Category: General

From the inbox: Zookoda is a web-based email marketing application designed specifically for blog publishers. Zookoda’s core function is to drive traffic back to the blog owners site, by providing summary (“teaser”) content in an email newsletter. Zookoda is all about providing the blog owner with a marketing / promotion solution aimed at building community […]

Inside AdSense has an interview with Ivan, an SEO expert. His advice: Use wide ad formats. Many publishers find the 728×90 Leaderboard outperforms the 468×60 banner by about 70%. I particularly recommend using the 728×90 Leaderboard, 160×600 Wide Skyscraper, and 300×250 Medium Rectangle. Embed Google ads in your content, and place Google ads at the […]

FeedBurner pops out a few great stats: the creation of podcast feeds has averaged 15% growth month over month podcast circulation is consistently growing nearly 20% per month iTunes is the clear favorite for podcast subscribers, a healthy 43% of the market

Been meaning to quote Anil’s essay ‘How to keep blogs from scaring the hell out of people’: Blogs are an established technology, having been around for years and used by everyone from the biggest companies in the world to mom-and-pop shops. Blogs work with the other technology you have. They’re not trying to replace email, […]

Sifry’s back with his ‘State of the Blogosphere’ for April 2006: The number of blogs has multiplied by 60 in the past 3 years. 75,000 new weblogs created every day (1 per second) 19.4 million bloggers (55%) still posting 3 months later (was 50%) 3.9 million bloggers update their blogs at least weekly. 1.2 posts […]

Lorelle confronts every bloggers nightmare and begins with the first step: it’s gonna happen. Content theft is the risk you take when you publish anything in any format but a print book. I think the benefits of global electronic distribution outweight the risks of someone ripping me off. I like these bullet points: WRONG: The […]

I was going to call this a book shower since it is sort of like a wedding shower but Ron didn’t want to wear a veil. To celebrate the launch of Blogwild! as well as my birthday (the 23rd) and my dad’s (the 29th), we’re having drinks and edible goodies! This is your chance to […]

Summary: Del.icio.us is a free service where thousands of people store their bookmarks, enabling you to see what’s trendy and popular. Bloggers can encourage readers to add their posts, allowing greater reach for a blogger’s content. During your blogosphere travels, travails and trials, you may have noticed references to ‘delicious links’ or a strange spelling […]

Summary: #64 Overall on Amazon, #1 in Weblogs, #1 in Business & Culture, #2 in Computers & Internet, #2 in Marketing, #14 in Business & Investing. Campaign reached 200,000 people. Over 200,000 Served Sitting here on Sunday at the Caribou Coffee shop trying to figure out how best to convey the excitement of the past […]

Richard Pachter reviews Blogwild! ( and Naked Conversations): Wibbels has good insights and useful experiences, and is a pleasant and facile writer… [I]f you are essentially clueless about blogs and how blogging can provide a great way to market yourself and/or your company for minimal cost and effort, this is a very good place to […]