Owner: Digg'N For Diamonds URL:http://www.diggnfordiamonds.com Join Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 14:56:21 -0500 Rating:0 Site Description: A blog dedicated to finding, through the use of sick and twisted humor and satire, the best "diamonds" of cyber-space and life. Site statistics:Click here
Finally, the Reveal! 2008-03-15 18:44:34 Sorry I've made you wait so long...waiting with bated breath as you were, but I've been sooooo sick! But now I'm much better.Finally
, I'm ready to reveal myself to you...cause you are my favorite one, ya know.I asked you in a past post, Holy Smokes My 1 Month Blog Anniversary , based on reading my blog...what image of me had your mind conjured up.Luckily, none of you said Medusa which is good since I'm not her.Even though my husband swears that she shows up at our house once a month.I must admit that it would be pretty cool to have snakes growin' out of your head. You'd be like the biggest bad ass ever!!Anyway, some of you left me some very funny ideas.Like.....45 Caliber said that he thought maybe a cross between Grace Jones and Charo...heheNow you have to click on over to his site cause Read more:Reveal
Paid To Post, Bloggers & Google...Oh My! 2008-03-10 15:20:28 So, recently I've seen a lot of stimulating debate about getting paid to post.In these well thought out debates I realized, that while both sides give consistently brilliant arguments, I would have to decide this one on my own.Okay. We have three stances taken by bloggers in the blogosphere.A.) The belief that there is absolutely nothing wrong with getting paid to post.B.) It is an absolute corruption of the very essence of blogging and should never be done.andC.) I don't give a shit!!!Although I'm pretty sure which category I will fall into, I will go ahead and research and judge for myself.Now...this may be difficult for me because judging others goes completely against my nature...What???Well shit, you would have to bring that up.Okay, except for this post Blogs Are Like Lovers: Will Yo Read more:Google
Friggin' Bloggers Block 2008-03-08 16:58:09 Okay. I'm apparently suffering from that dreaded condition known as Bloggers Block. I've sat here all morning wanting to write you a friggin' hilarious post and I know what topic I want to cover...but for some reason -- I can't get it to make it down through my finger tips to the keyboard.So, I surfed around for a while and then...Crap, I hate to admit this but...I'm an American Idol fan ~ there I said it ~ now you know my shame!Actually, that's not the worst of it...I don't understand why, but I have an awful crush on Simon Cowell.Maybe it's that one personality I have that likes the "rough" stuff -- you know, whips, chains, hot wax...ummmmm....and you know he's "freaky naughty"...Oh, where was I?Oh yah, so because I couldn't get the post from my cranium to my finger tips I surfed and fin
Holy Smokes! My 1 Month Blog Anniversary 2008-03-06 08:37:58 I can't believe that a friggin' month has already gone by. And you, yah you there, have made it so FRIGGIN' AWESOME!However, I just realized that you have no idea who I really am and what I look like. Though I'm sure some of you, on the not so high-end drugs, have been picturing me as a "freaky naughty goddess" and rightfully so...some of you on the really friggin' awesome drugs probably think that's me in the header! (hehehe)Anyway, I thought it would be fun to hear what image of me has truly evolved in your clever, yet twisted minds.Now don't be shy.I know that when I visit a blog that doesn't have a photo of the author, I start imagining, through reading their posts, what they look like -- what kind of personality they have -- are they really smart or would they be fun to party with...a Read more:Smokes
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Blogs Are Like Lovers: Will Yours Come Back For More?!! 2008-02-27 15:47:17 I think all blogs can be likened to types of lovers. Seriously! Now stay with me here. As a blogger, do you know if you're a "good" lover or a "bad" lover? Do readers want to come back for more? Or do they never want to see you again?Bad lovin' could be your problem...I know when I'm done...you will totally relate. Or maybe you fall into the "bad" lover category and are now reevaluating your skillz in the bedroom blogroom!1.) "It's All About Me" lover blog.You know the type. It's all about their satisfaction -- they don't care whether you get off or not. Every move they make is designed to illicit their own pleasure..."Please ME" is their only mantra!Click me! Click me!I don't care whether I give you good content...I just want to make money off of you -- while giving you absolutely nothing Read more:Blogs
