Archive for January, 2008
Look for Writers with a Passion
As a blog grows, hiring writers becomes a very attractive option. The blog is making money, and quality writers can be hired to minimize the stress and work you have to put into the blog, while not greatly effecting the bottom line. Hiring writers can also give your readers (and search engines) more content to […]
Wordpress Parent Automattic Raises $29.5 Million in Funding
Wordpress continues to roll this week, as Automattic, the company behind the popular blogging platform, raising $29.5 Million in additional funding for the Wordpress platform and its other platform. This news comes just days after they announced an increase in storage for Wordpress.com accounts to 3 GB, making it the best value in the hosted […]
More Affiliate Cuts from Google
Just last week there was intense debate over Google’s decision to limit its AdSense Affiliate Program to mainly North America and a few other places, and to decrease the amounts that were paid for each referral. Today, we got word that Google will be decreasing Affiliate fees on other produicts as well, namely, Google Pack […]
Interview with Gina Trapani: Editor Of LifeHacker
Gina Trapani is the editor of LifeHacker, one of the web’s largest productivity and tech websites, attracting nearly 685,000 daily readers who view nearly 775,000 pages. Below are a few questions we asked her about blogging and the success of LifeHacker.
1. How did You Get Your Start in Blogging?
I started my first personal blog in […]
Poll: How Many Hours do You Spend Blogging?
Today’s poll question is asking, How many hours do you spend a day blogging? Vote below.
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Wordpress.com Offers 3GB Storage
Wordpress made a major announcement today, increasing storage capacity on free Wordpress.com hosted blogs from 50MB to 3GB. This is 3x what Blogger offers and it would cost you $300 annually to get this much storage from TypePad.
The debate over which blogging platform was one of our sessions at BlogOnExpo 1/2008, but if there was […]
Last Weeks Poll Results: How Many Posts
Last week we asked our readers how many times they posted every week. There is a wide variety in post frequency in the blogosphere, with some popular blogs posting just once a week, while other blogs (especially news driven blogs) post 50 times or more every day.
We found that the majority of BlogOnExpo visitors post […]
Why 100 Organic Visitors are better than 10,000 Social Media Visitors
I love social media traffic. I love waking up and seeing an extra 30,000 visitors in my stat report. But, what I have realized from getting various bursts of social media traffic at different times is that 100 organic visitors can be better than 10,000 visitors from social media sites.
Lets do the math for a […]
