Use one, several or a combination of the tips below:
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Fictitious Example
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Start your blogpost title with “How to” and end it with “ in ten easy steps“ |
Look right above |
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Make a preposterous claim about bloggers |
“34% of bloggers forced to medicate themselves in their quest for a lay” |
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Reveal sensational facts about popular companies/applications |
“Sure, Google is useful for finding information at the tip of your fingertips. But sources reveal that Silicon Valley insiders have started rumours about a serious scaling problem in their Santa Monica servers. The party just might be over for Sergei and Larry.” |
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Throw in a SEO-tip | “Improve your ranking by commenting any weblog with an IP-number lower than your own” |
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Be sure to link to a free service | “Banco de Sonidos: One of the largest ressources of free sound effects in the northern hemisphere” |
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Criticize one of the A-list bloggers, but be sure to make it easily refutable so you’re sure they will (they’re busy people too) |
“What’s John d’Addario doing on the A-list? He hasn’t linked to original material one single time since he began blogging in 200X!” |
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A CSS tutorial will always make it into the popular list on delicious |
Square Corners with CSS, a beginners guide: Paste the following code into your stylesheet: {.squarecorners /*rounded = none, nada, niet*/ } |
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Proclaim to the world that you’ve solved the spamming problem |
“The secret to getting rid of spam is simple, yet effective: change your e-mail adress every day.” |
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Connect information technology to a human dimension |
“In the long run, mastering the skills of interface design will make you a better parent. Children need the same simple guidance as the average computer user.” |
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Tag your entry profusely | Look further below |
And if that doesn’t work: Do the opposite of what Jason Kottke suggests combined in one, single entry.
Comments
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