Comments on: How Can I Improve My Blog? http://www.shankrila.com/shankri-la/how-can-i-improve-my-blog/ where technology meets daily life! Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:21:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: How Can I Improve My Blog? Let Me Count The Ways.... » Blog-Op http://www.shankrila.com/shankri-la/how-can-i-improve-my-blog/#comment-1227 How Can I Improve My Blog? Let Me Count The Ways.... » Blog-Op Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:49:17 +0000 http://www.shankrila.com/shankri-la/how-can-i-improve-my-blog/#comment-1227 [...] was tagged about 300 years ago by both Maurice and K from ShanKri-La with the blog improvement meme, and thought I’d better get around to doing it before they [...] [...] was tagged about 300 years ago by both Maurice and K from ShanKri-La with the blog improvement meme, and thought I’d better get around to doing it before they [...]

]]> By: K http://www.shankrila.com/shankri-la/how-can-i-improve-my-blog/#comment-1191 K Sun, 07 Oct 2007 15:29:47 +0000 http://www.shankrila.com/shankri-la/how-can-i-improve-my-blog/#comment-1191 Stephen.. glad to have you back! Great to hear that you like the new theme. I just won a logo design by David Airey in a ProBlogger contest and should have it may be in a week. I think that'll nail the favicon as well and really eager for this change. :-) Thanks for tagging me. Stephen.. glad to have you back! Great to hear that you like the new theme.

I just won a logo design by David Airey in a ProBlogger contest and should have it may be in a week. I think that’ll nail the favicon as well and really eager for this change. :-) Thanks for tagging me.

]]> By: Stephen Cronin http://www.shankrila.com/shankri-la/how-can-i-improve-my-blog/#comment-1190 Stephen Cronin Sun, 07 Oct 2007 09:07:26 +0000 http://www.shankrila.com/shankri-la/how-can-i-improve-my-blog/#comment-1190 Hi K, sorry I've been so slow in commenting - I've been away for about 5 days with no Internet! First, let me say your new theme rocks! The changes you've already made are great. Second, thanks for participating in this meme. All your proposed changes sound great too. You make a very good point with the SEO change - all of my sidebar headings are H2, whereas in my posts I use H2 for the post title and H3 for subheadings. There's no way my sidebar heading should be more important SEO-wise than my subtitles! This is now on my list of changes I need to make. Thanks! You tricked me with the favicon. I thought the S was for ShanKri-la and thought it was cool! Anyway, it's all good. Hi K, sorry I’ve been so slow in commenting - I’ve been away for about 5 days with no Internet!

First, let me say your new theme rocks! The changes you’ve already made are great. Second, thanks for participating in this meme. All your proposed changes sound great too.

You make a very good point with the SEO change - all of my sidebar headings are H2, whereas in my posts I use H2 for the post title and H3 for subheadings. There’s no way my sidebar heading should be more important SEO-wise than my subtitles! This is now on my list of changes I need to make. Thanks!

You tricked me with the favicon. I thought the S was for ShanKri-la and thought it was cool! Anyway, it’s all good.

]]> By: K http://www.shankrila.com/shankri-la/how-can-i-improve-my-blog/#comment-1185 K Sat, 06 Oct 2007 07:04:12 +0000 http://www.shankrila.com/shankri-la/how-can-i-improve-my-blog/#comment-1185 Tish.. you are welcome! Your words have given me a fresh boost of energy. :grin: I was just lucky enough to win a logo design by David Airey at a ProBlogger contest. So, hopefully it should give me the branding I have been meaning to build so far. Of course, it wouldn't be possible without support from my fellow bloggers like yourself! Looking forward to see your post. Tish.. you are welcome! Your words have given me a fresh boost of energy. :grin:

I was just lucky enough to win a logo design by David Airey at a ProBlogger contest. So, hopefully it should give me the branding I have been meaning to build so far.

Of course, it wouldn’t be possible without support from my fellow bloggers like yourself! Looking forward to see your post.

]]> By: Tish http://www.shankrila.com/shankri-la/how-can-i-improve-my-blog/#comment-1183 Tish Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:54:47 +0000 http://www.shankrila.com/shankri-la/how-can-i-improve-my-blog/#comment-1183 Great meme, K!! And thank you for the tag! As you know, I love your blog. I think you've done a fantastic job with it, and I look forward to your new improvements! Great meme, K!! And thank you for the tag! As you know, I love your blog. I think you’ve done a fantastic job with it, and I look forward to your new improvements!

]]> By: K-IntheHouse http://www.shankrila.com/shankri-la/how-can-i-improve-my-blog/#comment-1171 K-IntheHouse Thu, 04 Oct 2007 13:49:57 +0000 http://www.shankrila.com/shankri-la/how-can-i-improve-my-blog/#comment-1171 I had to know what your evil plans are for your blog, Kyle! :twisted: Appreciate the kind words and really glad to find out it's just not me who thinks this theme is nice. As it gets popular, I am sure we'll find it on a lot of blogs, so I am going to slowly make cosmetic changes that'll give me an unique look. I am very interested to see how the new theme improves my search traffic. I am forcing myself to get rid of some of the widgets. I am going to give BlogRush a couple more weeks after the upcoming new version. I do have a quite a good community in BlogCatalog so I have to keep that. I am going to do away with Archives in the sidebar as it is already in the main navigation. This should make the sidebars a little bit cleaner and faster. I guess the content loading before the sidebars definitely has a positive impact and one of the main reasons I switched. I had to know what your evil plans are for your blog, Kyle! :twisted:

Appreciate the kind words and really glad to find out it’s just not me who thinks this theme is nice. As it gets popular, I am sure we’ll find it on a lot of blogs, so I am going to slowly make cosmetic changes that’ll give me an unique look.

