From the monthly archives:

August 2008

Looking for a “Recently Updated” Wordpress Plugin

August 29, 2008

So after coming back from SES I had some interesting conversations, looked at some interesting things and came up with a few ideas. One of the things I’d like to try but have never seen is a recently updated function/plugin. How would a recently updated plugin differ from a recently published function … well I’m [...]

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Where I’m Gonna Be – Thanks to the Upcoming Plugin

August 28, 2008

I added Joost’s upcoming plugin that uses the upcoming system to let everybody know where I’m going to be. If you attend or speak at a decent amount of conferences, shows or events, IMHO it’s a pretty neat tool.

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Amazon Auto Linker Plugin

August 28, 2008

So back in the beginning of August I mentioned two plugins that I felt needed to be developed. Joost DeValk stepped up to the plate and wrote one, the Amazon Auto Linker, so he gets the free link love. In caser you missed it the plugin goes thru and auto appends your amazon aff id [...]

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Seth Godin Wants to Cheat Advertisers with Fake Clicks

August 22, 2008

Seth Godin has an article today called ads are the new tip jar, where he advocates clicking on webmaster welfare Google adsense or other contextual ads to help bloggers get paid for their work. He of course completely ignores that advertisers will be paying for clicks from people who had absolutely no intention of using [...]

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Guest Posts Like them or Dislike Them

August 14, 2008

Ok so I’ve run most of my guest posts, I still have two or three to run, but they won’t be going live until after SES San Jose. So what did you think? Like em? Dislike em?
Share your feelings in the comments. Constructive criticism is fine, being a dufus troll is not. if you [...]

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Teaching Advanced Link Building and Why Pagerank Will Never Die

August 13, 2008

One of the difficult things of trying to share ideas, or teach a concept to large group of people is the different levels everyone is at. What some people consider advanced others consider intermediate. The second problem is the larger and more diverse the audience, the more general and ambiguous the examples have to be.

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Viewzi – Interesting Advanced New Search UI

August 12, 2008

Last week Giovanni Gallucci sent me a link to Viewzi which has some interesting search UI’s that I think advanced users might actually use. Unlike Cuil I don’t think they spent 30 million and ended up with a product that thinks the best picture for me is a picture of Elliot Spitzer.

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Short Videos, Long Videos, and Don’t Take Everything So Literally

August 12, 2008

Many moons ago I wrote about how short videos are better than long ones, and I took lumps in the comments because I didn’t do a good job explaining myself and some readers took me far to literally. However I came across a video last week that allows me to explain myself a little better.

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Are You in Violation of Google’s Double Serving Policy? You Just Might Be!

August 11, 2008

The following is a Guest Post from Amber Benedict.
A client of mine emailed me in a panic, saying two of their affiliate PPC sites have been “tagged” by Google Adwords for violation of the Google double serving policy. “Tagged” meaning that Google is planning to take down my clients’ paid ads for violation of the [...]

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Hey Google Can We Get a Clear Cloaking and First Click Free Explanation

August 8, 2008

One of the more common questions I get from people is how do I show my paid context to search engines, but not to non-paying/membership customers, and staying within search engine guidelines. The answer always comes dangerously close or steps over the cloaking line.

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Five Search Queries to Find Sponsorship Link Opportunities

August 8, 2008

And regardless of the fact that they are paid, Google doesn’t seem to mind them so long as they are on-topic and coming from a reputable website. As the title suggests, this “link buy” comes in the form of sponsoring an event or website. The trick is to find sponsorship opportunities that are in your corner of the web (read: on-topic).

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KISS SEO

August 7, 2008

The following is a Guest Post from Michael Martin.
When performing SEO its best to first implement the KISS strategy, Keep It Simple S…..
Forget about the old school keyword density equations, being completely W3C compliant, creating X amount of content, pages or acquiring X amount of links.
KISS SEO would include, but not limited to:

Unique TITLE tag for [...]

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How to Use Twitter as a Marketing Tool with Tweet Pro

August 6, 2008

So my friend Cesar Serna launched his new site this week and is making his first tool Tweet Pro available. If you don’t know Cesar he used to work for Greg Boser aka Webgeurilla. I was in on the beta program and had a chance to put the tool thru it’s paces this weekend.

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Blogher, Pro-Woman or Anti-Man?

August 5, 2008

The following is a Guest Post from Brandy Eddings.
Last school year while at recess my daughter approached a group of boys playing kickball. She asked if she could join, the boy holding the ball told her “only boys can play”. My daughter’s response was “then why are they letting you play” she grabbed the ball [...]

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Two Wordpress Plugins That Need to be Developed

August 4, 2008

After my SEO plugins for wordpress and backend plugins for wordpress most people would think that should cover most of the things anyone would need. However I can think of two that are needed right off the bat.

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Hey Disney World You Had me at Hello …

August 3, 2008

Somedays there are jobs which were absolutely made for you … sadly I’m just in NY … hey Terry *cough* *cough* telecommunting *cough* *cough* I heard working from home is great for the environment

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