Protecting RSS Feeds from Theft
2nd of June 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Protecting RSS Feeds from Theft

Paul has come up with a cool way to put off those wanting to rip off your content by republishing your full RSS feed – he’s found a way for WordPress bloggers to insert a copyright notice into the feed so that it appears on any site using your content. ...more
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When Blogs Grow Too Quickly
2nd of June 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

When Blogs Grow Too Quickly

There is a great post over at The Return of Design that shows the danger in your site becoming too big to quickly in the eyes of Search Engines. James Archer reflects upon the rise massive popularity of Forty Media when it first launched and the consequences: ‘There’s a catch, ...more
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Building Blogging Relationships – Blog Projects and Memes
2nd of June 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Building Blogging Relationships – Blog Projects and Memes

In continuing my building blogging relationships series I now want to turn our attention to blog projects and memes. As I look back over my 2.5 years of blogging to some of the most interactive periods in my blogs – I realize that many of the key relationships have developed ...more
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Blog Layout Continued – The Perfect Number of Columns?
1st of June 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Blog Layout Continued – The Perfect Number of Columns?

Peter Flaschner has a great post on The Perfect Number of Columns which I think bounces off my post on Blog Layout (I say ‘I think’ because he doesn’t link to it – but was part of the discussion here in my post so I’ll take some credit! :-) ). ...more
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Less = More with Adsense
1st of June 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Less = More with Adsense

Scrivs gives and insightful update on his decluttered design approach to adsense – the results speak for themselves: ‘Ever since I made the changes to the design of many of my sites to the extra minimalist style I have seen my eCPM increase anywhere from 50%-100%. My CTR has increased ...more
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Building Blogging Relationships – Email
1st of June 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Building Blogging Relationships – Email

Taughnee left a simple but very helpful tip on my last post in the building blogging relationships series that I thought was worth promoting up as a main post as it’s something that I too do. If I read a forum post, blog or even a comment and think, “hey, ...more
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Corporate Bloggers earn $40k – $70k
1st of June 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Corporate Bloggers earn $40k – $70k

There is an article in the WSJ today on how Blogging is becoming a Corporate Job for an increasing number of people: ‘In its short lifespan, blogging has largely been a freewheeling exercise in online self-expression. Now it is also becoming a corporate job. A small but growing number of ...more
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Building Blogging Relationships – Positioning Yourself at the Watercooler
1st of June 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Building Blogging Relationships – Positioning Yourself at the Watercooler

This is another post in the building blogging relationships series. I remember reading two studies a number of years ago that taught me about the power of positioning in social networks when it comes to relationships. One study did research into who the most well connected, social and relational people ...more
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Introducing My Guest Bloggers
1st of June 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Introducing My Guest Bloggers

I would like to pause for a moment and acknowledge some people who have gone out of their way to make it possible for me to have a restful holiday. The following 27 (so far) bloggers responded to my call for guest bloggers on many of my blogs. None of ...more
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