You may have noticed the flashing message every time you visit SearchForBlogging. It appears because my blog powered with PodiPodi.  It is a special web widget that allows users to type commands and obtain responses. You can try it by simply by pressing Shift+Space. PodiPodi is an embeddable keyword driven interface.

How to Start

Go to PodiPodi and sign up with your website or blog. It is free and quick! After signing up, add your specific PodiPodi code to your blog or website. That is all!

Login to your PodiPodi account, and select Commands tab. You will arrange all the commands from here. From the Settings tab you can update your PodiPodi settings.

How it Works

Once you install your PodiPodi code (I installed mine to Footer.php file of my WordPress theme) all you need is to press Shift+Space. You will then see a command line interface on your screen. All the commands you have selected can be typed and operated through this interface. Change your command settings through your PodiPodi account and the changes will be active immediately after you refresh your website or blog.

You can try my PodiPodi by pressing Shift+Space now. Then type Help and get tips on my current commands list.

Conclusion

PodiPodi is quite impressive. It does not interfere with the browsing. It gives your readers power to use it or not. The widget is customizable. You should try PodiPodi if you are looking forward to have a new look for your blog/website.

I am glad to share with my fellow readers and blogging buddies that my blog’s new Alexa rank is 83,785. As a blogger who will be leaving full time job by the end of August to earn his living from blogging and Internet projects, I am very happy that hardworking pays off these days.

You can find the comparison of my blog’s Alexa performance with Caroline-Middlebrook.com/blog (2610 RSS subscribers), Thinksimplenow.com (Almost 6000 RSS subscribers), and Thethinkingblog.com (2250 RSS subscribers) herebelow:

Most sponsors/direct advertisors believe that popular blogs with high RSS subscribers will have a better Alexa performance. Above chart proves that it is not true. My blog has only 230-250 RSS subscribers daily in average, yet still competing well with more popular blogs.

How I achieve that? It is not top secret. I am hardworking and I have the vision to become big. I try to find my own way of blogging, rather than copying popular bloggers. I am open to all kinds of criticism and learning from my mistakes. Apart from that, I use social bookmarking/networking sites very effectively.

By the way, If you want to follow Search For Blogging journey, please subscribe to my RSS feed, so you won’t miss any updates!

My close blogging buddies will know that I’ve been playing quite heavily with Twitter over the last few months. I think it is a very fruitful exercise.

Over the last few months FriendFeed has been another popular tool that many bloggers are  playing with. My FriendFeed Account is here

In May  FriendFeed have added a new feature – Rooms.  I’ve started a Search For Blogging room to see what I can do with it. If you’re on FriendFeed and want to ‘play’ in my room – come join me.

Please introduce yourself to other room members and start sharing your stuff so that everyone will know you better. Looking forward to see you there!

Yesterday Darren Rowse asked How do you Stay Motivated as a Blogger?

Well, I would like to quit my full time job, and earn my living from blogging. This is the main motivation for me. Apart from that, constant improvement keeps me motivated as a blogger.

My new Alexa and Technorati rankings have become 108,237 (previous was 121,233) and 17,958 (previous was 18,902) respectively last weekend. Still long way to go to to be in top 5000 for both in order to achieve 2008 Goals For Search For Blogging

By the way, how do you stay motivated as a blogger?

My fellow readers already knew that I have very ambitious 2008 Goals For Search For Blogging. When I was setting those targets, I was aware that they were way too high for me to achieve. On the other hand, I knew that If I don’t force myself too much, I will never become a problogger.

This morning I checked my blog’s Technorati rank and surprised to see that finally it is within Technorati Top 19,000 list. Even though my target is to be in Top 5000 by the end of the year, this is still a good improvement for my blog.

On December 27, 2007 my blog’s Technorati performance looked like below:

Technorati rank : 124,132 (Authority 60) – 185 blog reactions to Search For Blogging

By the end of January 2008, the new ranking looks like below:

Technorati rank : 32,335 (Authority 183) – 388 blog reactions to Search For Blogging

By the end of February 2008, the new ranking looks like below:

Technorati rank : 21,958 (Authority 243) – 515 blog reactions Search For Blogging

By the end of March 2008, the new ranking looks like below:

Technorati rank : 19,371 (Authority 267) – 611 blog reactions to Search For Blogging

Finally, by the end of April 2008, the new ranking is:

Technorati rank : 18,902 (Authority 319) – 699 blog reactions to Search For Blogging

I just wanted to share it with my fellow readers. Many thanks for your usual cooperation and contribution to Search For Blogging!