This entry is about five years too late, but if you’re starting a new blog, be sure to first read Már Örlygsson’s article about futureproofing blog URLs. Though the article is written specifically for Movable Type users, many of the points are valid no matter what blogging service or software you use.
To make your weblog [...]

Every half second, a new blog appears on the Internet. With 175,000 being created every day and the blogosphere doubling in size every six months, the standards for a quality weblog have become much higher. Here are 7 ways to optimize yours:
1. Spend Time on Appearance
If you study Technorati’s list of most popular blogs, you’ll see that each has a [...]