Mr. Besilly

Thought Sparks Can Power Your Thinking

If you have not yet discovered the well tuned blog entitled Thought Sparks, then you are in for a nice surprise. Phil Stolle is a well kept secret as the author of Thought Sparks, he's also a gentleman and a scholar. Phil is continuously dolling out useful insight on becoming a better writer, search engine optimization, lessons learned from blogging and sometimes if you're fortunate he will share a heartfelt tremor sure to stop you dead in your tracks. That's called authenticity.

I humbly invite you to take a short minute out of your hurried life and let Phil school you on a few things you never knew you needed to know. Like his post "10 Ways To Drive Away Traffic From Your Site". You will thank me later. Trust me on that.

There is an abundance of junk food for the soul out there in the blogoshphere, but Thought Sparks is not of that ilk. I consider Phil Stolle's writing to be a nutritious full meal deal that should be savored, not wolfed down without taking a breath. I expect you to cherry pick to your liking. Bon Apettit!

Note: Mr. Besilly was not paid or coerced for my opinion.

Web 2.0 Stole My Husband

Since I joined the blogsphere with One Man's Highway my wife has suddenly realized that blogging stole her husband. To be more precise it's Web 2.0 that has stolen her husband. The term refers to the perceived second generation of Web-based services such as social networking sites, wikis and search engine optimization that emphasize online collaboration and sharing among users. I am a member of MyBlogLog which is a blogger community so popular it was just purchased by Yahoo which also hosts the Web 2.0 site Flickr where I post my photos. I'm a member at digg, newsvine, squidoo, vizu, blog carnival and stumble upon as well. Get the picture?

Since the sale of MySpace and YouTube for enormous sums of cash entrepreneurs are clamoring to create the next big thing in Web 2.0 destinations. For a comprehensive listing of such sites GoToWeb2.0 will make your head spin.

"There's still a huge amount of disagreement about just what Web 2.0 means, with some people decrying it as a meaningless marketing buzzword, and others accepting it as the new conventional wisdom."  O'Reilly

Join The Carnival, Get Your Blog On!

I recently joined Blog Carnival and found it to be both fun and useful as a newcomer to blogging. Blog Carnival finds really good blog posts on a given topic, and then puts all those posts together in a topical blog post called a "carnival". If you are a blogger you can submit your posts on a regular basis for inclusion into a carnival. It's a no-brainer if you want to drive new traffic to your site and extend your reach. Non-bloggers can enjoy this site too finding great targeted reading in a one-stop-shop without any sign up required.

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