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Managing Blog Comments
We have a web log or “blog.” You’re reading it right now. But unlike many blogs, we don’t accept reader comments. We decided we didn’t want to deal with them. We figured we’d opt out and simply post articles without the fanfare. It doesn’t mean we don’t want to hear what you have to say — you’re certainly welcome to contact us. We like comments, in fact. On other sites under our management, those who comment on our blogs often provide insights that may be otherwise overlooked. It’s a subjective matter. If you have a blog, you’ll have to decide for yourself. In this article we’ll offer some experienced-based insights — the pros and cons if you will — so that you may be enlightened.
Writing Effective Web Page and Post Titles
When you open up a web page with your browser, the first thing you’ll see letting you know you have safely arrived is the title element for that page. This can be seen as the page title located on the top of your browser chrome, on the so-called title bar. This is a true fact regardless of whether you’re a sighted user or not, the title bar is always first. It’s also true if you’re not even human. Say, for instance, you’re a web search indexing spider or robot. Yep, you get the title element first as well. Using Google as an example, the result you will see during a search will be the title element of a specific page followed by the description or a portion of the text containing your search string.