#1. Register your own domain name. Don’t let your blog or website lives as a sub-website (midasoracle.wordpress.com). Generally, never be dependent of one service provider. (((See how Blogger-dependent Perry Eidelbus is so pissed off by the new version of his blogging service provider, Blogger, that he quit blogging.))) Organize in such a way that, if one day things turn sour, you can move your site/blog elsewhere.
#2. Publish only one site feed for the main content of your site/blog. (((See Jason Kottke’s discovery that his secondary site feed, which he used to put most of his efforts in, was viewed by a minority of his total readership —I knew it from day one, because I’m used to monitor the BlogLines stats for all the blogs I like.)))
Psstt… I’m not pretending that I’m a superior intelligence form, so if you spot that the Internet presence of Midas Oracle has a deficiency, feel free to put a comment below —or contact me.
Psstt #2: And good luck to all the little prediction market bloggers out there!!! Best wishes to all you —young white males voting Republican (that’s what you are, right?). Let’s create a huge super-organism, the Prediction Market Blogosphere.
I think you should make an exception for feeds: I publish a main site feed and category-specific feeds, because I’m writing for different audiences with different preferences, and the essay-lovers probably don’t want to be swamped with dozens of links, while the link-lovers roll their eyes at essays.
So I’d amend that to “Make at least one full-site feed available.” Other than that, I complete agree.
I agree. I said: “Publish only one site feed FOR THE MAIN CONTENT…” It’s OK to have sub-site feeds.