I am very interested to see how the new theme improves my search traffic. I am forcing myself to get rid of some of the widgets. I am going to give BlogRush a couple more weeks after the upcoming new version. I do have a quite a good community in BlogCatalog so I have to keep that.

I am going to do away with Archives in the sidebar as it is already in the main navigation. This should make the sidebars a little bit cleaner and faster.

I guess the content loading before the sidebars definitely has a positive impact and one of the main reasons I switched.

]]> By: What Can I Do To Improve This Blog?!? http://www.shankrila.com/shankri-la/how-can-i-improve-my-blog/#comment-1170 What Can I Do To Improve This Blog?!? Thu, 04 Oct 2007 13:39:23 +0000 http://www.shankrila.com/shankri-la/how-can-i-improve-my-blog/#comment-1170 [...] couple of days ago I was tagged by Karthik to participate in the latest meme, known as “How Can I Improve My [...] [...] couple of days ago I was tagged by Karthik to participate in the latest meme, known as “How Can I Improve My [...]

]]> By: Kyle Eslick http://www.shankrila.com/shankri-la/how-can-i-improve-my-blog/#comment-1169 Kyle Eslick Thu, 04 Oct 2007 13:36:48 +0000 http://www.shankrila.com/shankri-la/how-can-i-improve-my-blog/#comment-1169 Doh! I've been tagged! :twisted: I think your site took tremendous strides with this new theme, both in terms of SEO and in user experience. I really like the new theme. This theme loads a lot faster, but I would at least consider moving a few of the widgets. MyBlogLog is fun, the Alexa widget is very useful, so I would keep those. The other ones are fine, just keep an eye on load times and if it slows down, figure out which one is the culprit! :mrgreen: Doh! I’ve been tagged! :twisted:

I think your site took tremendous strides with this new theme, both in terms of SEO and in user experience. I really like the new theme.

This theme loads a lot faster, but I would at least consider moving a few of the widgets. MyBlogLog is fun, the Alexa widget is very useful, so I would keep those. The other ones are fine, just keep an eye on load times and if it slows down, figure out which one is the culprit! :mrgreen:

]]> By: K-IntheHouse http://www.shankrila.com/shankri-la/how-can-i-improve-my-blog/#comment-1159 K-IntheHouse Wed, 03 Oct 2007 01:19:23 +0000 http://www.shankrila.com/shankri-la/how-can-i-improve-my-blog/#comment-1159 Maurice, welcome to ShanKri-la! That's exactly the effect I was hoping to have on my readers. :-) I absolutely love it that you came forward with this suggestion. I will definitely get the email subscription form/link added to the current RSS subscription area. Great point and hope to see you around more! Oh yeah, thanks for subscribing. :-) Maurice, welcome to ShanKri-la! That’s exactly the effect I was hoping to have on my readers. :-)
I absolutely love it that you came forward with this suggestion. I will definitely get the email subscription form/link added to the current RSS subscription area.

Great point and hope to see you around more! Oh yeah, thanks for subscribing. :-)

]]> By: Maurice (TheCaymanHost) http://www.shankrila.com/shankri-la/how-can-i-improve-my-blog/#comment-1158 Maurice (TheCaymanHost) Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:49:40 +0000 http://www.shankrila.com/shankri-la/how-can-i-improve-my-blog/#comment-1158 This is my first visit to your blog (been following the meme) so I can't comment on your old layout, but the current look is easy on the eyes. If you don't mind a suggestion from a first time commentator, I'd make one small change and that would be to make your subscription options more prominent - above the fold. I appreciate you are using a plugin in your posts, but for the less RSS savvy, your email subs would probably get a better response if it was more "visible" when people first land on the site. Just a thought. I like the blog and I've added you to my Bloglines, so I'll be reading from now on :-) This is my first visit to your blog (been following the meme) so I can’t comment on your old layout, but the current look is easy on the eyes.

If you don’t mind a suggestion from a first time commentator, I’d make one small change and that would be to make your subscription options more prominent - above the fold. I appreciate you are using a plugin in your posts, but for the less RSS savvy, your email subs would probably get a better response if it was more “visible” when people first land on the site.

Just a thought. I like the blog and I’ve added you to my Bloglines, so I’ll be reading from now on :-)

]]> By: K-IntheHouse http://www.shankrila.com/shankri-la/how-can-i-improve-my-blog/#comment-1155 K-IntheHouse Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:35:52 +0000 http://www.shankrila.com/shankri-la/how-can-i-improve-my-blog/#comment-1155 You are welcome, Brown! I would love to see your thoughts on this.. and if you have any suggestions for me! You are welcome, Brown! I would love to see your thoughts on this.. and if you have any suggestions for me!

]]> By: Brown Baron http://www.shankrila.com/shankri-la/how-can-i-improve-my-blog/#comment-1151 Brown Baron Tue, 02 Oct 2007 06:51:04 +0000 http://www.shankrila.com/shankri-la/how-can-i-improve-my-blog/#comment-1151 Heh you've got me thinking now. I like this meme. Thanks for the tag buddy. Heh you’ve got me thinking now. I like this meme. Thanks for the tag buddy.

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