When Not Posting is a Good Thing for your Blog
Wayne’s hit the nail on the head with his post Posting desperation: When anything won’t do where he examines a good strategy for beating bloggers block…. Posting Nothing at all. ‘Instead of letting some slipshod meaningless post fill that taunting empty posting box, it would be better for you and ...more
Writing Content
YPN ads Down
I’ve had a couple of readers IM me in the last hour to let me know that YPN ads are down/blank and have been so for ‘hours’. WebmasterWorld Forums also have a discussion on the topic of YPN Blank Ads as does Digital Points forum in the Yahoo Ads Down? ...more
Yahoo Publishing Network
Chitika eMiniMall ‘Seasonal Special’ Ads
It looks like Chitika are getting in on the action with ads focussed upon seasons and holidays with their new ‘Seasonal Special’ type ads (see screen cap below) – kicking off with Valentines Day ads for the next week. Publishers logging in to Chitika at the moment will see them ...more
Chitika eMiniMalls
Vanilla Forums
Have any readers had any experience with Vanilla as a forum platform? I’d be interested to hear people’s feedback.
Blogging Tools and Services
How AdSense Determines Which Ads to Show Where – Ad Rank Explained
Inside AdSense has a useful post on how AdSense determines what order ads will appear on your site. While the price an advertiser is willing to pay per click is definitely a factor it’s not the only one. There is a complex algorithm behind it which they attempt to explain ...more
Adsense
(Another) Day in the life of a ProBlogger
Since writing my last day in the life of a ProBlogger post my daily rhythm has changed a bit since I wrote it in November 2004 (and updated it in April 2005). As a result I thought I’d describe my daily workflow again. It’s worth noting that this is a ...more
Pro Blogging News
The Problem with Hosted Blog Platforms
Emily reflects upon the problem of starting a blog on a hosted service like TypePad and relying upon the subdomain URL you are given when you do in a post rather appropriately titled Starting a new blog? Get your own domain name! Do NOT use a subdomain. ‘The irony here ...more
Blogging Tools and Services
AdRotator – Ad Rotating Plugin for WordPress Users
Over the last few days I’ve been playing around with the AdRotator – Ad Rotating Plugin for WordPress here at ProBlogger. The ads you see in the banner position are now rotating through three different options so that every third page view gets a different ad. The plugin allows you ...more
Blogging Tools and Services
How to Measure a Blog’s Success?
As I was writing my post a couple of days back on the Conversation Index (comment to post ratio) that some bloggers are talking about as a measure of success for blogging I found myself asking the question: ‘How should a blog’s success be measured?’ As I mentioned in my ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips