Written on April 20th, 2007 at 01:04 am by Darren Rowse

Interview with Gina Trapani of Lifehacker - Part 2

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Today I’m going to continue my interview with Gina Trapani of Lifehacker. Yesterday in Part 1 we talked about how she got into blogging and talked a little about being involved in one of the biggest blog networks going around. Today we turn our attention to Lifehacker itself and how Gina runs and manages it.

You […]

Written on April 19th, 2007 at 02:04 pm by Darren Rowse

Melbourne Blogger Meetup - Coming Soon

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While we’re talking about Australian Bloggers - I thought it was about time that I actually put my money where my mouth is and got together a Melbourne Bloggers Meetup. Alister Cameron and I have been getting our heads together on this and I’ve just signed up as the moderator of the The Melbourne Weblogger […]

Written on April 19th, 2007 at 12:04 pm by Darren Rowse

More on Top Aussie Blogs

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Welcome to readers of Melbourne newspaper, The Age, from today’s article on the Top 100 Australian blogs that I mentioned yesterday (the print version also was accompanied by the Top 10 blogs on the list).

A few readers have asked me whether I’m upset by the final paragraph that reads:

“One blogger, who did not want to […]

Written on April 19th, 2007 at 07:04 am by Darren Rowse

Interview with Gina Trapani of Lifehacker - Part 1

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Today I have the pleasure of posting the first part of an email interview that I conducted recently with Gina Trapani from one of my favorite blogs - Lifehacker. I’ve divided the interview into two parts because Gina’s put some great ideas into what she’s written and I’d like to give us all the opportunity […]

Written on April 18th, 2007 at 10:04 pm by Darren Rowse

Back to Live Blogging - The Month that Was

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After a month away I’m happy to say that I’m back home again and am attempting to get back into the swing of blogging here at ProBlogger.

The last month has been an incredible journey of many distinct parts.

Let me attempt some sort of a recap:

16 - 17 March - Melbourne to LA - with a […]

Written on April 18th, 2007 at 07:04 pm by Darren Rowse

Top Australian Blogs

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One of the questions that I’m asked on a semi-regular basis from Australian friends, journalists and others is for a list of top Australian Blogs. While there have been attempts at such lists in the past and even competitions to find Australia’s ‘best blog’ on numerous occasions they’ve generally been popularity competitions (not that there’s […]

Written on April 18th, 2007 at 10:04 am by Darren Rowse

How Google Blogsearch ranks your Posts… In their own words!

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The following guest post was submitted by Alister Cameron. Read his blog at Alister Cameron - Blogologist.
I was reading through the Google Blogsearch patent application today. It was filed back in September 2005 and never mentions Blogsearch by name, of course. In reading through all the convoluted legaleze, I discovered what I think are some […]

Written on April 17th, 2007 at 01:04 am by Darren Rowse

What Makes You a ProBlogger?

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The following post was submitted by David Wilkinson from Techzi who previously wrote a post here titled How to Drive Traffic to Your Blog - The Advice of a 12 Year Old.

Something that alot of people have asked me these past few days is “David, what makes you a ProBlogger?” and truth be told, I’m […]

Written on April 16th, 2007 at 06:04 pm by Darren Rowse

Code of Conduct - Your Say

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One of the stories that’s been appearing throughout the blogosphere this past couple of weeks is the ‘Code of Conduct’ discussion that was started by Tim O’Reilly.

As I’ve been traveling (we’re heading home tonight) I’ve not been in a position to read the full range of discussions that took place as a result of his […]