Regular readers of my blog already noticed I haven't been very active at posting these last days. This had several reasons. I went to Qlimax, spend time with my girlfriend, had a lot of work to do and launched a new project called WeirdGlobeNews.com. What? Yes, you're reading it right: I created a new website called WeirdGlobeNews.com, a community driven website to provide you with the weirdest, funniest, craziest, bizarre or shocking news from around the globe.

Community driven simply means that anyone from the globe can submit an article. When approved, other readers can read the weird news. If you want to know if any weird news happened at your place, simply check out the globe.

As I told you in one of my previous articles, too many visitors on your website can cause it to go offline. This is because of the monthly bandwidth limit that is exceeded. Of course this is something that you don't want. But how can you optimize your website, keeping it online for as long as possible, making it less bandwidth consuming, without upgrading to a better host? Here are some tips on how to do this.

I'm pretty happy with my host, offering unlimited bandwidth for a low price. These tips are for those people that do have a bandwidth limit on their weblog or website.

There you go. You've checked the 22 steps you must do after setting up a blog, wrote an article for your blog and are ready to publish it. Wait right there. Make sure you have all points checked below before you submit your post and let it view to the public.

Check these tips before submitting any article. Doing so, you'll keep the quality of your articles high.

So, you just created your own blog. You already did the most obvious steps to create one, like selecting platform (Blogger, WordPress, Joomla! or any other blogging-CMS), chosen your subject where you'll be blogging about and putting everything online. You're all set to get started writing articles. Wait right there. Make sure you have all points below checked before you start. These steps can help you tremendously getting your blog from the ground right from the start.

If you already own a blog, make sure you also check these steps and make changes where necessary.

I have to admit that I'm a little bit addicted to StumbleUpon. Once I start clicking the "Show me next page" button, I can hardly stop stumbling the internet. With me, there are many other SU users having the same problem. It's way to much fun to browse the net with SU.

For those people that are not familiar with StumbleUpon, get it now and browse the internet with it. I've created a flowchart for the "dummies" in the world of StumbleUpon, but also for the SU users right now. Have fun stumbling.