<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post8739650420189778032..comments</id><updated>2010-02-24T04:31:03.710-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Bookish Ruth: Bloggiesta Mini-Challenge: Grade Your Blog</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/feeds/8739650420189778032/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Ruth King</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06863703037623512619</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>27</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-397384522487578231</id><published>2010-02-24T04:31:03.710-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-24T04:31:03.710-05:00</updated><title type='text'>worldwide shipping-International Shipping Worldwid...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.myusshopnship.com/index.php" rel="nofollow"&gt;worldwide shipping&lt;/a&gt;-International Shipping Worldwide and USA Package Forwarding. Create and start using your account in minutes. Review, choose, consolidate, discard and ship your packages.  http://www.myusshopnship.com&lt;br /&gt; Your own shopping address in the USA that you can monitor online.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/397384522487578231'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/397384522487578231'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html?showComment=1267003863710#c397384522487578231' title=''/><author><name>ANIRBAN DAS</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04742476565795941350</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-8739650420189778032' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/posts/default/8739650420189778032' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-8571074097271625119</id><published>2010-01-10T22:51:23.773-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-10T22:51:23.773-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Graded the blog, again, and it always comes up as ...</title><content type='html'>Graded the blog, again, and it always comes up as a 78. It doesn&amp;#39;t seem to matter if I try varying things or change what they tell me too. I guess I just need to give it time. ??? Oh well. Thanks though!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/8571074097271625119'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/8571074097271625119'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html?showComment=1263181883773#c8571074097271625119' title=''/><author><name>The1stdaughter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06701073212264414302</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-8739650420189778032' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/posts/default/8739650420189778032' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-7213039242594214004</id><published>2010-01-10T22:36:18.392-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-10T22:36:18.392-05:00</updated><title type='text'>My score was low but I am new to blogging so I wel...</title><content type='html'>My score was low but I am new to blogging so I welcome the constructive criticism   I will spend time with results over the next few days to see where I need to make changes.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/7213039242594214004'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/7213039242594214004'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html?showComment=1263180978392#c7213039242594214004' title=''/><author><name>Booksnyc</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11197753056299399065</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-8739650420189778032' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/posts/default/8739650420189778032' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-6928991412760657444</id><published>2010-01-10T21:57:53.091-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-10T21:57:53.091-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Holy, moly, Ruth!  That was depressing.  I have a ...</title><content type='html'>Holy, moly, Ruth!  That was depressing.  I have a lot of work to do, but it&amp;#39;s better to find out now than 6 months from now.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;APSkap (at) Comcast (dot) net</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/6928991412760657444'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/6928991412760657444'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html?showComment=1263178673091#c6928991412760657444' title=''/><author><name>Alison (Alison's Book Marks)</name><uri>http://www.alisons-bookmarks.blogspot.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-8739650420189778032' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/posts/default/8739650420189778032' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-5700778630924886807</id><published>2010-01-10T21:52:08.513-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-10T21:52:08.513-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Was very happy with my grade: 98.1. It was at 96.6...</title><content type='html'>Was very happy with my grade: 98.1. It was at 96.6 when I started Bloggeiesta so I must have done something right.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/5700778630924886807'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/5700778630924886807'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html?showComment=1263178328513#c5700778630924886807' title=''/><author><name>Kate</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16928184232202306537</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-8739650420189778032' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/posts/default/8739650420189778032' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-5375324703309130693</id><published>2010-01-10T21:04:18.273-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-10T21:04:18.273-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I scored a 93! However, I ran the test a few weeks...</title><content type='html'>I scored a 93! However, I ran the test a few weeks ago and was in the 70s, I think. So I must be doing something better lately. Hmmm... I&amp;#39;m trying to remember to include links as much as possible. Maybe that&amp;#39;s it. Or the fact that I posted 4 times today! (I hardly ever post more than once a day, and usually not that often.)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/5375324703309130693'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/5375324703309130693'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html?showComment=1263175458273#c5375324703309130693' title=''/><author><name>Karla @ Ramblin' Roads</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00902429832411315003</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='18422089484678058596'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-8739650420189778032' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/posts/default/8739650420189778032' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-945510718455620753</id><published>2010-01-10T20:07:22.867-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-10T20:07:22.867-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I did this challenge for the 2nd Bloggiesta:
