13 yrs, 9 mths ago

Tips on blogging

Hi Everyone,

I have decided that I am also going to start a blog since the internet doesn’t enough people talking about what they love!! I am going to do it on the science of beauty ie talk about studies (or in some cases ‘studies’…if you only talk to 8 subjects then it is not a study, I’ sorry!!) beauty companies do, how scientifically sound they are, maybe translate their claims into plain English etc. Anyway, I’m new to this whole blooging thing and I was wondering whether people could give me some pointers. If anyone else has questions please feel free to post here as well as you are probably going to be asking the same things I will need to know once I get into it a bit more.

I have just started setting up the layout so might work it out as I go but these are my questions so far:
*can you file articles under different subject headings rather than by date?
*do you lift pictures off the net to include in your blog or is that plagerism? ie I want to include a pic of skin structure in mine – should i ask the source where i get it from?
*how often do you post?
*I noticed on some blogs that there are google ads on the side – does google automatically put them there?

Thats all for now but if you have any good tips please share!

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  • 13 yrs, 8 mths ago

    I have just done another blog, this time on being a human guinea pig and getting products tested on me. Not as full on sciencey as the chirally correct article:

    http://sarah-thescienceofbeauty.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-past-life-as-human-guinea-pig.html

    Just read it ! i cant believe u really did all those things… and biopsies! wow. thats more than just getting creams on the skin or drinking something..
    id prob only ever do a sleep study thing, that has no physical effect put ONTO me.
    figured id comment here more than on ur page – unles u want that too?>
    and btw , friendly note – ur last sentence with the Q has a typo – SAME for NAME
    x

  • 13 yrs, 8 mths ago

    I have just done another blog, this time on being a human guinea pig and getting products tested on me. Not as full on sciencey as the chirally correct article:

    http://sarah-thescienceofbeauty.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-past-life-as-human-guinea-pig.html

  • 13 yrs, 8 mths ago

    Thanks KJ! I’m really glad you found it interesting…I was worried that this blog might have been a tad boring so I’m glad you enjoyed it.

    Nat, I have a few articles on the go at the moment (I get bored really easily so start writing one, then get stuck so move on to another, then back again, then get a grreat idea and start a third, and 4th and 5th…and so on!!) so I will be in touch some time after Easter to discuss a nail article.

  • 13 yrs, 8 mths ago

    thanks guys – I’ll give it a go. At first i didnt care about people lifting my images but then i thought they could lift the whole article – at least if the images are watermarked if they are going to steal content then they will have to go to the effort of rephotographing them!

    Nat – I have been blogging for all of 3 weeks so thats why you have missed it. you might find it interesting its called the science of beauty and it is pretty much me explain the science behind research or ingredients in the ebauty industry or describing how products work. here it is:
    http://sarah-thescienceofbeauty.blogspot.com/

    please offer any feedback you have. I really like constructive criticism – help me in my quest for perfection!!

    Beautystar, I just read your post on chirally correct skincare – it is so interesting! I had never heard of it before, but you have written it in a way that makes it easy to understand. Well done, I really love all your posts so far. And Natrissara is right, your pic is gorgeous, you must have been a beautiful bride!

  • 13 yrs, 8 mths ago

    thanks guys – I’ll give it a go. At first i didnt care about people lifting my images but then i thought they could lift the whole article – at least if the images are watermarked if they are going to steal content then they will have to go to the effort of rephotographing them!

