
Adsense Centered Text Ads
Perhaps connected to the Adsense move to vary the number of text ads in an ad unit is this new centered design of Adsense ad that I spotted today on my digital camera review blog. It’s in a 468 x 60 ad block and is actually quite striking on the ...more
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Blogging as Business – Here Come the Big Guns
‘Watch for more business deals and from places you wouldn’t expect them. I’m hearing from several of my friends, for instance, that AOL is looking for media properties blogging networks.’ Robert’s post on Blogging as Business is fascinating – I think he’s right too – big business (and I mean ...more
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Search Engine Optimization Articles and Resources
A few people have asked me where I got all the information for the Search Engine Optimization for Bloggers series of posts. It’s a difficult question to answer really – there is no one source that I can name. Rather the knowledge has slowly been accumulating (and continues to do ...more
31 Days to Building a Better Blog

Technorati Sale
B.L. Ochman thinks she has the inside word on the impending sale of Technorati to a large search engine – interesting times we live in. She writes: ‘Here’s a tip I was given this morning from a venture capitalist who is “heavily invested” in the blogosphere: Technorati is about to ...more
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31 Days to Building a Better Blog – Day 11
It’s Day 11 of the 31 Days to Building a Better Blog project. Today’s submitted links from readers are: Connected Internet has a good post on Interlinking and Date Stamps Christine writes – Give Your Blog Site A Health Check John takes a look at Technorati Tags: What? Why? How? ...more
31 Days to Building a Better Blog

Search Engine Optimization Tips for Blogs – Quantities of Content and Submit to Search Engines
We’ve covered a lot of ground in this Search Engine Optimization Tips for Blogs Series and have finally come to the final set of tips to keep in mind. Quantities of Content – I always get into trouble when I write about having lots of content – but I think ...more
31 Days to Building a Better Blog

Search Engine Optimization Tips for Blogs – Duplicate Content, Pinging and MyYahoo
We’re almost there in the Search Engine Optimization Tips for Blogs Series (this is the second last post). Here’s some more SEO factors to keep in mind. Avoid Duplicate content – Google warns publishers in its guidelines about having the same content on multiple pages. This goes for both multiple ...more
31 Days to Building a Better Blog

Melbourne Geek Dinner
Geek? Melbournian? If you’re both you need to get to the Melbourne Geek Dinner on Friday 26th August. RSVP to Tejas. I’m going to try to get there.
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A Call for ProBlogger Readers to Unite in Generosity
As a result of my last post on Blogging that gives hope I’m feeling moved to do something for Cary and Lori who continue to struggle through Lori’s cancer. Cary actually posted yesterday that he and Lori and heading away for a couple of days break after what seems to ...more
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