Written on September 12th, 2005 at 04:09 pm by Darren Rowse

Blog Herald’s WebProNews Expose

Pro Blogging News 25 comments

Duncan at Blog Herald has written an interesting piece pointing to a variety of pieces that Jason Lee Miller from WebProNews has written that allegedly fail to give attribution to original sources of information. Some of the pieces that Duncan compares show Jason using direct quotes from other sources without a link-back or even a […]

Written on September 11th, 2005 at 10:09 am by Darren Rowse

Poll of the Week - Signatures in Blog Comments?

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I don’t generally highlight previous posts but the comment thread in the Signatures in Blog Comments post is really kicking on and there is some worthwhile discussion going on there. I’m interested in your opinions so feel free to stop by and have your say.

I’ve also decided to add a poll to the sidebar of […]

Written on September 10th, 2005 at 03:09 pm by Darren Rowse

YPN adds Ad Category Targeting

Yahoo Publishing Network 8 comments

Jen has news of a new feature on the Yahoo Publishers Network - ad category targeting - which allows publishers to assign categories of ads to their website. Publishers can choose two categories of ads to target per website/page/directory. This doesn’t mean contextual ads won’t be served - rather YPN explains:

‘Your ad category selections, in […]

Written on September 10th, 2005 at 12:09 pm by Darren Rowse

Welcome CBS listeners

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Just a quick note to welcome CBS listeners who have tracked me down here after the interview with Frank and the mention on Market Watch in the past few hours.

If you’re looking for more information on the six figure blogging course - head here to get the free preview call and if you’re quick pick […]

Written on September 10th, 2005 at 12:09 pm by Darren Rowse

Signatures in Blog Comments

Miscellaneous Blog Tips 90 comments

Has anyone else noticed recently that a lot of people leaving genuine comments on blogs have also started leaving ’signature like’ links to their own blogs at the bottom of their comments? (NB: I’m not talking about links within comments that are relevant to the conversation happening in the comment thread).

I’ve noticed it happening more […]

Written on September 10th, 2005 at 02:09 am by Darren Rowse

Google Adsense Change Log

Adsense 6 comments

A few weeks ago I was chatting to a Google Adsense consultant who was asking me for my opinion on how to improve Adsense. One of my suggestions was that they should add some sort of a ‘Change Log’ system which would help publishers to track changes that they make to their ads.

The reason I […]

Written on September 9th, 2005 at 06:09 pm by Darren Rowse

14 Instant Messaging Etiquette Tips for Bloggers

Miscellaneous Blog Tips 23 comments

One of the best parts about this blog is that it puts me into direct contact with hundreds of bloggers from around the world every week. This happens on a variety of levels - comments, email and increasingly Instant Messaging. I have my IM details on my about pages which is a great thing - […]

Written on September 9th, 2005 at 02:09 pm by Darren Rowse

Introducing a Shoddy Blogger

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Want to see a slimey blog? A blog that tries to pass off content of other people as it’s own?

Have a look at Blogger Tips (no follow tag used) - a blog that is filled with either posts that are ‘free articles’ or other people’s content. In both types of posts there is no credit […]

Written on September 9th, 2005 at 02:09 pm by Darren Rowse

Online communities and integrating blogs into mainstream marketing campaigns

Business Blogging 2 comments

If you’ve got a spare 10 minutes can I recommend heading to Rachel’s blog and downloading a PDF that she’s posted that is the verbatim of a talk that she and her partner (that’s blog partner and life partner) Regan did to the New Zealand Marketing Association on the topic of blogging.

Rachel showed me the […]