Darren Rowse

Jason has a theory that click values in Adsense have increased since the introduction of the Yahoo Publishing Network and writes: ‘Just got that comment from a Adsense publisher. I can tell you we did see an up tick the last two days. I can’t get into exact details because ...more

Perhaps connected to the Adsense move to vary the number of text ads in an ad unit is this new centered design of Adsense ad that I spotted today on my digital camera review blog. It’s in a 468 x 60 ad block and is actually quite striking on the ...more

‘Watch for more business deals and from places you wouldn’t expect them. I’m hearing from several of my friends, for instance, that AOL is looking for media properties blogging networks.’ Robert’s post on Blogging as Business is fascinating – I think he’s right too – big business (and I mean ...more

A few people have asked me where I got all the information for the Search Engine Optimization for Bloggers series of posts. It’s a difficult question to answer really – there is no one source that I can name. Rather the knowledge has slowly been accumulating (and continues to do ...more

B.L. Ochman thinks she has the inside word on the impending sale of Technorati to a large search engine – interesting times we live in. She writes: ‘Here’s a tip I was given this morning from a venture capitalist who is “heavily invested” in the blogosphere: Technorati is about to ...more

It’s Day 11 of the 31 Days to Building a Better Blog project. Today’s submitted links from readers are: Connected Internet has a good post on Interlinking and Date Stamps Christine writes – Give Your Blog Site A Health Check John takes a look at Technorati Tags: What? Why? How? ...more

We’ve covered a lot of ground in this Search Engine Optimization Tips for Blogs Series and have finally come to the final set of tips to keep in mind. Quantities of Content – I always get into trouble when I write about having lots of content – but I think ...more

We’re almost there in the Search Engine Optimization Tips for Blogs Series (this is the second last post). Here’s some more SEO factors to keep in mind. Avoid Duplicate content – Google warns publishers in its guidelines about having the same content on multiple pages. This goes for both multiple ...more

Geek? Melbournian? If you’re both you need to get to the Melbourne Geek Dinner on Friday 26th August. RSVP to Tejas. I’m going to try to get there.