This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the resources mashup, Follow Friday recommendations, more DoFollow, the Happiest Turtle, reviews, and the week in review.
The Resources Mashup
Here are some of the best articles I have stumbledupon this week.
Blogging
- Make money blogging
- 16 social bookmarking plugins to promote posts
- 43 DoFollow blog images
- 7 questions to answer before publishing a blog post
- Is blogging fullfilling your objective
- 58 ways to build a better blog
- 26 impressive blog and portfolio designs
- Why you should write when no one is reading
- 18 resources to writing better blog titles
- 17 best Blogger hacks
- Why I don’t comment on Blogger blogs
Business / Finance
- Small business trademark issues, requirements & permits
- Importance of online reputation management
- 10 tips for an effective presentation
Graphic / Web Design / Web Development
- 91 trendy web forms for creative inspiration
- 20 color selectors for your next project
- 35 websites to teach you how to use css effectively
- Ultimate guide to web optimization tips and best practices
Personal Development / Self Improvement / Health
- Balancing stress instead of being consumed by it
- How to get over rejections you face
- Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs
- How to overcome procrastination
- 7 symptoms you are on the verge of a burn out
SEO / Tech
- How 20 popular websites looked when they launched
- Watch free movies and tv online
- Who follows nofollow links
- Use bit.ly Firefox plugin to shorten and preview links
- 9 powerful seo tips for your small business
- 100 Web 2.0 tools for teachers
- 5 common computer security mistakes
Series
- Flashback Monday – Case study, free ebooks, blog for sale
- Feeding Frenzy – StumbleUpon, SEO & humor
Social Media
- Why you should care if teens are using Twitter
- 15 Twitter horror stars
- 100 twitter tools to get you to the top
- 4 ways any business can benefit from social media
- How to get on the homepage of Reddit humor
- Why owly is bad and bitly is good
The Last, but not Least
- Why you should never post your picture online
- Story structure
Follow Friday Recommendations on Twitter
Here are my Follow Friday recommendations.
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Week in Review
This week, I have been focused on all things DoFollow. So the sole article of the week was about the basics of DoFollow and DoFollow link building.
Also, on the DoFollow Blog Directory & Compendium, I added almost 20 new DoFollow blogs to the directory, plus a few articles including:
- Organizing your DoFollow blog resources
- How to make your WordPress or Blogger blog DoFollow
- Promoting your DoFollow blog with images
Happiest Turtle
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Good Recompilation.
As always.
I liked the mention of: “Why you should never post your picture online. Good article
.-= Carlos ´s last blog ..http://dagorret.stumbleupon.com/review/35782818/ =-.
Thanks for the link, Kristi! I’m glad you liked my list!! :]
.-= Jeremiah Hoyet´s last blog ..48+ Links to Help You Make A Buck Blogging =-.
Another great friday! I am so glad it is the weekend, now I can enjoy reading all these awesome articles and get some more blogging knowledge! Thanks.
.-= Seth W´s last blog ..18 Resources to Help you Write Better Blog Titles =-.
What a comprehensive list of sites. I am honored to be included amongst them. Thank you for the link love.
.-= Barbara Swafford´s last blog ..Readers vs Bots – Making Everyone Happy =-.
Great list as usual Kristi, I cant wait to start to read them.
Have a great weekend and thanks for including me.
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Kristi,
Excellent choices and I read two of the articles that you have included. I am glad we are in sync!
.-= Frank J´s last blog ..Security Alert – TotalSecurity =-.
Twitter: Mike_hts
September 4, 2009 at 4:36 pm
Ah, finally time for my standard Friday stop at Kikolani. Some excellent links and info to mull and absorb. Thanks. Right now I feel myself wanting to be a Turtle
Hope you have a great weekend Kristi.
.-= Mike McEvoy´s last blog ..5 Common Computer Security Mistakes =-.
Thanks for the great posts Kristi! And finally I have came across something to help me with my procrastination!
I hope that post will help me…
And thanks for the link! Have a wonderful day!
.-= Gennice´s last blog ..15 Great Gmail Sidebar Gadgets You Won’t Find in Labs =-.
Hey Kristie, thanks for another great mashup series. I really like this very much.
Another big thanks for including my articles and recommending me on twitter.
.-= Aminul Islam Sajib´s last blog ..How to make a friendship with the search giant Google Using Google Webmaster Tools =-.
Hey Kristi!
I’ve been reading online for dofollow resources but never found a good one. Your dofollow article is going to be really helpful for me in link-building – I’ve bookmarked it for future reference. Thanks so much! 
.-= Celes | The Personal Excellence Blog´s last blog ..How To Overcome Procrastination – Part 5 =-.
Hey, Kristi
Once again, a very good job. I admit I kinda wait for your Fetching Fridays, I kinda look forward to it every time Friday is on the air, because there is always a lot of great stuff in here. And, again, many thanks for the link love. This time even twice
.-= Dragos Roua´s last blog ..Action versus Reaction =-.
I followed and read “7 Questions Before Publishing a Blog Post.” I liked it, and I liked the blog. I subscribed to it. Thanks for sharing!
.-= Colleen´s last blog ..Kennewick Real Estate Listings =-.
That was a really great list for your mashup resources. Plenty of good quality articles to read and learn from. I also checked out your “dofollow” post list and got some great resources as well.
thanks for sharing!
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I will be up all night clickin on those links….potpolitics sent me
Twitter: wchingya
September 6, 2009 at 8:14 pm
Thank you so much Kristi. Again, I applaud your effort. Appreciate you sharing the links with your readers. An honor to be listed too. Just got back from John’s & Frank’s page. With 3 of you, I wonder will I ever missed any posts weekly? lol.. Well done!
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.-= Ching Ya´s last blog ..16 Social Bookmarking Plugins to Promote Your Posts =-.
thanks for resources here is great list of social book marking!!!
Thanks Kristi.
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Excelent post, i will defenetly have something to do for a while. The articles seems to be intresting. Thanks for the compilation.
I really love that turtle video. Even the turtle can be very happy. Ff we, humans, can’t be, just be shame on ourselves.
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Hey Kristi,
I have been following this series of yours for a while, and have always enjoyed them. They are always extensive and thorough! An excellent and useful resources…
Once again a very Nice post Kristi,
I really enjoy to read it, you only make possible such a nice post, thanks for sharing with us….
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