When Friends and Family Don’t Understand Problogging

This site covers how to start a blog, build traffic and make money blogging. If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I’ve been actively blogging for over 5 years now, and by “active” I mean that at one point I generated well over 20 blog entries […]

Clean Up Comment URLs In One Click

If you’re struggling to handle comments left solely to help someone else’s SEO, the solution is one click away. Alex King, the author of so many indispensable WordPress plug-ins, has come up with another nifty one: De-Link Comment Author.
Although the plug-in isn’t officially supported, I’ve installed it on all of my blogs and have […]

Easy Cash… Or Comment Trash

Why installing the “do-follow” plugin harm blog by encouraging comment spammers to make money leaving links on your site.

Making Outlook More Efficient

How to make a shortcut to create an Outlook task or send an email with one click.

There’s Always More To Learn About The Web

Although I’m far from a tech head, I consider myself a pretty savvy internet user. My browser’s tricked out, I can execute keyboard shortcuts in my sleep, and now that I’ve switched to using dual monitors with my laptop (when I’m not blogging from my treadmill) I’ve become even more of a web-head than ever.
So […]

Make More Money With LinkWorth

When it comes to companies that pay bloggers to blog, it’s no secret that LinkWorth is by far my favorite. With the variety of ways bloggers can make money with them, they tend to be one of my largest sources of online income each month. Some of you have told me that you aren’t receiving […]

Timing Entries For Post Popularity

Thanks to social boomarking sites like Digg, StumbleUpon and Del.icio.us, it seems like there’s a formula for just about everything pertaining to blogging these days:
• How to write attention-getting headlines;
• How to craft descriptions and summaries to draw readers;
• How to write compelling excerpts.
Now there’s even advice on the best and worst times to post […]

The Need For Speed

When it comes to first impressions, your blog has four seconds to load before the majority of new visitors decide not to bother reading it. That’s four seconds for full loading, by the way, and not merely part of your content filling the screen.
Speeding up a website takes work but it’s worth it. The […]

The Key To Amazon Affiliate Linking

In the three months since I first wrote about how to use Amazon’s Quick Links on your blog I’ve been pleased to see my affiliate income grow. No doubt part of the reason is that I’m linking Amazon products more often — using the quick link script just makes it so darned easy. Multiply that […]

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