Category: General

One useful way to see the difference between blog platforms is to look at what pages they output. I’ve created four diagrams to show the structure of four of the most popular blog platforms. Blogger TypePad WordPress MovableType You can quickly see that while Blogger is free and Google-powered, it lacks some great features like […]

I used to try and be really clever with post titles. But I find the more obvious, the better. Take for example, The Learning Channel’s line-up tonight: 8:00 pm 750-Pound Man 9:00 pm Woman With Half a Body 10:00 pm Face Eating Tumor Now you can’t tell me you don’t know what Face Eating Tumor […]

A Windows vulnerability that is as simple as displaying an image can allow code to be executed on your PC without your permission. This is burning up the discussion boards right now and dozens of exploits have been found on the net to take advantage of this security hole. All versions of Windows have this […]

While shopping for books on Amazon.com you don’t just get the salespage and reviews and relevant information – you can also see a blog from the author of the book! Take a look at author Meg Wolitzer’s blog on Amazon and how it integrates into the salespage. No comments features just yet. Full article: A […]

Steve was traipsing around Google’s Book Search: Anyway, I have found a way to read most of their terrific hacks for free using Google Book Search – at least for now. This trick, by the way, works for lots of books, like travel guides. See the end of this post for how I hacked the […]

Duncan points to Andrew’s article on AdSense Mega-Earnings: The Super AdSense earners are not any smarter than your average person. I know many people think they are… but for the most part, they are regular non techie people. They are smarter in one respect though… they use the latest tools available to them to automate […]

A common blog-fear is negative comments. Newbie bloggers are timid about expressing their big ideas and opinions for fear of getting a nasty comment. Toby sez: Sorry, no comments does not make a conversation. It’s called a monologue. One person takes center stage with no opportunity for direct feedback. For my money, a blog without […]

I have recently joined the faculty of the Helix Institute, a learning center for corporate wellness and related coaching services. Their introductory course ‘Intro to Wellness Coaching’ runs on January 17th @ 12 Noon Eastern. To join this call email Ellen Britt with the words “Wellness Coaching Call 1-10” in the subject line.

Hold the phone: The user levels in WordPress look like they’ve been changed – here’s how to fix it. Not sure why but the Postie plugin for WordPress has a habit of pooping out bad HTML. I searched the support page for this and there are many fixes suggested but it doesn’t look like anyone […]

Just a reminder that the Business Blog Basics course starts again on Wednesday January 11th starring Peter Flaschner and myself. Full details at http://www.businessblogbasics.com/