Darren Rowse

The New York Magazine has posted a pretty long article titled Blogs to Riches – The Haves and Have-Nots of the Blogging Boom. The title is pretty descriptive of what the article sets out to do. I found the section on Peter Rojas of Engadget mildly interesting as a story ...more

Before launching further into the Blogging for Beginners series I would like to take a step back from some of the practicalities of setting up a new blog and ask potential bloggers a question… Is a Blog the Right type of Web Site for you? While I’m a big fan ...more

Tom Watson has an interesting post titled Blogging Snow Job where he talks of his decision to pull out of AdSense and BlogAds – stating that ‘advertising does not work for the average blogger, even the above-average blogger.’ It’s an interesting post and one worth reading. I don’t know Tom ...more

So what is a Blog anyway? It’s a good question to ask at the beginning of a Blogging for Beginners Series as it is a question I am asked every week. There are a number of ways I could answer this question ranging from the broad to the highly technical. ...more

Update: See our more recently published posts on the topic of starting a blog at How to Start a Blog in 5 Easy Steps and how to make money blogging. Welcome to my How to Blog – Blogging Tips for Beginners Guide. On the page below you’ll find links to ...more

Last week’s poll asked – ‘Do You Run RSS Ads in any of Your Blog’s Feeds?’ The results: * Yes: 17% (43) * No: 75% (190) * I don’t have a Blog: 8% (19) Total Votes : 252 Comment on the poll were at this post. PS: there is no ...more

James Cox is selling blogging.org if you’re in the market for a ‘blogging’ oriented blog URL. found via blogging.wurk.net update: Also Blog Network Forum is for sale also

Jake from Crimson Light has had a conversation with YPN employee Ray Devlin about upcoming features for YPN and has found thaty direct deposits are one feature that they are looking to add (no date given). They are also work on ad relevancy and other ways of speeding up payments. ...more

NewsForge has an interesting piece on Must-have WordPress plugins which might help some of the bloggers who’ve been asking me about good plugins for WP lately. Found via Weblog Tools Collection