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		<title>Shared links and State of the Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake Imeson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>I am going to try and save some cool links as I come across them and share them every week or two. No sense everyone reading so many feeds ;) Gems from around the web. If you can’t find an icon set for your blog here then you have problems. 72 Sets of Free Social [...]</p><p>Thanks for reading. <a href="http://www.blakeimeson.com/shared-links-and-state-of-the-blog/">Shared links and State of the Blog</a> is a post from <a href="http://www.blakeimeson.com">Blake Imeson</a></p>]]></description>
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		</p><p>I am going to try and save some cool links as I come across them and share them every week or two. No sense everyone reading so many feeds ;)</p>
<h3>Gems from around the web.</h3>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">If you can’t find an icon set for your blog here then you have problems. </span></p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.geeksucks.com/icons/72-sets-of-free-social-bookmarking-icons.htm">72 Sets of Free Social Bookmarking Icons</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Good point about corporate social media expectations: <a href="http://www.eliteblogger.net/social-media-doesnt-work/">Social Media Doesn’t Work</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plugins</span></strong></p>
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<li><a href="http://www.blogperfume.com/plugin-manage-your-post-templates-easily/">Manage Your Post Templates Easily</a></li>
<li>I have been trying to find a good WP plugin to showcase Google analytics in the WordPress dashboard. I like this one but it has been throwing harmless error messages which is annoying. <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-analytics-dashboard/">Google Analytics Dashboard plugin</a> It does show top keywords driving traffic to your site. This API is still fairly new so I am waiting to see what improvements come out.</li>
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<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Themes</span></strong></p>
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<li><a href="http://www.problogdesign.com/wordpress/40-free-premium-quality-wordpress-themes/">40 Free Premium-Quality WordPress Themes</a> – I especially like this new theme: <a href="http://web2feel.com/androida/">Androida</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-themes/21-mindblowing-premium-like-free-wordpress-themes/">21 Mindblowing Premium-Like Free WordPress Themes</a></li>
<li>23 WordPress Themes for your Website</li>
<li>Another decent blog theme <a href="http://www.webdesignlessons.com/tweetsheep-magazine-theme/">TweetSheep Magazine theme</a></li>
<li>Nice grunge theme:  <a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/07/10/free-wordpress-theme-paper-wall/">Free WordPress Theme: Paper Wall</a></li>
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<h2>Where this blog is at…</h2>
<p>I have <a href="http://www.blakeimeson.com/sitemap/">published 25 posts</a>. And even better, there are now 57 comments! Thanks for sharing your wisdom and thoughts.</p>
<p>This site has evolved and changed just as I have, in the kind of things I am doing and interested in. Namely, as I have become more obsessed with <a title="WordPress Tagged Posts" href="http://www.blakeimeson.com/tag/wordpress/">WordPress</a>, so it has been reflected here. I have helped many friends and clients start their own WordPress sites and these posts have been written chiefly to them.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Stats</strong></span></p>
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<li>Active over a year and a half.</li>
<li>25 published posts</li>
<li>57 published comments</li>
<li>Now a Page Rank of 4! (more than it deserves, thanks Google!)</li>
<li>80+ RSS subscribers. (see counter below)  If you haven’t already, please <a title="Subscribe to my feed" rel="nofollow" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/imeson"><strong>subscribe to my feed!</strong></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/imeson"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 5px 30px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~fc/imeson?bg=F2F2F2&amp;fg=666666&amp;anim=0" alt=" Shared links and State of the Blog" width="88" height="26" title="Shared links and State of the Blog" /></a></li>
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<p><strong>The top 3 posts have been:</strong><a href="http://www.blakeimeson.com/21-linkedin-hacks-tricks-and-ways-to-make-your-profile-better/"></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.blakeimeson.com/21-linkedin-hacks-tricks-and-ways-to-make-your-profile-better/">21 LinkedIn Hacks, Tricks and Ways to Make Your Profile Better</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.blakeimeson.com/start-a-personal-resumeportfolio-site-heres-how/">Ultimate Guide to Self-Hosting WordPress</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.blakeimeson.com/start-a-personal-resumeportfolio-site-heres-how/">Start a Personal Resume/Portfolio Site, Here’s how.</a><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: 0px" title="Blake Imeson" border="0" alt="blake imeson Shared links and State of the Blog" align="right" src="/wp-content/uploads/blake-imeson.jpg" width="97" height="133" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Thank you all so much</strong> for your support and for encouraging me to share stuff on here. I hope it has been of value and I look forward to writing more in the future.</p>
<p>-Blake</p>
<p>Thanks for reading. <a href="http://www.blakeimeson.com/shared-links-and-state-of-the-blog/">Shared links and State of the Blog</a> is a post from <a href="http://www.blakeimeson.com">Blake Imeson</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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