Stuff you should know, stuff I should remember.

With services like BlogAds and AdBrite that allow advertisers to reach collections of blogs grouped aroud a single topic it was only a matter of time before Google added this in to the AdSense mix: This seems to be a program that clusters similar sites together to be sold to advertisers as a package. It […]

How fundamentally stupid: A ‘buzz marketing’ campaign for Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim feature Aqua Teen Hunger Force consisting of LED-based lightboxes with a cartoon character giving the middle finger has caused panic in Boston and shut down their transit system. They are part of an outdoor marketing campaign in 10 cities in support of Adult […]

In a post published on today’s date, the blog for US Presidential Candidate Joseph Biden completely ignores the mini-flap over possibly-maybe racist comments Biden made about Obama.

The coming rage: TV stations serving all markets in the United States are airing digital television programming today, although most will continue to provide analog programming through February 17, 2009. … Will I Need a New TV if I Have an Analog TV? When full-power broadcast stations stop analog service, you still will be able […]

Got a call from a reporter from The Wall Street Journal. They are doing a story on The Secret movie and they’d found my post/rant about The Secret movie – along with the 90+ comments. Currently that post is the 3rd site listed on the first page of Google search results. Never underestimate your impact.

Install the WordPress Google Analytics Plugin Download Denis’s Google Analytics plugin. Unzip the plugin. Upload the plugin to your /wp-content/plugins/ folder. Go to your WordPress blog’s Dashboard > Plugins. A list of both active and inactive plugins displays. Scroll to the plugin and Activate it. A success message displays. Grab Your Google Analytics Code Block […]

Grab Your Google Analytics Code Block Login to Google Analytics at http://google.com/analytics/. The main Settings page loads. Click on Add Website Profile. A form displays. Select Add a Profile for a New Domain. Enter the URL of your site or blog. Select your country and time zone. Click Finish. Analytics provides you with a code […]

Just a reminder that the preview for Easy Bake Weblogs, my acclaimed course on TypePad, is on Wednesday January 31st at 8pm EST. The course begins on Feb 7. Register for this free call at http://easybakeweblogs.com/

Aha! I figured out the cause of my server slowdown. Every webhost assigns domain names in your accout to an actual system user – and each user can use a certain amount of resources on the server. Currently, all of my blogs are assigned to the same system user. So when all my blogs get […]

I am having a big site slowdown lately and not sure why yet. I was going through my server logs and saw referrals in the form of:  /wp-content/plugins/wp-content/ plugins/Enigma2.php? boarddir=http://somesite.something A quick Google search turned up this vulnerability in an Enigma plugin. The best part is I don’t have this plugin so this is someone […]