Archive for: October, 2005
Written on October 31st, 2005 at 11:10 pm by Darren Rowse
Quotes for Bloggers
The other day when I was looking for quotes to finish up my Making Money From Blogging Takes Time post I came across a heap of great sayings from famous people that seemed appropriate for bloggers.
So I thought it’d be fun to start a little meme here to see what quotes you’d use to inspire, […]
Written on October 30th, 2005 at 10:10 am by Darren Rowse
Think Before You Link from your Blog
ME “Liz” Strauss has a good post over at Successful Blog called Think Before You Link which has five factors to consider before adding a link to your blog post:
Does this link clarify what I’m saying here?
Have my readers seen this link 10 times already?
Is this information they will care about?
If the link does […]
Written on October 30th, 2005 at 10:10 am by Darren Rowse
Long Weekend
This coming Tuesday is a public holiday here in Melbourne - it’s Melbourne Cup Day (a day off so some horses can run around a track for a few minutes).
As a result we’re taking off for a couple of days with some friends. I’ll be back on Tuesday evening but in the mean time there […]
Written on October 29th, 2005 at 04:10 pm by Darren Rowse
Bloggers SUCK - Lessons from Forbes
Forbes has an article in it’s latest edition attacking blogs. It’s called Attack of the Blogs (subscription required).
I’ve decided not to read it - mainly because to do so I’d need to subscribe to their online section. Part of me (the cynical part) actually wonders if the whole article is something of a publicity stunt.
I […]
Written on October 29th, 2005 at 02:10 pm by Darren Rowse
Adsense talks about the Facts of Smart Pricing
The team at Adsense have responded to some of the recent talk about Smart Pricing by writing a post on their blog on the topic. Their main points are:
1. Many factors determine the price of an ad
2. Clickthrough rate doesn’t affect advertiser return on investment (ROI)
3. Google doesn’t make money from ’smart pricing’
4. Remember the […]
Written on October 29th, 2005 at 02:10 pm by Darren Rowse
Opportunities at b5
If you don’t follow the RSS feed over at b5media you might have missed a few opportunities that we’ve been advertising for including:
a call for sports bloggers - particularly on baseball, hockey, football (American), basketball - but on other sports too
a call for celebrity/TV show bloggers
a call for a WordPressologist
Also we announced a fun […]
Written on October 29th, 2005 at 08:10 am by Darren Rowse
Posting Goals
Rebelbagwan left a comment on my last post asking about posting goals. He writes that he intends to:
“write 5 posts of some quality a day , so far starting from zilch getting currently 60 uniques a day and will try and double this every week , do you think this is realistic and what is […]
Written on October 28th, 2005 at 11:10 pm by Darren Rowse
Making Money From Blogging Takes Time
I’ve been reflecting today upon the long term nature of having a business that makes money from blogging.
I am regularly asked by bloggers in their start up phase why they are not earning enough money from their blogs to go full time.
While I usually can find a variety of reasons - in the majority of […]
Written on October 28th, 2005 at 09:10 pm by Darren Rowse
Ad Sizes on Blogs
Duncan has posted A short guide to ad sizes which really is a must read if you’re looking to use advertising on your blog. He takes a look at Ad placement, ad sizes and Chitika just to name some of what he covers:
‘Dont be afraid to experiment with your template as you would with any […]
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