Written on October 24th, 2006 at 02:10 pm by Darren Rowse

Google to launch Custom Search Engine

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Loren posts that Google will tomorrow launch a Custom Search Engine which will allow publishers to create their own specialized Google Search Indexes made up of specific sites.

This will include a revenue sharing model that is similar to what AdSense offers through it’s search box.

Loren quotes a Financial Times article that writes:

“Users of Google Custom […]

Written on October 24th, 2006 at 09:10 am by Darren Rowse

Google News Slowly Integrates Blog Search

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Steve Rubel has written a couple of posts in the last two days reporting on how Google is integrating their blog search more and more into their Google News service.

This gives bloggers even more incentive to use Google’s Blog Pinging Service (the main way that Google suggests you get into their Blog Search Index).
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Written on October 24th, 2006 at 09:10 am by Darren Rowse

Come have a Beer with Me in Toronto?

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Thanks to those readers in Canada who expressed interest in meeting up when I’m over there in November.

There are a few who’ve said they’d like to catch up so we thought we’d do a ‘meet up’ as Duncan will be over there too. Rather than create our own even we decided to piggyback one that […]

Written on October 24th, 2006 at 02:10 am by Darren Rowse

19 Blog Jobs Currently Vacant at Job Boards

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Bloggers - have you checked out ProBlogger’s Job Boards lately? As it currently stands there are 19 unfilled blogger jobs there ranging from Boxing and Wrestling bloggers to Celebrity Bloggers, to Insurance Bloggers and New Media Communications Specialists. Keep an eye on the jobs as they are listed via the RSS feed.

Blog Owners - are […]

Written on October 23rd, 2006 at 11:10 pm by Darren Rowse

Chewing Pencils: Helping you make money from drawing cartoons!

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ProBlogger reader (and a mate of mine) Matt Glover is having a Group Drawing Project over at his blog Chewing Pencils. In it he’s inviting bloggers to draw Christmas Cartoons.

It’s a pretty similar format to my group writing projects - but Matt’s will actually have a winner - chosen by a special mystery judge…. me!

Please […]

Written on October 23rd, 2006 at 12:10 am by Darren Rowse

Blogger Releases Second ‘Secret’ Book

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I was just surfing over at Amazon tonight (I’m trying to spend a gift voucher - anyone got any recommendations for cool books/CDs on there?) and I came across a book being released this week - Frank Warren’s “My Secret: A PostSecret Book” (aff).
Its a book bouncing off the back of the massively popular […]

Written on October 22nd, 2006 at 09:10 pm by Darren Rowse

Changes in WordPress 2.0.5

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Mark has an outline on the changes in soon to be released WordPress 2.0.5 (via David at Blogging Pro).
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Written on October 22nd, 2006 at 12:10 am by Darren Rowse

What is Your ‘Day Job’?

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Over at b5media’s internal blogging forums there’s an interesting thread going on where the question was asked (by Jason) - ‘what do you do for a living?’

So far the answers show a real diversity of occupations - from business consultants to stay at home moms, to pro bloggers, to artists….

I thought it’d be an […]

Written on October 21st, 2006 at 04:10 pm by Darren Rowse

Christmas in October at the Rowse House

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Today my laptop (a 15″ G4 Apple Powerbook) died. It’s survived being dropped (not by me) , it’s had coffee spilt on it (not by me), it’s been around Australia and overseas on numerous trips, it’s been used for tens of thousands of blog posts (it must be close to 15 - 20k) and it’s […]