http:...</title><content type='html'>I did this challenge for the 2nd Bloggiesta:&lt;br /&gt;http://smsbookreviews.blogspot.com/2010/01/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-website.html My score and surprises and what I plan to change are here.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/945510718455620753'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/945510718455620753'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html?showComment=1263172042867#c945510718455620753' title=''/><author><name>Callista</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04013633281843747712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-8739650420189778032' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/posts/default/8739650420189778032' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-8851320892497373591</id><published>2010-01-10T19:20:59.188-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-10T19:20:59.188-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Okay I graded my blog-cannot say I liked the resul...</title><content type='html'>Okay I graded my blog-cannot say I liked the result-but I have signed up as a mentee to get some help.  thanks for this.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/8851320892497373591'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/8851320892497373591'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html?showComment=1263169259188#c8851320892497373591' title=''/><author><name>Esme</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01558695355351437784</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-8739650420189778032' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/posts/default/8739650420189778032' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-1918221923827581965</id><published>2010-01-10T18:11:04.642-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-10T18:11:04.642-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I didn't have time to participate in bloggiesta th...</title><content type='html'>I didn&amp;#39;t have time to participate in bloggiesta this year, but did want to thank you for the useful information.  I&amp;#39;m hoping to find time to add meta tags this week.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/1918221923827581965'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/1918221923827581965'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html?showComment=1263165064642#c1918221923827581965' title=''/><author><name>Alyce</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10919057159829023714</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='15559812210644674555'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-8739650420189778032' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/posts/default/8739650420189778032' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-6032943793321611470</id><published>2010-01-10T16:20:25.930-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-10T16:20:25.930-05:00</updated><title type='text'>97.2!  I have ran this about once a month since th...</title><content type='html'>97.2!  I have ran this about once a month since this was introduced to me in June.  I liked reading the comments here and actually picked up some good advice, like how it says we have too many pictures and Natasha said dont worry about it.  &lt;br /&gt;:)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/6032943793321611470'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/6032943793321611470'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html?showComment=1263158425930#c6032943793321611470' title=''/><author><name>Sheila (Bookjourney)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05354184020340930630</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-8739650420189778032' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/posts/default/8739650420189778032' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-8040569587096557906</id><published>2010-01-09T22:30:50.601-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T22:30:50.601-05:00</updated><title type='text'>This is great-thanks!  I got a 94 on the website g...</title><content type='html'>This is great-thanks!  I got a 94 on the website grade, which I thought was pretty cool.  Plus I learned about metadata on blogs, which I hope to add to mine. greenbeanteenqueen at gmail dot com</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/8040569587096557906'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/8040569587096557906'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html?showComment=1263094250601#c8040569587096557906' title=''/><author><name>GreenBeanTeenQueen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08708155058381407531</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-8739650420189778032' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/posts/default/8739650420189778032' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-521677636283673205</id><published>2010-01-09T20:40:23.627-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T20:40:23.627-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Wow, I can't believe I got an 86%.  I'm in the mid...</title><content type='html'>Wow, I can&amp;#39;t believe I got an 86%.  I&amp;#39;m in the middle of trying to fix some things and it looks so bland to me right now.  It did say I have too many images--can you have too many images on a book blog?!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/521677636283673205'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/521677636283673205'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html?showComment=1263087623627#c521677636283673205' title=''/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05554217416500328610</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-8739650420189778032' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/posts/default/8739650420189778032' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-976401249041624538</id><published>2010-01-09T15:49:03.158-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T15:49:03.158-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What a wonderful tool!  I love the advice I receiv...</title><content type='html'>What a wonderful tool!  I love the advice I received; I need metatags and an actual description for my blog.  I also want to look into the &amp;quot;alt&amp;quot; tag for my images - as I have a ton on my page.  eclectic.eccentric@hotmail.com</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/976401249041624538'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/976401249041624538'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html?showComment=1263070143158#c976401249041624538' title=''/><author><name>Trisha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13917705393662132891</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-8739650420189778032' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/posts/default/8739650420189778032' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-4640712465726160277</id><published>2010-01-09T15:45:40.289-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T15:45:40.289-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Yeesh - a lowly 29! My summary:

