
Slander In Comments – What are the Legalities?
I’ve been asked 3 times over the last few weeks what the legal implications of letting people post comments on your blog are and to this point I’ve never been able to point them to a case that I knew of where legal action was taken over comments. But it ...more
Pro Blogging News

Why Having a Blog is Like Having a Baby
This Sunday is Fathers Day here in Australia and to celebrate my first one as a Dad I thought I’d do a little post on why having a blog is like having a baby. Disclaimer – yes I know having a blog is nothing like having a baby – for ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips

Sailing vs Rowing (or how to get your Blog going when it loses Momentum)
‘When the Wind Stops Blowing, Start Rowing’ – Darby Checkett, “Leverage” Have you ever felt like the wind in your blogging ‘sails’ disappeared? Perhaps it’s time to start ‘rowing’. Wind in Your Blogging Sails Over my three years of blogging there have been many times where it felt like the ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips

Speedlinking – 1 September 2006
If you’re a web developer looking for distraction or with a few days to kill you might like to check out the Web Developer’s Handbook – with around 1000 links for Web Developers there’s sure to be something for everyone (although I can think of a few links that they ...more
Pro Blogging News

Speedlinking 31 August 2006
eMoms at Home writes Top 10 Blogging Lessons Learned on Traffic, Monetization and Life – it’s got some gems in it. Chitika have a new feature called ‘Globe Trot’ that lets you see what people in different countries see of your Chitika eMiniMall ads when they view your blog. Dane ...more
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Random vs Planned Blogging
One of the things that I enjoy about blogs is how random they can be. Within the blogging medium it’s quite acceptable to bring together a collection of seemingly unrelated ideas over the course of a week or more. I guess this comes partly out of the personal blogging scene ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips

aStore: Get Link – Amazon.com Associates Central
Amazon have just emailed those testing their aStore to let them know of three ways to integrate it into their website. 1. Link to your aStore as a stand-alone store (this is what they were offering previously and is as simple as having a link (like this) to your aStore. ...more
Affiliate Programs

Microsoft adCenter Start Inviting Advertisers to Join Pilot – Glimmer of Hope for Publishers
Jennifer has posted that Microsoft have just sent out invitations to selected advertisers for adCenter – their contextual advertising program’s pilot program in the coming months. She notes that the invitation indicates that ads will be primarily places upon MSN sites but that in using that word there is a ...more
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