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Really Close Old Posts WordPress Plugin

August 12, 2008

I've been using a wordpress plugin called Close Old Posts for some time now, but the problem is it didn't make any database changes so spammers were still submitting comments on old posts. So I modified the plugin and created Really Close Old Posts which does the same thing but does do a database change. [...]

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Get $10 And 30 Days Advertising

August 2, 2008

One of the keys to making money from your blogs is selling advertising. And one of the ways to do it easily is by using PerformancingAds. Basically you put the code on your blog, and they do all the dirty work. They take 40% but you're still getting 60% more than if you didn't have [...]

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WordPress Tutorial

November 10, 2007

I created a new tutorials section, and wrote my first tutorial on how to install a WordPress Blog on DreamHost. If you don't have a website, I totally encourage you to at least setup a blog. Dream Host is inexpensive, and it's so downright easy to get your blog up and running it's not funny! [...]

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Bring attention to your subscribe form!

October 2, 2007

If you visit my website now, for the first 3 visits you'll see this big red arrow pointing to my subscribe form. There's no way you won't know where to subscribe! I've been subscribed to Jens' blog Sly Marketing for quite some time now, and he posted about this plugin 3 months ago, and so [...]

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What do you want?

September 21, 2007

Attention subscribers! What do you want out of my blog? I'm in a rut lately and am unsure what to write about. So, if you subscribed.. WHY did you, and what are you looking for?

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Blog Rush?

September 15, 2007

I've added Blog Rush to my sidebar. What is it? It's sorta like a mini traffic exchange but targeted and for blogs. It'll put post titles that are relevant to your pages, so users are more likely to find it useful. And it gets your blog posted in more places. Check it out..  If you [...]

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New Email Provider

September 5, 2007

If you are subscribed to my blog via email, please update to the new provider. The box looks EXACTLY like the old one on the site. The difference is this will be using FeedBurner rather than Aweber. I love Aweber and will continue using it for the StartXchange blog. However for this blog I like [...]

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Problog Network For Sale

September 1, 2007

Is Tim Linden quitting online work? No.  Why is he selling the Problog Network, and why did he sell TCNTE? To focus more time and energy into: StartXchange; RI Foto; Family. What is The Problog Network? Well it's not much right now. I had big visions for it, but alas other things in life were [...]

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Don't Re-Publish Articles

August 10, 2007

There are tons of bloggers out there, that are just copying and pasting the same articles the next blog is publishing. Come on guys, write your own posts! Having unique content shows the readers that your content is worth reading. Otherwise, they should just go to the source for the content. You'll also do better [...]

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Why I Installed NoFollow Plugins

May 8, 2007

I decided to install two plugins, Link Love and NoFollow From Home. These plugins play with the NoFollow attribute on the links on my blog. Link Love will remove the NoFollow attribute to commenters with 10 or more comments. It uses the email address, so you can change your URL if you wish. I wanted [...]

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Aweber & FeedBurner

May 5, 2007

As you probably know already, I use Aweber to send out emails when my blog is updated. And some will know that I use FeedBurner for my feeds. FeedBurner has this feature that lets you display how many subscribers are subscribed to your blog. It does this by listening to the readers that grab the [...]

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