What a restaurant can teach you about blogging.
Tools In a kitchen you need special tools for everything you need to do. With certain tools you can not just use them no matter how great they are. Because they will just not work for what you are trying to do. You cant cook in a fridge no matter how great the fridge is, it just wont work. The same...
The blog startup resource list.
Getting more comments.Why commenting in your own niche is the best way to get comments on you blog.
Most commenters are bloggers, most bloggers are obviously commenters. There are a few reason other people would comment on your blog.When we will inspect those reason we will soon see why you are or are not getting comments. We can also explore beyond the commenters and look at other things like traffic...
Use stumbleupon as a search engine
Imagine stumbleupon had a search engine. You could find great things that other people liked and skip all the spam. Well you can use stumbleupon as a search engine. But it works almost like Google’s famous feeling lucky button. Just activate the search function in tools-toolbar options-configuration...
Wordpress 2.5 and plugins. A bit of blogging trouble
Wordpress 2.5 is getting better by the minute. I am discovering new things about it by in every post. Spam comments delete faster and loads of new changes. But there is one thing about the new upgraded Wordpress that is giving me hassles. Its the old plugins. Usually when Wordpress was upgraded you could...
Can people see your Rss button?
One of the most important things about professional blogging is to have working rss feed. But most of the time even though people know its up there in the toolbar somewhere they wont click on it. It has been proven over time that when you provide a Rss graphic that people will join your feed if they...
Adblock Firefox Extension, block ads with Firefox and browse faster.
Adblock for Firefox is the controversial Firefox extension that has caused much debate and even causing some sites to block Firefox. Adblock for Firefox is a extension that blocks ads, it blocks most ads by default as well as Adsense and other ads. This is something great to use because it speeds up...
Akismet sucks
Akismet Sucks, Changing to SK2 » Permagnus.com - Akismet Sucks … Holy shit Akismet sucks « Metacircular thoughts Working at Home on the Internet | Akismet Sucks Akismet Sucks - GeminiGeek’s Online Journal blogs - Icerocket Tag Post from: Copyright 2005-2008 Fromtheold.com...
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From their website “Help! Akismet is catching a regular comment as spam! Don’t worry, if you see a regular comment on your Akismet page, just click the “Not Spam” checkbox and submit and the comment will be sent back to Akismet as a mistake. The system will learn from your submission,...
Akismet.com
Straight from their website’s stats 4,757,362,270 spams caught so far 3,598,488 so far today 91% of all comments are spam That means they have blocked 428162604 comments so far that are not spam. And that means they have blocked 323863 comments that are not spam today.
War with blogging, Akismet made me spam.
First of all, Akismet has marked my comments as spam. I have left some great comments on blogs and they never appear. So if you have Akismet installed I will only try once to comment on your blog unfortunately I wont be going back to a blog where i cant communicate. Except of course if you show my comments...
Akismet sucks.
If you have Akismet installed you might be missing out on a few comments. Especially if you have a lot of visitors. Even my username and url I use on blogs with Akismet is marked as spam. Just shows you how something useful can turn into something that defeats the point why it’s made in the first...
Domain related posts on Fromtheold
Domaining is not just for money Once you choose a domain stick with it Make money online with Domains Increase your payout with subdomains Checkdomain.com Domain market still hot Buying a domain name with PR or Alexa rating wont help you much Take over the internet with your blog. Permanent redirect...
Leaving your url in comments. Dont!
YapYapYap. I know most “pro” bloggers tell you that leaving your url in the comments is a great way of getting your site out there as well as getting some back links but dont do it. (I am not speaking about the place you can put your url in. I am talking about the comment section where you...
Leaving your comments for a week. Blog comments checking and spam stuff.
This week I did not filter out my comments, like I usually do. The reason for this is because I could not. But I have realized a few things. 1. You dont need to filter comments everyday, just keep an eye on who you need to reply to. 2. You dont need Akismet since most spam has to do with medical, casinos...
Is bidorbuy.co.za losing value because it’s free to post?
If bidorbuy makes it that you have to pay at least R10 per item you post I think the quality of the site will increase a lot. Imagine all the spam on ebay if they would make it free. So the same thing can keep Bidorbuy from being a spam site. Sometimes paying is just worth it, especially if free invites...
My blog is a bit of a mess today
I am importing some old blogs that I dont use anymore and since they dont have that many posts its fine but they have a fair share of spam comments which I have to go through. The new import, export function rocks and makes migrating real easy.
What is Search Engine Optimization?
Search Engine Optimization otherwise known as SEO for short is when you increase the amount of traffic to your website through natural search results and getting your site high as possible to be found first. Otherwise known as ranks, getting your website high on search engines through the use of search...
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