Increase Your FeedBurner Subscriber Count With an Easy Hack
03 aug 2008
Joop has discovered a very simple trick that will enable anyone to artificially inflate the FeedBurner subscriber count of any RSS feed that’s syndicated via FeedBurner.
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Google AdSense Ads in RSS Feeds – First Impressions & Screenshots
01 aug 2008
The AdSense for RSS feeds program is now live for FeedBurner publishers allowing your to monetize your RSS readers through your existing Google AdSense account.
Draft Suggests That Government Promote Blogging in Indian Schools
31 jul 2008
The National Policy on use of Technology in Indian Schools recommends that Internet access be provided in all schools and that students be encouraged to blog as part of curriculum.
Turn Off Picture Thumbnails in WordPress & Save Web Server Space
29 jul 2008
When you publish a blog post that has a screenshot or a picture, WordPress will automatically create two image thumbnails in your uploads folder on the web server. Learn how to disable these thumbnails forever.
New Blog Readership Numbers from PEW Internet Study
23 jul 2008
Pew Research Center for Internet has released some new numbers on blogging and blog readership using data of US based adults. To give you an example, only 11% on Internet users in US read blogs on a typical day while 42% claim to have read blogs at least once.
Errors in WordPress RSS Feeds Related to iPhone App
23 jul 2008
This morning I saw these strange strings (!$title$! & $!text$!) in the RSS feeds of popular sites like TechCrunch and Inside CBC.
Just a wild guess but I think this bug is somewhere related to the iPhone App for WordPress that was also released yesterday.
Ego Surfing on Twitter: Know When People Tweet Your Blog Posts
22 jul 2008
Twitter provides an excellent search engine but the problem is that Twitter Search is pretty useless for ego surfing – that’s because all hyperlinks on Twitter are in the form of short URLs so you’ll never know if that TinyURL link is pointing to you or someone else’s blog.
Watch Buzz Around any Topic in Real Time with Spy
22 jul 2008
If you use blogs, FriendFeed or Twitter to monitor buzz around your favorite topics (say iPhone launch) – do check out Spy.
Things You Should Do After Installing WordPress
21 jul 2008
After you have installed WordPress blogging software, you can perform certain tweaks or change default settings to supercharge your WordPress installation.
iPhone for WordPress Application Now Live on iPhone App Store
19 jul 2008
The WordPress App for iPhone is now live on the Apple iTunes store. The app supports both self-installed WordPress blogs and those hosted on wordpress.com.