Darren Rowse

Anon Guy asks – ‘Probably a stupid question, but I was wondering about how cross-posting can affect the original site. I have a small political blog and was recently asked to cross-post some story I did on Myspace and politics. I went ahead and cut-and-pasted the story over at a ...more

WordPress have added a Plugins Directory which will be a welcome relief to many WP users. This is a great development from WP – one of the reasons it is so powerful as a blog platform is the large number of developers adding features to it via plugins – now ...more

A quick reader question: how many blogs do you actively blog on? I’m not asking about how many inactive blogs you own – but how many do you contribute to with a post of your own at least once a week? PS: I’ve previously asked a similar question – how ...more

The following post on Screencasting as a way to add great content and revenue streams to your blog was submitted by Mike Schinkel. One way to add huge value to your blog is to incorporate screencasts for “how-to” instruction sites “tours” or software products and other blogs and websites. Take ...more

Yesterday I asked Do AdSense Referrals converted well for me? Today I’d like to turn our attention to some tips on how to make the referral program convert better. How do you get more readers to click through and sign up to referrals? Here are five tips that I’ve used: ...more

Congratulations to Wendy Piersall who won the snap competition to attend the Elite Retreat. She’s excited – and so am I. I get to meet another ProBlogger reader (and she gets to meet an eMoms reader). By the Way: While I’m traveling in the US Wendy will be one of ...more

Today’s reader question is – ‘I would like to know your views on Google referral ads. Do you make money out of them, or is it something to run away from?’ – submitted by gabo_uy. Google AdSense Referrals are the CPA ads (cost per action) from the popular AdSense service. ...more

A Guide to Freelancing North x East has a great article up that is a Comprehensive Guide to Starting your Freelancing Career. It covers everything from branding, to where to find work, advice on quoting prices and invoicing (and more). More and more bloggers are using their blogging as a ...more

Joshua Porter from Bokardo (a blog about social web design) has written a refreshing post with his 9 Lessons for Would-be Bloggers. It is refreshing to me as it’s not filled with the just the ‘normal’ tips that everyone comes up with but is written from the heart. His 9 ...more