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.

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.

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.

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. But instead with sidebars, I’m able to save 75% of the space needed to hold the posts.

Do you want to show off more from less?

If there was one factor within the headline that could capture a reader almost instantly, and even subscribe to your blog for long time reference, it would probably be the ‘inspirational factor’. Most of the time, it’s about writing a headline that everyone can relate to - and can appeal to the masses. When people check out your articles, most of the time, it’s not because they like the headline. It’s because the headline inspired them to check out the content below.

Bottom line is, it’s not always about the headline. It’s about having the “wow!” factor of that headline echo through out an inspiring post.

Image Credit: Brian Solis

If I had to state the most significant difference between blogs and other CMS’s (Content Management Systems), I’d probably say that the biggest difference is that blogs are more humane. Aren’t they? For one reason or the other, blog is not just a cold and lonely web site. When you’re reading a blog, you tend to hear and feel the personality of the blogger. You tend to personify the wordplay and tend to engage in a conversation in your mind with the person responsible for the wordplay - the blogger.

Engaging in a conversation with your reader-base can be very powerful in making your blog more sticky.

Of course! We might be using the word ‘Explode’ a bit loosely here. But, not to worry. In a some niches, where competition is moderate, you literally CAN explode your blog traffic with these methods. But I assure you, even if it doesn’t explode, it will at least burst:) (Image Credit: Trey Ratcliff)

Add Technorati Tags

This is something that I’ve been doing for the past few days. When Technorati users search for content on blogs, Technorati weighs the relevant tags more than the post content to find results. Just think of Technorati as an age-old Meta Search Engine that uses META keywords to deliver results.