There has been a lot of buzz throughout the net this weekend as most people publishing RSS feeds saw dramatic increases in their subscriber numbers as reported by services such as FeedBurner. The reason? Google finally started reporting subscriber numbers from their services. Yahoo, Bloglines, et. al., have been reporting this information for some time […]
AdSense Changes
Google changed the terms and conditions of the AdSense program this week causing mass panic throughout the web. 1. Google removed the stipulation that other contextual ad programs could not be used on the same page. 2. Google added terms that prohibit other contextual ads not only on a per page basis, but on a […]
A Typical Conversation In Selling Aftermarket Domain Names
I buy and sell domains for fun and profit. I stay away from trademark issues and intentional cybersquatting by focusing on rather generic names that may find a run in popular culture or unique names that could be highly brandable. From a couple of days ago, a typical conversation on potential buyers approaching me with […]
WordPress Blogs and Google’s Supplemental Index
It seems that WordPress-based blogs have a tendency to be dropped into Google’s Supplemental Index pretty quickly. The general consensus is that this is due to the duplication of content present within WordPress. A typical installation will generate a minimum of five instances of a post – more if the post is identified in multiple […]
Poisioning your RSS feed for Splogs
One of the sites I write for regularly has a rather large visitor base, 5k daily uniques to the site and over 2k rss feed subscribers. We’ve always published a full article feed for the convenience of our readers but in the last year we have constantly battled splogs – spam blogs who exist only […]
My Usual WordPress Plugins
A friend asked me what WordPress Plugin I use in a typical install. For your enjoyment: Feedburner Plugin Feedburner Feed Replacement which forwards all feed traffic to your Feedburner feed without the need to mess with your .htaccess file. Google Sitemaps Now that Yahoo and MSN have agreed to start using the XML-based sitemap structure […]