AdSense and Borders
4th of April 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

AdSense and Borders

Deane at Gadgetopia experimented with a new format for her Adsense ads – no borders – and discovered one of the best ways of increasing CTR: ‘If you have Google Adsense on your site, here is the best piece of advice I can give you: don’t put borders around your ...more
Adsense
Tabbed Browsing for Bloggers
3rd of April 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Tabbed Browsing for Bloggers

Arieanna has a good post on why she loves Firefox as a blogger. As I was reading it – especially this following section on tabbed browsing – I found myself agreeing with her whole heartedly – although for me you just need to substitute the word ‘Firefox’ with ‘Safari’ throughout ...more
Blogging Tools and Services
Important Google SEO Information
3rd of April 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Important Google SEO Information

A couple of days ago I mentioned the new Google patent that reveals a lot about the ways Google is now indexing sites. The patent is long and if you don’t know the ins and outs of the technical stuff can be a bit overwhelming – so I’ve been checking ...more
Search Engine Optimization
Pope Blog Update
3rd of April 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Pope Blog Update

Blogging might be a little lighter here for the next few days as i concentrate on the Pope Watch Blog. As you’d expect traffic levels have been pretty high with them reaching 1500 visitors per hour at its peak. The interesting (and frustrating thing) is that despite its being running ...more
Pro Blogging News
Blog Strategy – Add Authors
3rd of April 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Blog Strategy – Add Authors

Eoghann over at Blog World has an interesting post titled Blog Strategy where he talks readers through his Pro Blogging strategy. Eoghann writes 5 blogs on varying topics and each with their own strengths and weaknesses. He’s really just thinking out loud but its an interesting glimpse into his thinking. ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips
BloggingHelp
2nd of April 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

BloggingHelp

Arieanna and Ianiv of Blogaholics fame have just launched a new blog – blogginghelp. ‘Blogginghelp can help you create dialogue with your stakeholders in an easy, powerful way. We can help you decide on what type of blog you need, how to position it, and give you some great tips ...more
Pro Blogging News
Is Google Page Rank Still Relevant?
2nd of April 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Is Google Page Rank Still Relevant?

Paul at Work Boxers asks Is PR Still Relevant? ‘However, it definitely isn’t as important as it used to be, since so many people have learned to game the system. PR is good for long term success in the search engines, but is not something that can be measured very ...more
Search Engine Optimization
Yahoo! announce Search Index Update
2nd of April 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Yahoo! announce Search Index Update

Yahoo are doing something that I’m not sure has been done before today – they’re telling us that they are about to do an index update on their blog. This is a great move that I wish Google would take note of and follow. It would take a lot of ...more
Pro Blogging News
Making your blog sticky
2nd of April 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Making your blog sticky

Duncan over at The Blog Herald has a great post on Making your blog sticky which is a second post (first one is here) on what he’s doing at his great blog to make readers stick around after surfing in for the first time to one of his individual archive ...more
Blog Design