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Pepperjam Network
It has been a little while since I wrote "A Beginners Guide to Affiliate Networks". Things have changed a little since I wrote that. eBay has launched its own partner network, AuctionAds was sold and of course there have been some other affiliate networks that have come online. It has
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Interview on BloggerTalks
Last week I noticed on Twitter that Jeffro was looking for some bloggers to interview for BloggerTalks. Jeff and I finally connected on Skype yesterday and had an interesting conversation about blogging, the difference between a website and a blog, and a few other tidbits. The interview was published today.
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Google Sitemap Generator
There have been a lot of little things that I have done when I decided to integrate my blog into my main website. Doing a redirection in this occasion I wanted to let Google know as quickly as possible about the new location of the content. Creating Google Sitemaps is not
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Going Green with Web Hosting
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The Great Personal Blogger Search
I noticed a great post by Seth Godin in my feedreader this morning entitled "Death of the personal blog?". There are times when he nails it right. The origin of what we call blogs started as personal diaries, but like everything they have changed, grown
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WordPress 2.6.5 Released
I just noticed on my WordPress dashboard that WordPress 2.6.5 has been released to fix a few security vulnerabilities, including a cross site scripting vulnerability. You can read more about the release on the WordPress Blog, and you can download the new release here. It is also interesting to note
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Add a Google Website Search
One of the things I have had on my to do list was to replace the WordPress search with the Google Custom search. The WordPress search gives decent search results, but it is hard to compete with the accuracy of Google website search. I was reminded about that today when
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Twitter Toys
I have been using Twitter for a while now and have found it to be a lot of fun to use. Not only is it a great way to connect with people, it has also been a great resource to get people's opinions and suggestions. Using Twitter does not have
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List Building vs. Valuing Readers
Something is rotten in the state of the blogosphere. Perhaps you have noticed that there has been a trend with some popular bloggers lately, you visit their blog and instead of being greeted by their well written, compelling content you are greeted by a
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Use WordPress to Welcome Visitors Revisited
One of the things I like about working on the Internet is that things never stay the same. Things are always evolving and changing. Most bloggers will tell you that it is a good idea to welcome people that come to your blog. The plugin "What Would Seth Godin Do?"