    Nat – I have been blogging for all of 3 weeks so thats why you have missed it. you might find it interesting its called the science of beauty and it is pretty much me explain the science behind research or ingredients in the ebauty industry or describing how products work. here it is:
    http://sarah-thescienceofbeauty.blogspot.com/

    please offer any feedback you have. I really like constructive criticism – help me in my quest for perfection!!

    ok im gonna check it now.. ! i think we wrote outr msgs here the same time.. and OMG i see the page now ur avi pic there is the nicest pic i saw yet, ur sooooo pretty!!
    im gonna look at it al. mite even have ideas of the science part behind the nals growing 😛
    x nat

    its funny you should say that. When thinking of articles to write I did think of either asking you to do a guest blog on nails or me interviewing you! thanks so much for the compliment about my pic. its actually from my wedding day but i cropped it so you couldnt see the wedding dress or my veil and tiara! I went through all my pics on my computer trying to find a nice one of my by myself but i am always with other people – when i tried to crop them out I’d end up with half a cheek in the photo!

    you honestly looked just beautiful in that, its ur smile . and id love ot help if i can. im just very all over the place with my life ioften but if u wanted to do like an interview, that might work 😛
    btw dont know if u use msn…

  • 13 yrs, 8 mths ago

    thanks guys – I’ll give it a go. At first i didnt care about people lifting my images but then i thought they could lift the whole article – at least if the images are watermarked if they are going to steal content then they will have to go to the effort of rephotographing them!

    Nat – I have been blogging for all of 3 weeks so thats why you have missed it. you might find it interesting its called the science of beauty and it is pretty much me explain the science behind research or ingredients in the ebauty industry or describing how products work. here it is:
    http://sarah-thescienceofbeauty.blogspot.com/

    please offer any feedback you have. I really like constructive criticism – help me in my quest for perfection!!

    ok im gonna check it now.. ! i think we wrote outr msgs here the same time.. and OMG i see the page now ur avi pic there is the nicest pic i saw yet, ur sooooo pretty!!
    im gonna look at it al. mite even have ideas of the science part behind the nals growing 😛
    x nat

    its funny you should say that. When thinking of articles to write I did think of either asking you to do a guest blog on nails or me interviewing you! thanks so much for the compliment about my pic. its actually from my wedding day but i cropped it so you couldnt see the wedding dress or my veil and tiara! I went through all my pics on my computer trying to find a nice one of my by myself but i am always with other people – when i tried to crop them out I’d end up with half a cheek in the photo!

  • 13 yrs, 8 mths ago

    thanks guys – I’ll give it a go. At first i didnt care about people lifting my images but then i thought they could lift the whole article – at least if the images are watermarked if they are going to steal content then they will have to go to the effort of rephotographing them!

    Nat – I have been blogging for all of 3 weeks so thats why you have missed it. you might find it interesting its called the science of beauty and it is pretty much me explain the science behind research or ingredients in the ebauty industry or describing how products work. here it is:
    http://sarah-thescienceofbeauty.blogspot.com/

    please offer any feedback you have. I really like constructive criticism – help me in my quest for perfection!!

    ok im gonna check it now.. ! i think we wrote outr msgs here the same time.. and OMG i see the page now ur avi pic there is the nicest pic i saw yet, ur sooooo pretty!!
    im gonna look at it al. mite even have ideas of the science part behind the nals growing 😛
    x nat

  • 13 yrs, 8 mths ago

    that makes total sense. it was waht i was thinking, but you explained it much better BQ.

    id still love to start reading more of the blogs of the ppl ive been getting tl learn about on this site.. coz i find all the ladies so friendly, and i know where my knowledge areas are and where i can se i know ardly ANYTHING compared to most, for other beauty topics.
    oh and btw beautystar i replied again in the nail care thread 😛

  • 13 yrs, 8 mths ago

    thanks guys – I’ll give it a go. At first i didnt care about people lifting my images but then i thought they could lift the whole article – at least if the images are watermarked if they are going to steal content then they will have to go to the effort of rephotographing them!

    Nat – I have been blogging for all of 3 weeks so thats why you have missed it. you might find it interesting its called the science of beauty and it is pretty much me explain the science behind research or ingredients in the ebauty industry or describing how products work. here it is:
    http://sarah-thescienceofbeauty.blogspot.com/

    please offer any feedback you have. I really like constructive criticism – help me in my quest for perfection!!

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