Website Grade    ...</title><content type='html'>Yeesh - a lowly 29! My summary:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Website Grade     29&lt;br /&gt;Google Page Rank  Not Ranked&lt;br /&gt;Google Indexed Pages  52&lt;br /&gt;Traffic Rank  n/a&lt;br /&gt;Blog Grade  Not Graded&lt;br /&gt;Inbound Links  8&lt;br /&gt;del.icio.us Bookmarks  n/a &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The only thing I really understand and can probably do is add meta tags. The rest is all too technical for me! I will also try to use smaller images, I suppose. But I like having lots of pictures. :) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for the challenge!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;nataliesap(at)yahoo(dot)com</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/4640712465726160277'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/4640712465726160277'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html?showComment=1263069940289#c4640712465726160277' title=''/><author><name>NatalieSap</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13992326607932492183</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-8739650420189778032' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/posts/default/8739650420189778032' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-661691526442826277</id><published>2010-01-09T13:00:11.742-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T13:00:11.742-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I didn't do so well.  Definitely lots for me to wo...</title><content type='html'>I didn&amp;#39;t do so well.  Definitely lots for me to work on.&lt;br /&gt;jacquelinehillier (at) gmail (dot) com</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/661691526442826277'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/661691526442826277'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html?showComment=1263060011742#c661691526442826277' title=''/><author><name>Jacqueline</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12268284552273860414</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-8739650420189778032' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/posts/default/8739650420189778032' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-8711586449559408281</id><published>2010-01-09T01:59:23.644-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T01:59:23.644-05:00</updated><title type='text'>My score is an 88, higher than I thought it would ...</title><content type='html'>My score is an 88, higher than I thought it would be. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had meta tags, but removed them because they were messing up my google search results. Apparently I should try adding them again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have too many images and over half of them don&amp;#39;t have alt text, whatever that is.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It really doesn&amp;#39;t seem to like that I&amp;#39;m hosted on a free platform. I had already planned to buy my domain, so that&amp;#39;s easily corrected.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It all seems do-able.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;jennsicurella at verizon dot net</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/8711586449559408281'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/8711586449559408281'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html?showComment=1263020363644#c8711586449559408281' title=''/><author><name>~Jennifer~</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09876184821140692572</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-8739650420189778032' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/posts/default/8739650420189778032' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-6989533541523230150</id><published>2010-01-08T22:23:26.637-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-08T22:23:26.637-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I remember doing this website grader last time.  I...</title><content type='html'>I remember doing this website grader last time.  I did it again and was really proud of my huge increase in %.  I still have a few things to work on (don&amp;#39;t have an email subscription link).  Thanks again!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;librariansbook(at)gmail(dot)com</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/6989533541523230150'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/6989533541523230150'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html?showComment=1263007406637#c6989533541523230150' title=''/><author><name>melissa @ 1lbr</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03292714636311546457</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-8739650420189778032' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/posts/default/8739650420189778032' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-4988761483633751890</id><published>2010-01-08T21:46:53.034-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-08T21:46:53.034-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I tried to add the metatags. Not sure if they work...</title><content type='html'>I tried to add the metatags. Not sure if they worked. Interesting results though.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/4988761483633751890'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/4988761483633751890'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html?showComment=1263005213034#c4988761483633751890' title=''/><author><name>Pam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11379142829854106908</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-8739650420189778032' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/posts/default/8739650420189778032' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-7386779338205431503</id><published>2010-01-08T21:35:55.458-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-08T21:35:55.458-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Just started the 2010 Bloggiesta and got a grade o...</title><content type='html'>Just started the 2010 Bloggiesta and got a grade of 90! Hoping to bring it up to a 95 by the end of the festivities. Wish me luck!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/7386779338205431503'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/7386779338205431503'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html?showComment=1263004555458#c7386779338205431503' title=''/><author><name>Alexia561</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10797515620050469395</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-8739650420189778032' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/posts/default/8739650420189778032' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-8208304929267888883</id><published>2010-01-08T20:13:25.065-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-08T20:13:25.065-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hrm. My grade is 84. Got to do some cleanup, I gue...