People that know me will also know that Country music has never exactly been my cup of tea, yet I have to admit that, like many, I find this kind of reality tv competition just a bit addictive. So in spite of the fact that I have never turned on a radio and looked […]
One of the most important things about blog writing is in choosing what you’re going to write about. The first and most obvious thing to consider is the niche that you’re writing for. It’s a good idea to always keep your posts on-topic for your particular niche. Of course there are times […]
In today’s age of monetized blogs and websites, the one question that I think people aren’t asking nearly enough is the one where they decide if more advertising would be too much.
For example I’ve seen blogs that are so heavily monetized that it’s actually difficult to find the blog entries themselves. I think it’s […]
One of the most important things in promoting any website or blog is the number of inbound links. Basic rule of thumb is “the more the better”. beyond that, “the more relevant the site linking to you, the better.” Also of key importance is the text used to form the links and […]
I just read a Slashdot Item about the next generation in ‘Capcha’ technology. These bright young researchers have come up with a two step captcha system that in the first step, shows you a graphic with several overlapping images and asks you to figure out the geometric center of one and click on it. […]
There’s been a lot of buzz and flap lately about WordPress 2.5 and after a lot of misgivings, I decided to bite the bullet and give it a try. I upgraded this blog to 2.5 just a few minutes ago and I’ve got a few raw impressions to start out with.
1) There are things […]
I recently ran across something that claimed to be a list of one hundred Adsense tips. The problem with it is that the author was very obviously trying to stretch the daylights out of what they were writing so that they could technically come up with one hundred entries for it.
For example, the first […]
One of the newest sources of traffic out there is Entrecard. The way it works is that you sign up and add a widget to your blog. Then, while logged in to Entrecard, anytime you visit a blog that has the Entrecard widget, you “drop” your card on their widget.
Each time you do […]
One of the most, if not the most, important things about monetizing a blog is generating lots of traffic. If you don’t have the traffic then you’ll never get the clicks on any of whatever kind of advertising systems that you use.
I’ve already covered a little bit about how to generate traffic and because […]
… and I know that’s not good for a blog, especially a new one that’s totally starved for traffic. So now its time to start doing something about bringing traffic here. One of the many things that you can do is to join online communities such as MyBlogLog. It’s another point of […]