Archive for: August, 2005
Written on August 30th, 2005 at 02:08 am by Darren Rowse
The Blog Manager
Peter over at the Blog Studio has written a stimulating post titled The Blog Manager which puts into words some of the things that I’ve been considering recently. He’s wondering if perhaps a new type of job for bloggers is coming - one where an experienced blogger helps individual bloggers manage their sites. He explains […]
Written on August 30th, 2005 at 02:08 am by Darren Rowse
There’s a Hole in My Blog? - Holistic Blogging
“Your blog will only ever be as good as it’s weakest component.”
Warning: Tangent Ahead
Imagine you’ve been given a task of hauling water from one place to another (over a long distance) - but that all you’ve been given to do the job is a rusty old bucket which has multiple holes in it. There are […]
Written on August 29th, 2005 at 09:08 pm by Darren Rowse
31 Days to Building a Better Blog - Day 29
We’re at day 29 of the 31 day project and it’s a bumper day (just two more days of links like these - get your submissions in quick). Here are today’s 11 submissions:
Jon has put together a post titled Boost Earnings from Adsense for Search
Christe wrote a post on Why the Elite Blogs are the […]
Written on August 29th, 2005 at 09:08 pm by Darren Rowse
More on Blog Pay Rates
Duncan writes an excellent piece in response to the criticism of Weblogs Inc’s $4 per post pay rate that was revealed last week. I’ve similarly had quite a few comments here at Problogger on the issue in the past few days - many of them critical at Weblogs Inc. I’ve been trying to work out […]
Written on August 29th, 2005 at 07:08 am by Darren Rowse
Getting inside your Blog Reader’s Mind
Peter has another worthwhile post at Ads On Blog on the topic of Optimum Placement of Google Ads where he suggests that bloggers consider five questions when they decide how to place ads on their blog. Here are the first three which I think are key:
‘1. What is a user trying to accomplish by visiting […]
Written on August 29th, 2005 at 01:08 am by Darren Rowse
The Secret to Interactive Blogging - Expertise blended with Invitation
Rob Hof over at Business Week has stumbled upon one of the secrets of growing interactivity on a blog - it’s about not knowing all the answers. He notices that the posts with most comments on his blog are where he asks for help.
‘The tough thing for journalists, I think, is that we’re supposed to […]
Written on August 28th, 2005 at 11:08 pm by Darren Rowse
31 Days to Building a Better Blog - Day 28
As we approach the end of the 31 Day project I’m feeling a mixture of sadness that readers won’t be submitted their great blog tip posts every day - but also a little relief because the list of submissions is now getting quite massive (I think we’re now over 200 posts - including mine). Here […]
Written on August 28th, 2005 at 02:08 pm by Darren Rowse
Feedster 500 List - “Dead Wrong”
Jason Dowdell at Marketing Shift has a post where he analyses the Feedster top 500 list and finds that it is ‘dead wrong’.
‘Sites with RSS feeds and even some without are being considered blogs when they clearly aren’t. Blog search has a long way to go but that’s another story for another day.’
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Written on August 28th, 2005 at 01:08 pm by Darren Rowse
ProBlogger in the Press Page
Today I’ve added a ProBlogger In the Press page to this blog as a central place to list the mentions this blog has had in mainstream media (and some of the larger online news sources.
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