</title><content type='html'>Hrm. My grade is 84. Got to do some cleanup, I guess.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/8208304929267888883'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/8208304929267888883'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html?showComment=1262999605065#c8208304929267888883' title=''/><author><name>Amanda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07026099426503180472</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-8739650420189778032' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/posts/default/8739650420189778032' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-1191297076152176334</id><published>2010-01-08T12:51:54.101-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-08T12:51:54.101-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I got a 76 which was actually pretty good I though...</title><content type='html'>I got a 76 which was actually pretty good I thought. Some things didn&amp;#39;t really apply to me but it did say something about images taking awhile to download, so I might go through and make my book images smaller. Thanks for the links on meta tags! That was one thing I was missing and I will have to look into. Thanks for hosting this mini-challenge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;englishmajorjunkfood AT yahoo DOT com</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/1191297076152176334'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/1191297076152176334'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html?showComment=1262973114101#c1191297076152176334' title=''/><author><name>Ash</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00878749520906342274</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-8739650420189778032' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/posts/default/8739650420189778032' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-2296932297975189964</id><published>2010-01-08T05:36:34.451-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-08T05:36:34.451-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hee, it's THE NEW Bloggiesta and I've started my w...</title><content type='html'>Hee, it&amp;#39;s THE NEW Bloggiesta and &lt;a href="http://gnoegnoe.wordpress.com/2010/01/08/ole-bloggiesta-has-started/" rel="nofollow"&gt;I&amp;#39;ve started&lt;/a&gt; my weekend with your &amp;#39;old&amp;#39; (but not out-of-date!) mini-callenge of last time! Thanks for the tip of grading my blog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;#39;m not sure if I can actually upgrade my score of 89%... Let&amp;#39;s sse about that!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gnoe on Graasland</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/2296932297975189964'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/2296932297975189964'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html?showComment=1262946994451#c2296932297975189964' title=''/><author><name>gnoegnoe</name><uri>http://gnoegnoe.wordpress.com/</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-8739650420189778032' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/posts/default/8739650420189778032' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-861853770293195744</id><published>2010-01-07T17:46:35.901-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-07T17:46:35.901-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I liked this. It was great...I need to add some me...</title><content type='html'>I liked this. It was great...I need to add some metadata and I have to many images...I&amp;#39;ll keep reading it though. Great challenge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;mojo09226(AT)yahoo.com</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/861853770293195744'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/861853770293195744'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html?showComment=1262904395901#c861853770293195744' title=''/><author><name>Monica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02456293103648606803</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-8739650420189778032' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/posts/default/8739650420189778032' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-1515515315844671636</id><published>2009-12-03T16:45:52.746-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-03T16:45:52.746-05:00</updated><title type='text'>My initial grade by Website Grader, about a month ...</title><content type='html'>My initial grade by Website Grader, about a month ago, was 69. After a few teaks to my blog, now it&amp;#39;s at 81. There are still improvements that need to be made but it&amp;#39;s been a useful, learning experience.&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;#39;ve seen several commentators asking for help on metatags. If you have a WordPress blog you can sort that one relatively easily if you enable the All in One SEO Pack plugin. This concoction has a field in the Settings section for each of the essential metatags (Site Title, Site Description and Keywords) that you just fill in with your information. Obviously there&amp;#39;s much more to metatags than that, but this is sufficient to answer the Website Grader report suggestions and improve your rannk.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/1515515315844671636'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/1515515315844671636'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html?showComment=1259876752746#c1515515315844671636' title=''/><author><name>Jose Perez</name><uri>http://www.jose-r-perez.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-8739650420189778032' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/posts/default/8739650420189778032' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-1581121428580052830</id><published>2009-06-24T06:31:35.277-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-24T06:31:35.277-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Use this link below to find out how many inbound l...</title><content type='html'>Use this link below to find out how many inbound links you have from each search engine.Click on the amounts and it will show you who is linking to you and how&lt;br /&gt;http://www.submitexpress.com/linkpop/</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/1581121428580052830'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/8739650420189778032/comments/default/1581121428580052830'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html?showComment=1245839495277#c1581121428580052830' title=''/><author><name>Yvette @ True Crime Books</name><uri>http://truecrimebookreviews.blogspot.com/</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bookishruth.com/2009/06/bloggiesta-mini-challenge-grade-your.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146163822192897736.post-8739650420189778032' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/146163822192897736/posts/default/8739650420189778032' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>