Thank you Akismet!

My blog has been online for a month now and i’ve only just witnessed the real use of Akismet. I currently have 15 spam comments coming from what looks like the same person over and over again: If Akismet didn’t exist then i would have a horde of spam comments on my blog. Some people don’t activate Akismet because they prefer spam comments to make the blog look ‘busier’. I...

Blog top bar almost done

Recently i mentioned i wanted to update my blog design and add in new features. All evening i’ve been tampering with the design of this blog. I’ve been adding new bits, taking bits out until i came out with this: As you can see i’ve added a top bar, consisting of three collums, two of which are occupied by ‘Recent Posts’ and ‘Popular Posts’. I think having these...

How i got into blogging, who inspired me

I mentioned early this week that i was going to tell you how i got into blogging and who inspired me. I will answer those questions now. This time last year i didn’t know what a blog was until i ran into Smemon’s blog. I was searching on Google for website ideas because i wanted to see what ideas are out there and start a website, develop myself from there, after all i was studying web...

I had no internet last night

Yes thats right, my internet went off last night due to a local exchange problem. That meant i couldn’t update my blog. I tried calling my ISP and they said it was an exchange problem so i had to sit there and wait for it to come back on. Last night i witnessed life without the internet and i was bored, very bored. I went on my Playstation 3 for a bit, but i got bored of that too because i...

BlogRush results after a week

I said i’d post some BlogRush results. Well now it’s been a week since BlogRush got activated on my blog. The results aren’t impressive and i don’t think i’ve had any traffic according to the BlogRush dashboard. Heres a screenshot of the BlogRush dashboard: As you can see, my blog post have been syndicated accross the network, with Burnley vs Watford being the popular post,...

I don’t visit other blogs as often

Before i started this blog i was visiting a lot of other blogs, several times a day. These other blogs include John Chow, ProBlogger and Shoemoney. I still visit them, but it’s every few days now. I visit smaller blogs on a daily basis including Smemon. I’ve no idea why i don’t visit these massive blogs anymore. Is it because i know everything? Do i have enough time to visit them while...