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Own Your Own Domain 2008-02-25 16:36:51 I've seen a lot of debate about whether you can really be successful with a Blogger hosted address such as .blogspot.com, financially speaking. Many people believe that you can't. They say that you must own your domain and have a address like this. Their theory seems to be that,a.) no one wants to type in the longer Blogger hosted addressb.) that having your own domain is more professional and therefor you gain respectWell, I told you all that I was going to go at this 100%. And I am absolutely committed. So, I just went to GoDaddy and registered. My domain name will cost me $9.99/yr.My new "moneymaking" blog is now officially in the hole!Well...it's not quite that bad...lolHowever, I will continue to have Blogger as my host so at least that will still be free. What I did next was to have
Site Statistics Are Important! 2008-02-25 16:36:51 Whoa...I can't believe I forgot about site stats. I guess if your goal is to get lots of visitors you might want to know who they are, how they got there, and how many of them came.So, first I went over to StatCounter and registered for a free account. Very simple and straight forward. You sign up and they give you a snippet of code to place in your blog. You add their code by clicking on your Blogger LAYOUT tab, then PAGE ELEMENT tab, then you decide where you want the counter to go...I chose the bottom. So I clicked on the bottom ADD PAGE ELEMENT and then clicked on the HTML/Javascript tab and placed the code they gave me there. You can see their widget at the bottom of my page. Now I can go sign in and get all kinds of information about who's visiting my site. (which right now is basica Read more:Statistics
RSS Feed & FeedFlare 2008-02-25 16:36:51 Hey, so glad you came back. Let's just jump right in.No...not there. That's just gross.Here!You're probably asking, "what is a feed and why do I need one"? Well, when I began this journey I, too, needed the answers to these questions. I'd see this symbol everywhereand it would say next to it "subscribe in reader".What? Do I have one of those?I know I have a stupid reader around here somewhere...hehe...sorry, I couldn't help myself.Anyway, I'm talking about a "feed reader". Apparently, your readers can "subscribe" to your "feed" using whatever feed aggregator they've chosen. If they click on the icon on your blog, they can subscribe to your feed and be updated each time you post to your blog.Do I want that? Yes...you definitely want that!Having a successful blog is all about traffic...reade Read more:RSS Feed
Digg'N For Diamonds: WTF?? 2008-02-25 16:36:51 Okay. When I started this project I knew I had to get organized and do lots of research. This is what I looked like after the first month...First on the agenda, create a blog.Check.I know, I know...it's kinda like, duh. However, I'm trying to keep in mind that there are lots of people that don't know exactly what a blog is much less how to get one. I didn't until a year ago. And remember, I told you that I would "lay it out" step-by-step so that my tracks are easy to follow...so here goes.There are lots of different blog platforms, but a few of them really stand out when you start to do some research. I chose Blogger because it seems to be a pretty good platform. It's easy to sign up for, it's free, and it's easy to get started creating your first blog. Others I've heard good things about Read more:Digg
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Who The F--k Is John Chow?!! 2008-02-25 16:36:51 As many of you know I just recently came into the blogging world and for a while I've been mingling on lots of different blogging forums -- just trying to get a whole feel for the blogging atmosphere. Every day I keep running into bloggers talking about "John Chow".John Chow "this", John Chow "that", I want to be like John Chow....blah, blah, blah, right?So I'm thinkin'...who the f--k is John Chow?!!Is he the friggin' dog food guy?Nah, surely they wouldn't be talking about some dog food guy like this on a blog forum.But, I didn't want to look like a total dweeb...so it's not like I could say, "who the f--k is John Chow?!! I mean, they all talk about him in such reverent tones and about how incredible he is....he must be someone I should know, right?I can only imagine what would have happen
February 14th Is Here Again...Bahumbug!!!! 2008-02-25 16:36:51 I wish for you a Happy Valentine's Day...Personally, I hate this friggin' holiday...I know, it's suprising right? Because I'm a chic.But I would never begrudge you for running out last minute and grabbing something for your special someone because they are so important that you just couldn't be bothered until the very last second of the actual day to find them something meaningful....lolI think I will start a movement and tell the corporate "powers that be" to shove this holiday right up their....wazoos!!!Anybody with me...AnybodyC'mon, I know I can't be the only heart hater here!!! I feel soooo alone....
