Christmas Greetings from ProBlogger
Well we’re a little ahead of the rest of the world here in Australia so Christmas has already come. Its shaping up to be a nice warm day with a BBQ/Roast lunch ahead and maybe even a swim in the pool (I know that seems all wrong for you northern ...more
Pro Blogging News
Online Advertising to Grow 30 Percent in 2005
ClickZ has another good article with a prediction about Online Advertising that should warm the hearts of ProBloggers everywhere. ‘Online advertising will grow by 30 percent next year from $7.8 billion in 2004 to $10.2 billion in 2005, a rate reminiscent of the late nineties when the medium was in ...more
Advertising
Moveable Type announce Upgrade to combat Comment Spam
Six Apart have just announced the release of Movable Type 3.14 which they have developed to fix ‘the issue of extreme loads witnessed on servers under the strain of a massive spam attack. Its a free upgrade for all MT3 users.
Miscellaneous Blog Tips
Seduction Blogging
Well it seems that one of the emerging focuses for blogging is ‘Seduction blogging’. Yep you heard it – blogs with seduction and dating tips. Check out the Seduction Lair’s reflections on Starting Your Own Seduction Blog: ‘Seduction blogging seems to be a growing trend online these days, which I’m ...more
Case Studies
Advertisers Target Ads to Keyword Searches of Bloggers’ Names
Rick over at Business Blog consulting observes a new trend in contextual advertising where Savvy Advertisers Target Ads to Keyword Searches of Bloggers’ Names: ‘Steve Rubel noted that IntelliSeek is targeting ads on Google to keyword searches of Steve Rubel. Some additional quick research shows the same goes for Nick ...more
Pro Blogging News
What to do When Someone Steals Your Blog’s Content – Blog Plagiarism
What do you do when a site blatantly steals your blog’s content? This is a growing problem for bloggers but thanks to tools like CopyScape its not hard to find them. The challenge comes when you want to do something about it. A few days back I found a site ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips
MSN Search Engine Beta Optimization Techniques
MSN’s Search is one of the latest entries into the Search Engine market and many are tipping it to rival Yahoo and then Google in the popularity stakes for those wanting to get the best results from their searching of the billions of web pages currently online. Whilst it is ...more
Search Engine Optimization
Search Engine Strategies Chicago Recap
Rebecca Lieb has a worthwhile summary of the recent Search Engine Strategies (SES) conference and expo in Chicago. One of her more interesting paragraphs is a description of some comments by keynote speaker Danny Sullivan: ‘“Personal search is here,” Sullivan observed. Last year’s dream is this year’s reality, with the ...more
Search Engine Optimization
Professional Bloggers Association Developments
Paul over at Radiant Marketing Group has been talking about a Professional Bloggers Association (BPA?) for a while now – and today posts that a group of bloggers is ‘going underground’ to polish the concept up. I’m really interested in seeing what comes out of this although am still a ...more
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