Written on February 21st, 2008 at 12:02 am by Darren Rowse

Conversations with an Underground Text Link Seller

Miscellaneous Blog Tips 177 comments

Since Google have cracked down on the selling of text link ads on blogs text link selling has gone underground (as I wrote back in October last year).
One example of this is the semi regular request that I get from text link sellers offering to buy in post text links on single posts on my […]

Written on February 20th, 2008 at 09:02 pm by Darren Rowse

Keyword Research for Bloggers

Search Engine Optimization 15 comments

CopyBlogger has a fantastic five part tutorial on keyword research for bloggers. Really valuable stuff from Brian as usual.
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Written on February 20th, 2008 at 05:02 am by Darren Rowse

Write a Guest Post For ProBlogger

ProBlogger Site News 48 comments

update - I now have enough offers to write posts and am closing off applications. If you have already submitted your name and have heard back from me with login detail then you’re free to submit your post but unfortunately for others I can’t take any more as 100 people have already applied. Thanks to […]

Written on February 19th, 2008 at 10:02 pm by Darren Rowse

Call with Yanik Silver and 4 Web Entrepreneurs (and Me) - 20 Feb!

Miscellaneous Blog Tips 13 comments

Last year I was fortunate enough to be invited by the web-famous internet marketer Yanik Silver to speak about blogging for money at his Underground Seminar (there’s another one coming up at the end of March) It was an amazing week which taught me so much about internet marketing.

Since that time Yanik and I have […]

Written on February 19th, 2008 at 03:02 pm by Darren Rowse

Chris Garrett and Darren Rowse Talk Blogging

Pro Blogger Interviews 23 comments

Got a spare hour (55.24 minutes to be exact)? No me either - but if you want something to listen to today while you blog you might like to listen to a podcast interview that Chris Garrett did with me a couple of days back - The Story of the ProBlogger - Darren Rowse. Towards […]

Written on February 19th, 2008 at 06:02 am by Darren Rowse

Delicious Popular Page Posts Analyzed

Social Media, Writing Content 33 comments

Today I spent a little time looking at the popular page on delicious. Here’s a few of my scribbled notes looking at the headings (click to enlarge a little).

I find doing this type of analysis quite inspiring as I think about the type of posts and construction of titles that I might do in coming […]

Written on February 19th, 2008 at 12:02 am by Darren Rowse

Lessons from Tower Defense on How to Reinvent Your Blog

Miscellaneous Blog Tips 28 comments

“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” - Albert Einstein*

Tangent - I’m not really into gaming (online or offline) but I do have one weakness - Tower Defense (warning - following that link could grind your blogging to a halt for a great deal of time).

I […]

Written on February 18th, 2008 at 12:02 am by Skellie

Top 5 Recommendations for MarketMe.com

Case Studies 15 comments

It’s time to summarize and consolidate over 10,000 words worth of advice and suggestions given to MarketMe.com as part of our community consultation program. While there’s a great depth of knowledge to be mined from the comments on the launch post, I want to highlight the top five most common recommendations here.
Before we start, I’d […]

Written on February 17th, 2008 at 12:02 am by Darren Rowse

Six Defining Moments of a ProBlogger

Miscellaneous Blog Tips 52 comments

There are defining moments in everyone’s lives that often get looked back on as times that determined how things eventually played out.
My reader question for today is to ask for you stories of defining blogging moments.

What are the most important decisions and discoveries that you’ve made as a blogger?
What realizations did you have that shaped […]