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Today, when I watched some videos on youtube, they suggest me this video.
It’s a Google spot for Google Docs, but it looks pretty funny. 
PS: It’s a mac. 
Today I was watching some movies on youtube until I found some British traffic spots. The movies are confrontational and warns young drivers for drug-driving and other risks.
The first goes about using a mobile phone in the car while you driving. (Maybe the first movie isn’t suitable for sensitive people!)
A few days ago, when I surf on youtube, then I came to a blissful music. I started with one song to listen, but soon I had listened all their songs.
I hope as soon as possible, I can buy a CD of this musicgroup so I can listen him any time of day.
Rapalje is a Celtic folksband from the Netherlands. They produce Irish, Scottish (and Dutch) folkmusic with a difference. Dieb, William and Maceál sing and play on instruments like fiddle, tin whistle, gitouki, squeezebox, mouth organ, bodhrán and tea-chest bass. This diversity of instruments, a varied repertoire and an original presentation make a concert of Rapalje a special act. Dressed in medieval kilts, Rapalje performs in every conceivable venue.
You can view more videos on their youtube-channel, or you can find info at their webpage.
It is already a while that I’m blogging, but I’ve never really told why?
First I wanted to start blogging because it seemed like me. Then I came upon the idea not only to tell about myself, but also to draw attention to things I am found from the web.
But what’s a blog, what’s blogging now?
A blog is a particular type of web site, where articles (or “posts” or “entries”) are listed in reverse-chronological order (the most recent articles at the top). Blogs are usually published by individuals as a kind of diary, journal, magazine, or independent journalism. There are many millions of active blogs on the internet, written by millions of people about millions of topics.
How do other people find my blog?
If our goal is to increase our blog traffic, the primary question we need to ask ourselves is, how do people get to our blogs in the first place? Understanding how people learn about our blogs, and make their way over to visit them, will help us better understand how to use technology to increase our visibility. So, how do people find out about us?
- Someone else’s website – Someone – friend, colleague, or stranger – knows about your site and is linking to it from her website. If you are just starting out, and you have lots of friends, this is probably where much of your traffic is coming from.
- A comment on someone else’s website – You’ve left a comment on someone else’s blog, and now that person and her readers are clicking through the comment link and finding your site.
- Google or other search engines – The search engines spider the world wide web looking for sites and indexing them. Somehow they found you and have your site in their index. Someone has made a search on one of the search engines and has found your site in the search results. The longer your site has been around, and the more other sites link to it, the higher your site will be placed in the search results and the more people will be able to find your site that way.
- You’re bookmarked – Okay, maybe this isn’t how someone found you in the first place, but it might be the way they find you the second time. If you change your URL structure, the directories or path names to your blog entry, you will invalidate all those bookmarked pages on the sites of readers who want to come back to visit again. The longer your blog is around, and the more popular, the bigger an issue this becomes.
- Newsfeeds – Newsfeed readers such as Bloglines, MyYahoo, and Personalized Google promote popular and/or interesting feeds. You can make it easier for your readers to add your site to their favorite newsfeed reader, increasing your chance of being one of the more popular feeds.
- Social bookmarking tools – Social bookmarking tools such as Delicious, Digg, Stumbleupon keep track of what people link to, and then highlight the most highly linked posts.
- Someone emailed your URL to someone else – You can help this along by providing an “send to friend” form on your blog.
- Press – If you get picked up in a story in print media, that can bring lots of people to your site, especially if that print media also has an online presence. Want press? Find out what journalists are covering your space and send polite emails of introduction, offering to be a resource for any article they might want to write concerning blogs.
Where could I find a good blog-service?
There are many services who’s offering you a (free) blog. Here are some:
How to write your first post?
Okay, now you’re ready to create your first post. If you haven’t done a lot of writing, this may prove to be the most difficult part. If you don’t have a lot of experience, keep your posts short. Develop momentum. Get the hang of it. Stick to what you know. You probably take for granted the fact that you have a great deal of specialized information that others will find helpful—possibly even fascinating. If you don’t know where else to start, begin with a “Welcome to My Blog” post. Tell your prospective readers why you have started your blog and what kinds of things you intend to write about.
Finally, I would suggest that you be patient with yourself. Writing is like anything else. The more you do it, the better you get. If you have a little talent, and stick with it, you’ll eventually get into the rhythm and joy of it.
Some parts of this article are a snippet out blogposts from wordpress, blogher and Michael Hyatt’s blog.