Category: General

  • Basic Search Engine Optimization for Bloggers

    Duncan has a primer on SEO for Bloggers (via Darren).

  • Google Outlines AdSense Success Secrets

    Google AdSense Optimization Webinar. (via Darren)

  • MSNBC: Blog Now, Regret Later

    Experts say such incidents belong to a growing trend in which frank outpourings online are causing personal and public dramas, often taking on a life they wouldn’t have if the Web had not come along and turned individuals into publishers. The article also mentions something I’m looking forward to – when political candidates end up […]

  • Pingomatic Alternative

    Fred told me about his pinging alternative service a few weeks back. Take it for a test drive.

  • Comparing Podcasting to Streaming 10 Years Ago

    For those who are tying to jump on the podcasting bandwagon and create a ‘hit’ podcast that you plan on selling advertising in, it’s cheap and easy to do, but even with Google Adsense for RSS it’s going to be really tough to do it as a fulltime job and make minimum wage back. Podcasting […]

  • When Text Ads Go Wrong

    OJR takes a look at what happens when ads don’t match up with content: I was reading a story on the San Jose Mercury News’ Web site about federal agents arresting people for running a sex-trafficking ring out of massage parlors. And when I saw the text ads below the story served through Google AdSense, […]

  • Blogging About Blogging? Forget AdSense

    (link from Master Darren) Never try to run Adsense on a site that is read by people who are Adsense experts, let alone a site read by affiliate marketers. Geez, talk about a pathetic click rate. I haven’t seen something fail so badly since Gigli.

  • FeedBurner Adds iTunes Support

    FeedBurner users were crestfallen when Apple added their own proprietary tags to RSS and FeedBurned feeds were left out on a limb. No more. Support has been added.

  • Exclusive Interview Double Header: Denise Wakeman and Patsi Krakoff

    I hope you’ll me on Wednesday night when I interview Denise Wakeman and Patsi Krakoff from Build a Better Blog System. We’ll be talking about: Professionals partnering together to create projects (like they did with their Build a Better Blog System ebook). Leveraging networks both online and offline for marketing and business-building. Notes on how […]

  • Team Podcast Launches

    Just launched a ‘proof of concept’ site – a team audioblog and podcast: BizSlap.com! The site features condense bits of business wisdom – voicemails from the trenches of small business – from business coaches all over the world. We debut with the empress of leadership coaching: Bea Fields.