Author Archive for Abe Olandres

Hostgator buys CSSVault for $100k

March 12, 2007 | Filed Under News | 9 Comments

Design directory, CSSVault, has reportedy been sold to HostGator, a leading webhosting company. Ahmed broke the news at techsoapbox:

Better ways to re-hash other people’s content

March 11, 2007 | Filed Under General | 2 Comments

Over at Online Marketing Blog, Thomas McMahon posts a nice entry about 4 Ways to Successfully Re-Post Others Content. These practices are widely used in the blogosphere so it’s nice to see how bloggers are making good use of these methods in their blogging activities.

The next goldmine is in mobile advertising

March 11, 2007 | Filed Under Advertising, General | 2 Comments

The next frontier in advertising will be delivered thru your mobile phones, a story from the Herald Tribune reports on a recent study about the growth of mobile internet.

What’s the perfect formula for blogger payouts?

February 27, 2007 | Filed Under Blog Networks, Opinion, Professional Blogging | 14 Comments

There’s been a long discussion for a week now on Wisdump on why Blog Networks Failed which branched out at 901am with the reasoning that blog networks don’t seem to be paying their bloggers enough. Jeremy Wright took it a bit personal, wrote “Do we pay our bloggers enough?“, and was a little frustrated that [...]

Google misspells itself as Googe

February 14, 2007 | Filed Under Google, Search | 14 Comments

We bloggers often make spelling mistakes but when you see Google overlooked its Valentine’s Day logo like the one below…

… you’ll wonder if the artist was too in love or just got heart-broken to notice the misspelling.
Happy Valentines everyone! :)

Big Blog vs. Many Small Blogs

February 8, 2007 | Filed Under Advertising, Blog Networks, Professional Blogging, Publishing | 9 Comments

Jason Calacanis mentioned in his blog that aside from WIN blogs and Gawker blogs, there are no other top blogs out there, and even cited b5media as a well-funded network without a carrier blog anyone can name (well, maybe except for Problogger.net or the other acquired blogs including one of our very own editors here, [...]

GMail opens up registration to all

February 8, 2007 | Filed Under Google, News | 1 Comment

CNet reports that Google has lifted the invitation-only registration requirement for GMail. The Google Operating System also noted that anyone can now sign up for a GMail account.

Keep Looking →

News

What is Fueling Your Blog?
July 5, 2008 | By Lorelle VanFossen | Leave a Comment

I want to know what is really fueling your blog?
What keeps you blogging on? What inspires you to keep publishing content on your blog? What keeps you coming back for more?
Is it the blog traffic? Do you hover over your blog stats stressing out when the numbers go down and researching all the different [...]

UK companies aren’t clear on new “fake blogging” laws
July 4, 2008 | By Andy Merrett | Leave a Comment

British companies which pretend to blog as ordinary members of the public, or post multiple positive reviews as if from consumers, are now breaking UK law, yet many don’t know anything about the new legislation, according to Brands2Life.
Its director, Gareth Thomas, said that, “Most people don’t know about this law,” adding, “there is a misconception [...]

Berocca sends out Blogger Relief Packs
July 4, 2008 | By Andy Merrett | 2 Comments

The concept may not be that new, but a couple of weeks ago a colleague introduced me to Berocca’s Blogger Relief Pack. I signed up with one of my blogs, and yesterday received the pack.

While it’s not the complete answer to managing the stress of blogging, a tube of Berocca and a nice glass to [...]

ScribeFire 2.2.8 Released
July 4, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | Leave a Comment

ScribeFire is a popular desktop blogging application hosted in a Firefox extension. Version 2.2.8 includes fixes and some brush-ups. The extension is free to download from Mozilla Add-ons, and works with both Firefox 2 and 3.

Two New b5media Blogs Launched
July 4, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | Leave a Comment

Another two b5media blogs launched recently. Marye Audet edits Simply Home Remedies, which is about just that. This from the launch post:
For the past 20 years or so my family has lived without the assistance of commercial medicines or doctors, except for things like broken arms and emergency surgeries on retro-pharyngeal abscesses. You know, the [...]

Hitting the Frontpage of Digg
July 3, 2008 | By Matt Craven | 1 Comment

Skelliewag takes a look at playing the odds and trying to “win” with Digg - a great article with some fantastic tips on how to promote your site using Digg.
Most bloggers would love their content to hit the front page of Digg. Unfortunately, most of those bloggers are never able to experience the huge spike [...]

Patrons

Recent listings from Blogger Jobs

Weekly Bloggers for Hire 41
Want your profile here? Read this earlier post for more info. Remember: please follow the instructions there. One-liners will be ignored and have be

[...]

Health & Medical Writers Wanted
We got this from Geek Health: Health and Medical writers are currently required to help expand a rather young health/medical blog. Bloggers are free

[...]

Project Manager Wanted
We got this through email: Project Manager: Online/Blog Community Experience Local Washington Candidates Only Please no Sub Contracting Company resp

[...]

Ghost Writer Needed for Internet Marketing Blog
We got this posting for the Blueliner blog: We are looking for a writer that has in-depth knowledge of the internetmarketing industry and can write

[...]

Four Blog-Related Openings
This quartet is courtesy of our sister site, Performancing.com: Travel Writers Needed: Budget travel and Cancun — “I seem to find it di

[...]

More at Blogger Jobs