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Diamond Product: Subtle Butt 2008-02-25 16:36:51 This is a real product...I shit you not!!Yes, pun -- absofrigginlutely -- intended.Subtle
Buttdisposable gas neutralizersApparently, you place it in your underwear and when you fart...the smell gets neutralized.Though I think this guy is way beyond help at this point...I can see soooo many uses for these things -- Mexican food night -- just to name one!You are thinking, "this can't be real". I know, right? But it is!!When I watched this demonstration video...I thought I was gonna hock up a lung I was laughing so hard.Who the hell thinks up products like this...lolCan you imagine buying this at the store?You...walking up and putting something called Subtle Butt on the counter.They'd have to sell it online...and they do!And if you feel that you or someone you know could benefit from this pro
Let's Mingle: Social Blogging Networks 2008-02-25 16:36:51 Okay, so I have my blog up and running. I have added my rss feed and FeedFlare. Added a few new widgets to the sidebar so it's not total white space. Now I need to socialize. According to my research, I have to get out there and mingle and make others aware of my site. I have to, now, work on getting traffic to my blog.Well, you won't believe how many social blogging networks are out there. Geez, it would take me forever to join all of them... So, I only joined a few to test the waters and work on getting maximum exposure.Oh, and just a hint before you get started...try to use the same username and/or a username that goes along with your brand. Be sure and keep notes. Otherwise, you may forget some usernames and passwords along the way...Here is a list of the "social networking" sites I jo Read more:Social
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"To Survey Or Not To Survey"...that is the question! 2008-02-25 16:36:51 I'm just gonna go out a limb here and say....NOT!On my journies through cyberland I run across, occasionally...okay, a million times a day -- sites that say "Get Paid For Surveys", "Make Money With Surveys", and "Not A Scam...Get Paid For Completing Surveys". So, like just about anyone I know I thought, "Hmmmm...can it be that easy?" "Can I really make that much money just registering and completing surveys?" Cool beans!So, I went looking for the bestest, most popluar survey sites. Wow, there were so many. I had put a ton of them on my favorites to peruse at a later date. They all sounded so promising. Some were free and some had a registration fee. I had even found tons of sites that claim to have personally reviewed all of the survey sites and had their favorites listed along with their
Submitting To Search Engines 2008-02-25 16:36:51 Hey....nice to have you back. Well, when last we talked I was headed off to submit my site to search engines. Found out that there are a ton of them. So, for now, I only submitted to the most popular ones. If you would like to take more time than me right now there is a great list of search engines at Tips for New Bloggers.All of this submitting can be very time consuming, but if you want a successful blog you have to do the work. How is anyone going to find us if we aren't indexed with the search engines. Remember, a blog can only be successful with lots and lots of traffic.Yes...Absolutely!We want visitors lined up like friggin' rush hour traffic...weeeeeeeeFirst place I went was straight to the big boys...that'd be Google! It was simple. I just typed my site address into the box clicked Read more:Search
