Posts Tagged ‘Blogging’

Top 100 Australian Blogs (50 With A Bullet)

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

I recently applied to have More Than Scratch The Surface considered for the Top 100 Australian Blogs Index. I was pleasantly surprised when it entered the index at position 50! (more…)

UnMeme - Media Snackers

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

Meg from Dipping Into The Blogpond recently tagged me with a meme, in her Media Snackers - What you talkin’ ’bout? post. I’m very grateful to Meg for thinking of me, but I’m going to be a little antisocial - instead of participating, I’m writing this UnMeme. (more…)

I Signed Up For PayPerPost

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

When I started blogging five months ago, I hadn’t even considered the possibility of writing sponsored posts. To be honest, I only wanted to write original content and I was against memes, awards, sponsored posts, etc. (more…)

More Than Scratch The Surface Receives Award

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

When I first started blogging, I wouldn’t have written a post about receiving an award from another blog. Back then, my plan was just to write original content. I saw memes, linkfests and awards as a distraction from that. (more…)

My First Break From Blogging and Chinese Hospitality

Saturday, October 6th, 2007

After 4 months of blogging, I had my first enforced break and have been away from my computer for 5 days. I didn’t really miss it much - a few pangs now and then, some minor guilt about people expecting replies to comments, but mostly I just really enjoyed being with my family.

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How Can I Improve My Blog - My First Meme

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

I was double tagged by Maurice Snell from The Cayman Host Blog and Josh Spaulding from the Make Money Blog to participate in The Blog Improvement Zone Meme started by Dane Morgan.

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WordPress Permalink Customisation - Caution For Beginners

Friday, June 1st, 2007

This is only my second post since launching www.scratch99.com and I’ve already changed the Permalink structure! In this article, I examine why my original structure:

        /%category%/%postname%/

doesn’t work for me. (more…)

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