Moveable Type announce Upgrade to combat Comment Spam
22nd of December 2004 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

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
22nd of December 2004 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

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
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Advertisers Target Ads to Keyword Searches of Bloggers’ Names
22nd of December 2004 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

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
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What to do When Someone Steals Your Blog’s Content – Blog Plagiarism
21st of December 2004 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

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
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MSN Search Engine Beta Optimization Techniques
21st of December 2004 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

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
21st of December 2004 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

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
21st of December 2004 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

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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Online Ad Spend Up $45 Million in October
21st of December 2004 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Online Ad Spend Up $45 Million in October

Clickz reports that October saw another 6.5% increase in online advertising – a second month in a row with such an increase: ‘Internet advertising increased by $45 million in October to reaching a total $741.2 million for the month, according to AdZone’s Internet Advertising Report. The 6.5 percent gain marked ...more
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Christmas present from Google
21st of December 2004 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Christmas present from Google

It looks like Adsense have decided to send Christmas presents to some of their bigger earners this year. Its a ‘Mood lighting AM/FM Radio’ like the one pictured here. ‘Turn down the lights. Turn on the mood music. Now, let the light show gently take you on a journey into ...more
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