I read a very interesting article today and it made me mad. I think it made me mad because ISP’s think we the common folk are stupid. Like we don’t know that they get great financial gain from us the search user. Here is a snippet of the article which I read over at VerticalLeap.com.…
I have heard and read from many bloggers saying that they tend to hide or blend in their ads to that they won’t upset the blog readers. Well, here is my opinion: If you really want to monetize your blog, you should shout your ads! I run many blogs and have been actively making money…
Yesterday I stumbled on an intriguing blog post by Ana Hoffman, titled in a slightly provocative manner: “The Slow Rotting of the Web and Blogosphere.” Ana shares a pretty scary picture of where blogging and the web are heading to today. To sum up Ana’s blog post: Blogging and blogs are heading toward extinction. Talk…
After what conventional wisdom declared to be flops by Google in several attempts to enter the social networking arena, it’s understandable that many blog owners are adopting a wait-and-see posture before considering the search engine behemoth’s latest entry. However, just as conventional wisdom is known to wrong, so might be a passive strategy where Google+…
It doesn’t matter whether you are a blogger or you have a website of your own. If you want to ditch your corporate cubicles and be one among the online money makers, pay per lead affiliate marketing can be good source of income for you. With the increase in the level of debt in the…
Well, not THE Zuckerberg, but his sister; Randi Zuckerberg. Randi is leaving Facebook as director of marketing to start her own social media firm. Hmmm, what do you think this means? Maybe she knows that it’s only a matter of time before Facebook becomes MySpace. History that is. With the immense popularity of Google+, one…
I was just looking for blog post ideas for my directory blog, and I stumbled on an interesting web directory – it’s a Google+ directory from which you can search for Google+ profiles based on name, profession, location, etc.: FindPeopleOnPlus.com. The Google Plus directory is currently listing almost 10 million Google+ users, and is most…
This question has always been difficult to answer: How often should you publish a blog post? For me a blog post every two or three days is adequate – however, I do post (almost) everyday on several blogs I own. The Friendly Blogger is updated every 2 or 3 days – sometimes everyday (thanks, Lisa,…