Darren Rowse

There’s a useful post over at the official AdSense blog titled CPM ads: Knowing the facts can pay off which busts some of the myths circulating out there about CPM ads (ie ads that you get paid for per impression rather than per click). The main points in the post: ...more

I just got an email from Squidoo (aff) saying that they’re moving into their next phase of actually paying their ‘lens-masters’. They also announced three new money making modules: They’ve added a new eBay module which allows people to promote eBay auctions and earn a commission on items sold (if ...more

One of the more annoying little things that I’ve always found with AdSense is that in the setting up of a new ad unit you do all the design aspects of it and then get to the point of adding a channel. IF you want to make a new channel ...more

One of the lessons that I learned after a a year of blogging for an income was the danger of relying upon a single income source for your blog. To that point I’d heavily focussed upon AdSense as a revenue stream on my blogs and was making what I thought ...more

Frank Gruber has written a great review over at TechCrunch Comparing 9 Online Feed Readers. He concludes – ‘If you are looking purely for performance, Google Reader and FeedLounge are the fastest in our tests. Bloglines and Rojo are the best choice if you are looking for a feature rich ...more

It seems spammers are getting a little web 2.0 in their design. The last few days I’ve had the one below quite a few times. Large fonts, rounded corners, shiny icons…. Almost (not quite) looks like something from a collection of Web 2.0 logos.

Copyblogger has a very useful post on Writing Headlines That Get Results that is well worth the read if you’re like most bloggers and spend a lot of time writing posts and then just slap a title on it. ‘According to some of the best copywriters of all time, you ...more

Earlier today Six Apart announced Widgets for TypePad and today Automattic announced WordPress Widgets. They are a plugin for WP 2.0 (if you have a widget ready theme) which was previously just available on WordPress.com but now is ready to be used by WP.org bloggers. Via LifeHacker

Six Apart has just announced that they’ve added a new feature to TypePad – ‘Widgets’. I’ll let them explain: What’s a Widget, you ask? It could be a list of your most recent photos, or a topic-oriented search box, or a stats counter, or ads that help you make money, ...more