CategoryPro Blogging News

Steve writes a good post reflecting upon the transient nature of the web. I’m constantly amazed by how fast things in our world are changing – particularly in the space I spend so much time ‘the web’. Just three and a half years ago all I ever did online was ...more

There’s lots of buzz around today over Suspicious Digging, Digg Corruption and Digg Fraud. Unfortunately when a site has the combination of loads of traffic and user generated content there will always be people around trying to abuse the system. A lot of the debate is around Digg’s responsibility and ...more

I’m still wading through my unread RSS feeds (5000 unread items to go). Here are a few more links to things from the last week or so: Mark Jones posts about how Australian TV channels have discovered citizen journalism and are exploiting it for all it’s worth – proving in ...more

While I’ve been away the Pro Blogging scene has been as busy as usual (in fact I’m sure it gets busier when I’m away). I’m slowly working through my RSS feeds but here are some of the stories that broke and posts that interest me from the last couple of ...more

My partner in SixFigureBlogging, Andy Wibbels’ new book is coming out today. It’s called Blogwild! A Guide for Small Business Blogging. I’ve got an advanced copy of the book packed in my suitcase to take on holiday – but I took half an hour today to skim through it and ...more

Well Daylight Savings has finally finished here in Australia and while I do enjoy it from the perspective of enjoying our summer evenings, I don’t enjoy it in terms of my blogging because it puts me on a wacky time schedule when connecting with my North American blogging friends. Negotiating ...more

Fast Company has posted on Six Jobs That Won’t Exist In 2016 and included on the list is ‘Bloggers’. While it’s not really one of FC’s hardest hitting pieces a few scattered thoughts sprung to mind on seeing it (via Blog Herald): I always chuckle a little when I see ...more

I just got an email from Squidoo (aff) saying that they’re moving into their next phase of actually paying their ‘lens-masters’. They also announced three new money making modules: They’ve added a new eBay module which allows people to promote eBay auctions and earn a commission on items sold (if ...more

Just a short update on the Pixel Ad Site Scam that I wrote about yesterday. On the page in question there have been a few changes. Some logos have been removed including Engadget’s, Boing Boing’s and Gizmodo’s. They’ve also added a note to that says ‘pre-approved – awaiting response’ to ...more