Written on May 31st, 2006 at 07:05 pm by Darren Rowse

Six Apart to Launch Vox - June 1

Blogging Tools and Services 4 comments

TechCrunch have announced that Six Apart (the team behind TypePad, Moveable Type and Live Journal) are releasing a new hosted blogging platform named Vox (formally named Comet) - to be launched on 1 June.

It’s been on the cards since September last year (when it was called Project Comet).

They describe Vox as half blogging platform and […]

Written on May 31st, 2006 at 01:05 pm by Darren Rowse

Lessons from Eye Tracking

Blog Design 8 comments

Seth Godin has posted a fascinating video on his blog which shows eye tracking results of Squidoo. Lots can be gleaned by watching where people look on a website and while Squidoo is a little different from most blogs there are a number of take home lessons that I can see (none are particularly new […]

Written on May 31st, 2006 at 10:05 am by Darren Rowse

How to Surf Blog Traffic Tsunamis

Miscellaneous Blog Tips, Social Media 25 comments

Sometimes it’s the simplest posts that you do that seem to get the best reactions from readers.

Yesterday on my Digital Photography School blog I posted a ‘beginner’ tip that I almost considered not publishing because it was pitched at such a basic level. The post was titled How to Hold a Digital Camera.

What the post […]

Written on May 31st, 2006 at 08:05 am by Darren Rowse

Free Blogger Templates

Blog Design 119 comments

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“Where do I find Free Blogger Templates?”

I’m regularly asked by bloggers using different blog platforms where they can get nice designs for their blogs, usually for free. I’m a WordPress User and therefore know a few good spots for WP templates (here, here, […]

Written on May 31st, 2006 at 02:05 am by Darren Rowse

How quickly after starting a blog should I put ads on it?

Advertising 61 comments

A number of readers have asked the above question in the past few weeks and so I thought it was time I shared my own approach to the decision of when to start running ads on a blog when launching.

There are two dominant camps of opinion on this question - both of which have things […]

Written on May 31st, 2006 at 12:05 am by Darren Rowse

ProBlogger Readers Definitive List of Habits of Effective Bloggers

Pro Blogging News 3 comments

Robert just sent me an email telling me about a post that he’s written summing up the ‘Habits of Effective Bloggers’ group writing project that we did last week.

In it he’s collated the Habits suggested by the 80 participants and has come up with a list of 50 habits. Each one has been given a […]

Written on May 30th, 2006 at 11:05 pm by Darren Rowse

Performancing Launchpad

Pro Blogging News 2 comments

Performancing has announced a new service called ‘launchpad’ which is a place for people to post new gadgets, plugins, services, sites and blogs aimed at the blogging community.
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Written on May 30th, 2006 at 03:05 pm by Darren Rowse

ProBlogger Earnings Poll Results - April 2006

ProBlogger Site News 25 comments

Last Week’s ProBlogger Poll of the Week asked readers of this blog the question:

‘How Much Money did you Make from Blogging in April?’

1504 people responded to the poll (thanks everyone) and the results revealed a similar pattern to previous polls asking about earnings.

The largest category was those that indicated that they didn’t earn anything in […]

Written on May 30th, 2006 at 12:05 pm by Darren Rowse

How to Blog by Phone

Miscellaneous Blog Tips 2 comments

Jamsi has a useful post over at WorkBoxers (he’s back there blogging after Scrivs handed the domain over to him) on Blogging from your Mobile Phone which I’m sure some will find helpful.
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