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Thanet's First Microblog

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This blog presents tiny snippets of Thanet information that might not make it to the bigger stories covered on the main page. Matt B will happily microblog about any Thanet blog whose author comments on any item here at The Thanet Star.

Changes

Made a few changes. Hopefully the site will be easier to navigate even in IE6... (sigh).

£870,000

Apparently Thanet owes £870,000 in council tax -
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How to Make Money: The Golden Cycle on Squidoo

How to Make Money: The Golden Cycle on Squidoo

Saying Goodbye Adem

I was sad to not that local blogger Adem is stepping down from blogging he explains why in a post entitle "Spring Clean"

language

"By speaking in language that is distant, uninviting, arrogant, they build walls to keep markets at bay." --the cluetrain manifesto

"The Thanet Eye"

Followed a link from ECR (I think) to a very silly but fun Thanet blog: The Thanet Eye.

Good Moral - blogs with heart and soul

Good Moral - blogs with heart and soul

New bog method of getting traffic

Getting traffic is now easier: Get More Visitors For Your Blog is a new offer for those of us with something to share.

Searching Thanet

Now we can all get better local search results with Thanet's search engine.

Nearly 3,000 still without power

We seem to have done quite well as there are
"Nearly 3,000 still without power" in Kent and the surrounding area.

Gooruze - The Thanet Star & Building a website that sells

High praise from Niche Marketing Guru Andy Beard at the gooruze.com "forum" Gooruze - The Thanet Star & Building a website that sells

The Thanet Star » Setting up a personal or business website

Don't forget to have a look at our introduction to Setting up a personal or business website.

David Clare

This is a quick shout out to David Clare who's new website I was going to review before real life happened to me. I will complete the review soon (honest).

A word for you...

truthiness: Something that is spoken as if true that one wants others to believe is true, that said often enough with enough voices orchestrated in behind it, might even sound true, but is not true.

Minor Redesign Due

Of interest only to the more geeky of the but Thanet Star will be getting a slight makeover. Please feel free to post ideas in this microblog's comment section.

A guy who fully deserves a pint on us

If ever there was a guy who deserved a pint... full story in "BLEAK MOUSE: NOTHING WORN NOW UNDER THE KILT"

50 Timeless Blogging Tips | Blogging Sueblimely

"Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators." Albert Camus
READ MORE: 50 Timeless Blogging Tips, Blogging Sueblimely.

Lower Tax by How You Act

Did you know that the use of reusable nappies would save the tax payer £40million per year. compare nappies - summary.

Confessions of a housewife - working from home and cleaning

Keeping the house in order is the least talked about part of working from home. Fortunately there is a blog that has that covered too: Confessions of a housewife

Call for MEPs' cash fraud probe

A report on how MEPs spent money has led the EU's anti-fraud office to be urged to investigate.
Read this at the BBC

Invicta - what does it mean?

Invicta: undefeated, is the motto of the county of Kent, England. It dates back to the invasion of England by William I of England.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invicta (motto)

Valentine Newlyweds Robbed

The young and happy couple were robbed while they cut the cake says Kent Online. If you have information that could help solve this crime please contact the authorities. Get more information from kentonline.co.uk

Cute and clear website icons

If you are looking to dress up you site you might like to consider Sweetie's Cute and clear icons.

Birchington teen charged over "Glassing"

A teen from is accused of glassing someone, who may or may not loose an eye, say the KM group.

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