Recently Guy Kawasaki revealed a new idea in social news, Truemors. A site designed to share rumors, news and gossip.Some on the web scoffed at this idea while others just scratched their heads. The idea of giving away gossip and rumors for free does not sound like the web 2.0 way to me. What possible…
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New WordPress Upgrade (2.3) Does not play nice with Google Sitemaps
One of the most popular blogging platforms on the Internet has to be WordPress. This easy to use (and free) software makes it very easy for the masses to create their own blog and post their thoughts all over the Internet.Though it may not look like it even HMTK dot com runs on WordPress.WordPress dot…
Another one bites the dust
My long time readers remember when I posted several months ago on how you can sell a blog for far more than it is worth. Well, it looks like someone was reading my article and decided to get out early.The blog I am talking about this time is called SiteFever dot com and was just…
Another split is coming
I just wanted to take a moment to let all of you know that another blog split is coming.Once the site is up and redirects are in place I will unveil it!
Saying Good Bye to AdSense
For the past three years or so I have been a happy AdSense publisher. For two of those three years I was a nickel and dime guy who never saw a check but did see a steadily increasing balance on his account. that all changed a little under a year ago when I started to…
Dealing with web ads and ad blocking
There has recently been an upswing in talk among tech sites about ad blocking plug-ins for browsers. On one side we have the publishers who feel they are being robbed blind by people who block ads and on the other side we have web users who say that the ads are garbage and they slow…
The Quartile contest is now over
A few weeks ago I posted a contest for a free copy of one of my prototypes of Quartile. All you had to do to enter was either talk about the game and link back to the post or purchase a copy of the game through the purchase link. Many people entered and I would…
ROCKWARS CONTEST TIME: SILLY PIX
Hi Folks,I’m just letting you know that the ROCKWARS ‘ Silly Pix’ page is back, and it’s better than before!How so? It’s RSS enabled, so you’ll always know when new pix are added PLUS you’ll be able to upload you OWN pix to the page.Also, at the end of each month, I’ll look at all…
Am I guilty of click-fraud?
As a follow up to my previous article on the discrepancy between Google and MyBlogLog in regards to click counting I present the following information:Month MyBlogLog Click DataGoogle Click DataOver/UnderMarch492375+117/131%April6376370/100%May756692+64/110%June13021349-47/97%July10411132-91/92%August632294+338/215%September28840+248/720%I’m not sure why March numbers are off by so much but most of the time my numbers are within 10% of each other. Then something…
RSS Feed Change
‘I have stopped using FeedBurner for my feeds. I have been debating this descision since it was announced that Google was buying up FeedBurner.I could say that I will miss the tracking information but, to be honest, FeedBurner never worked that well for me. It told me how many subscribers I have but all of…
Make Money Online: Products you never have to touch
I’m sure you have heard those radio commercials by now where a slick announcer tells you about an amazing program that allows you to sell things on the Internet that you never even have to touch. Some of you might think it is some sort of online store scam or an Amazon store front. It’s…
How To: Increase your page views and lower your bounce rate like the pros
The web is moving away from looking at web site hits as an indicator of popularity. Some sites are even putting less of an emphasis on page views. Do you know what the new metric is? It’s all about time on site and your bounce rate.Time on site is simple, it is the amount of…