Archive for: June, 2006
Written on June 28th, 2006 at 09:06 am by Darren Rowse
Amazon UK Test ‘Self-Optimising Links’ – Beware AdSense publishers
I’ve just noticed that Amazon UK’s Affiliate program is beta testing a new type of ad called ‘New Self-Optimising Links’.
They describe it as:
“Self-Optimising Links feature products chosen automatically based on the content of your site. To create Self-Optimising Links simply modify the template and appearance elements and copy the resulting code on to your site. [...]
Written on June 28th, 2006 at 06:06 am by Darren Rowse
Maintaining a Blog/Life Balance
Wendy Boswell has written a great piece over at Lifehacker on How to get things done working inside and outside the home where she talks a little about her approach to work life balance as a home based worker.
I think that what she has to say is great and would be well worth reading for [...]
Written on June 28th, 2006 at 12:06 am by Darren Rowse
Adsense Testing Ad Units Mixing Images With Text
A number of AdSense publisher have been reporting seeign a new type of AdSense ad over the last 24 hours or so.
The ads in question seem to be happening in the narrow skyscraper ad unit (120×600) and consist of normal text ads with a 90×110 image at the top (as pictured – image source).
I’m [...]
Written on June 27th, 2006 at 08:06 pm by Darren Rowse
A – Z of Professional Blogging
Just a quick note to thank everyone for their suggestions in the A – Z of Professional Blogging post earlier today. I’ve since updated the list with numerous more suggested blog tools and platforms and there are now over 130 listed. Keep your suggestions rolling in.
I’ve not added everything suggested as there are some I’m [...]
Written on June 27th, 2006 at 06:06 pm by Darren Rowse
digg’s new AdSense Ads
By now most people have seen the new digg design and expasion of their categories beyond their traditional ‘technology’ one. But what interests me most about the redesign is their integration of AdSense ads into the design.
I noticed earlier today that they were a little different but didn’t think twice of it until Dave emailed [...]
Written on June 27th, 2006 at 04:06 pm by Darren Rowse
Bloggers and Money Session at BloggerCon
I am currently listening to a podcast of the Bloggers and Money session at BloggerCon. You can read a little about the session at ZDNet.
A few notes from the podcast:
Chris Pirillo made some good points about blogs being a branding tool to brand yourself – which is certainly one way to make money from blogs. [...]
Written on June 27th, 2006 at 11:06 am by Darren Rowse
Best standalone blog application? Poll
Lifehacker is running a poll on which standalone blog application is best – the results are no surprise – very similar to our ProBlogger’s poll on blog platforms.
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Written on June 27th, 2006 at 09:06 am by Darren Rowse
ProBlogger Demographics – MSN adCenter Style
MSN’s AdCenter predicts that 60% of ProBlogger’s readers are male with the biggest readership in the ‘under 18 years of age’ range.
Hmmmm – the gender one might be right (my gender poll found that 72% of readers were male) but the age range has got to be out. I do know of a number of [...]
Written on June 27th, 2006 at 07:06 am by Darren Rowse
The Pre-Launch Success Phase of a Blog
Scrivs has a good post on some of the things to consider before you launch a blog.
He talks through issues of:
The Design – “For a blog a great design is good, but isn’t as key as the content that is already present on the site. For more web-based application sites, the design goes a long [...]
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