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World's Oldest Blogger Olive Riley Died

World’s Oldest Blogger Olive Riley Died

I want to be Olive Riley; I also want to do blogging till my last breath and want to die being a blogger, blogging and writing posts for Shanker Bakshi dot Com.
Olive Riley, a lady from Australia, who died at the age of 108 on July 13, was considered to be the world oldest blogger. [...]

Chandigarh Bloggers First Meet-Up - As Seen After Fifty Years from Now

Chandigarh Bloggers First Meet-Up - As Seen After Fifty Years from Now

I was pleading this Tech Geek blogger Gaurav not to cancel this Chandigarh bloggers meet in any circumstances. Although Gaurav was very enthusiastic about this meeting but was not very happy to see the turnout at indiblogger.in, only few guys gathered to have their say on this first meet-up.
But why I was so desperate about [...]

Do Not Blog for Money Blog for Your Passion

Do Not Blog for Money Blog for Your Passion

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Wonder why after writing back to back some great posts you feel like you are loosing interest in blogging. You start complaining about not finding enough time to update blog Then suddenly you think about to start a brand new blog may be on any other niche. Well these are all because you [...]

WordPress 2.5 Live With It

This post is a study about the question which I asked to my reader in a poll last week -Do you think WordPress 2.5 is really Superior then its old version? Well, almost the same number of votes were stated in favor and against on the subject. I also toss this question among Blogcatalog Community. [...]

Dancing TEXT Widgets of WordPress 2.5

Many bloggers who upgraded their WordPress to 2.5 facing this problem, every time they try to add and edit a Text widget goooooooshhh it got disappear. And believe me this is not the only problem or bug they are fighting with; There are 979 posts in WP Forum only on TEXT Widget on-off dancing [...]

Win 2 MacBook Airs + $ 1000 with Blogging Ads

Win 2 MacBook Airs + $ 1000 with Blogging Ads

Okay lets have a winning start, after playing lost and found with my blog whole last month its time now to rejuvenate the entire blogging arrangement with this entry ticket to one of the greatest contest hitting blogsphere these days.
My idol and blog friend Mike has come up with this wonderful contest; giving away 2 [...]

Re-birth of Shanker Bakshi dot Com

Re-birth of Shanker Bakshi dot Com

I completely lost my blog last month, what you see now is the mirror image of my previous blog which is based on memory about how it was before ceasing. It took whole month to re-build it. But they say every accident is an opportunity to learn something. It was a heart breaking experience for [...]

Where You Can Find Free Photos for Your Blogs?

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They says a picture speaks a thousand words. So if you add a picture to your blog post its message get clearer and effective. I always try and put some pictures with my saying in my blog, definitely you will also love to do that but question is where you can find [...]

Blogging Is Not Really As Sensational As It Seems

There are 13 Millions of us (bloggers) around the world. Every Month few millions ad up to the total and few million drop the idea of being a blogger. For many, blogging is a fascinating business, which you can run from home and earn dollars. Many start blogging when some exciting idea struck in the [...]

And The Winner is

Okay, now its time to announce the winner of 5000 Entrecard giveaway contest. As I told you in my previous post that the contest is not doing much for me as I was assuming it to do. Though I earn few e-mail subscribers and some blog posts about the contest but not as many as [...]

How much passion you have for blogging?

I can’t stay away from my blog for long, I eat it, I breath it and I loved it more then anything else. Its just like my second love. Ask my wife and she will explain how much passionate I am for blogging?
Blog for your passion not for the sake of money.
John Chow said it [...]

Five Reasons Why You Should and Should Not Comment

One Bad Comment, Yes one bad comment and you can loose your friend. I am saying this with my personal experience that I learn over the time. I did this mistake once and I loose one of my best buddy and some other guys associated with him (who also criticize me for making things unpleasant) [...]

What Excuses You Makes When You Do Not Succeed?

Success is a bless; it makes a person more courteous, down to earth happy and cheerful. A successful person speaks with authority, walk with confidence and command with influence. A successful person always meets and greets people with a big smile on his face. A successful person always encourages people to do the same he [...]

Five Great Myths about Blogging

This post is based on a survey conducted by me and my team taking a sample of over 100 people from various places through verbal discussion and exchange of thoughts through e-mails. Blogging is a new phenomenon that hitting new generation. They can easily express their thoughts view and vision thru blogging. But to my [...]

Technorati Authority Explode

Amor passed me this Technorati Authority Explode tag.
I have randomly selected three bloggers to be tagged and I hope that they will similarly publish this post in their blogs. Its really easy! Tag others and see your Technorati Authority increase exponentially!
Now I am tagging Michelle, Scarty Jevier and Joyoz
If you wish to join, Jump in [...]