March, 2007 Archive

I've just about had it with Microsoft. I've been a Microsoft dork for as a long as I can remember (even went into work at 3 AM to be one of the first to download IE 3 (and have the t-shirt to prove it)), but my experiences over the last year or so with everything Microsoft, coupled with the painfully true PC vs. Mac commercials, have me seriously contemplating Mac-dom. So that made me even more intrigued by Chris's ... Keep reading »

If you've never used delayed posting, you're really missing out. Delayed posting (which may just be what I call it) is the ability to write a post, but not have it show up on your site until later. Why is that great? I'll tell you. I use it primarily to keep track of things I want to post about. Anytime inspiration hits, I immediately head over to my control panel, start a new post and save it ... Keep reading »

Jessalee asks a great question in the comments of Best Free Blog Hosting: Blogger or WordPress.com?: How would one go about driving their regular traffic to their new blog? By just putting up a post, “Find me here,” or whatever? Regrettably, Blogger doesn't make it easy to redirect all your traffic to your new blog. It would be nice if they did, but I can't blame them for not spending time on that feature :D So if you're moving from ... Keep reading »

Alright, they actually do, but not as much as you think. Over the past few months, I've had three different bloggers approach me about the design of their blogs. The first was Mexico Medical Student, and he was actually the impetus for this entire blog. After that came docinthemachine, and finally oncRN. It's interesting, often the people who are most concerned about the design of their blog are the ones who least have a need to be ... Keep reading »

There are downsides to free blog hosting (not having your own domain name may be the biggest), but few casual bloggers care enough to spend $5 to $10 a month on for-real hosting for their blog. So, many of them end up at Blogger. More and more, though, people are beginning to shift to WordPress, which also has free hosting. In talking to my friend Mama Mia last week about whether she would like me to help ... Keep reading »

SEOmoz's blog is hands-down one of my favorites. Rand's posts, in particular, are both well-written and full of expert knowledge. It's probably not a blog that you'll want to follow unless you're heavy into SEO, but Rand had a good post today about blogging. Titled Blogging in an Oversaturated Market is Usually a Poor Decision, his main point is that few people will have any success trying to blog in markets where there are already a ... Keep reading »

From http://wordpress.org/development/2007/03/upgrade-212/: Long story short: If you downloaded WordPress 2.1.1 within the past 3-4 days, your files may include a security exploit that was added by a cracker, and you should upgrade all of your files to 2.1.2 immediately. Read the full post at the link above.

I always provide the full text of my blog posts via RSS so that readers can enjoy them however they like. For that reason, I was very concerned when I read this from Shawn Collins yesterday: When somebody has a blog, they typically make an RSS feed available that enables anybody to republish their content in whole or in part. (The post was in response to a question about how to find free content for your affiliate site. As ... Keep reading »

Max E Nurse and I have been talking for a week now about whether he should stay on Netaspace or move to free WordPress hosting at WordPress.com. Well, I just found out that he chose the latter, and he's very happy. Check out his new site!

John Chow made $7,011 from his blog last month, which seems to contradict my claim that You’ll Never Get Rich Blogging. John's obviously an exceptional case :D His post is definitely worth a read to see a great example that your income from blogging isn't going to come from a single source. If it is right now, you're probably leaving a lot on the table.