Darren Rowse

Here’s a news release that some Aussie bloggers (including myself) are putting around today in the hope of raising the profile of blogging here in Australia: Four Australian bloggers have been named amongst the Top 500 blogs in the world according to a new list published by leading US blog ...more

Instant Messaging Conversation with Reader (used with permission – name changed to protect the innocent) Rex – ‘Darren Darren Darren….I’ve decided to become a Professional Blogger!!!!’ Darren – ‘Wow that’s exciting Rex!’ Rex – ‘yeah I’m writing my letter of resignation as we speak….’ Rex – ‘I can’t wait to ...more

Don’t forget that the ProBlogger T-Shirt Competition is four days away from being finalized with a winner being chosen by you the readers of ProBlogger. To vote head over to the ProBlogger shop and make a purchase (there are T-Shirts, Mugs, Mouse Pads, BBQ Aprons and more available – see ...more

Interesting post over at Inside AdSense (the official Adsense blog from Google) that explains what has been going on with them having less ads per ad unit than previously. They explain the move as follows: ‘”When we have a set of highly relevant and useful ads, we give them more ...more

There have been some interesting patterns in the 31 Days to Building a Better Blog Project so far with some big days and small days. Also of interest to me are the themes that have emerged that a number of times have meant similar posts being submitted by different bloggers ...more

Adrants observes that Engadget is running more than the normally allowed 3 ad blocks per page (I see four plus an ad unit on most individual pages and five on their main page) and wonders if it violates the Adsense TOS. Jason Calacanis answers in comments: ‘I can assure you ...more

A number of people have asked if the Six Figure Blogging course that Andy and I are running has an affiliate program. The answer is yes. You can earn 25% of the fees that people pay to participate in the course when you refer them to it if you sign ...more

We’ve been predicting an official Adsense blog for a few months now (ever since the URL had a password put on it) and today it’s gone live at Inside AdSense. So far there is nothing much to see – but hopefully the coming months will give us the true inside ...more

It is day 17 of the 31 Day Project and here are today’s reader submissions which are, as usual, filled with good juicy blog tipping goodness: William submitted – Tuning Your Entry Titles Max has a post on Improving Blog Headlines: Lessons Learned offline Jason has written a post on ...more