With new blogs coming online everyday and going onffline I thought it would be helpful to point out some tips.

If you just started a blog or are thinking about starting a blog, check out question #4 of this interview with David Sifrey, founder of Technorati, a blog search engine. My favorite:

Link prolifically. Give your readers the benefit of you preparing all of the source materials for them. Also, if you are rebutting or commenting on someone else’s idea or point, it is a sign of respect to link to them. The hyperlink is becoming a new form of social gesture used between people. Tools like Technorati also help you to find out who has linked to you, so when I see a blogger who has linked to me recently, I’m more inclined to discuss his or her ideas and link back to them, driving traffic and conversation.

Oh and what’s up with all the Blogspot blogs? WordPress dawgs!

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