Entries from October 2006

Monday, October 30th, 2006

Wordpress 2.0.5 Released

Just a note if you’re a Wordpress user ( and most of you probably are ) - Wordpress 2.0.5 is out. There aren’t any major feature upgrades this time around - we won’t see those until version 2.1. This update is more of a security update - there are multiple security issues fixed, [...]

Wednesday, October 25th, 2006

Welcome Ray

I’ve decided to get a little help here at Blogging Blog. I’ve asked Ray Dotson to write the occasional post or two here. Ray can be found over at Fresh Blogger. Ray is going to post as often as time permits ( which is hard to say, since he’s a pretty busy [...]

Friday, October 20th, 2006

Would you buy an E-Book from me?

Would you?  If I wrote an e-book on how to become a successful and profitable blogger, would you buy it?  Imagine I put together all my tips and tricks into one feature-packed ebook, and outlined the way for you to make money online, quickly.  Now imagine that book was $99 - would you be interested?  No?  [...]

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

Time - The one thing we can’t control

There are a lot of factors that determine whether or not you will be a successful, or even a professional blogger. There’s the number of posts you make, the quality of posts, your blog’s design, whether or not you get Dugg or Fark’ed, your marketing efforts, your marketing budget, and your ability to garner [...]

Wednesday, October 11th, 2006

September 2006 Earnings breakdown

Though almost embarrassingly late due to unforeseen complications, here is my earnings update for September 2006. Last month wasn’t particularly strong in overall blog earnings for me. Overall revenue was down 18% from August 2006 - not a positive sign. The reasons? I’m having trouble pinpointing exactly what’s gone wrong. [...]

Thursday, October 5th, 2006

The power of comments

Comments are one of the single most powerful tools at your disposal. And no, I’m not talking about you leaving comments on other people’s blogs - although that is important too. I’m talking about getting as many comments as possible on your own blog. I know what you’re thinking - if it [...]

Monday, October 2nd, 2006

The secret to making money online

The secret to making money online is not complicated. It doesn’t involve any sort of voodoo or use of The Force. You don’t even have to know any of the martial arts. All you need to do to make money online is Be convincing. Sound like you know what you’re [...]

Monday, October 2nd, 2006

Adsense Gold

Adsense Gold is probably the most well-known tool in the Adsense statistics genre. Some of the tools to help you track and optimize your Adsense performance are free - Adsense Gold is not. It’s not even cheap - it will run you $97. Why in the world should you pay for a [...]