Entries from November 2006

Pinging Technorati: Surprise and Disappointment

Date November 5, 2006

After reviewing October web logs for all of mine WordPress powered websites, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that approximately 5% of the traffic was due to Technorati. I was disappointed to see though that most of my traffic ended up landing on an error (404) page. After taking a closer look I realized that [...]

Spam Protection Plugin for Your Site

Date November 4, 2006

As Your WordPress powered site grows in size and visitors, you will notice that it may also grow in the amount of “undesired” comments. Generally you will get three types of comments on your blog. Comments entered by “robots” (unless you protect your site), comments entered by a human being that may take advantage of your [...]

EzineArticles: 400 words or more

Date November 2, 2006

EzineArticles: 
Effective yesterday, we raised the minimum from 200 words to 250 words in the article body in order to be accepted for review at EzineArticles.com.
While it can be done, the reality is that anything less than 250 words may look more like a blog entry rather than an informative article that delivers an expert opinion, [...]

EzineArticles: 400 words or more

Date November 2, 2006

EzineArticles: 
Effective yesterday, we raised the minimum from 200 words to 250 words in the article body in order to be accepted for review at EzineArticles.com.
While it can be done, the reality is that anything less than 250 words may look more like a blog entry rather than an informative article that delivers an expert opinion, [...]