Archive for: October, 2007

Written on October 28th, 2007 at 12:10 am by Darren Rowse

Speedlinking 28 October 2007

Pro Blogging News 10 comments

A few links from the last day or two for your surfing pleasure:

Wendy shares what she’s learned in her first 6 weeks of running a mini blog network.
At b5media we’ve just announced our new advisory board (or our VC Rick has). The board is Renee Blodgett, Robert Scoble, Doc Searls, Stowe Boyd and Hugh Maceod […]

Written on October 27th, 2007 at 02:10 pm by Darren Rowse

Has Technorati Stop Indexing Blogs?

Blogging Tools and Services 48 comments

Has Technorati stopped indexing blogs?

I just logged in and don’t see any of my favorites having updated in 23 hours. Not only that I can’t see any blogs having updated in 23 hours - even blogs who post heaps - like Engadget. In fact none of the blogs in the popular page have updated for […]

Written on October 27th, 2007 at 01:10 pm by Darren Rowse

The Google Page Rank Pendulum Swings…. Again

Search Engine Optimization 116 comments

As often happens with updates at Google - today we see another adjustment in Page Ranks of many of the sites hit in the last couple of days. For example both of my blogs have recovered and returned to PR6.

Not all have though - you can see a list of some who have and haven’t […]

Written on October 27th, 2007 at 08:10 am by Darren Rowse

Welcome to Readers from the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age

ProBlogger Site News 13 comments

Welcome to readers of The Age and Sydney Morning Herald who may have found themselves here after today’s article in both papers.
If this is your first time to ProBlogger.net then let me give you a quick tour of my online home. Grab a coffee and make yourself comfortable while I show you around.

Firstly, my name’s […]

Written on October 27th, 2007 at 12:10 am by Darren Rowse

15 Things I’d Love to See Ad Networks and Affiliate Programs Do to Help Us Earn More Money Blogging

Advertising, Affiliate Programs, Featured Posts 44 comments

I write quite a lot about what works in the ad networks that I use to make money from my blogs - but sometimes there are some little niggling problems with ad networks and affiliate programs that can be quite annoying.

Today I thought I’d compile a short ‘ProBlogger Wishlist’ of things that I’d love to […]

Written on October 27th, 2007 at 12:10 am by Darren Rowse

OSX - Leopard Installed

Blogging Tools and Services 24 comments

I bought Apple Mac OS X Version 10.5 aka Leopard today and am in updating mode. I’ve got it up and running reasonably smoothly - although it’s going to take a little while to get used to it all.

Two issues/problems have surfaced so far:

1. Mail.app isn’t working on my PowerPC. Consistently getting error messages when […]

Written on October 26th, 2007 at 03:10 pm by Darren Rowse

WidgetBucks Update - Speeds Up Loading Time, Removes Backlink and Removes Non English Sites From Network

Advertising 22 comments

WidgetBucks today emailed publishers using their system with a note to let them know that they’ve been working on loading times for WidgetBucks ad units. This has been one of the major complaints of publishers about the system.

The upside is that they’ve found a way to decrease loading times for publishers - the downside is […]

Written on October 26th, 2007 at 11:10 am by Darren Rowse

Competition: Create a Slogan for Bloggers Hit by the Page Rank Slam of October 07

Featured Posts, ProBlogger Site News, Search Engine Optimization 145 comments

Lets lighten the mood around here a little and have a little fun with this whole Page Rank Update - it’s time for a competition.

The winner gets a 3 month subscription to Brian’s new Teaching Sells program - worth $97. If you’ve already bought it then you get a refund.
The competition is simple - design […]

Written on October 26th, 2007 at 05:10 am by Darren Rowse

Rolling with the Punches and Looking for Positives in the Negatives

Miscellaneous Blog Tips 47 comments

It was a little over 24 hours ago that everything hit the fan around the blogosphere with Google’s Re-Ranking of hundreds of blogs. It’s been an interesting day since I first posted about it with a number of interesting experiences coming along with it including:

Calls from 3 journalists (one Australian and two US) wanting to […]

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