Blogging For Dummies Reviews

Posted by on Jul 3, 2010 in Blogging | 5 comments

Blogging For Dummies

  • ISBN13: 9780470565568
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  • Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

The blogging bestseller, now fully updated to reflect the latest tools and techniques Blogging is forever evolving, and remains essential for anyone who wants a distinctive Web presence. There are many options that surround blogging-on everything from blogging software to hosting services-and this fun and friendly guide gets you started so can begin logging in hours of blogging! Building on the success of the two previous bestselling editions, this latest revision includes essential blo

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5 Responsesto “Blogging For Dummies Reviews”

  1. Jill Florio says:
    July 3, 2010 at 4:23 am

    Review by Jill Florio for Blogging For Dummies
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    Like many Dummies books, this book is comprehensive! It’s a thorough introduction to blogging from rank Internet newbie, to the typical active

    blogger seeking to learn more about the medium.

    As a 2008 book, it’s reasonably current. This is one of those Dummies books the publishers will need to update annually. I recommend readers always seek the latest possible edition of any blogging book, as popular technologies change so rapidly in the field. RSS, comment spam, social networks and podcasting are all given their due space. An entire chapter is devoted to adding and managing photos for your blog.

    Two large chapters offer the fundamentals of blogging for business and adding advertising. This won’t be specific enough to get any would-be pro blogger rich, but *does* provide enough basics to get started with affiliates, AdSense, TextLink Ads, AdBright and the like.

    Lots of screen captures and sidebars explain complex concepts quite clearly. I enjoyed one sidebar in particular about why comment spam exists (and hint; it’s more about page rank juice than possible click-throughs).

    I’d recommend this book for the newbie through advanced blogging beginner. Intermediate level bloggers looking to to brush up on the basics would likely enjoy adding this as a reference to the bookshelf, and might find a few gems they originally missed.

    Advanced bloggers won’t find much useful here…but as it’s a Dummies book, that’s to be expected!

    From all the blogging books targeting the beginner, this one offers the most bang for your buck, and really does a nice job of holding your hand along the way.

  2. PARCS says:
    July 3, 2010 at 4:32 am

    Review by PARCS for Blogging For Dummies
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    Don’t let the “dummy” title fool you. With so many blog “how-to” papers written, I wanted a good “how-to” book that would walk me through and hold my hand as I venture into the blogosphere. Susannah Gardner and Shane Birley provide just that … a perfect reference book that takes you one step at a time until you are ready to publish. Thanks Susannah and Shane.

  3. Lisa Sabin-Wilson says:
    July 3, 2010 at 4:40 am

    Review by Lisa Sabin-Wilson for Blogging For Dummies
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    Blogging For Dummies is a fabulous resource for bloggers, new and old. This book is full of great information, tips, ideas, suggestions and resources that any blogger can benefit from reading. Written by two Pros in the field of blogging, you can’t go wrong if you’re looking for a one-stop, desktop reference on the world of blogging. Highly recommended!

  4. Karen Zemek says:
    July 3, 2010 at 5:27 am

    Review by Karen Zemek for Blogging For Dummies
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    This is a very helpful book for anyone who is beginning to blog and even for a person like me who has started to blog for about eight months but is still learning along the way. The authors give many websites where the reader can go to see exactly what the text is referring to. I finally learned the HTML code for doing lists in posts from this book. It also covers suggestions for getting traffic to your blog and how to get and handle comments. I highly recommend it for any blogger, especially beginners.

  5. M. Pearl says:
    July 3, 2010 at 6:12 am

    Review by M. Pearl for Blogging For Dummies
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    I first checked out the 2005 version of this book from the library, found it helpful, as a complete novice interested in starting a blog. I bought my own copy of the 2008 version, thinking it would be updated.

    On the one hand, I can say that this book helped me toward starting a blog. On the other hand, once I had actually started a blog and knew more, I saw the book’s shortcomings. There are a lot of typos in the book. It was not adequately proofread. Which means some of the content may also be unreliable. The newer version had not corrected any of the errors, as far as I could see. It had still not been proofread. Though I give it high marks for clear and complete explanations in general, I did find one point on which it failed to explain a procedure on Blogger.com. The Blogger website provided a clearer and more thorough tutorial on “Comments”.