23 Questions for Prospective Bloggers – Is a Blog Right for You?
14th of February 2006 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

23 Questions for Prospective Bloggers – Is a Blog Right for You?

Before launching further into the Blogging for Beginners series I would like to take a step back from some of the practicalities of setting up a new blog and ask potential bloggers a question… Is a Blog the Right type of Web Site for you? While I’m a big fan ...more
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Political Blogs and AdSense
14th of February 2006 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Political Blogs and AdSense

Tom Watson has an interesting post titled Blogging Snow Job where he talks of his decision to pull out of AdSense and BlogAds – stating that ‘advertising does not work for the average blogger, even the above-average blogger.’ It’s an interesting post and one worth reading. I don’t know Tom ...more
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What is a Blog?
14th of February 2006 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

What is a Blog?

So what is a Blog anyway? It’s a good question to ask at the beginning of a Blogging for Beginners Series as it is a question I am asked every week. There are a number of ways I could answer this question ranging from the broad to the highly technical. ...more
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blogging for begginers
14th of February 2006 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

How to Blog: Blogging Tips for Beginners

Update: See our more recently published posts on the topic of starting a blog at How to Start a Blog in 5 Easy Steps and how to make money blogging. Welcome to my How to Blog – Blogging Tips for Beginners Guide. On the page below you’ll find links to ...more
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75% of ProBlogger Readers Don’t run Ads in RSS
13th of February 2006 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

75% of ProBlogger Readers Don’t run Ads in RSS

Last week’s poll asked – ‘Do You Run RSS Ads in any of Your Blog’s Feeds?’ The results: * Yes: 17% (43) * No: 75% (190) * I don’t have a Blog: 8% (19) Total Votes : 252 Comment on the poll were at this post. PS: there is no ...more
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blogging.org – for sale
13th of February 2006 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

blogging.org – for sale

James Cox is selling blogging.org if you’re in the market for a ‘blogging’ oriented blog URL. found via blogging.wurk.net update: Also Blog Network Forum is for sale also
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YPN working to introduce Direct Deposits and Increase Ad Relevancy
12th of February 2006 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

YPN working to introduce Direct Deposits and Increase Ad Relevancy

Jake from Crimson Light has had a conversation with YPN employee Ray Devlin about upcoming features for YPN and has found thaty direct deposits are one feature that they are looking to add (no date given). They are also work on ad relevancy and other ways of speeding up payments. ...more
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Must-have WordPress plugins
12th of February 2006 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Must-have WordPress plugins

NewsForge has an interesting piece on Must-have WordPress plugins which might help some of the bloggers who’ve been asking me about good plugins for WP lately. Found via Weblog Tools Collection
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Light the Torch – Olympics Blog
12th of February 2006 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Light the Torch – Olympics Blog

In case you hadn’t heard – b5media is having some fun with an Olympic blog over at Light the Torch where we’ve opened it up for others to join us in the blogging frenzy (it’s a group blog with bloggers each representing their own countries – there are even Aussies ...more
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