Archive for: December, 2006

Written on December 31st, 2006 at 11:12 am by Darren Rowse

Best of ProBlogger - 2006

ProBlogger Site News 32 comments

2006 was a massive year for me both on a personal level but also on a blogging front.

I became a Dad in July, V and I took a couple of interstate trips, I travelled to Canada, I started a new blog and forum at Digital Photography School, b5media went to a new level after securing […]

Written on December 31st, 2006 at 07:12 am by Darren Rowse

Chitika Send Top Publishers iPods

Chitika eMiniMalls 14 comments

Google sent their top earners digital picture frames, YPN sent sweatshirts and in the last few days Chitika publishers have started getting their gifts - ipod shuffles.

Very cool idea and something practical that I’m sure will get a lot of use.

I’m not sure what the cutoff point was for who got one and one didn’t […]

Written on December 31st, 2006 at 07:12 am by Darren Rowse

Seeing out the Year as Spiderman

ProBlogger Site News 40 comments

What better way to end the year with a bit of fun by working out what super hero describes me best.
Nothing too serious here - but it’d be interesting to see someone aggregate results from a range of bloggers to find out if any super hero dominates!
Anyway - here are my results:

Click here to take […]

Written on December 31st, 2006 at 06:12 am by Darren Rowse

Blogsmith Blog Platform to launch in early 2007

Blogging Tools and Services 6 comments

901am has interesting news today about the blog platform (Blogsmith) behind the Weblogs Inc blog network.

David reports that Blogsmith to launch in early 2007 and become available for bloggers to use. I’ve not seen the backend of Blogsmith but it will be interesting to see how it compares to other platforms available.
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Written on December 31st, 2006 at 02:12 am by Darren Rowse

What is Your Blog’s Elevator Pitch?

Miscellaneous Blog Tips 36 comments

Des from Business and Blogging was asked a couple of weeks ago to describe his blog in 10 words or less. His description was:

“How blogs work, or don’t, to support business goals.”

I guess mine would be my catch cry - ‘helping bloggers earn money’.

I think it’s a good exercise to do, particularly at this time […]

Written on December 30th, 2006 at 01:12 am by Darren Rowse

How to Get Multiple Amazon Associates Tracking IDs (channels)

Affiliate Programs 12 comments

Have you ever wanted to be able to track your Amazon Associate program’s performance with channels (like you can with AdSense and Chitika)?

I’ve heard a number of publishers complaining about this and even a few saying that they have multiple Amazon Associate accounts for this purpose.

It seems that Amazon actually do have the capability to […]

Written on December 29th, 2006 at 02:12 pm by Darren Rowse

Text Link Ads now available for Blogger Blogs

Advertising 23 comments

For those of you wanting to give Text Link Ads (aff) a go that are not on WordPress - you might be interested to know that they yesterday announced that they are compatible with Blogger Blogs.

I hope you enjoy Text Link Ads for Blogger!
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Written on December 29th, 2006 at 10:12 am by Darren Rowse

Performancing and PayPerPost Sale Update

Pro Blogging News 22 comments

As a followup to our post yesterday on the PayPerPost buying Performancing story - it seems that I was right in saying that the sale (or intended sale as it’s still yet to be finalized) was only for part of Performancing. Nick explains it in his post Performancing and PayPerPost which outlines that it is […]

Written on December 29th, 2006 at 01:12 am by Darren Rowse

Microsoft Under Fire Over Laptop Giveaways to Bloggers

Pro Blogging News 57 comments

While i spent the day in the sun at the cricket watching Australia totally decimate England a storm has been brewing in the blogosphere over Microsoft giving away Ferrari Acer laptops loaded with Vista to bloggers to review - and if they want, to keep.

Interestingly - I received an email from Microsoft a week or […]

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