Darren Rowse

A few weeks back I asked readers for their opinion on a topic that I’d been asked to write a short column on for the Australian Marketing Magazine (no online version of the article that I can find). The question was – ‘Will the growing popularity of digital user-generated content ...more

Those looking to buy a new domain for a blog might find a post by Chris Webb titled Banned From Google – How I Finally Got Listed useful. In it Chris describes his struggle to get listed in Google and the discovery of how his domain was previously used by ...more

This is a guest post from J.D. Roth. J.D. writes about smart personal finance at Get Rich Slowly. He has been blogging since 2001. The summer doldrums — most bloggers fear them. It’s not just that traffic tends to be lower, but bloggers are people, too, and need to take ...more

It’s been 27 days now that I’ve been growing my Mo for charity and so far the donations have totaled in excess of $1600. I’ve posted another couple of update pictures on the Movember page so you can track my progress. The one on this post was taking on day ...more

Can Blogging Be a Health Hazard? If so, how can you prevent it happening to you? In this guest post Lea Woodward from Location Independent explores how to be a happier and healthier blogger. Ok, so you might not think that blogging is a health hazard but it’s not so ...more

Do you want to learn how to make great graphics for your blog? Over at Digital Photography School I only promote a very small group of quality products to my readers. One of the most popular is a Photoshop training resource called Pro Photo Secrets by a fellow Aussie – ...more

It’s time for another regular Reader Poll. This week I’m not running it in my sidebar – because I’m allowing you to add options to it and last time I asked this question in a poll we ended up with 30 or so options and my sidebar was WAY to ...more

The following post on ‘breaking your blog’ and setting up test blogs was submitted by Michael Martin from Pro Blog Design. One of the best kept secrets in design is that we don’t always know what we’re doing. Understanding design theory and color and all the rest of it is ...more

The following post on meeting the needs of Readers and Visitors is a guest post by Lorelle VanFossen of Lorelle on WordPress. Smashing Magazine asks Who Is Your Visitor?, using some new research into the preferences and characteristics of the average visitor to your blog and website. However, since you’d ...more