Diamond Find: Mental Poo 2008-02-25 16:36:51 As I stumble and surf through cyberspace, I am never shocked at all the "muck" out there.So many sites/blogs that are boring, redundant, unoriginal, and generally lacking creativity. When I created this blog, very recently in fact, I wanted to go at the whole "moneymaking" thing from a new perspective. One I had never seen before. And I hope that I am and will continue to accomplish that through creativity. I want viewers to laugh with me as I fumble around trying to dig through the muck.I don't want to be seen as "just another moneymaking site". This is a humorous, satirical approach to making money on the net. Remember, I'm trying to prove that it's all bullshit for most of us anyway! And at the rate it's going, I don't think that it will be hard to prove...lolHowever, through my researc
Creating Your Avatar & Favicon 2008-02-25 16:36:51 Yesterday, we talked about "branding". (see previous post for joke...no gratuitous butt shots in this post) Essentially, in order to compete with so many other bloggers you have to create a memorable "image" for your blog/site. You do this by being creative with the name, logo, avatar, and favicon that you choose and design. You want readers/viewers to see these items and instantly recognize you.So, as you can see I chose Digg'N For Diamonds as my name and created my above logo. I then created an avatar (image or photo) by selecting a piece of my header at the top of my blog. I can use this in many social networking sites which we will touch on later. I then created a "favicon" which you can see next to my address in your browser's address bar. If I play my cards right, when anyone sees th Read more:Creating
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Entrecard Newbie 2008-02-25 16:36:51 Well, when we last spoke I was headed off to learn about and possibly join Entrecard. After researching it a little, I did join.Entrecard, for those of you who don't know, is a digital business card. Designed so that you can just drop them off with other members. Their sign up is very easy, but you will have to create a 125 x 125 image to upload for your Entrecard widget. I'm using the one you see to the left.Once your sign up is complete you will see what they call your "dashboard".It includes your Quickstats such as credits in your account, credits to advertise on your blog, cards you dropped, and cards dropped on you, and so on. You can see mine below. When I first joined the totals were all zero, with the exception of the "credits to advertise on your blog" section, it showed two. As s
Whatcha Lookin' For??! 2008-02-25 16:36:51 If you have accidently happened onto this blog and you are looking for some indepth, boring, analytical mumbo jumbo...you've come to the wrong place. That sh#t ain't happenin' here...lolI can't tell you how many sites I've researched where they drone on and on to the point that I'm bored, I've lost interest, and I no longer know what the hell they are saying. I like to have a little fun with my surfin', seekin', and researchin'...thank you very much.If you are like me, stick around and we'll learn together (or at least attempt to learn), find some incredible "Diamonds", and have a few laughs along the way. If you aren't...then what the hell are you still doing here??!
Happy Early Easter 2008-03-18 14:13:16 Hey You...I will be leaving very shortly on Easter
vacation. And I wanted to make sure that I wished you a happy, happy before I left.Woohoo...no housework for over a week! Nothing but fun for a week :o)I know. I will miss you too!Don't worry...I will be back after Easter.Wanted to leave you with this really cute video I found.I hope you have a wonderful holiday with your friends and families.It's silly I know, but it just made me smile. Hope it put a smile on your face too.
