It Must Be Difficult to Find Good Podcast Guests I received an email inviting me to join a group of registered podcast guests in a database. It’s one reason I don’t have a podcast.

It Must Be Difficult to Find Good Podcast Guests #blogchat

Should You Use Two-Factor Authentication on Your Blog? A recent article on beefing up security on your blog recommended several important steps, including two-factor authentication for logins.

Should You Use Two-Factor Authentication on Your Blog? #blogchat

Bring Back Personal Blogging? For Some Of Us, It Never Stopped A recent article from 'The Verge' lamented the loss of what it called personal blogging in favor of 'microblogging' on social media.

Bring Back Personal Blogging? For Some Of Us, It Never Stopped #blogchat

Will Passive Voice Really Hurt Your Blog's SEO Ranking? For search engine optimization, some problems could keep blogs from ranking higher with search engines. Should passive voice be one of them?

Will Passive Voice Really Hurt Your Blog's SEO Ranking? #blogchat

Could You Find 14 Ways to Use AI on Your Blog? A recent article I found on artificial intelligence suggests there are 14 ways bloggers can use AI. Would any of them work for you?

Could You Find 14 Ways to Use AI on Your Blog? #blogchat

Are You Concerned About Having a 'Green Website'? Is your blog's web hosting company environmentally friendly? It wouldn't normally occur to me to determine whether I have a 'green website.'

Are You Concerned About Having a 'Green Website'? #blogchat

Why People Think WordPress is Hard to Use I'll admit that when I started this blog, I bought into a common conception: WordPress is hard...so I should start with something easier.

Why People Think WordPress is Hard to Use #blogchat

How Many Reasons to Blog Would Apply to You? A quick Google search will reveal plenty of lists of reasons to blog. Many have several reasons in common, but some would never apply to me.

How Many Reasons to Blog Would Apply to You? #blogchat

7 Home Page Elements I Recommend for Your Blog When setting up or updating a blog site, which home page elements should you include and which should you be sure to ditch?

7 Home Page Elements I Recommend for Your Blog #blogchat

Do Bloggers Owe the Audience Explanations for Taking a Break? A prominent YouTube blogger apologized for a long, unexpected disappearance. But should bloggers really owe the audience an apology?

Do Bloggers Owe the Audience Explanations for Taking a Break? #blogchat

Where's Your Best Blogging Workspace? When it's time to write a new post or do other work on your site, do you have a dedicated blogging workspace that you prefer? Should you?

Where's Your Best Blogging Workspace? #blogchat

How Do You Pick a Blog Topic People Will Care About? What should a blogger do to make sure he or she will be guaranteed to pick a blog topic that will attract readers regularly?

How Do You Pick a Blog Topic People Will Care About? #blogchat

Is it Fair to Count WordPress as a Free Blogging Platform? A recent article by Forbes counts WordPress as one of seven options it labels as a best free blogging platform of 2023. But how free is it?

Is it Fair to Count WordPress as a Free Blogging Platform? #blogchat

Bloggers, Here's Why You Should Own Your Own Domain For a while now, I've told you should make sure you own your own domain when you blog. Here's a recent example of why that's so important.

Bloggers, Here's Why You Should Own Your Own Domain #blogchat

Would You Buy a 100-Year Domain for Your Blog? If you've ever planned on running a website for at least a century, a 100-year domain deal might be just what you've been waiting for!

Would You Buy a 100-Year Domain for Your Blog? #blogchat

Want an Easy Blog Refresh? Try a Typeface Overhaul Many blogging platforms allow relatively simple changes of themes. But sometimes a typeface overhaul will accomplish a simpler makeover.

Want an Easy Blog Refresh? Try a Typeface Overhaul #blogchat

If You Use AI to Blog, Should You Disclose AI Content? Bloggers have new artificial intelligence options to help them manage their sites. But if you use AI Content, should a blogger say so?

If You Use AI to Blog, Should You Disclose AI Content? #blogchat

Could an Estimated Read Time Help Your Blog Posts? I recently decided to add a plugin here at this blog that provides an estimate of the read time required for each article I write.

Could an Estimated Read Time Help Your Blog Posts? #blogchat

My 5 Most Time-Consuming Blogging Tasks Every blogger, whether they admit it or not, has to act as a content manager to some degree. That involves a variety of blogging tasks.

My 5 Most Time-Consuming Blogging Tasks #blogchat

I Conducted a 2nd AI Experiment on This Blog You probably didn’t notice, but I tried a little AI experiment here at ‘Patrick’s Place’ last week. At least, I hope you didn’t notice.

I Conducted a 2nd AI Experiment on This Blog #blogchat

Human vs. AI: Can Bloggers Successfully Compete? We're seeing more and more of artificial intelligence these days. But if bloggers engaged in a Human vs. AI showdown, who'd end up on top?

Human vs. AI: Can Bloggers Successfully Compete? #blogchat

Is WordPress's Free AI Site Builder Tool Ready for Prime Time? WordPress users now have the option of using a free AI site builder tool to build the site of their dreams. But can it really do the job?

Is WordPress's Free AI Site Builder Tool Ready for Prime Time? #blogchat

Before You Use 'Infinite Scroll,' Please Do This! On paper, the concept of infinite scroll seems like a great idea. But when important information is in the footer, it becomes a problem.

Before You Use 'Infinite Scroll,' Please Do This! #blogchat

From Blogs to Paid Subscriptions? No, Thanks. The social platform Substack offers bloggers something many find very appealing: the chance to offer paid subscriptions for your content.

From Blogs to Paid Subscriptions? No, Thanks. #blogchat

The First Blogging Rule I Still Wouldn’t Follow…21 Years Later I browsed an article on how to create a blog that offered as its first blogging rule a valuable idea I didn’t use and am glad I didn’t.

The First Blogging Rule I Still Wouldn’t Follow…21 Years Later #blogchat

Hopefully, You’re Seeing This on a Faster Website For a while now, I’ve been contemplating a redesign. But some recent issues had me focusing more than ever on making this a faster website.

Hopefully, You’re Seeing This on a Faster Website #blogchat

A Blogger Must Also Be a Content Manager A blogger can spend hours writing a post, but without taking on the duties of a content manager, how many people will actually see it?

A Blogger Must Also Be a Content Manager #blogchat

Those Incomplete Posts Can Come In Handy! Do you start writing a post but sometimes not finish it? Resist the temptation to toss it. Incomplete posts could save you in a pinch.

Those Incomplete Posts Can Come In Handy! #blogchat

Is There Such a Thing as Quiet Quitting for Bloggers? Like some disgruntled folk in the workplace, I hear our society has evolved to create quiet quitting for bloggers. Is it worth looking into?

Is There Such a Thing as Quiet Quitting for Bloggers? #blogchat

3 Reasons I Might Consider Deleting Old Blog Posts Over the past 20 years of this site, there have been only a few times that I took the step of deleting old blog posts from this site.

3 Reasons I Might Consider Deleting Old Blog Posts #blogchat