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If you’ve ever wondered what Google does and doesn’t clasify as ‘duplicate content’ then you might find this explanation of it on their official Webmaster blog. A few snippets: “What is duplicate content? Duplicate content generally refers to substantive blocks of content within or across domains that either completely match ...more

Eric Giguere asks an interesting question over at his blog – Do you have an “AdSense Will”? It is actually a question V (my wife) and I have talked about and made plans for over the past year or so. It became more serious for us to talk about when ...more

It’s day 2 of the ‘Reviews and Predictions‘ group writing project and I really enjoyed reading this next batch of entries. In fact I spent way to much time reading blogs today and not enough time posting! It just amazes me every day what a massive variety of blog topics ...more

Lifehacker: the book has now started shipping through Amazon. I’ve ordered mine. Another example of leveraging a blog to make money. Aviva Directory has a list of 99 tips to do branding on the cheap. It’s written for Web Startups but a lot of it could apply to bloggers. Are ...more

Two weeks ago it was Yahoo sharing the most searched for terms in it’s engine – today Google shares theirs with their annual Zeitgeist Report. Google’s top searches for the year: 1. bebo 2. myspace 3. world cup 4. metacafe 5. radioblog 6. wikipedia 7. video 8. rebelde 9. mininova ...more

Michael Moncur has written a thoughtful post asking Whatever happened to online etiquette? which bounces off (and largely rejects) the NYT piece by David Pogue of the same name. I think Michael makes some worthwhile points – particularly in his third point about Anonymity and fifth point about content inspiring ...more

Day 1 of the Reviews and Predictions Group Writing Project is over and 55 submissions have arrived in my inbox from readers who are competing for the $2500 in prizes. This round includes a few posts from our sponsors themselves (they’re not in the running for prizes but wanted to ...more

An Australian Blogging Conference looks like it will be held in Brisbane in March of next year according to Peter Black who is organizing it – via Des Walsh Josh Dorkin put together a useful post on copyright and what to do when someone steals your content Search Engine Journal ...more

Yesterday I went to my PO Box and was surprised to find four Christmas Cards and two Christmas Gifts from ProBlogger readers. Interestingly this is the third day in a row when I’ve had such surprises in my mail box – something different for me as last year I think ...more