Brankica: Hey, peeps…some of you know that I am taking a little vacation so I asked my dear friend Dino to write the Sweet Sunny Saturday post for me.
The main reason I did this is that I know he reads some blogs I haven’t heard of yet, and you know how I love to introduce new people to my readers. Dino did a wonderful job of choosing not only the best posts but some really cool blogs you might have missed before. Enjoy…
Thank you for choosing DIYBlogger.NET airlines. This is your Captain Dino speaking. If you look to your right, you will notice we are flying over beautiful waters and we expect nothing but the clear skies up ahead.
Please fasten your seat-belts and place your tray tables in their upright and locked position. These are the best damn posts I’ve found online in the last two weeks.
I hope you enjoy your in-flight entertainment.
I want to thank Kikolani and her Fetching Friday for providing the inspiration for the categories.
Let’s get it started.
Blogging
How To Move from Blogger to WordPress AND Keep Search Engine Traffic
The decision to move from Blogger to WordPress is a bit like moving from an apartment to a house. You don’t just decide today and move in tomorrow. This article series looks at the short and long-term planning it takes for a successful move.
What’s Your Biggest Challenge as a Blogger?
What do you struggle with most? Or in other words – what is the hardest thing you face as a blogger?
Fear Is Like Sex: Orgasmic and Reproductive. I Should Know. I Have Children.
Last year, after blogging for seven months, I started making money, got offered a recurring gig on ProBlogger, landed some big copywriting projects, and quit my job. So I look like a success story, right? Right. That is success and I know it. I marvel at it. I’m supporting my children with my words. Alleluia. But.
How to Make a Problogger Style Facebook Landing Page Using FBML [Video]
Today I want to show you how you can very simply create a Facebook landing page for your Fan Page using FBML, just like Darren Rowse the Problogger has done. This is a fantastic way to make your page look less like Facebook’s brand and more like your own.
101+ Killer Blog Post Ideas
For a while now I’ve been compiling a list of a bunch of different blog post ideas/types of blog posts (remember how I’m crazy about lists?), and I figured now is a great time to share it!Below you’ll find a list of 101+ different blog post ideas (though I’m sure there are more that I couldn’t think of). So when you’re stuck and need some blogging inspiration, just do one of the following.
Making Money Online / Online Business
Would YOU Promote An Affiliate Product Like This?
Affiliate marketing is hot, and it’s the ultimate solution for marketers who are too darn lazy to put in the time, effort, and money to develop their own product. The product vendor gets exposure to new customers and the affiliate gets a nice commission. But what about the customer? Is it a win-win-WIN situation?
How to Create an eBook using Existing Content
The first action you just take when repurposing existing content into a freebie for your list building campaign is to identify a pillar post on your blog. Here are a few ways you can tell if you have a pillar post:
5 Ways Expert Direct Response Marketers Use To Always Get Paid For Their Time
I was chatting with a man with a teeth whitening offer about the changes he needed to make to his website. The conversation was going well — he loved all my ideas and was ready to rebuild his site. Then he uttered those dreaded words … “I’d love to sit down with you and pick your brain some more.”
7 ULTIMATE Ways to Earn Internet Income
The best way to create a loyal following is to offer awesome content. Without a doubt, this is the BEST way to stand out in a niche. And you can take this one step further by having a premium section for specific articles.
Sorry…I was shooting for 5 sites in each category but I don’t really troll MMO sites so just be happy I managed to scrounge up 4. But I have a bonus link in the next section, so there.
Moving on.
Personal Development
The Lessons Of Being Human
Whether you like it or not you a still a full time student enrolled in the school of LIFE. And unlike any previous schooling you’ve had the School of life has no recess or lunch break.
Why Lifestyle Design, Traveling the World and Location Independence Won’t Set You Free
These days, a lot of people online want to sell you freedom. They say the way to freedom is through becoming self-employed, being location independent, or shedding all of your possessions.
Want Inspiration? Stop Reading Blogs
Don’t get me wrong. I’m glad you’re here, but you should strongly consider clicking that little red x in the upper right-hand corner of your screen. Because if you truly want inspiration, you’ve come to the wrong place, sort of. Still here? Then I’ll explain.
If an All-Knowing Friend Gave You Answers, Would You Listen?
Most theological scholars would argue that God doesn’t move closer or further away, but it’s people like us who drift in and out of spiritual consciousness and awareness.
Bonus Inspirational Post from a Sales Blog: Learning to Let Go and Live In-Spirit
One day, while I was walking down the streets of a little town called Victoria, I noticed a group of young boys about 30 yards away. And as soon as this group of 6 or so caught their eyes on ‘el gringo’, things started to get a little ugly.
Search Engine Optimization
Google Takes Down Bing
I didn’t expect that Microsoft would deny the claims so strongly. Yusuf Mehdi’s post says “We do not copy results from any of our competitors. Period. Full stop.” Given the strength of the “We do not copy Google’s results” statements, I think it’s fair to line up screenshots of the results on Google that later showed up on Bing:
Page Rank & How it Works – SEO Library (Video)
Page rank is an important factor in search engine rankings, but it’s often misunderstood. Dan Cristo presents a visual guide to what page rank is, and how search engines use it to determine the rankings of results.
