Written on November 25th, 2004 at 05:11 pm by Darren Rowse

Building blog traffic for newbies

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The Blog Herald has a good post on Building blog traffic for newbies - pretty basic tips but well worth a read if you’re new to blogging and wanting to get some traffic over to that blog you’ve been working hard on. Here is their last tip:
‘The most important feature of all: post regularly and […]

Written on November 24th, 2004 at 05:11 pm by Darren Rowse

Mailing List Services

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Does anyone out there know of any plugins for Word Press and Moveable Type that are for collecting and generating a mailing list for your blog? I’ve been using a paid system for the past year that has been very unreliable. I’m sick of writing up emails to send to those that have signed up […]

Written on November 24th, 2004 at 11:11 am by Darren Rowse

Essential Pro Blogging Tools

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Hypothetical question time - If you were stranded on a desert island (with dsl broadband and a laptop) and the had to make a living (to pay for your boat ride home) from blogging - what would be your top 5 blogging tools/programs/services?
Ok - silly question - but someone was just asking me about my […]

Written on November 24th, 2004 at 09:11 am by Darren Rowse

Average Blogger makes $20 to $50 per Month

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WebPro New has an article on the rise of blogging and estimates that the average blogger is making $20 to $50 each month. I’m not sure how they come to this figure - I know many bloggers, 90% of whom make nothing from their blog. Another 9% might make a few dollars each month (probably […]

Written on November 23rd, 2004 at 07:11 am by Darren Rowse

Google Vs. Adsense Fraudsters

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Google is sending a message to its publishers about click fraud and is suing one of its clients this week in an effort to recoup loss incurred by false clicking - but is also no doubt hoping to send a warning to those cheating the system that they are serious about this issue.

‘Internet search giant […]

Written on November 23rd, 2004 at 07:11 am by Darren Rowse

Google Moves to Continual Indexing

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‘If you’ve noticed that Google seems to be updating their index more frequently than once a month, you’re not alone. Clint Dixon observed this as well. In this article he discusses how this changes the world for website owners, search engine optimizers, and anyone else trying to get on the front pages of popular search […]

Written on November 23rd, 2004 at 07:11 am by Darren Rowse

How big is the Blogosphere?

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Clickz has a good article on the size of the Blogosphere which continues to grow.

‘The size of the blogosphere has doubled every five months over the last year and a half, according to blog analysis firm Technorati. Over that time, blogs have gone from being a word that sounded insulting to an online trend embraced […]

Written on November 22nd, 2004 at 08:11 am by Darren Rowse

Services to Ping When you Update your Blog

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Over the past year I’ve collected a list of services to ping when you update your blog. Here is a list of those I have so far. There are heaps more out there - you might also like to head over to Jeremy’s Services to Ping list also where he’s got a list of 41 […]

Written on November 22nd, 2004 at 08:11 am by Darren Rowse

Tech Bloggers Wanted - AdverBlogging

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Jeremy Wright’s employees are looking for tech bloggers willing to blog for a few dollars.

‘The company I do the majority of my writing for is looking to open half a dozen topical blogs. The content output expectations are fairly low. These are ‘entry level’ blogging positions. The positions are unpaid, but you get to put […]