Squidoo have launched a website which allows users to populate “Lenses” with content of their choice. I’ve started my own Lens up called “Be Productive”. Squidoo aims to provide both themselves and Lens Owners with profit via Google’s Adsense program (personally I think they should have … Read More »

As I’ve researched this article I’ve realised how guilty I have personally been of some of the points that follow so I’ve taken some of my own advice and it’s amazing how much better the site is performing in searches just with a few … Read More »

It was quite by accident I noticed that a couple of posts on this blog had over 50 comments. “Wow!” I thought to myself, “I must be getting really popular!“. Sadly not, they were all posts from “robots” sent to automatically submit dubious entries … Read More »

Many blog publishers seem to subscribe to the view of the “If you build it, they will come” mentality which unfortunately isn’t the case in 99% of blogs. Some people write blogs to air their own opinions, some write about a particular passion and … Read More »

The guys over at the Business Opportunities blog have written a little script based on the Technorati API that calculates the value of your blog. See how much your blog is worth here. I ran mine through for a laugh: My blog is worth $2,258.16.How … Read More »

There’s a new kid on the block snapping at Google’s heels over advertising revenue – Chitika. By the looks of it (so far) Chitika eMiniMalls pay more per click than Google does and the adverts are a lot “funkier”. You can see them on … Read More »

Below are a list of resources I’ve found that may be useful for the budding webmaster/blog writer. More to be added soon. Create a favIcon for your site Create a favIcon to replace the default one (which can be found next to the http … Read More »

I know most people probably have heard of this but I thought I’d post it anyway. Google have rolled out their blog search engine which can be found at http://blogsearch.google.com. There is also an interesting article on the BBC website about “Blogging without Censorship“. … Read More »