feature  Well, I lost a couple of days working around some issues that I have seemingly found with Google Blogger's backup and restore capability. Simply put, the re-imported website did not match the previous day's website. The difference was in the URL's themselves…

Technical Issues of My Own Creation I lost a day due to a mysterious self-created template issue.  I'm glad to be back. I'm glad to have solved the issue.  I was prepared to switch themes, but I like some features of this one. My problems occurred because of the nature of Google Blogger, and my lack of familiarity with it.  …

Just some small changes to the site today.  Theme Changes I de-emphasized the labels/categories. Since Google's Googlebot Spider seems to find all my individual posts within a day of posting, the idea that I would get some additional use from having the same posts in many labels was mistaken. I don't think labels have much …

Contents [ hide ] I am postponing the case study for now. In my post about  having an irregular post schedule , I talked about the traffic spikes I was seeing immediately after making a post.  I proposed doing a case study of my results after publishing a post every day for 10 days straight. That was 2 days ago. So, I'm p…

Contents [ hide ]  Are you using the site: command correctly? Photo by  luis arias  on  Unsplash If you're not signing out of Google Chrome before using the site: command, or using an incognito window, or switching to a different browser, you may be getting discouraging results from Google. When you are signed into Google…

Take the Initiative and Get Your Post Indexed You don't have to wait for Google to discover that you have a new post. If you have Google Search Console , you have what you need to get your post indexed by Google. I just completed a post about the need to post regularly in order to feed the Google spider, gain traffic, and built …

Contents [ hide ]  Irregularity. Does your blog suffer from irregularity?  Photo by  Edward Howell  on  Unsplash My blog does. It sounds like a personal problem doesn't it. And since this blog is just me, it IS a personal problem However, irregularity is not what you think. It's not a sign that you need to see a docto…

Contents [ hide ] Blogger is a better place to host your blog than you have heard. Photo by Stephen Phillips - Hostreviews.com There's a lot of disinformation on the Internet. Google Blogger, aka Blogspot, is a better place to host your blog than you might think. If you are easily distracted, as I am, by technical 'cur…

Can you blog for the love of writing?   That question was asked recently on a Reddit forum I have started following. I believe the answer is "yes, you can" and "yes, you should".  Particularly, if you enjoy writing for the sake of writing. The poster was concerned that many blogging posts are about how to make m…

Sometimes Life Gets In The Way It has been a few weeks since I have posted to this blog. Sometimes life gets in the way.  My company is down-sizing and my job was eliminated. So, that means my priorities are elsewhere at the moment. So, I will update this when I can.  Stay safe, Dan

Contents [ hide ] In this new category, I'm going to keep track of  my current problems, dislikes, challenges, etc. What's Going Well Traffic continues to increase.  New posts are indexed soon after they appear. So, I think bloggers may be mistaken about what their Photo by  Stephen Dawson  on  Unsplash problem is wit…

I just liked this photo. (Photo by  Joshua Chun  on  Unsplash ) Well, I've decided to change the name of this category to Tools and Tips. I will be adding short posts. A tip is just a bit of advice to solve a particular problem. It isn't something about which I can write 2000 or even 1000 words. However, it is something that…

Contents [ hide ] How does the spider see? Animals have different ways of seeing than humans. Dogs are thought to not be able to see in color.  The compound eyes of flies are particularly interesting.  At one point scientists thought the fly's compound eye resulted in many views like a wall of TV screens all tuned to the s…

I'm not yet concerned about traffic. Don't get me wrong, more traffic is better than less traffic, but traffic is based upon content. With only 14 entries of content, this site does not yet have an audience.  Photo by  Robin Pierre  on  Unsplash My expectation is that the audience will grow as the content grows. it is curiou…

Contents [ hide ] Content is King The truth is you need content. Somehow, you going to have to produce content. Whether you produce that content yourself or hire others to do it, at the end of the day it is words on the screen that will bring readers.  Beginners, and I include myself in that list, often want to focus on the fo…

I am struggling to keep up with my resolve to write daily on this blog. I have not given up yet. I have wanted to switch to Wordpress over my theme issues.  What keeps me from doing it is that somewhere there is a notebook that I kept with the process of maintaining a Wordpress Website. I remember days of entries over a migration is…