Where are the bloggers?

Is it because I have been inactive in blogging or is it true that this blogging issue was a hype? I mean I don’t see so many people nowadays blogging so actively and/or discussing about blogs and stuff. 2 years ago, when I was a lot more active, blogs were pretty much the talk of the . . . → Read More: Where are the bloggers?

Bad comments…

I hate comments like: “well written article”, “I agree”, etc…

I mean, I know that you are trying to pull some visitors back to your site, which is fine by the way, but at least you can devote a minute or two to read that short article and express a real view. Just a sentence should be . . . → Read More: Bad comments…

Akismet

Akismet is a wonderful plugin for WordPress that vastly decreases spam comments! I used to get many spam comments and I had to spend a lot of time to scan my (old) posts to delete them. There were days that I had to delete about 60-70 spam comments! Since I activated Akismet (about 2 weeks ago) . . . → Read More: Akismet

Which is better: Use an ad network for your blog or find a potential advertising client personally?

Ready and fully customizable solutions are very attractive as an option. Google’s Adsense or Adbrite for example are huge advertising networks that deliver efficient advertising to one’s blog or website. These solutions are immediately ready to work. The offer and demand is handled by the ad network. On the other hand finding potential clients that may . . . → Read More: Which is better: Use an ad network for your blog or find a potential advertising client personally?

Interactive marketing and its shiny future

Interactive marketing is going to have a great future. I reason this statement in the current and upcoming technologies and media use and consumption. Moreover there are many examples of some quite successful campaigns based on interactive marketing.

Interactive marketing is using mainly the internet as the interactivity platform but this is not necessary. Interactive uses the . . . → Read More: Interactive marketing and its shiny future

Spamming…

There are certain blog posts that are spam magnets. It’s really annoying having to delete 50-70 spam comments each time I log . . . → Read More: Spamming…

Design & Content…

Design is very important in any blog or website. However the greatest role in a blog’s / website’s success comes from the content itself. I ‘ve seen really awful blogs & websites designs having a large number of loyal readers because of good quality content. What do you think on the subject? Do you agree . . . → Read More: Design & Content…

Enough with making money on the internet!

8 out of 10 blogs out there are about making money by blogging or on the internet generally!

Well, if most of the blogs teach people how to make money, where are the rest of the blogs that make the money??? Are there any? It seems that the whole blogging market is concentrated on”teaching others the secrets . . . → Read More: Enough with making money on the internet!

Spam comments

Once in a while one should check old posts for spam comments. WordPress filters are quite good but sometimes spammers evade them.

I noticed the following trick: spammers use to spam old posts that are not displayed in the front page so that you may not see them. Speaking for myself, I usually check just the last . . . → Read More: Spam comments

My item did sell in facebook!

The item that I listed in RadicalBuy via facebook application did sell eventually before 2 days! I had blogged about an experimental comparison between ebay and facebook (& radicallbuy) you can read this post here. The outcome was positive, I sold that item (I’ve already been paid and shipped the product). I think that buyer found . . . → Read More: My item did sell in facebook!