ProBlogger Hack Update
29th of August 2006 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

ProBlogger Hack Update

For an hour or two in the early hours of this morning (my time) the server that ProBlogger is hosted on was hacked by someone with a political message. They targeted index pages on a number of sites including ProBlogger, ProBlogger’s Job Boards, Digital Photography Blog and a number of ...more
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Using Stories in Blogging
29th of August 2006 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Using Stories in Blogging

Last week I spoke on the topic of Business Blogging at a Melbourne gathering of the Australian Interactive Media Association with Cameron and Ben. I enjoyed the presentation times but particularly enjoyed a number of the interactions I had afterwards over drinks. Three of those that I chatted to for ...more
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Akismet Suffers Comment Spam Downtime
28th of August 2006 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Akismet Suffers Comment Spam Downtime

Akismet users might have noticed an increase in comment spam getting through the system over the past 24 hours. It seems that they had some downtime as a result of an update that allowed quite a bit of spam to get through. It seems to have settled now but for ...more
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Brian’s CopyWriting Book Recommendations
28th of August 2006 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Brian’s CopyWriting Book Recommendations

A couple of weeks ago when I published my Essential Books for bloggers I asked a number of other bloggers for their recommendations on what they considered to be excellent resources in the different aspects of blogging. Since then a number of others have suggested books including one of my ...more
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Telegraph Caught Republishing Blogger’s Post Without Acknowledgement
27th of August 2006 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Telegraph Caught Republishing Blogger’s Post Without Acknowledgement

This tale of the Telegraph Newspaper foolish action in publishing a bloggers post without permission, acknowledgment of source and under one of it’s author’s name (all they did was change the heading) has left me shaking my head today. Very odd. See the original post, a cached version of the ...more
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Lists Group Writing Project – Categorized
26th of August 2006 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Lists Group Writing Project – Categorized

During the Last Group Writing Project (on the topic of Lists) I was quite overwhelmed by the number of entries. The list that we ended up with had a total of 301 lists. The main problem with the final list of entries was that despite containing a lot of great ...more
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Closing the Deal – Persuasive Blogging Part V
26th of August 2006 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Closing the Deal – Persuasive Blogging Part V

“Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal – a commitment to excellence – that will enable you to attain the success you seek.” – Mario Andretti The last step in the process to writing a persuasive blog post is ...more
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Resources for Information Publishers
25th of August 2006 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Resources for Information Publishers

Martin at ePublishingDaily has put together a page of resources for information publishers that I think a lot of entrepreneurial bloggers will find very useful. It’s got over 100 resources in 17 categories including: Online PDF Creators Keyword Tools Stock Photos Online Payment Autoresponders Online Researching Some categories will be ...more
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Six Figure Blogging Gets an Update
25th of August 2006 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Six Figure Blogging Gets an Update

It’s been almost a year since Andy Wibbels and I ran the live version of the Six Figure Blogging Course. The response we had back then was pretty terrific – thousands registered for the free preview call (which is still available to give you a taster on our main page) ...more
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