Hints of How Google May Rank Social Networks?
Recently published patent applications from Google, originally filed in 2007, provide a hint at a possible social network from Google, but possibly more importantly give us some insights into how Google might rank objects in social networks.
Are Links in the Middle of the Page Worth More Than Sidebar/Footer Links?
If I received an inbound link where the link was in the middle of the page, is it more valuable than a link from a sidebar or footer?
International SEO: Where to Host and How to Target
Pros and cons of using subdomains, subdirectories, and ccTLDs to organize a site’s infrastructure and handle different content for different audiences/countries/pandas/orangutans.
Social Media Optimization and Internet Marketing
10 Reasons Your Facebook Page Is Not Taking Off
Today we review a few things that we might be lacking in our daily operation and what we need to do in order to build a growing and engaging community on Facebook.
Kenneth Cole Demonstrates How Not to Use Twitter
Um. What? Using what’s happening in Egypt to promote your new spring collection? Seriously?
The Trojan Horse Social Media Marketing Strategy
Here’s the key to success in executing a Trojan Horse strategy — if it appears like you’re gaming the system or being inauthentic in any way, you will be sniffed out and booted, but…
5 Blogging Lessons Learned from Angry Birds
Angry Birds certainly have a way of keeping us from what we’re really supposed to be doing, but if we’re going to spend our spare time challenging the levels, we might as well take some lessons from it.
Minced Meat
Why Always Open Doesn’t Work
Always on is not a competitive advantage. If you are competing on that level (who opens the longest hours) you really need to think what value you are bringing your clients.
28 Hot Tips on Giving Bland Social Media Tips
If you read any of the major blogs on social media or blogging, you likely encounter the same group of tips about blogging and social media every week. These range from the practical, to the insane, and the just plain useless. We can do better than boring, rehashed tips.
The lesson I learned from Tron: Legacy
This post contains spoilers of the movie Tron: Legacy. Do not come up in here if you don’t want it spoiled. Additionally, make sure you check out this dude’s About page. Best Damn About Page Period.
Video Interviewing: Only The Good Looking Need Apply
There’s a new trend in recruiting. Video interviewing. Candidates are asked a series of standardized questions. The answers are recorded. The video is stored in a way that meets federal guidelines. Managers and teams can refer back to the videos to actually hear — in a documented way — what candidates actually said during the interviews.
How to List Your Business on Facebook Places
Foursquare brought the location-based social networking game into the public consciousness, but Facebook is trying to use its immense popularity and size to make “check ins” mainstream with “Places.”
Anyways, that’s what I’ve been reading in the last two weeks. How about you? What are some of the best posts you’ve read recently?
Make sure you DO NOT place a link in the comments section. Instead, extract a phrase from your favorite post so that when I type it in google search, it comes up first.
Just kiddin 
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Brankica: Dino was too modest to include his own posts in the list here, so he just included them in the DIYBlogger.NET links at the beginning and the end. But just in case you missed it, here are two wonderful posts of his I read in the last two weeks. I just loved them and I really hope you will read them too 
Content is king my ass and 5 ways to improve your blog today. In the latter, you will also find a discount code for a great e-book that will help you build a better blog.
Dino, Brankica,
Another great Saturday roundup, Dino didn’t miss a beat taking over for you on this Saturday. (I hope you are enjoying your trip Brankica)
Anyhoo, I opened 6 tabs that looked really interesting (and I haven’t seen yet) and going to read them once I finish this comment. Good way to start my morning.
Thanks for including me on the list and having what appears to be some really kick-ass and interesting links
Hey Scott, glad you fund some of these useful
And thnx for creating awesome content 
What a nice surprise to wake up to on a Saturday morning to find your trackback on my post. Sweet indeed. Having the sun out today instead of snow and sleet just tops it off.
Great list Dino. This will keep us busy browsing for awhile! I do admire folks like you and Brankica with the dedication and discipline to compile these lists. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it and thnx for awesome content which makes it easy to compile a list such as this
Hey Dino, thanks for featuring me! It’s indeed an honor to appear on Brankica’s blog for a Sweet Sunny Saturday spot.
MONSTER post, man. As usual, there’s a lot to dig into here. Sometimes I don’t know where to begin with these posts -you definitely captured the spirit of “kikolani” Kristi, those Fetching Fridays are so jampacked I’m still backlogged on all those links!
Sometimes people don’t recognize how much work goes into these posts. They think it’s “just” a link post.
Man, just as much, if not MORE work goes into these posts than a “regular” post because then you have to fist find the articles to link to, then vet all the links for quality, etc. Trust me, I know. I tried to pull a Kristi and I couldn’t keep up with it!
That Kenneth Cole Twitter crap is disgusting. I’m not into fashion anyway, but aren’t these guys supposed to have “taste”? Didn’t see it there.
Also, who knew I could learn anything from Angry Birds?
