Archive for June, 2005

I’ve been getting quite a few emails from subscribers lately asking about Google’s new sitemap technology. People are asking me because I’m an RSS fanatic and most RSS is written in XML, as are Google’s sitemaps. To be honest with you here (and I’m soliciting responses from anyone who is in the know) I haven’t experimented at » read the rest

If you write online articles it is important to relate to the reader that you truly know what you are talking about and give them confidence in your expert status. There are many ways to do this and it is best to let it ride or leave it subtly implied. It is best to show » read the rest

How do I make the most out of AdSense and blogging? I’ve read here that get paid to write web sites like HubPages and Associated Content are a good way to build a portfolio but earning money through AdSense that way is slow. If I just use my own blog(s), or else combine my blog(s) with » read the rest

The earlier info about pinging every blog post created quite a flurry of emails and comments. Made me wonder…perhaps not everyone knows this stuff already. So let’s talk about it some… There are many blog services and software and there’s no way I can cover them all, but I will talk about the top three – Google’s blogger » read the rest

This is a continuation of a previous post about ping engines. Ping (aka notify) the ping engines every time you post a new article or item on your blog to get the search engines to your site more often. Now most bloggers use pingomatic.com as a fast ‘notify’ engine. Pingomatic is a lot like the ‘corner store’, » read the rest