Archive for May, 2006

RSS kills traditional email lists in functionality

Thursday, May 11th, 2006

And in form, IMHO. The old process of using a Desktop-based client to retrieve your email from mailing lists is pretty cumbersome when you think about it. Using an RSS Reader makes your life a lot simpler. You can quickly look at tons of different feeds, and ...

4 ways to earn more money from blogging

Wednesday, May 10th, 2006

If you're blogging for dollars, there are a number of ways you can increase your income daily. Some are obvious, but others might take a small change in how you do things: 1) Start selling your own product or service. If you're an affiliate marketer only (this includes Adsense ...

Technorati performs too poorly to be successful

Tuesday, May 9th, 2006

The website is just too slow for me to take them seriously. I'm sure I'm not alone, as most users of web services become users due to solid and continous service. Google made themselves into the most successful web company by performing solidly. It's rare that you'll ...

Information on blogs becomes outdated quickly

Monday, May 8th, 2006

I guess this is actually true of all information. I was doing a bit of spring cleaning yesterday, and I decided to clean out some books, and take them to Half Price Books. You know the deal: a book about PHP 4.0 that cost $58 will now ...

Federated Media announces money making opportunity for bloggers

Friday, May 5th, 2006

Options are great. The more the better. This week, bloggers have another avenue of making money available to them. The list of blogs that advertisers can now put ads on is impressive, comprising most of the A-List of the Blogosphere. Battelle is a consistent winner, and ...

User Generated Content - the fatal flaw of Web 2.0?

Friday, May 5th, 2006

Web 2.0 is the poster boy of the new online revolution. Web 2.0 is the Timothy Leary of the digital age. But one big problem lies in wait on the road to Nirvhana. Web 2.0 has an over-reliance on submissions from untrusted users, many of whom are idiots ...

Surviving in a hostile word on a marketing budget of $0

Friday, May 5th, 2006

Sounds tough to do. It isn't. Currently, I'm spending $0 per month on marketing. From that limited marketing budget I'm able to generate enough revenue for two companies, one office, 12 servers, dedicated internet access, one condo, a Pontiac Bonneville, the lovely wife, and three very spoiled ...

Commenting your way to blogging fame

Thursday, May 4th, 2006

Every single list of "How Do I Make Money Blogging?" answers contains a bulleted item about commenting in related blogs. In fact, the advice is so common, it's either true or just a widely accepted lie ;) Blog Republic is approaching it's 90th day birthday party and now ...

May is a good time to push towards year end blogging success

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006

May is a great month in many ways. The weather in "cold parts" of the world heats up again. The flowers bloom, the birds beging chirping in the sky, and hungry bloggers who dream of global domination start plotting their push to the finish line. May is ...

New search engine for blogs: Sphere

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006

If you haven't seen it yet, make sure to check out Sphere.com. The website has some nice features that aren't available on other services, and I particularily liked how they do Blog Profiles like that one from Blog Republic. They also have a Featured Blog section in which ...