Darren Rowse

After months of frustration with Bloglines and an increasing array of bloggers reviewing Google Reader very positively I decided a couple of days ago to make the switch – at least temporarily to test GR. I’ve been using it for a couple of days now and am getting used to ...more

Steve Rubel has posted a post titled The Imminent Demise of the Page View which puts into words a conversation that I’ve been hearing an increasing amount of publishers talk (and worry about). The crux of it is that with the rise of pages using Flash and Ajax pages are ...more

Healthbolt has done some nice analysis of the layouts of top 10 blogs at Technorati and comes up with the following Composite Map. It gives a unique insight at how a small group of top blogs arrange themselves. See it at full size and with a key to interpret the ...more

This reader ‘quick tip’ is from David from Strobist (one of my favorite digital photography blogs that focusses upon the sub-niche of ‘lighting’. I have gotten so much from your blog that I wanted to pass along a tip that might help your readers. My primary income streams on Strobist ...more

For those interested – I did a quick interview over at Bloggertalks today. In it I talk about Problogger, b5media, talk about my opinion of ‘paid posts’, make a few observations about the mistakes I see bloggers making, talk about niche blogging and talk a little about RSS feeds.

This reader ‘quick tip’ is from FMF from Free Money Finance If I had to pick one tip to give new and aspiring bloggers, it would be this: participate in blog carnivals. No, it’s not a new tip and it’s not particularly exciting, but it’s certainly effective. In particular, consider ...more

A number of people have asked to see links to the complete series of posts on Fine Tuning Your Blog for Christmas in the one post – so here you have it – all 13 tips side by side. Enjoy: How to Fine Tune Your Blog for Christmas How to ...more

Aaron has posted a good Review of Feedburner over at his blog which might be worth a read for those looking for an RSS feed solution.

A quick reader question: What sort of chair do you sit at to blog from? Over the last few months I’ve become increasingly aware that my chair (an office works special) is not working well for me and in the last week the result has been a back that is ...more