WordPress 1.5 Gamma – Review
6th of February 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

WordPress 1.5 Gamma – Review

Weblog Tools Collection has a good review of the soon to be released (I hope) WordPress version 1.5. The review is glowing and leaves me hanging to see what it is like for myself. I’ve recently moved a number of my blogs (including this one) to WordPress (1.2) and found ...more
Blogging Tools and Services
Welcome to a New Look ProBlogger
6th of February 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Welcome to a New Look ProBlogger

Congratulations – you’ve found your way to a new look ProBlogger in its new home at ProBlogger.net. I started ProBlogger last September as a place to keep a record of the lessons that I learnt from blogging both for myself and for those I knew who were trying to make ...more
ProBlogger Site News
RSS ads in Boing Boing
6th of February 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

RSS ads in Boing Boing

One of the biggest blogs going around, Boing Boing, has decided to experiment with RSS ads in their feeds. They publish their full content in RSS and have placed ads on every third ad using the contextual ad service being tested by Feedburner and Overture (not available to the public ...more
RSS
Does Frequent Posting Boost Traffic?
5th of February 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Does Frequent Posting Boost Traffic?

Susannah is tracking if her blog’s traffic levels correlate with her levels of posting and writes: ‘Generally speaking, it looks like the theory of more posts = more traffic holds true, but of course what the logs don’t tell you is that on the days I was posting a lot ...more
Blog Promotion
3% decrease in Keyword Cost in January
5th of February 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

3% decrease in Keyword Cost in January

Those bloggers utilizing Adsense as an income stream who track their statistics usually notice that the price paid per click fluctuates from month to month. I track my cost per click earnings and it is not unusual to have a 20% drop or rise from one month to the next. ...more
Adsense
What is a Blog?
5th of February 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

What is a Blog?

Note: check out our more recent article on how to start a blog. So what is a Blog anyway? I am asked every week via emails, conversation and Instant Messaging chats to define: ‘what is a blog’. If you’re reading this you may well be asking the same question. There ...more
Start a Blog
Hopes of a Professional Blogger
5th of February 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Hopes of a Professional Blogger

When I asked readers at for questions for my upcoming interviews with Professional bloggers – Bobby Masteria asked: ‘Ask long time probloggers what have been their fears, hopes and expectations.’ I’ve written about my expectations and fears and now thought I’d turn to hopes. 1. Internet usage is booming. The ...more
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SEO Techniques
4th of February 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

SEO Techniques

Tanya at SEO and Affiliate marketing blog is writting a well thought out series of posts on Search engine Optimization which so far has four steps to it. Step 1 – Picking a domain name Step 2 – Research your niche or theme Step 3 – Building your site template ...more
Search Engine Optimization
Fears of a Professional Blogger
4th of February 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Fears of a Professional Blogger

When I asked readers for questions for my upcoming interviews with Professional bloggers – Bobby Masteria asked: ‘Ask long time probloggers what have been their fears, hopes and expectations.’ I previously answered the expectations part of this question – now I’ll turn to ‘fears’ Fears: I don’t really have too ...more
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