
A Good Blog is…
Ken Smith from Weblogs in Higher Education has a good post where he attempts to describe a ‘good blog’ – he writes: ‘A good blog has a focus, a field or topic where the writer keeps up with what’s being said. The writer attends with interest to the work being ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips

Innovative Blog Comment Systems
Wow – look at the innovations that are happening in comments systems at the moment – Peter from Almost Cool pointed me over to the beautifully designed snook.ca’s beautiful blog with its wonderful comments system. It has live preview of comments with yellow fade. Peter also points to the relational ...more
Blogging Tools and Services

Blogging in Formation – Lessons from a Goose
“Two Heads are better than one”…. or so the old saying goes. I’ve been reflecting this week about the importance of relationships in blogging. I met up with an old university friend this week for the first time since we studied marketing together – catching up stimulated me to begin ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips

Yahoo! Publisher’s Guide to RSS
Yahoo! have just released a helpful Publisher’s Guide to RSS which has comprehensive sections on Submitting RSS Feeds, promoting RSS feeds, Tracking Success and Monetizing RSS Feeds. On the money side of things the page is just a place holder/teaser of what is to come. They write: ‘Yahoo! plans to ...more
RSS

Adwords Blog Launched
In my last post (written last night) I suggested that Google Adsense start a blog. This morning I wake up and check in with Jen only to find that Adwords (the advertisers side of Adsense) has started a blog – Inside Adwords. Whilst on the advertising side of Adwords this ...more
Adsense

New AdSense Support Site Pages
JenSense has noticed some new pages in the Adsense rabbit warren of support pages. Now they have a News and Case Studies page and a News Page (which only has links to four old-ish news articles) in addition to their older case studies page. Here is a tip for our ...more
Adsense

Google AdSense offers personal optimization
If you’re an Adsense publisher you might notice a message like the following one on your Reports page after the next time you log in. ‘Learn how to improve the performance of your Google ads with our new optimization tips page! To be considered for personalized optimization tips, email us ...more
Adsense

Ecto Problems
I’ve been having some real frustrations with Ecto over the past day or two. I’m unsure if its just the latest version or whether my recent server updates have caused issues – or both. Some of the issues include the inability to upload photos via ecto, posting as drafts rather ...more
Blogging Tools and Services

Blogs as Brands
One of my favorite bloggers, Toby Bloomberg from diva marketing, has been interviewed over at Robert Scoble and Shel Israel’s book blog – Naked Conversations: Interview: Toby Bloomberg. Here’s a snippet that got my attention – Toby talking about how blogging has impacted her business: ‘Surprisingly, blogging has done something ...more
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