2005 Australian Blogging Conference – more details released
The 2005 Australian Blogging Conference website has updated a few more details of the event to be held in Melbourne on either 18 or 25 February at a venue still to be confirmed. The cost will be $150 for a full day including lunch and refreshments. Its a bit more ...more
Pro Blogging News
Should You Use Targeted Keywords in URLs
‘Should You Use Targeted Keywords In URLs?’ – This is actually a question I’ve been asked on numerous occassions by bloggers wanting to optimize their blogs for Search Engines. The theory is that if you are writing a blog about matchsticks that your ranking will be higher if you domain ...more
Search Engine Optimization
Web Design in 2005 – Predictions
I’ve been very aware since starting this blog that the design I’ve got here is terrible. One knows by looking at it that whilst I might make a living from blogging that my skills do not lie in the design area (I usually get someone else to do it). However ...more
Blog Design
Eight worst search optimization techniques
SEO Chat has another good article today outlining eight of the worst SEO techniques: ‘Some webmasters and SEO companies will use any means they can think of to get a high rank in search engine listings. That’s not always a good idea. Krissi Danielsson gives a detailed list of eight ...more
Search Engine Optimization
Who is Your Blog’s Customer?
I have a business coach who is helping me think through my blogging business. Its actually been very helpful so far even though he has very little experience of blogging. Part of the process has been me teaching him about the medium so that he’s able to help me structure ...more
Pro Blogging News
Google Testing Animated Ads
Yesterday I missed another change to Adsense – it seems they will be testing animated image ads – here is what they say on their site: ‘We’ll be accepting animated GIFs from a small test group of advertisers, and you’ll be able to display these ads on your pages! The ...more
Adsense
Blogger Idol
Earlier in the year I ran a blogging experiment by the name of Blogger Idol on one of my other blogs. It was a fun way of connect bloggers together to all write on a common theme each week. Over 150 bloggers signed up for weekly emails with a suggested ...more
Blog News
The Cancer Blog – Weblogs Inc
Weblogs Inc have launched yet another blog this time focusing upon health care. It is the Cancer Blog. it is an interesting move by the team at Weblogs Inc to move in this direction. Leading the charge as the editor of the blog is a medical resident, Leonardo Faoro – ...more
Case Studies
No more beer, drugs, tobacco or weaponry for you!
If you’re using Adsense to bring an income stream to your blog about alcohol, tobacco, weapons or prescription drugs then it might be time to find a new advertising method because in part of the latest update on Google they have moved to ban such topics. They have also re ...more
Adsense