Archive for: July 17th, 2005
Written on July 17th, 2005 at 10:07 pm by Darren Rowse
Give your Feedback for Google about Adsense - They’re Listening
Late last week I found a surprising email in my inbox - from Google.
One of the product managers at Google’s Adsense said she’d found ProBlogger and wanted to know if she could ring me to talk about my experience with the program. At first I was excited - then I was a little cautious - […]
Written on July 17th, 2005 at 10:07 pm by Darren Rowse
Google PageRank Update Analysis
Search Engine Journal has a useful post analyzing the latest Google PageRank Update in which they speculate as to why many sites have decreased in their visible PR whilst increasing their backlinks:
‘The most current PageRank update will undoubtedly cause a larger stir than usual in that many sites have shown drops in their visible […]
Written on July 17th, 2005 at 09:07 pm by Darren Rowse
Blogs as Blogs or Websites?
Duncan points to a study by Nielsen Netratings that finds that 13% of blog visitors don’t know what a blog is and that 66% didn’t realize that the blog they were on was in fact a blog.
This does not surprise me in the least and connects with my experience of blogging for the last couple […]
Written on July 17th, 2005 at 08:07 pm by Darren Rowse
ProBlogger Slashdotted
Well I never expected that ProBlogger.net would get Slashdotted (it’s not unusual on some of my other blogs) - but tonight it happened. They linked to my post where I talked about my last Google Adsense cheque. Let me start by welcoming Slashdot readers. I hope you enjoy your stay.
As per usual with a Slashdotting […]
Written on July 17th, 2005 at 02:07 pm by Darren Rowse
WeblogsInc Network Hacked
WeblogsInc was hacked in the last few hours. ScottKidder.com has the news and screenshot.
Their sites now seem to be up and running again. Not a nice experience to go through I’m sure for the WeblogsInc team.
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Written on July 17th, 2005 at 02:07 pm by Darren Rowse
Yahoo! Health Expert Blogs
I wondered how long it would take for the Search Engines to get into blogging themselves as a commercial endeavor and it seems that Yahoo! have decided to get in on the act with Yahoo! Health Expert Blogs.
As Steve points out this is probably a strategy that they’ll roll out on a larger scale which […]
Written on July 17th, 2005 at 11:07 am by Darren Rowse
Changes at Gizmodo
Megablog - Gizmodo - is going through some changes at the moment with the leaving of editor Joel Johnson who is leaving to pursue a freelance career and plans to find a new Gizmodo team (apply via that link).
It will be interesting to see how the changes impact the blog. Joel is a great blogger […]
Written on July 17th, 2005 at 10:07 am by Darren Rowse
Responding to Blogging Criticism
Thanks to Robert for linking up to ProBlogger.net while I slept last night. It’s always nice to get a positive link from a larger blogger who sends an influx of new readers into your blog.
It’s been an interesting week here at ProBlogger for this reason - after the exposure I had in the Aussie Press […]


