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Help – my Technorati Authority Ranking is decreasing – how can this be – I know I’m getting new links but the number is decreasing!? This is a question that I’m asked quite frequently by readers and the answer is pretty simple. No you’re not being penalized by Technorati and ...more

One of the questions I’ve been asked quite a bit lately is what I think about the increasingly common practice of swapping Technorati Favorites in order to climb the Technorati Most Favorited Top 100. To be honest, it’s not really an issue that I’ve given much thought to (although I’m ...more

Are you jumping up and down on the one spot with your Blog or are you using it as a launching pad for something else? While I was in Washington at the Underground Online Seminar, one of the speakers (I can’t remember which one) spoke in passing about an entrepreneurial ...more

Yesterday I posted about how it’s often the simple posts aimed at the basics that get most attention on a blog. The challenge with this is that for those blogging on established blogs with longer term and more advanced readers suddenly posting a lot of posts at a beginner level ...more

After being the victim of a Spammer hijacking my newsletter for their own purposes earlier today there are a few lessons that I’ve learned: 1. People Hate Spam No really – they HATE it. The hatred and anger that has ended up in my inbox today from recipients of the ...more

Another story of a blogger selling their blog surfaced today with the announcement by basketball blogger Henrry Abbott from TrueHoop that he’s sold his blog to ESPN. There’s no details of how much the sale was for – but Henry will be an employee of ESPN as part of the ...more

This past two weeks I’ve been talking about how to make your RSS feed ‘Pop’ – to stand out from the crowd a little – however covering this topic has caused a few readers to ask RSS related questions that don’t necessarily relate to improving your feed but which are ...more

The AdSense/AdWords Referrals changes that I reported here yesterday are official with an announcement today on the AdSense Blog. Not only can you now earn up o $255 for an AdSense referral – you can also earn a $2000 bonus for referring 25 publishers who earn over $100 within a ...more