How to get free images for your blog posts legally in a few seconds

Creative Commons Sometimes when I feel like I’ve got a few minutes to kill, I tend to go ahead and add a custom designed image to my blog post that I was currently working on. It’s not a necessity and I could’ve just inserted a few random pictures off the Google Image Search. But, in fact, having your own custom made graphics give that post a sense of professionalism and sometimes, you could really get into trouble when you steal off other people’s pictures from Google Image Search.

The first and the most important thing to keep in mind is that just because it comes up in a Google Image Search, you just can not go ahead and freely use it in wherever you want.


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Quick Post: The $1600 contest closes down!

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First of all, before anything else, I’d like to apologize from all of you for not being attentive of ROCKFUSE lately. Just that some family emergencies and “Non-Profit” work coming up. Anyway, here’s the final $1600 contest update…

As of now, the contest is officially closed down and I’ve stopped accepting new entries. Please allow me 3-4 days to tabulate and post up the winners. In the meantime, I will appreciate your patience and make sure you guys will get your hands on some good quality content.

Good luck to all of you and thanks a lot for entering it.


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MyBlogLog Connector - taking social media connections to a higher level

images Did you ever dreamt of connecting to your most loyal followers of MyBlogLog and connecting to them in all the social networks that they are listed in? For an example, you can follow a few of the people you got to know through MyBlogLog on Twitter, with a click of a button. Even if you dreamt it or not, if you’re trying to promote your blog through social media, you can surely make good use of such a tool right?

Well, it’s here - the MyBlogLog friend connector.

MyBlogLog Connector

You can find this tool in the “add/manage friends” section of your MyBlogLog profile.

To make a long story short, As you can see in the image above, it conveniently lists all your friends and their available social media listings.


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How do you Respond to Negative Reader Comments?

Before I start, I must say that this post is an exception to the “nice guys finish last” rule. Not that I’m a form believer in it, but there are so many bloggers in the same niche as me who tend to build their blogs on controversy. I don’t have anything against them, and neither do I approve their ways.

So, if you’re being a controversial blogger and had used your fair share of controversy throughout your post, then you asked for negative comments - and it’s all a part of being a blogger.


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Add sidebar tabs to your WordPress blog in 2 minutes!

sidebartabs If you were following through my latest makeover of ROCKFUSE, you would have found out that I’ve added a Sidebar Widget with Tabs to display my latest, popular and randomly selected posts. Sidebar Tabs have many advantages to it.

Why Sidebar Tabs?

First, they save a lot of real estate - Oh yes they do! Just imagine; If I had to display all those posts I’ve in those side bar tabs it would have taken the whole left sidebar, right to the very bottom.


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