Archive for: September, 2007

Written on September 30th, 2007 at 12:09 am by Darren Rowse

Which WordPress Plugins Do You Use?

Blogging Tools and Services 107 comments

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

Adsense 44 comments

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?

Advertising 32 comments

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

Miscellaneous Blog Tips, Writing Content 35 comments

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

Featured Posts, Miscellaneous Blog Tips 56 comments

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

Search Engine Optimization, Video Posts 128 comments

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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

Miscellaneous Blog Tips 62 comments

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

Blogging Tools and Services 20 comments

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

Blog Promotion, Featured Posts, Social Media 73 comments

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 […]

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