4% of ProBlogger Readers are Six Figure Bloggers
20th of May 2006 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

4% of ProBlogger Readers are Six Figure Bloggers

Early results after 24 hours on this week’s poll show that 12% of ProBlogger readers are earning over $1000 per month from blogging and 4% are earning over $10,000 (making them six figure bloggers if they average that over a year). At the other end of the spectrum 25% don’t ...more
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Poll of the Week – How Much Money do you Make from Blogging?
20th of May 2006 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Poll of the Week – How Much Money do you Make from Blogging?

I was interviewed during the week by an Australian journalist who was fascinated by the idea that people were making money from blogs. As with most interviews that I do the old ‘how much can bloggers earn?’ question came out fairly early in the piece (it’s an oldie but a ...more
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Positioning BlogAds for Maximum Impact
19th of May 2006 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Positioning BlogAds for Maximum Impact

I’ve noticed quite a few bloggers using BlogAds.com ads on their blogs recently so thought I’d share a simple tip that should help attract advertisers. I share this out of my experience both as a BlogAds publisher (I use their ads on a number of my blogs) but also as ...more
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Six Figure AdSense Publisher Shares How He Did It
19th of May 2006 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Six Figure AdSense Publisher Shares How He Did It

Earlier in the week I was visiting a discussion forum (I don’t remember which one) and came across a product that I wish I’d stumbled across in my first months of blogging (and not now 3 years later). It’s called AdSense Videos (aff) and it’s produced and presented by a ...more
Adsense
Alternablog: Podcast
18th of May 2006 Guest Blogger 0 Comments

Alternablog: Podcast

This post has been submitted by regular contributor – Aaron Brazell Recently, we began examining alternate forms of blogging. Mostly this is to stimulate thought on other methods of bringing content to the table. Last week it was mobile blogging, or moblogging. Another alternablog is the podcast. While podcast describes ...more
Blogging Tools and Services
Apple Release Blogging Tool – MacBook
17th of May 2006 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Apple Release Blogging Tool – MacBook

Apple today announced their latest notebook – the MacBook. It’s pretty much like the old ibook but it’s got an isight camera, has front row (with remote), is intel core duo based, has a glossy wide (13.3 inch) screen, thinner design and comes in white or black (among other changes). ...more
Blogging Tools and Services
Bloggers Reporting Changes in Google Traffic Levels – Sandbox Updated?
17th of May 2006 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Bloggers Reporting Changes in Google Traffic Levels – Sandbox Updated?

I’ve had email from three separate bloggers today asking me to explain why they’ve seen increases in traffic over the last 24 hours from Google. I’m not an SEO expert and wouldn’t claim to really understand the ins and outs of how Google updates but there seems to be movement ...more
Search Engine Optimization
About About Pages
17th of May 2006 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

About About Pages

Brian at copyblogger today asks What’s Your Blog Really About? and gives some good tips for writing an about page, using mine as an example of how to write it: “Of course, I’ve been reading Darren’s blog for quite some time. But if I had just stumbled upon it today, ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips
Stylegala for Sale
17th of May 2006 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Stylegala for Sale

One of my favorite web design sites, Stylegala is up for sale over at Sitepoint. David, it’s owner, just emailed me to let me know the news and I’m going to be fascinated to see how the auction goes. If you’ve got a spare $30,000 (USD) you could just pick ...more
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