Google vs Links sales: the worst is yet to come
Aaron Wall posts about a trend that’s opened up to a lot of webmasters over the New Year - falling Adsense revenues.
The chatter has been around for a while, and it seems the recent move to reduce the clickable space in Adsense could well be contributing - but the economic downturn hitting big corporate advertisers […]
Needed: WP coder & webmaster
I am so busy at present - far too busy in fact - and desperately need some freelancers to help on webdev work.
I currently need:
1. Wordpress Webmaster
Must be comfortable using CPanel, including for setting up databases
Must be able to set up Wordpress installs
Must be able to modify Wordpress settings (such as permalink rules, set up […]
Drupal: The Next King of CMS?
UPDATE: It appears there are some very interesting complaints about scalability with Drupal which apparently still hold - ie, great for a small site, but if you want it to run something larger, you’d better have some good developers on your books. Conclusion? Drupal promises much, but could still be a victim of its own […]
Don’t you just hate domainers?
Don’t you just hate how you get an idea for a great website or brand, only to find any form of the domain name has been bought by domainers, who just leave them parked with Sedo and similar?
I’ve heard domainers argue that they are investing in real estate, but let’s be clear - domaining is […]
New Adsense unit changes being tested
I’ve seen a couple of new features on Google Adsense units today, and am surprised that I’ve not seen any chatter elsewhere, so I’ll detail them here:
1. Change of link format
A subtle but significant change in the 300×250 ad units is that instead of all ads running down like a shopping list, sometimes these are […]
Using Adsense stats as a business development tool
This afternoon I decided to set up historical records of Adsense earnings for my top performing websites over 2007.
I’m not a high-flyer in SEO - I spend all my time working on development projects rather than posturing - and while I’m certainly not a top Adsense earner, the revenues are enough to make Google my […]
Niche directories still offer link building potential
I’ll get straight to the point - directory submission as a way to help improve your search engine presence is entirely dependent on your strategy.
The easiest trap anyone doing directory submission can make is to simply go for large scale directory submission services.
The problem here is that such services are pushing for quantity, not quality, […]
Don’t you just hate crappy webhosts?
So I turned my attention back to this blog, reskinned it, and made a few posts.
Only, the MySQL database kept crashing, WHM showed almost full processor use on the server, and the load kept freezing the site.
I have to use a lot of reseller accounts, and though I have a generally good handle on the […]
Web 2.0 logos with PaintShopPro
At around £50 PaintShopPro is a simple and accessible graphics program.
I had thought until recently that you’d need buy Photoshop (CS3 retails at over £500) to create Web 2.0 effects.
However, I had a little play with PSP and found you can easily create Web 2.0 style logos with just PaintShop Pro. :)
Here’s how:
1. Create text
File […]
Soliciting interviews - and rejecting the results
The promo side of an IPTV company badgered me for ages with an invite for me to email interview them for one of my news sites.
Eventually, late at night, I composed a series of questions about their business and how it relates to the modern internet - and finally received a response last night, answered […]
Niche sites: the killer understated advantage
I’ve seen a few conversations recently where people have suggested building generic over niche sites, as a general way to develop a stronger presence online.
The most recent is Rand Fishkin’s Five Reasons Why It’s Better to be Big & Popular than Small & Niche.
The trouble is, Rand’s post confuses niche development with microsites IMO.
Microsites […]
Invest: now
So I’ve mentioned that I’ve taken up publishing news, and that since Google set up iGoogle getting a news site syndicated by Google News has become a lot harder.
Having recently read that Google are now looking to host major content, that means I see a further closing on the opportunity of getting new sites syndicated.
That […]
Some killer Wordpress plugins
Been looking at how to set up a specific image for posts under a specific category. Tried out some php code - languages are not my thing - so I couldn’t it to work by editing some potential php code snippets directly.
However, a search on Google found a plugin that I could use for the […]
Good staff are hard to find
Good staff are hard to find.
I’ve got some good staff on my team - my writers are especially of a good standard, namely because I never went on price, but instead, on quality, hiring experienced writers already working in the UK press industry.
However, writing requires a particular skill - what’s more difficult is when […]
Getting support calls for news sites?
Been an odd morning - it’s only 10am, but I’ve already had two phone support requests because of news sites I operate.
On HomeMove I wrote an article about NHBC certificates - a form of guarantee that a new build property is built to proper standards. It also ensures the builder/developer will correct faults (snagging issues) […]
Netscape hit with porn spam
Damn - it looks like the porn spammers are hitting Netscape, with a whole set of categories based on adult and related keywords, promoting the sex videos on the site ebloggy.com:
Sex
Sexy
Lesbians
Love
gay
movies
humor
stories
Not sure what Netscape’s policy is on adult content, but I strongly suspect it’s not necessarily going to be welcome.
What’s a shame is that I […]
Rediscovering link building
Since Threadwatch closed it’s killed off my social respite time, forcing me to concentrate more on work.
It’s sad to lose that social connection with the SEO world, but since then I’ve found myself being creative again with link building, and discovered some interesting new solutions.
Some I know other SEO’s are already using - some I […]
Archive org - actually useful!
Normally I find archive.org something of a curiosity - it’s fun to see how sites looked years ago, but aside from that, not much use?
Or so I thought.
Recently I’ve figured on setting up a few blogs outside of commercial niches, just to document my personal interests as I see them.
I’m always reading up on […]
Learning from experience and turning failure into success
A lot of business/marketing/webmaster blogs are filled with speculation - sales-speak which defines success with a subject in generic terms.
Success is nothing more than working hard and focusing on your subject. Apparently.
I disagree - success with anything comes from experience, and a big part of that experience comes from doing things *wrong*.
That means wasting […]
How long before citizen journalism is faked?
The BBC lauds the contribution of user generated media - photos, video, etc, not least in the recent spate of flooding to hit the UK.
As a viewer, it was brilliant being able to access images of places I knew, photographed by old neighbours and published on the BBC website.
But here’s the stark stark warning - […]
