Tag: blogs

When Companies Play Down on Blogs: Who Casts the Stone?

When Companies Play Down on Blogs: Who Casts the Stone?

Reading time: 4 – 6 minutes Promising blogs get traction from direct advertisers—niche or non-niche focused they can be up to the point that some advertisers try to offer something in exchange. This system is never new, and of course, publishers who would like to earn or make something out of their blogs by trying [...]

January 7, 2010 | 0 Comments More
Does Google Pagerank Convert Money?

Does Google Pagerank Convert Money?

Reading time: 2 – 3 minutes The day before Halloween, Google caught webmasters by surprise by secretly updating Pagerank. Google Pagerank is probably the metric most webmasters go crazy for and mostly advertisers run after to plot their link building strategies. The importance of this metric has been a long hot debate in the SEO [...]

November 3, 2009 | 10 Comments More
Why Do You Need To Host Your Own Blog?

Why Do You Need To Host Your Own Blog?

Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes Blogging in its nature is dynamic which means its pages are most of the time being updated to it keep it fresh thus requires a lot of time for content creation compared to static web pages that can simply show several pages for a longer period. Given this information, [...]

November 2, 2009 | 8 Comments More
Weekend Blog Feature: Potpolitics

Weekend Blog Feature: Potpolitics

Reading time: 1 – 2 minutes Today’s blog spotlight features Potpolitics by John Sullivan. If you haven’t known yet, he’s the great guy behind every straight-forward post and thought-provoking ramblings at Potpolitics.com. I once guest posted on his blog which was also my first time to do one. I was glad that he didn’t reject [...]

October 25, 2009 | 2 Comments More
Secure Your Blogs: Upgrade to WordPress 2.8.5

Secure Your Blogs: Upgrade to WordPress 2.8.5

Reading time: 2 – 2 minutes Just recently, the blogosphere had been targeted by malicious hackers that affected a lot of blogs and created so much hiatus that its effect was felt on Twitter. I have experienced this scenario since 2.7 and for those who blogged earlier than I do, perhaps since WordPress came into [...]

October 23, 2009 | 4 Comments More