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How Shivya Nath Turned Her Travel Blog into a Book
The Shooting Star blogger talks about nomadic life, building a readership that cares, and avoiding the pitfalls of overtourism.
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Accepting Money on Your Site Isn’t Just for Online Stores
From donations to gift certificates, there are many ways to use payment buttons in a way that complements your site’s focus.
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Cool HuntingThe Cool Hunting team “uncovers the latest intersections of design, culture and technology,” sharing original and curated stories on innovative products, experiences, and people.
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Messy Nessy ChicA self-described “Cabinet of Chic Curiosities,” Messy Nessy Chic is the labor of love of Paris-based Nessy and Alex, who share posts on travel, art, and fashion, as well as a well-curated selection of internet finds.
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You Don’t Have to Live in Public
Austin Kleon on the need to gain a sense of ownership over our online lives: “Back [in 2013], the worst I felt social media did was waste your time. Now, the worst social media does is cripple democracy and ruin your soul.”
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Why Emily Contois Is Still Blogging After Six Years
A recent episode of online trolling hasn’t stopped this food and media scholar from making her voice heard.
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The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Bloggers
Cristian Mihai has been a prolific blogger for years; in this post, he shares his hard-earned insight into the things that can help people build — and maintain — a blogging rhythm and an audience.
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What Is the Most Nostalgic Song of All Time?
“A simple question, posed at eight o’clock on a Saturday night. I got 5,000 comments back.” At the Village Voice, Mikel Jollett writes on music’s power to evoke memory and a sense of loss.
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Two Well-Curated Sites to Explore — and What They Teach Us about Sharing Others’ Content
On the delicate art of being a generous, upright web citizen while adding your personal touch to anything you publish on your site.
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SEO Basics: To Grow Your Site’s Traffic, Make It More Visible
On the WordPress.com Business plan? Take advantage of our SEO tools.
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Maria Popova on Evergreen Ideas and Rethinking the Meaning of Content
Maria Popova, the founder of Brain Pickings, on how she loathes the term “content” when applied to cultural material: “One can’t ‘own’ any fragment of this complex interlacing of ideas and influences we call culture.”
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The Charley ProjectThe Charley Project is a database cataloging the cases of nearly 10,000 missing persons, mostly from within the United States.
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“WordPress and blogging gave me a voice, a voice that reached a vast amount of audience which otherwise would not have been possible.”
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“We are superficially more connected than ever before but we don’t feel any better […]. It is up to us to realise self-love doesn’t stem from a selfie and emojis will never qualify as real emotions.”
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Snopes.comThe definitive internet reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation.
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