Writing and Blogging

How to Improve your Writing via Peer Review - Peer review or sometimes is referred to as Peer Feedback is a process by which something proposed (as for research or publication) is evaluated by a group of experts in the appropriate field (Merriam Webster Dictionary). The function of this process is to have some improvements on the writing and writing skill. How to do peer review or peer feedback is briefly discussed in this article. How to do Peer Review To implement peer review, first, let us see the types, methods, and techniques of peer review implementation. Types of Peer Review Peer review can be divided into several types based on the number of reviewers and method of review: Single Responder Peer Feedback (SRPF) This is the most basic peer review type which is comparable to open review. This type allows one text to be reviewed by one reviewer and the identity of the reviewer is recognized. Multiple Responder Peer Feedback (MRPF) This is ...

Sometimes, you want to know how to show client's IP Address on your blog, whether in a sidebar or footer. Well, you can add client's IP address by using a few JavaScript lines and this article is all about it. In this article, you will learn how to get the client's IP address by using JavaScript fetch, save the IP into local storage, and display it in sidebar. Let's understand fetch and local storage first. Fetch Fetch is a technique in JavaScript that functions to get the data from another page. To fetch a page using JavaScript, you need the URL of the page. In this case, we want to fetch a page (a geolocation API provider) with URL https://ipapi.co/json/ . This page provides the Geolocation data of the client. Of course, the returned data is not only the IP address but also the country, country code, coordinates, and so forth. But in this short tutorial, I will show you how to get the client's IP address and country only. Local Storage Loc...

How to Implement E-A-T on Blogger - Does the term EAT sound new to you? What exactly is EAT? And what is the importance for a Blogger and how to implement it? This article will explain to you what EAT is and how it works. In essence, EAT is a concept that if applied by a Blogger it will really help Google in ranking blog articles. Are you curious about EAT? Let's learn about EAT. Definition of E-A-T EAT is an acronym stands for Expertise , Authoritativeness , and Trustworthiness . It is said that EAT is a part of Google's algorithm that comes from its Search Quality Rater guidelines. Wait, so, what does it mean? Long story short, Google is one of the giant search engines in cyberspace. There are billions of people hoping that Google will provide them with reliable information. Meanwhile, Google cannot fully control what a blogger writes on his blog. Of course, Google doesn't want its reputation to be ruined because it displays irresponsible search results. ...

Are you looking for a Blogger template with a dark background, responsive and beautiful? You're looking for Mina version 2.0. Mina is a Blogger template with a dark blue background with a carousel and no sidebar which is, more or less, like Nubia Blogger Template . This makes Mina look simple but elegant. I came across Mina's Blogger template today when I was looking for a template that has a carousel without a sidebar. After a while of searching, my eyes landed on this template. I looked at it for a long time and I thought what makes my eyes so comfortable looking at this template. Finally, I realized that the dark blue background and the simplicity of the display made my eyes comfortable. Features of Mina Blogger Template As usual, modern Blogger templates are responsive. But Mina has another reliability. For example, this template is SEO ready and the page load time is also very fast, even faster than The Fastest. The color combination between dark blue and li...

Are you struggling in deciding between KDP and Payhip for your book selling? The short answer for you is KDP. This article will tell you why KDP is more appropriate for a writer, ebook writers, than Payhip. Well, another reader may be asking "what is your position to say so?" No problem. I have experiences in using both for a long period so I have a good position to inform you about this. Defining KDP and Payhip KDP KDP, as you may have known, stands for Kindle Direct Publishing. It is the Amazon e-book self-publishing platform that was launched in November 2007. It helps independent publishers to publish and sell their e-books and paperbacks to the world. KDP does not publish and selll all submitted books, by the way. The submissions will be reviewed for at least 24-72 hours before they are decided whether to publish or not. All books published and sold with KDP are charged from $0.09 to $200.00, depends on the length, size, and type of the book. To put it ano...

Who said blogger templates don't affect SEO? That is a misunderstanding. SEO is not only determined by articles and keywords, but also the template used by a blog. Well, this time I want to share information about an SEO friendly Blogger template, Seofy. What is Seofy? Seofy is the name of a Blogger template, created by TemplatesYard, that guarantees that your blog articles will be found by search engines easier and faster. I have not tested its reliability compared to SeoPro which is also a Blogger template that is no less SEO friendly. But I'm sure of one thing, that Seofy won't let you down. Seofy Appearance Seofy has a block display that looks very neat and is perfect for a news blog, whether it's general news or tech news. With trending posts at the top and feature posts at the bottom before the rest of the list of posts, Seofy looks very professional. Compared to SeoPro which has monotonous colors, Seofy makes a blog appear colorful. Of course, this is also d...

Are you looking for the simplest and the best PHP MVC Framework? The answer must be SimorePHP. SimorePHP is a PHP MVC Framework developed by Zainurrahman based on Sandhika Galih of Universitas Pasundan Bandung tutorial on YouTube and has been used in OJStat version 1.4. Why SimorePHP is the best PHP MVC Framework today? Should PHP MVC Framework complicated? Quoted Rasmus Lerdof , the founder of PHP, on the PHP Frameworks today: I don't have much of a problem with MVC itself. It's the framework baggage that usually comes along with it that I avoid! Well, that is something, isn't it? SimorePHP is a framework without that baggage mentioned by our teacher above. It is simple (yet complete!) and can be used by both beginners and expert web developers. Not all of the PHP frameworks parts are needed in your web application; they are baggage! While in using SimorePHP, you only create what are really needed for your web application. How SimorePHP works? SimorePHP works just li...