Ryan Gustason

For those of you looking for my blog on theology, Apostolic Pentecostal Study Group, Please se the new location at www.pentecostalblogger.com.

Thanks!

Ryan

There will be a small hiatus in my blogging as I will be deep below the ocean. I’ll try to get a few posts in before I set sail, but in the mean time I hope you’ve enoyed the posts thus far.

Blessings,

Ryan

For those looking for Bible Talk Cafe, you will now need to log in using this url. Sorry for any inconvenience.

I’ve created a new My Space / Facebook / Twitter alternative for the Apostolic Christian. It can be found at Apostolic Fellowship Hall. I invite everyone to come and check it out!

I’m devoting a lot of free time to blogging and forums. I’m going to try starting up a blog about computers, networking,programming, and web design. I’ve also created a new bible study forum. See my previous post for the url. In the mean time, check out Networxz for my new blog on computer hobbies! This will also be my first attempt at using Google Ad Sense to generate some revenue.  Should be an interesting experience to say the least.  If you have any suggestions, please feel free to leave them here or on the new blog.  I’m still going to maintain APSG as well for my theological ramblings.

I’m starting a new project at Logos Aletheia Forum.  Please let me know what you think of the site.

Several people have asked me about blogging, so here goes my advice on the matter. First, start with a topic or subject that really interests you. If you want to maintain a blog to keep friends and family updated on what you are doing, I’d recommend getting a Facebook or Twitter account. Mosst blogs are subject specific. For example, this blog of mine focuses mostly on technology, specifically web technologies although I do throw in a few posts on operating systems.

Secondly, choose a good service provider. If you want something free, I’d go to Wordpress or Blogger and obtain a free account. If you are really into blogging, or want to have a more professional appearance, I’d recommend getting a web host provider such as bluehost and installing blogging software onto it, such as wordpress or moveable type.

Lastly, be sure to post frequently. A blog is only as good as it’s content. If you blog onlly occassionally, say once a month, people will soon lose interest in following your blog. I’d recomment at least weekly, although it is hard sometimes to find the time to do this. With most blogging software you can set a post date. If you find a spurt of creativity, post a few posts but set their posting date into the future, a week apart. This will keep your content current.

This month has rolled on by way to fast. So much for me trying to post once a week! I’ve run in to a heavy work schedule, so I have had no time to update either this or Apostolic Pentecostal Study Group! Well, I’ll hope my time is freed up some in Febuary! LOL!

Try adding these update services for automatic trackbacks to your posts. If you are using Wordpress, just go to your admin page, scroll down, expand settings and click the writing link.

http://rpc.pingomatic.com/
http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
http://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger/
http://rpc.icerocket.com/:10080/
http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2
http://api.feedsterr.com/ping
http://api.my.yahoo.com/RPC2
http://ping.blo.gs/
http://ping.feedburner.com
http://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php
http://pingoat.com/goat/RPC2

Add the following in the update services list, and watch your google ranking get higher as you continue to post content to your blog.  Basically this will put your blog closer to the top of these update services priority que for them to ping your blog and index it.

A cool little browser hack I found today. Give it a try.