Darren Rowse

I’ve got my first Premium Sponsor for Movember! It was a bit of a slow start for the first few days with just $30 being sponsored – but FMF’s $200 donation puts us up to $230. Join the party and follow my progress on the Movember page here at ProBlogger. ...more

Rich from Scouta email to ask me: “When I do a Google search for b5media I get a really neat result that shows the major parts of your site (see image below). Is there a trick from a webmasters point of view to getting that result, or is it something ...more

Maki from Dosh Dosh has put together a great post titled The Importance of Social Media Marketing: Why You Should Learn and Master it which I think gives some great arguments for bloggers to familiarize themselves with (and participate in) the social media scene. Probably the most compelling article is ...more

While in Argentina Matt from WordPress announced that there will soon be an official WordPress Premium Theme Marketplace launched where designers get 50% of any income brought in from a design sold. via FayerWayer (Spanish) and ReadWriteWeb. David at BlogHerald shares some concerns about this development and asks if Matt’s ...more

As we mentioned in our scoop yesterday – Feedburner today announced that AdSense can now be integrated with FeedBurner Site Ads. Get the full details at Feedburner’s blog today.

This week’s Reader Poll is sure to cause some interesting discussion as there’s lots of debate about paid reviews with some bloggers dead against them and others who see them as a great way to make money from their blogs. So lets see what the community thinks. Have you written ...more

One of the important features of my daily blogging routine is to check my ‘Vanity Folder’ in Google Reader (my news aggregator of choice). The reason I call it my Vanity folder is that it’s a folder that is absolutely and completely dedicated to…. well me. The purpose of the ...more

Breaking news just to hand: Feedburner seem to have quietly added a feature to publishers in their Feedburner Ad Network that allows them to sync their Feedburner account and AdSense account – at least for their on website content (ie not in your RSS feeds). Logging into the Monetize area ...more

Did you do anything for Halloween on your blog? I know that Halloween isn’t celebrated in every country – but it is an opportunity for bloggers who want to make the most of seasonal trends in web usage. So lets showcase what everyone did on their blogs this Halloween. I’m ...more