Hello, Ashley! Does commentluv really helps in building back links for your site? And talking about comments, is it really necessary to leave links every time you comment on other blogs? Why or why not? Charlotte Hi Charlotte! CommentLuv can help build backlinks for your […]
Category: Blogging
How to Set Up Post Templates in WordPress
Hi Ashley! I participate in a lot of weekly memes and I was wondering if there was a way to set up post templates so that I could just choose it instead of having to go through and copy and past every week! Thanks! Kaytee […]
How-To: Setting Up Gmail Filters to Organize Your Emails
How do email filters work? How are they set up and whats is the best way you find to utilize them? Mega Filters combined with labels/categories are a great way to organize your emails. I find that filters are best combined with labels. A label […]
What Are WordPress Pingbacks?
Hi Ashley! I was wondering if you could explain pingbacks. I’m not sure if they’re good, bad, spammy, etc. I’ve been getting several a week, and I see there’s a way to reject them. I just don’t know what to do! Reject? Keep? Ignore? Jana […]
Blogger Survey Results – Part 2: About the Blogosphere
This second set of results focuses on the blogosphere. It includes both book bloggers and readers of book blogs. About the Blogosphere (Blog Readers & Bloggers) How many blogs do you subscribe to (and check regularly)? I think I was a little bit surprised by […]
Blogger Survey Results – Part 1: Book Bloggers
I recently hosted a book blogger survey, where I asked bloggers a series of questions. There were three parts: about you (age, gender, etc.), about book bloggers specifically, and then about all blog readers (whether they’re bloggers themselves or not). Today I’m sharing with you […]
How to Write Great Reviews… By Not Trying To
A couple weeks ago, someone confronted me on Twitter and suggested that I do a post on how to write great book reviews, because it’s something the person always struggled with. I sat with this idea for weeks and weeks, but never wrote the post. […]
Should You Review Books You Don’t Finish?
I’ve recently been stuck on a book for 3 weeks now, and it seems as I really can’t seem to spend more time with it. I received it from Netgalley, and I’m not sure if I should review it anyways (I got to 30%) or […]
Popular Post Categories, Page Views, and Trends
The idea for this post came to me when I made the claim that book reviews are not the best way to boost your blog traffic. Instead, I argued that it’s about discussions and original features. While looking through my posts on the admin panel, […]
Blog Tours, Guest Posts, Promos & Giveaways – How Much is Too Much?
Do you ever feel like the blogosphere is drowning in promotional posts? Have you ever stopped following a blogger because they publish too many guest posts and giveaways, and not enough reviews? I have. How I feel about promo posts I have a very strict […]