Archive for: December, 2004

Written on December 10th, 2004 at 06:12 pm by Darren Rowse

Is Contextual Advertising Viable on a Blog?

Advertising, Adsense 5 comments

There has been an increasing amount of debate recently over both the ethics and viability of blogging commercially. The focus of this post is not to enter into the question of ’should bloggers add income streams to their blogs’ - rather I want to examine whether it is a financially viable alternative.
I know of […]

Written on December 10th, 2004 at 04:12 pm by Darren Rowse

InsideBlogging - The Blog Inside InsideBlogging

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Bloggers Darren Barefoot and Jeremy Wright have joined forces in a blogging consultancy relationship going by the name of ‘Inside Blogging’. Of course all good blog consultants can never have enough blogs so they’ve stared an InsideBlogging Blog to give readers the inside word on their new venture. Should be an interesting read - especially […]

Written on December 10th, 2004 at 04:12 pm by Darren Rowse

2005 Australian Blogging Conference - more details released

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The 2005 Australian Blogging Conference website has updated a few more details of the event to be held in Melbourne on either 18 or 25 February at a venue still to be confirmed.

The cost will be $150 for a full day including lunch and refreshments. Its a bit more than I was expecting but I […]

Written on December 10th, 2004 at 09:12 am by Darren Rowse

Should You Use Targeted Keywords in URLs

Search Engine Optimization 3 comments

‘Should You Use Targeted Keywords In URLs?’ - This is actually a question I’ve been asked on numerous occassions by bloggers wanting to optimize their blogs for Search Engines. The theory is that if you are writing a blog about matchsticks that your ranking will be higher if you domain name has ‘matchsticks’ in the […]

Written on December 9th, 2004 at 03:12 pm by Darren Rowse

Web Design in 2005 - Predictions

Blog Design 1 comment

I’ve been very aware since starting this blog that the design I’ve got here is terrible. One knows by looking at it that whilst I might make a living from blogging that my skills do not lie in the design area (I usually get someone else to do it). However this blog was started purely […]

Written on December 9th, 2004 at 08:12 am by Darren Rowse

The Definitive Secret to SEO Revealed

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Whilst the last article focused upon what NOT to do in SEO ‘The Definitive Secret to SEO Revealed is a much more positive article that focusses upon what one SHOULD do. It is a comprehensive article and well worth the read if you’re interested in climbing the Search Engine results rankings.

I don’t much go in […]

Written on December 9th, 2004 at 08:12 am by Darren Rowse

Eight worst search optimization techniques

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SEO Chat has another good article today outlining eight of the worst SEO techniques:

‘Some webmasters and SEO companies will use any means they can think of to get a high rank in search engine listings. That’s not always a good idea. Krissi Danielsson gives a detailed list of eight search engine optimization techniques you shouldn’t […]

Written on December 8th, 2004 at 11:12 pm by Darren Rowse

Who is Your Blog’s Customer?

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I have a business coach who is helping me think through my blogging business. Its actually been very helpful so far even though he has very little experience of blogging. Part of the process has been me teaching him about the medium so that he’s able to help me structure what I do for maximum […]

Written on December 8th, 2004 at 08:12 am by Darren Rowse

Google Testing Animated Ads

Adsense 6 comments

Yesterday I missed another change to Adsense - it seems they will be testing animated image ads - here is what they say on their site:

‘We’ll be accepting animated GIFs from a small test group of advertisers, and you’ll be able to display these ads on your pages! The new ads will still adhere to […]


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