Google PageRank Algorithm Leaked It seems everyone is still tied up in a knot over the recent Google PageRank update. Well, it seems a trusted source inside the Google headquarters has leaked part of the PageRank algorithm that Google used to to slapped a bunch of blogs this week. A big thanks to BlogStorm.com for the heads up on this […]
Read MoreFor those who never read the news headlines in your Dashboard, WordPress has released Version 2.3.1. All those who didn’t upgrade when WordPress released 2.3, because of bugs that always accompany a new series release, can now upgrade with more piece of mind. This upgrade includes a security fix so anyone running WordPress 2.3 must upgrade. 2.3.1 fixes over twenty […]
Read MoreWhile the Facebook Developer Garage was mostly filled with geeks who couldn’t make money online if their life depended on it, there was a presentation from my buddy Jason Bailey of Millnic Media (they gave me the MS Zune that nobody wants). Unfortunately, we weren’t able to catch Jason’s speech because it was after the break and we had already […]
Read MoreThanks to ComicTan for making the cartoon. Noticed that Shoe has to use both hands to try and grab a new reader? 🙂 With just five days to go in the John Chow Vs. Shoemoney RSS competition, I lead the Shoe by 2,539 readers. As a matter of fact, I now have more total RSS readers than Shoemoney. Unless Shoe […]
Read MoreBlogRush has finished cleaning their network of undesirable blogs and I’ve lost over 200 blogs in my network alone. We just completed our Quality Control audit. You will now notice that all non-English, spam, and low quality blogs (or others that didn’t meet all of our guidelines) are GONE from appearing in your widget. We removed over 10,000 blogs from […]
Read MoreThis latest round of Google PageRank downgrade has a bunch of webmasters tied up in a knot. On the surface, it sounds like a very bad thing and TechCrunch is even reporting that some sites will go under because of it. My feeling is that any site that goes under because of a downgrade in PageRank deserves to go under. […]
Read MoreShoemoney was the first to report that WidgetBucks was slapped with a Google penalty and speculated that it happened because of the WidgetBuck TOS requiring users to link to them. The Google slap hit pretty hard. WidgetBucks doesn’t even show up when you search for WidgetBucks or widgetbucks.com. Well, it does show up as a Sponsored Link. Maybe this is […]
Read MoreAfter the Facebook Developer Garage, we headed out to Memphis Blue BBQ House for some good old southern BBQ (we being myself, Sarah, Greg Morgan, Gary from BlueFur, Rainer from Think Referrals and Cathy from C2 Design). I discovered Memphis a few years back and have been hooked on their food ever since. During one period, myself and some friends […]
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