John Reese Shuts Down BlogRush

Posted by Chris Jacobson | October 31, 2008

Another .com idea has come and gone. BlogRush, the widget-based traffic exchange concept for bloggers, has closed its doors. The creator, John Reese, wrote in a post on Wednesday that the click-through-rates have been on a steady decline for several months now. Originally launching in September 2007, BlogRush spread virally over the Internet, with thousands […]

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Top 5 Best WordPress Blog Plugins

Posted by Chris Jacobson | October 29, 2008

We all know WordPress is by far the best blogging platform out there. Period. Those n00bie bloggers may disagree and say Blogger is the best place to host a blog, but the pros know where the good software is at. I often receive e-mails from readers asking me to suggest my favourite plugins to use. […]

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Sunday Chatter – 10/26

Posted by Chris Jacobson | October 26, 2008

5 Tips to Deal with Social Media If you’re a member of the various social networks out there, such as Twitter, Digg, Facebook, Sphinn etc., then you know how much time they can take away from your work if you get sidetracked. ProBlogger has outlined 5 ways to deal with the overwhelming feeling of having […]

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Google Analytics Integrates with AdSense

Posted by Chris Jacobson | October 24, 2008

Google has finally did it! They have decided to integrate Analytics with AdSense — which I’m sure most publishers will appreciate. The request for this to happen was made almost two years ago in various forums and Google groups, but this week the Big G finally listened. Publishers will see their accounts gradually roll over […]

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First Look at WordPress 2.7

Posted by Chris Jacobson | October 22, 2008

The first screenshots of WordPress 2.7 came online last week. It seems as if we just received quite a significant visualization upgrade with the current release, but now we have another one coming soon. It looks pretty good, but I would have personally preferred the menu bar to stay on the top of the screen […]

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