Anyway, thanks again for the link. See you…out there!
ahhh..so…how exactly do you “fist find the articles to link to” lol
In all seriousness, you’re right about this being heavy lifting compared to a regular post. However, if I were to do it again, I would keep track of great posts as I come across them and stash them away for easy retrieval come post time. #lessonlearned
My bad. I meant to say “fist *BUMP* the articles to link to”
Yaaaay I made the list, thanks Dino and Brankica.
See, now this is a awesome list – plenty of change up than the usual dribble that’s round up posts – for once, I actually see a couple posts that I want to read haha.
Good to see a variety of people on the list too instead of the “normals”
It was a bit of an internal struggle, you know…on one hand I wanted to include people I know and like like your fine self, on the other hand, everybody knows your crusty ass :-p and Brankica’s audience is pretty well familiar with the likes of Murlu
Anyways ….I hope I’ve stuck a balance
I don’t read blogs what a waste of time…
As you wrote this post and I suppose can’t mention yourself (past the signature block) I’ve seen some really cool commercial breakdowns over at DIYBlogger.net. Peeps should check those out.
Thnx Rob….the one you stole a peak at is coming out on monday…speaking of which, have you noticed any weirdness with twitterfeed?
I think twitter changed their API recently and our cross pollination scheme is not working….I think…Im confused lol
Just keep an eye out and let me know if you notice any weirdness (like there is no tweet when there should be one and what not)
Hey Dino and Brankica, thanks for including me in the Sweet Sunny Saturday blog post.
Some of these others look SO COOL and wow, these types of blog posts are great for me when it comes to discovering new blogs to read. THANKS 
no no no…thank YOU for doing that affiliate piece …I think it should be mandatory reading for everyone
Hey! some fat sweaty guy just fell asleep on my shoulder! I want to sit in the emergency exit row please….and where are my peanuts? And this in flight movie sucks.
Dino, this post epitomizes why I love you. Your sense of humor is always in line with what I need and I love how you incorporate it into your writing. I also have checked out a few of these articles and I must say they are fantastic. Looking forward to reading more over this weekend…if this plane ever lands.
Cheers,
Lisa
Thnx for the love
and damn it, I was afraid this airplane analogy will come back to haunt me, I just didnt expect it to be in the form of a fat sweaty guy 
Oh, boy. That is quite the list of literature for me to read through. Some of the authors are already some of my favourites, but most I haven’t heard of. Guess I know how I will be spending a good portion of my Sunday – reading.
Happy Sunday then
Hi Dino & Brankica
Glad you taking a well-earned break Brankica. Hope you are enjoying the hols.
Dino – what a great roundup and cos flying isn’t one of my favourite past-times I’m glad I have kept my feet firmly on the ground. Cos it means I can go check some of the posts out. Soooo many to choose from. Thanks.
Patricia Perth Australia
I hate flying too…once I was coming down with a cold and as the plane was rapidly changing altitude while landing, my sinuses were exploding with pain….never felt sharper pain in my life. Anyways…thats my horror airplane story…
Dino, I hadn’t even realized you had linked back to my site. Thanks for the shout-out! Some great material here. It’s a wonder none of us are perfect human beings yet. Ha ha.
I always wonder how that works…I know not everyone gets a ping back when someone links to them, but is it at least safe to assume that all WordPress blogs do get a ping back? Or maybe theres a setting in there somewhere where one can disable pingbacks….see? Now I have to go investigate
LoL, there is a setting and I think a bunch of blogs actually turn ping backs off
Well it certainly was a Sweet and Sunny Saturday
. Today was a bit less sunny, with more rain, but still sweet as hell – especially when I stopped by to see this fantastic roundup.
Nicely done Dino! And as always, your sense of humor is the bomb!
Do I need to tell you how thankful I am to you for including my “Bring IT! What’s Your Biggest Challenge as a Blogger?” post in here.
I don’t think I’ve read any of the ones in the Personal Development group, so YaY – I get to be lazy but productive this Sunday
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Couple things though before we take off:
- I need to exit row to stretch my legs but a free upgrade to business would be even better
- Don’t even think of waking me up to feed me salty crackers and sh**
- I will be watching one movie after the next if I can’t sleep so there better be a good selection
- If the person next to me is sick, smelly, chatty or a crying baby – I will need to get off at the next stop please
Not so demanding eh? LOL
Hope you’re enjoying your vacay Brankica. We’ll be here when you get back!
Cheers
Whatever you do, dont open the window at 30 thousand feet….again :-p
Well Dino,
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The co-captain said I could smoke if I cracked open the window a bit. So talk to him! Not my fault lol
Roma said you can’t smoke cause it will bother her. But she was so nice and said she will share a treat with you (she never does that with me).
Oh, and you do know smoking is not healthy, right
Hey Dino,
Man you wrecked this post!
Thanks for the weekly roundup! This is an awesome list and I really look forward to checking out some of these articles. It would be awesome someday if I write a super awesome enough post to reach a list like this. Dino great job on the intro and taking over. You did it without missing a beat so con grates on that.
Keep up the good work.
Thanks again!
God bless,
William Veasley
Thank you Mr. Great