All posts tagged bloggers

The Art of Community Optimization – Maximize Your Blog’s Potential

by Sam on March 31, 2010 in Blogging & SEO, Social Media with 16 Comments

Most of us know about Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and the benefits that can be enjoyed when a blog is perfectly optimized within its niche for relevant search engine traffic. However, with the massive changes taking place on the web and additional avenues created everyday for attracting new traffic we cannot focus on SEO alone. This is where what I like to call Community Optimization comes in. Community Optimization is definitely a subset of Social Media Optimization (SMO) but let’s focus on how we can develop and grow our blog’s community directly through community building interactions and practices.Community Optimization Continue reading →

Bloggers are now eligible for Press Passes in New York

by Sam on March 5, 2010 in Blogging & SEO with 2 Comments

On Tuesday, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) announced that bloggers and others who publish content on the web are now eligible for press passes as a result of a lawsuit filed in 2008 by three Web Journalists who sued because they were denied passes. In New York, journalists with press passes are usually allowed to cross police barricades at public events. Continue reading →