Darren Rowse

The following reader quick tip was submitted by Jon Symons from Step by Step Blog: Tired of trying to get the kml flashembed plugin to work and not wanting the standard, pop up window anymore, I decided to figure out a low-tech way to embed Camtasia style screencast videos into ...more

This post is a continuation of my previous post on optimizing Chitika Ads in which I spoke largely about ad targetting. Positioning Ads Good positioning of Chitika ads is similar to that of AdSense in that in general they work well above the fold (with some exceptions – see below) ...more

The following quick tips was submitted by Jarkko Aho from loghomescabin.com. Be the first to comment on new posts. Just make the post meaningful and everybody who comes to read those comments will see your take on the matter. People appreciate information that you provide and will visit your site.

TechCrunch is reporting that MyBlogLog (a social media site for bloggers) has sold to Yahoo! for $10m. This is a pretty impressive sale as MyBlogLog has transitioned from being a blog metrics package to a social media one in a relatively short time. Congrats to the MyBlogLog team. Update – ...more

As I look towards the end of the year earnings across my blogs I’m particularly excited about the potential for my Chitika Ads. They continue to be my equal highest earner (with AdSense) and this will only increase over the coming weeks. Chitika (aff) have been providing publishers with advertising ...more

Glenn Wolsey, writer for Macguide Magazine and author of http://www.GlennWolsey.com expresses his views about the top applications for blogging on the Mac. – Thanks to Glenn for this guest post. Blogging can be a hugely rewarding and satisfying hobby, or in some cases job. But it does have it’s tough ...more

A few links from the last few days RSS feeds: Ben Bleikamp writes about how to setup WordPress locally on your Mac David Peralty writes a post asking how much is a post worth? and gives a few different options on how bloggers ca be paid Brian shares 10 ways ...more

Jeremy, Mark and I spent a pleasant evening tonight with the founders of ChickAdvisor (Ali and Alex de Bold). I’d not come across the site before but it’s an innovative and fun site for women looking for reviews and looking to review products, services, restaurants, deals etc – all for ...more

The following reader quick tip was submitted by Bald Man from baldness. Let’s face it: Most of us aren’t Probloggers. Some of us don’t aspire to be. We’re students or home makers. We’ve got day jobs we love. For whatever reason, we’re semi-Probloggers. We’re not after a new career; we ...more