I have to admit to that I’m probably a bit late when it comes to using Google Chrome full-time, I have used it in the past, but always fell back to FireFox, but, now I using Google Chrome over other browsers.

It all started with the update on FireFox to version 3.6.2, my system slowed down when I updated to this version and it was just getting on my nerves, I haven’t used Internet Explorer 8 for ages and never really liked it, so it was time to grab the latest version of Google Chrome and go from there.

Suffice to say, it was a bit daunting at first with a lot of the FireFox plugins I use not on Chrome, but thanks to a post by DragonBlogger, “Top 10 Google Chrome Extensions” which led me to a post by Rob, “My top 10 Google Chrome extensions I can’t live without” I found several extensions that would make my browsing better with Google Chrome, though I do miss some of my favourite plugins from FireFox, but the speed of Google Chrome is vastly better than FireFox and I’m browsing much more in the space of time compared to FireFox.

So for now, I’m quite happy to have Google Chrome as my default browser

This is a guest post by Anand Srinivasan founder the World’s first Ask&Answer Website – KnewThis.com. Learn more about how the website works by clicking here

There were days when RSS subscriptions was the key to determine how big a website you have or how authoritative you are in your domain. It is still that way, to an extent. Bloggers still try to earn as many RSS subscribers as they can to their website. But with newer cyber-lifestyle, people don’t follow blogs, but follow people who write those blogs on Twitter. People share interesting articles on social networks. All this begets the question – Are RSS subscribers still relevant to the bloggers today?

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Hey everyone, I have several invites for Google Wave to give away, so I thought I would give readers the opportunity to get an invite!

If you are interested in getting an invite for Google Wave, then simply leave a comment here on this post and I will then invite you to use Google Wave, but this is a first come first served system, so if you want to start using Google Wave then be quick.

Once all the invites have been used up I will close the comments on this post

So good luck and see you on Google Wave

Lately there was a shift in the Google PageRank world where some sites lost pagerank, some gained and some never changed, I’ve read a lot of blogs lately posting about Google Page Rank such as “Google Page Rank Hates Me“, “Reporting And Reflecting On My Google Pagerank Update” and “Google Pagerank (PR) Update” but the question is how does Googles Pagerank affect your blog and your blogging?

Does your pagerank affect your ranking that much, I did a search for Twitter Websites the other day on Google and was surprised to see that a post I made in February on Blazing Minds came up in fourth place which is great for a blog with a pagerank of three!

So does having a huge pagerank make any difference to where you end up on the search results, I’m not too sure, maybe it’s the popularity of your site, more than the pagerank, if anyone is really up on the know of Google PageRank then I would love to know

It’s been an age-old question with website owners everywhere on how to  improve their Alexa Ranking.

Recently I’ve read two great posts with regards to the subject by Tycoon Blogger in How to improve your Alexa ranking and the other by ExtremeJohn in 3 Ways to Increase Your Alexa Ranking.

In the post by ExtremeJohn he mentions a great tip for everyone to use, it’s a simple thing to do when you are checking out the stats of a website/blog on Alexa and it’s a blog that you visit a lot or you really enjoy then leave a review on Alexa.

Apparently if you receive a lot of 5 star ratings on Alexa then this will in turn improve your Alexa ranking, so if you are feeling generous then check out Blazing Minds on Alexa and be kind enough to leave me a tasty review, but remember to let me know so I can return the favour

A big special thanks to ExtremeJohn and Tycoon Blogger for the tips and inspiration on this subject, thanks guys

They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I have seen some really ugly websites become highly successful and counter to that I have seen the most beautifully crafted websites with extraordinary graphics get absolutely nowhere. So, it isn’t going to matter how brilliant you think your website is or how well you believe it is monetized. No traffic, no sales!

If your own website is not performing as well as you had hoped, the most obvious answer is that you are not getting the traffic your website needs.

This is an ongoing debate as to whether we should focus on targeted traffic only or any traffic that we can get hold of. Before you say targeted traffic of course, it may all depend on the volume. Converting your visitors into buyers is outside the remit of this article, however, do the math…

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Now I’ve been blogging on Blazing Minds for over a year now, though I had a bit of a slow start and didn’t usually get that many comments back and my earlier blog posts where somewhat short and far between, over the past year my blogging has improved, so I would like to take the opportunity to give some blogging tips to you all on what I’ve personally learned.

1. Write informative blog posts.
   Even if they are just about what you did in the day, show that whatever you did you have a bit of knowledge about it.
2. Write as you!
   When you typing out your blog post, type it out as if you are talking to someone and write as you would talk with all you little quirks that you would normally have when talking to someone.
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