Darren Rowse

Two weeks ago I asked readers for their opinion on whether external links on your blog should Open in a New Window? The conversation that resulted in the question was fascinating with 129 comments left (so far). Today I reread the full conversation and tallied up the results and was ...more

Bob has a good post detailing how he built up a blog on the domain Computers.net and sold it for $155,000. I get asked a lot of questions about how to sell a blog – but as I’m yet to do it I thought I’d do a speedlinking type post ...more

Chris Garrett just announced his new Authority Blogger Forum which I think has the makings of a useful community. Chris is one of the better bloggers on the topic of blogging and would be well worthwhile getting alongside if you’re looking for advice.

Steve Remington wrote a good post today that uses the metaphore of roads and intersections to think about blogs. It’s an image that caught my imagination a little. He writes: “Think of your blog as a virtual business on a road. Your best chance of success is not sitting out ...more

This guest post has been submitted by my son – little ‘X’ – who turned 1 today. I thought it was an appropriate day for him to make his debut as a blogger. I’ve been watching my Dad being a ProBlogger for a year now – here’s 5 things that ...more

I was digging around in the Google Analytics stats for Digital Photography School this afternoon and did some analysis of some of the most popular pages on the blog over the last month. One page that has done exceptionally well and continues to bring in reasonable traffic even six weeks ...more

This is the third part of a three part series of posts on different RSS to Email Solutions. You can read Part 1 which reviews Feedburner’s system here and Part 2, a review of Feedblitz here. This post has been contributed by Brian Armstrong of Breaking Free. Zookoda Review Zookoda ...more

Exciting news was announced for any blogger using Feedburner to manage their blog’s feeds today. They’ve made two of their Pro level features (MyBrand and Total Stats) free for everyone. This is great news – I’m particularly excited about the Total Stats package which I’ve been able to use for ...more

Jason left a comment a couple of weeks ago on my previous post asking how many posts readers have posted on their blogs in a week that caught my attention. In his comment Jason talks about a ‘points system’ which he’s developed for helping him to keep his blog achieving ...more