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The short answer? Yes (now you don't have to read the rest of the article!). In search of the holy grail of blogging (search engine optimization), I employed techniques suggested by the experts and, voila! I: Decreased my bounce rate Increased my stickiness Increased my unique page visits Achieved a better goal conversation rate (more on that later since I'm not converting anything to sales) Got more subscribers Got a higher Google Page ranking moved up in the Google search results In essence, everyone who's questing after SEO's dream. So what's the problem? Sigh. I killed my joy of writing, I left my own goals (not Googles) in the dust. First, I narrowed my focus. My analysis showed most visitors were coming to read technical articles on accounting and compliance. I added more paths: from these frequently visited pages to other similar articles from the home page to a directory of similar articles from the home page to specific follow-up pi...

It was back in April, 06 that I first got "blog-itis". Finally a technology that conformed to my need. I don't know why, but I've always "choked" when I try to write; but a blog post let me capture an insight without overwhelm (after all, you can always write another post). I started out with a copycat approach. I used my friends blog as a template. I took the easy road with Blogger. And then the fun began. I covered this journey in Birth of a Blog way back when. So today I just want to give props to the bloggers that gave me that critical guidance, resources and inspiration to get me going: Beth Kanter's Beth's Blog Allen Benamer's Non-Profit Tech: Confessions of an IT Director Michelle Murrain's Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Blog Michael Stein's Non-Profit Technology Blog Technorati Tags: Blogging , MetaBlog , Nonprofit , NPTech

Nonprofit Series: Burnout, Tech & Fraud Detection by pam ashlund Just finished a rant on "blogging about blogging". Took a look at the topics I write and found close to 10% of my posts on blogging & tech. Sigh. On Blogging and Tech: THE TEMPORALITY OF DIGITAL KNOWLEDGE I WILL NOT BLOG ABOUT BLOGGING... ANTI-SOCIAL BLOGGING CARVING OUR WAY TO DISASTER RECOVERY TAG YOU'RE IT: NONPROFIT TAG SYSTEMS I BLOG THEREFORE I AM BIRTH OF A BLOG NONPROFIT OPEN SOURCE DO I DARE DISTURB THE UNIVERSE? ASK AND YE SHALL RECEIVE: ERROR 404 FILE NOT FOUND Burnout & Balance: NONPROFIT BURNOUT: IS YOUR ADVENTURE WINDOW CLOSED? DYSFUNCTION & NONPROFIT BURNOUT OR A BALANCED LIFE? NONPROFIT BURNOUT? NONPROFIT HALL OF SHAME APPLYING KARMA YOGA TO THE NONPROFIT WORKPLACE Accounting: JUST THE FACTS MA'AM: ALLOWABILITY, REASONABLENESS & ALLOCABILITY! OH MY! NONPROFIT IMAGE PROBLEM: FLAWS IN FRAUD DETECTION DEVELOPMENT & FINANCE: A BROKEN MARRIAGE? ...

I was so steamed I forget to include my most fundamental complaint about blogging in my last post ! I publish a post You write me a comment I'm notified of your comment by email I respond to your comment Question: How do you know I've written a response? Answer: You don't! (unless you come back again and again until you see the reply and who has time for that????) How could it be that in a Social-bookmarked-Wiki-Folksy-World that our most popular tool (the Blog) isn't social? ????????????????????????????????????????????? Good, now that that is off my chest, I think I'll go listen to a podcast on podcasting! Technorati Tags: NPTech , Blog , blogging , Folksonomy , Podcast , Podcasting , Social Bookmarking , Wiki , iPod

Whistle-Blogging by pam ashlund Amazing how quickly employment law can be formed. It all seemed so simple, thou shall not write about work on the web (I better write that on the blackboard a 100 times). The blog Dooce became famous when Heather Armstrong, the blog’s creator, was fired for publishing gossip about her employer. She now has her own catch phrase: To be " dooced " is to be fired for writing a blog. This from Heather: "I started this website in February 2001. A year later I was fired from my job for this website because I had written stories that included people in my workplace. My advice to you is BE YE NOT SO STUPID (emphasis added). Never write about work on the internet unless your boss knows and sanctions the fact that YOU ARE WRITING ABOUT WORK ON THE INTERNET. If you are the boss, however, please don’t be a bitch and talk with your hands. And when you order Prada online, please don’t talk about it out loud, you rotten whore (emphasis mine)." Look...