Darren Rowse

Overnight some a video and guest post that I did went up on the official AdSense blog.   The video is just a few basics on using AdSense that some of the team from Google shot at my house late last year – and the post tells a little of my ...more

In this guest post Gary from DevOracles (follow him at @methode) continues his examination of the topic of copyright as it applies to bloggers. In my previous post I explained what is copyright, presented two copyrighting processes and told you one-two things about the Creative Common licenses. In this post ...more

Here’s a question for a little discussion over the weekend: “What Do You Spend Most Time Doing on Your Blog?” Running a blog calls for all kinds of skills and activities. Writing content is probably the most obvious of these – but as I talk to different bloggers I often ...more

Today Gary from DevOracles (follow him at @methode) shares some tips on copyright, blogging and content theft. Tomorrow Gary will return with a second post where he shares how he goes about getting copyrighted material used without permission by others removed. First of all, who am I? I’m just another ...more

Recently Sheryl Schuff contacted me to thank me for referring her to a paid course here on ProBlogger. Her email came a few minutes after I read a comment from another reader saying that they’d ‘never pay for information online’ because ‘everything is available for free already’. I thought that ...more

Upgrading your blog platform? This guest post from Sid Savara, who writes about personal development and personal productivity is for you. If you’re a Thesis user (like me) you may have had some issues recently when upgrading to version 1.4. The issues affected a minority of Thesis users, and required ...more

With a new blog being started every second it can be hard to stand out from the crowd. Following are some tips on how to differentiate your blog from the millions of others out there. Image by c.a. muller 1. Pick a unique topic – it is easier said than ...more

Many bloggers attempt to use social networking sites to gain new readers for their blog. In this post Kevin Palmer of Social Media Answers shares some tips on how to do it. One of the most undervalued places to find readers is a niche social networking site. Right now there ...more

Yesterday I did a video interview with Eric Hamm at Blogopolis Blueprint on the topic of standing out from the crowd as a blogger. It goes for around 15 minutes and in it I talk about a number of techniques that bloggers can consider to find their own unique voice ...more