Archive for: September, 2007
Written on September 30th, 2007 at 12:09 am by Darren Rowse
Which WordPress Plugins Do You Use?
A quick question for WordPress users:
WordPress Plugins - which ones do you use?
18 months ago in a post titled (I’ll show you mine if you show me yours) I shared the WP Plugins I used and asked readers to tell us which WordPress plugins they used. The response was great and I then compiled a […]
Written on September 29th, 2007 at 01:09 pm by Darren Rowse
YouTube offer Publishers AdSense Embedded Video Players
I’ve had a number of readers email me in the last 24 hours to let me know that they’re seeing options to monetize sites using YouTube custom video players with AdSense units in them.
Perhaps this was announced previously without me noticing it - but I can’t find any official announcement of it - but […]
Written on September 29th, 2007 at 08:09 am by Darren Rowse
How Much Screen Real Estate do You Dedicate to Ads?
Serverdome has a good little survey of some blogs about blogging and how much of the space on their blog above the fold is dedicated to advertising.
Like I commented on the post - I’d love to see them do the same thing with the 10 Ten Blogs on Technorati’s Popular list - to see how […]
Written on September 29th, 2007 at 12:09 am by Darren Rowse
Finding Your Blogging DNA
This blog post was written by Glen Stansberry, co-founder of the blog network LifeRemix.
No two bloggers are alike. Everybody works differently, and everybody has their own routine when it comes to posting. Some work best on a routinely basis, posting every day. Others work best as the inspiration strikes them, cranking out an entire series […]
Written on September 28th, 2007 at 12:09 am by Darren Rowse
46 Tax Deductions that Bloggers Often Overlook
This guest post on Tax Deductions for Bloggers is by Kelly Phillips Erb from Tax Girl.
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The most popular question in response to my guest post on Problogger last time was invariably some form of “Can I deduct…?” It makes […]
Written on September 27th, 2007 at 05:09 am by Darren Rowse
Forget About Page Rank and Build a Better Blog
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I get a lot of questions about Google’s Page rank and when it will update again.
I’m not sure if people think I look like Matt Cutts or whether they think I’ve got some inside word - but the question hits my inbox quite a lot.
So what’s my response these days?
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Written on September 27th, 2007 at 12:09 am by Darren Rowse
Using Categories and Tags Effectively on Your Blog
This post on using Tags and Categories on a blog was written by Michael Martin from Pro Blog Design.
In terms of coding, categories and tags are almost identical. A category system could very easily be used as a tagging system, and vice versa.
So what is it that makes the two different? And how are they […]
Written on September 26th, 2007 at 08:09 am by Darren Rowse
Blog Maintenance Start Pages using Netvibes
Internet Duct Tape has a pretty cool blog tip on Creating a Blog Maintenance Start Page with Netvibes.
Using Netvibes you can watch comments, check your blog stats, watch email, twitter, social bookmarking plus much more. As I say - very cool.
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Written on September 26th, 2007 at 12:09 am by Darren Rowse
Building Your Blog With StumbleUpon
This guest-post on Building Your Blog With StumbleUpon is by Skellie. She gives away big and little ideas like these to bloggers, webmasters and web workers at her blog, Skelliewag.org.
If you think this is another post about voting up your own articles on StumbleUpon, you’re mistaken.
Every blogger should have a StumbleUpon account. Regardless of which […]

