Stuff you should know, stuff I should remember.

  • 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.

  • History as It Happens: The London Bombings

    The bombings in London can give you a front-row seat at seeing how blogs can capture and communicate world events as they happen. Combining these ‘citizen journalism’ channels with the traditional global media can help you get a comprehensive view of history as it happens: Discussions and updates on Slashdot, Metafilter. Picture pool at Flickr. […]

  • RSS: Technology’s Latest Way to Advertise

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  • Podcasting from the Tour de France

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