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How to Start Your Own Blog

Dan Uff May 15, 2013 0

Over the past few weeks, I have been getting questions about how I got started blogging and then becoming a news-oriented web site. I thought I’d write about a full how to so that the other readers have a good resource on what to do.

These are my experiences and I am not recommending a particular company.

In 2006, I was frequenting other Apple News web sites. After reading them for sometime, I decided to start my own news web site.

Blogging was new back then, and I really didn’t have a lot of money to start a full-fledged news organization. So I looked for a free blogging host – and I found a few, but went with a familiar company.

Google’s Blogger.com was a good starting point for me. It got me familiar with what a blog was (and wasn’t), how to write, and to look for information and news relating to my blog’s content.

After a year with that (and with information exploding about the new iPhone) I quickly outgrew that service and found another one called WordPress.com. That service offers free (limited) blogging and templates. Currently, WordPress is the #1 blogging platform in the world, and is the one that I am using for all of our news web sites.

WordPress.com also lets you create other blogs (for free or with a fee). As I started to read other news web sites that were not Apple related, I saw a need for content that was easy to read yet understandable. So I started two more news web sites and one programming web site.

Here is what you need to start a blogging (news) web site:

* CHOOSE A THEME:

What kind of blog is this going to be? Personal, news, how to, etc.

* COME UP WITH A GOOD NAME:

Make clear what the topic is going to be on the blog’s heading so a user knows what the topic is right away.

* TIME:

If you’re planning on running a blog yourself (like I am) you need to block out time to search for, and then post articles for your site. I spend on average three to four hours (sometimes more) each day looking for related content. I use resources major news organizations to other related news web sites.

* HAVE GOOD WRITING SKILLS:

No matter what language your blog is in, nobody likes to read gibberish or a long winded article. Get to the point, and use the K.I.S.S. method (Keep It Simple Stupid!)

* KNOW YOUR TOPIC:

When you write an article and post it you will get questions about it. On an average, I can get anywhere from 5 – 20 questions per day about an article.

* KNOW YOUR READERS:

Have a way for them to either interact with you, with other readers, or both.

* DON’T JUST COPY AND PASTE AN ARTICLE:

Due to Copyright laws, if you want to write something about another person’s article, do not just copy and paste it to your blog. Write an overview of it and then include a Hyperlink to the original article so the user can read all of it.

If you follow these simple steps, you can be well on your way to becoming a full-fledged blogger.

Thanks for reading.

Announcements

PR: Connecting People Communications Revising News Web Sites

Dan Uff May 15, 2013 0

We are pleased to announce, that our parent company, Connecting People Communications, has obtained full control of its news web sites and domain names. This means we no longer have limits on what we can put on our web sites as such with the case when we were being hosted by our previous web host.

What does this mean to our readers? A more expanded and controlled news web site where we can bring you high quality content that we could not do before. So look for new and exciting stuff in the coming days, weeks, and months!

To see our other web sites, use the "CPC SITES" option on the Main Menu.

HERE WE GO!!

Dan Uff
Owner, Connecting People Communications Co.

Security

Mobile Malware Exploding – But Only on Android Devices

Dan Uff May 15, 2013 0

Malware targeting mobile devices is rapidly growing in both the number of variants found in the wild and in their complexity and sophistication, but the only platform being actively targeted is Google's Android, which researchers now say is resembling Windows on the desktop PC.

According to malware researchers at F-Secure Labs, the number of active mobile threat families and variants initially spiked in the winter quarter, with Android's share jumping from 49 out of 74 known threats to 96 out of 100, with the balance being related to Nokia's essentially mothballed Symbian platform.

That was enough to rouse a tweet from the rarely used account of Apple's head of worldwide marketing Phil Schiller, who linked to the report with the brief admonition "be safe out there."

However, F-Secure's new report for the latest quarter shows Android now accounts for 136 out of 149 known threats, or 91.3 percent of all malware activity (up from 79 percent in 2012).

The other threats remained related to Symbian, with zero discovered for Blackberry, Microsoft's Windows Mobile/Phone or Apple's iOS. The research noted that mobile threats are overwhelmingly motivated by profits, with 76.5 percent designed specifically to con users out of money, rather than seeking to just cause damage.

To read the rest of the AppleInsider article, click here.

Did You Know: Their's more than one Calculator on your iOS Device

Dan Uff May 14, 2013 0

Although it seems obvious, you'd be surprised at how many iOS users do not know about the below feature.

The standard iOS Calculator app is a good calculator for quick calculations. But what if you need another type of calculator? The default calculator app has two calculators in one.

To get to it, just turn the iOS device, and bam, another calculator type shows up like the below example: