Switching from Movable Type to WordPress
15th of March 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Switching from Movable Type to WordPress

Jesse Ruderman has a great post on Switching from Movable Type to WordPress for those contemplating the switch. The article goes through some of the advantages and disadvantages of WordPress over Moveable type and talks you through some of the problems encountered in the move (along with some solutions and ...more
Blogging Tools and Services
MSN Search Advertising
15th of March 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

MSN Search Advertising

Microsoft will begin a beta search advertising program shortly says Bloomberg – no word yet on if they plan to extend this system into other websites as Google have done with Adsense and as Yahoo are expected to do shortly. ‘Microsoft Corp., which runs the No. 3 U.S. Internet search ...more
Advertising
AmazonAds
15th of March 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

AmazonAds

If you’re looking for a way to increase your Amazon affiliate sales you might like to check out AmazonAds – a textual ad system that puts Amazon Ads on your pages in a similar format to the way Google serves Adsense ads to your blog. I’m yet to use the ...more
Affiliate Programs
Frequently Asked Questions on ‘Links’
15th of March 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Frequently Asked Questions on ‘Links’

Wayne over at SEO Chat has a good article on Links – Links: Frequently Asked Questions. It might be of some use to those of you interested in optimizing your blogs for Search Engines. Don’t be put off by the basics at the start (ie first question is – ‘what ...more
Search Engine Optimization
Shiny Media Lands Blog Advertising Campaign
15th of March 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Shiny Media Lands Blog Advertising Campaign

Shiny Media has landed a great ad deal with vacuum cleaner manufacturer Dyson who will be running an ad campaign at their blogs Shiny Shiny and Tech Digest for a new product. The ads look pretty cool too – based on the 70’s ‘computer/TV’ game ‘Pong’. Just another example of ...more
Advertising
Spam Blogs
14th of March 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Spam Blogs

Dave Sifry writes about the increase in numbers of blogs over the past few months in State of The Blogosphere, March 2005, Part 1 and comments on a disturbing trend in the many new blogs that are starting – Spam Blogs. ‘There is a dark underbelly to these numbers, however: ...more
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AdSense Positioning Experiments
14th of March 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

AdSense Positioning Experiments

Wow – someone is actually reading what I write! Not only that – they are doing what I advise! Not only that – its paying off and they are getting RICH BEYOND THEIR WILDEST DREAMS!!!!! OK – I might be exaggerating slightly on the getting rich beyond their wildest dreams ...more
Adsense
Google Looking Into Negative Adsense Ad Blocking By Keywords
14th of March 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Google Looking Into Negative Adsense Ad Blocking By Keywords

Check out this quote from the forums at Search Engine Watch ‘It seems that Google is researching into allowing Adsense publishers to block ads by keywords, categories, and/or concepts. Currently you can only block ads by specific URL. If they go through with this it could be a great improvement ...more
Adsense
The Institutionalization of Blogging
13th of March 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

The Institutionalization of Blogging

Trevor Cook is writing a fascinating conference paper titled Can blogging retain its revolutionary fervour? Trevor’s thesis is ‘that as the blogosphere matures it will increasingly come to resemble ‘traditional’ media.‘ Its an idea I’ve wondered about myself over the past few months. Some of Trevor’s observations are spot on ...more
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