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Redneck Easter 2008-03-28 22:23:41 Hey All.I'm ba--ack!I have to tell ya I had the best time. And I know that right now you are a little confused at the title. You are saying right now, "Diamond, no way that you are a redneck!"I know, right?But, I swear it's true. And at the risk of losing my very intelligent, sophisticated reader, I have to admit that I do have redneck blood flowing through my vains.What?!!You don't believe that a "freaky naughty goddess" such as myself could possibly be of redneck decent?!!Okay...I'll prove it to you.1.) I was raised in Texas. I had a thick southern drawl and was apt to say things like, "ya'll ain't never gonna git that fixed that way...cain't nobody!"2.) I learned to swim by age 4. I was a real prodigy. I remember how proud my Daddy was when I finally resurfaced after he shoved m Read more:Redneck
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I Need A Change! 2008-04-04 13:12:36 Okay. So I guess that you all have noticed my blog poll asking whether or not you think my color scheme sucks.Well, 4 of you have anyway..oh wait, I voted that "I sucked" too. So I guess 3 of you noticed.I'm just sick of everything...I want a really cool name and theme and header!Anyways, for the last couple of days I've been working my fingers to the bone creating and designing some really phenomenal headers/color schemes. I've spent hours and hours creating and editing, and redesigning, but now I just don't know which one to use.I love all my designs that I alone, by myself, created as all exceptional designers do!I just can't choose....so, I need your help!!I've narrowed my favorites to 10 and I'm willing to let you decide which of MY creations I should go with.So without further ado an Read more:Change
Blog Starr Pays Tribute To Diamond! 2008-04-08 09:55:45 I wanted to take time this morning to say Thank You to a fellow blogger, Blog Starr
, who upon recognizing my pure graphic design brillance in my latest post I Need A Change, decided to pay tribute to my undeniable creative genius in her latest post.I'm so humbled by this recognition of my unbelievably talented self by such an obviously astute judge of genius talent.Please go over and read her post Diamonds Are Open. She obviously spent hours thinking about how wonderful I am! She's a real gem.I like her so much now that I believe I will offer her my latest header design creation...free of charge. And that means a lot because I really liked this one when I found designed it. I think it shows my ability to remain soft and fluffy yet strong in a cold, cruel world. Not an easy task.Thank you B
MyLinkStory.com Finally A Reality...Almost!!! 2008-04-10 15:39:00 Hey all.Well, I know I have been sporadic over the last month or so, but I have a great excuse! I should give you some background first and I know you will understand all of the trauma I've been through.A couple of months ago I came up with a really cool idea to show my love for all the sites I regularly read. So, I decided to write a "Link Story" because I had never seen that done before. I was going to post it, but at the last minute I thought, "Wow, this would be a great premise for a creative writing contest site!"So, I headed over to godaddy.com and purchased the domain name...well, actually I didn't get the first name I chose, but you can read more about that on my My Link Story "About" page. (no I didn't link it cause I wantcha to read the rest of the saga...sheesh)Anyways, I have b Read more:Finally
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I'm Joining Scientology! 2008-04-13 16:06:43 *snickers* at the slight risk of being called a copycat again.I was over at Offended Blogger the other day(and if you haven't been you need to get your ass over there because she has a direct line to Jesus...he even makes her tacos) and she had displayed some wonderfully meaningful church signs and they got me to thinking.I thought, "Diamond, you need a religion."You have to start believing in something other than "if you build it, they will come." Let's face it, we all are finding out that one is just horse shit"!I mean, I want to be part of a big group. I want to be self-righteous, condescending, and judgemental all in the name of my religion. Sheesh...sounds like heaven, right? (no pun intended)So, off I went to find me a religion.And finally, I found one!SCIENTOLOGY.Now I know what you Read more:Joining
I Won At GorillaSushi! 2008-04-17 11:02:35 Woohoo!! I Won!This is so exciting. Winning $100. for doing something that I love...(No, not that. You know me, I do that for free...hehehe)Absofrigginlutely Awesome!!!I love going over to GorillaSushi every day, reading and commenting on his funny posts and giving my "limp attempts" on his caption contests. I know they are pretty lame because I always go back to see what others have written and I'm always left saying, "Damn, wish I woulda thought of that"!Anyway, I really think Jason and all of the sponsors of this contest are awesome for rewarding their readers and commenters in such a wonderful way.Course between you and me...I'd read them for free!Oh, and don't look at me like that. I already pay enough readers to come here and comment and to be my friend! You want to win money...you'
PLEASE STAND BY 2008-04-16 16:06:13 To my sweet readers:I'm so sorry that I just up and bailed with no explanation. I never stopped to think that you too, may suffer from abandonment issues. Please accept my sincerest apologies.I'm having some problems right now(no not you -- well, maybe you) that I'm just trying to deal with. I hope that I will be back here soon. While you are contemplating heading to your shrink for an unscheduled visit(which I may or may not have caused), I suggest first that you check out all the sites on my blogroll.I really do digg'em!!!Thanks in advance for your understanding.
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