Darren Rowse

If you’re interested in getting a blogging gig at Gawker you might like to read how the new editor at Gridskipper, Chris Mohney, got the job by writing an anonymous ‘Gawker Watch’ blog. Chris writes: ‘The “stunt” I pulled was writing an anonymous blog called Gawkerist that paid an absurd ...more

Dave Taylor answers the eternal blogging question of “Are long blog entries better than short ones?” and writes : ‘I’m reminded of a common piece of advice from good development editors in the publishing business about how long a chapter or book should ultimately be: write just enough to cover ...more

I woke up this morning wondering if the Slashdot frenzy last night had all just been a big dream – but no it was not. The morning after a Slashdotting (it always happens to me late at night or in the early hours of the morning) is like waking up ...more

Late last week I found a surprising email in my inbox – from Google. One of the product managers at Google’s Adsense said she’d found ProBlogger and wanted to know if she could ring me to talk about my experience with the program. At first I was excited – then ...more

Search Engine Journal has a useful post analyzing the latest Google PageRank Update in which they speculate as to why many sites have decreased in their visible PR whilst increasing their backlinks: ‘The most current PageRank update will undoubtedly cause a larger stir than usual in that many sites have ...more

Duncan points to a study by Nielsen Netratings that finds that 13% of blog visitors don’t know what a blog is and that 66% didn’t realize that the blog they were on was in fact a blog. This does not surprise me in the least and connects with my experience ...more

Well I never expected that ProBlogger.net would get Slashdotted (it’s not unusual on some of my other blogs) – but tonight it happened. They linked to my post where I talked about my last Google Adsense cheque. Let me start by welcoming Slashdot readers. I hope you enjoy your stay. ...more

WeblogsInc was hacked in the last few hours. ScottKidder.com has the news and screenshot. Their sites now seem to be up and running again. Not a nice experience to go through I’m sure for the WeblogsInc team.

I wondered how long it would take for the Search Engines to get into blogging themselves as a commercial endeavor and it seems that Yahoo! have decided to get in on the act with Yahoo! Health Expert Blogs. As Steve points out this is probably a strategy that they’ll roll ...more