- Going Beyond the Blog – How to Extend Your Blog. Once you have a few hundred RSS subscribers, and some decent comment counts, how can you add to the “community” aspect of your blog? Go beyond the blog.
- How Old Are ProBlogger Readers? Since 90% of bloggers (I made that statistic up by the way) read ProBlogger, these stats have some meaning.
- No .com? Add the Domain Extension to Your Name and Logo
- Protecting Your PHP/MySQL Queries from SQL Injection
- Pro Blog Design, that great blog that I just can’t stop linking to ( ) is now offering “professional blog design services.” If you have some pocket change (okay, a lot of pocket change…) you can have your blog redesigned by design expert Michael Martin. Also available are design appraisals.
- Skelliewag has a three-part series on running your blog “correctly” from the start. Ever wonder how you get 200+ subscribers in only a couple of months? Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.
- Unclutter your blog! And while you’re at it, ditch the DiggIt widget…
- Is Google Ranking Scraped Material on Top?
- Name-Mix The New Branding Trend! Funky Names Are Here!
- I’ve always thought the footer an oft-overlooked part of web designs. Finally, someone besides me has compiled a post of cool footer designs.
- I think this guy needs to upgrade his CPU…
- Google’s just made it possible to tweak your ads without having to re-paste the code.
- Uh, oh. Bad Google! Is Google changing the PageRank algorithm…or just “penalizing” sites again?
- Hey, look, more Google news! GMail now has IMAP support.
- Is it Declutter Your Blog Week? The Blog Herald also says you should declutter your blog.
Category Archives: General
BlogBuzz October 27, 2007
Oct 27, 2007 by Matt | Posted in General No CommentsDid Google Just Update Their PageRank?
Oct 26I have a widget on my desktop that tells me what all my websites’ PageRanks are. I’m not obsessed with PageRank or anything (unlike some people), but it’s nice to be able to check at a glance. Anyway, I was checking another widget a…
PageRank and “Overall Site Metrics”
Oct 26People like to measure and compare things. Metrics affect decisions, like whether someone will buy an ad on your site. Websites are measured in numerous ways. They’re given an “overall score” with PageRank; Feedburner counts the number of people who subscribe to their RSS…
Coming Soon: The Webmaster-Source Podcast
Oct 19EDIT: The contest has ended. Results. I’ve been searching around various podcast directories (including the “official” on in iTunes). I’ve noticed a lack of Blogging/Webmaster podcasts, and I’ve decided to start one here on Webmaster-Source. I’m getting close to recording a pilot episode, though…
Webmaster Articles Blog Carnival – October 1, 2007 Edition
Oct 2Sorry it’s a day late! After much waiting, here’s the October 1, 2007 edition of the Webmaster Articles Blog Carnival. Submissions for the next edition are now being accepted, and if you’re interested in hosting the next edition, please let me know. InfiniTech will…
200th Post! Plus WordPress 2.3
Sep 26Seeing as this is the 200th blog post on Webmaster-Source, I’m going to take this opportunity to fill you in on a little of WSC’s history. I bought the domain www.webmaster-source.com about a year and a half ago, and put up a static website…
Blogging Tip: Cheap, but great, prizes for contests
Aug 8It’s not too unusual for bloggers to run contests in attempt to raise their PageRank/Technorati Authority. You may have considered this briefly, but dismissed the idea when you couldn’t think of anything good to offer as a prize. Here’s a possible solution: Refurbished iPods.…
WSC CSS-ified
Jul 29Hopefully you’ll notice some speed improvements around here. I’ve finally found the time to update Webmaster-Source’s layout to utilize CSS instead of tables. Don’t believe me? Check yourself! 100% CSS page layout.
Naming Your Site: No, “Bob” Isn’t a Good Name
Jul 28When you’re starting a new website, you need to come up with a name as soon as possible. How soon? You should pick a name before you start building your layout and all that. Why? Well, it’s not easy to make a logo and…
Webmaster Articles Blog Carnival – July 18, 2007 Edition
Jul 16Welcome to the July 18, 2007 edition of the Webmaster Articles blog carnival. You may notice that we’re publishing a little early, but are you complaining? We’ve got a nice collection of articles this time around, so let’s get started.