Archive for October, 2009

Google PageRank updated!

Google PageRank (PR) was finally updated! If you didn’t know, Google only updated PR several times a year; last time was in June 2009. Since Free Blog Help dot Com wasn’t even created until the last few days of July, I had no PR prior to today. So what is it now? This site’s homepage [...]

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Blog like you’re writing for a 14-year old girl

The safest school girl picture in the first 1000 search results.

What do newspapers and online articles have in common? They’re both written at an eight grade level or lower. Experts say that some newspapers are even written at a fifth grade level! Not sure what it’s like in other countries but apparently that’s the case for the US. Anyway, one way to measure the level [...]

Make easy money with Twitter using Sponsored Tweets

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How long do you think it’ll take you to earn your first dollar blogging? Ask bloggers who’ve actually earned an income and almost all of them will tell you that you won’t see a cent for the first few weeks. Your first dollar? HA! You’ll have to outlast the 80% of bloggers who never made [...]

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7 secrets for creating successful list posts

No matter what some critics say, list posts will always do well. I think one of the biggest strengths is that it inherently manages the readers’ expectations. The title of the list post tells them exactly what the post is about and how many bullet points there will be. Another reason is people are so [...]

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Verizon Motorola Droid: legit iPhone killer or just the flavor of the month?

If you watch any television at all and you live in the US (not sure what other countries are airing this), there’s a good chance you’ve seen this commercial for the “next iPhone killer”. I mean, sure, it does have a catching tune by MoZella and the message does make you think about some … [...]

Why having a blog is like having a girlfriend

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Let me begin by stating that I’m not sexist. I just don’t know what it’s like to have a boyfriend (not that there’s anything wrong with that). Secondly, as some of you already know, I’m married so I haven’t had a “girlfriend” in what seems like eternity. I am a one-woman kind of guy. Luckily, [...]

WordPress 2.8.5 released

With the highly anticipated WordPress 2.9 in a few weeks, WordPress 2.8.5 was released to fill some security holes in the interim. They call this a “hardening release” and although it’s not mandatory, it’s recommended. What they highlight for the 2.8.5 release are: A fix for the Trackback Denial-of-Service attack that is currently being seen. [...]

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