Darren Rowse

We’re back from our long weekend away and I’m feeling much more relaxed. Especially fun was getting my digital camera out and re-engaging with a passion that I’d not had much time to engage with lately. I’ve posted just a few of my shots on my Flickr account if you’re ...more

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In my daily blogging activities I get to interact with a lot of bloggers from around the world. They have blogs of all shapes and sizes and have a variety of different experience levels. However in the past week I’ve come across quite a few newer bloggers who fit into ...more

The other day when I was looking for quotes to finish up my Making Money From Blogging Takes Time post I came across a heap of great sayings from famous people that seemed appropriate for bloggers. So I thought it’d be fun to start a little meme here to see ...more

ME “Liz” Strauss has a good post over at Successful Blog called Think Before You Link which has five factors to consider before adding a link to your blog post: Does this link clarify what I’m saying here? Have my readers seen this link 10 times already? Is this information ...more

This coming Tuesday is a public holiday here in Melbourne – it’s Melbourne Cup Day (a day off so some horses can run around a track for a few minutes). As a result we’re taking off for a couple of days with some friends. I’ll be back on Tuesday evening ...more

Forbes has an article in it’s latest edition attacking blogs. It’s called Attack of the Blogs (subscription required). I’ve decided not to read it – mainly because to do so I’d need to subscribe to their online section. Part of me (the cynical part) actually wonders if the whole article ...more

The team at Adsense have responded to some of the recent talk about Smart Pricing by writing a post on their blog on the topic. Their main points are: 1. Many factors determine the price of an ad 2. Clickthrough rate doesn’t affect advertiser return on investment (ROI) 3. Google ...more

If you don’t follow the RSS feed over at b5media you might have missed a few opportunities that we’ve been advertising for including: a call for sports bloggers – particularly on baseball, hockey, football (American), basketball – but on other sports too a call for celebrity/TV show bloggers a call ...more