Wriging Forum: Blogging

Amazon Associate

WilcosWorld — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:47:08

Just wondered, how many people use Amazon Associate referrals of their sites, and see any benefit from it? Is it actually worth the effort? Do you get any money from it?

Go Pink!

pelf — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:59:29

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Yes, it is THAT important that a whole month is dedicated to creating and spreading awareness on breast cancer.

Would you go pink for October? You don't have to redo your entire theme, really. That would take way too long. Simply put, you could just change your banner image to a pinkish one, or change your header colour (to pink, of course), or maybe just the colour of your links.

And when you're done, grab one of these pink buttons/badges and place it on your blog to show your support. Or better still, if you have time and more importantly, the expertise, you could also design some buttons/badges for the event.

Also, I will be running a contest on the Pink for October site, would you like to sponsor a prize that is worth about USD 50?

payment gateway-a relook

dynamark — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:51:07

Payment gateway - a relook
There appears to a mad rush for the only most popularly known Payment Gateway across the globe and that is: PAYPAL. Dominance by a single entity is not good as it implies an absolute monopoly and such organizations dont move with the moving economy - note that this is a very personal view.
Today what the young world needs is the ability of upcomming entrepreneurs to get mobile faster and working within their resources. The monopoly of any individual concerns may hinder the growth potentiality of those having extremely acceptable IDEAS to manoeuver in the real life situations.
Thoughts in this direction would be appreciated.

Anyone have any experience with Snakk Media?

stonemonkey45 — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:01:06

Hello Chaps and chappets

I got an email last night from a representative of Snakk Media, who wants to talk about syndicating my blogs content for mobile users. They seem reputable (have done deals with vodafone in New Zealand etc.), but as i consider mobile browsing a step to far into geekery (when i leave the house / office its often because I don't want to stare at any more screens) I don't know anything about it.

In the past I've been invited into advertising networks, content syndication to msm, video search syndication and all kinds of other things. Which tend to have the running theme ... that really for the amount of money I received where all a bit of a waste of time. Partly because i am UK based and of revenue tends to be half in real terms what it would be for a US based blogger. Anyway at the moment I have my site stripped right down to one column with no adds etc. and kind of like the freedom of not really worrying about posting things that will piss off advertisers etc. (not that I think I particularly do). So while I will speak to them, I will obviously get the sales pitch and was wondering if anyone had any experience with them.

The New Movable Type - More Than Blogging

shadowsun7 — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:18:59

Mike posted a note sometime back about MT's security as compared to Wordpress, and it got me thinking about switching platforms. I wanted to install a MT 4.1 test blog immediately, but a hop over to MT.org's blog suggested a wait until they released version 4.2. Okay, I thought - speed upgrade of up to 100%? Might as well wait a couple more months.

Well here it is.

And what a job they've done with MT! On one hand I'm wondering just how far you can push the envelope considering it's Perl, but the Six Apart people have built MT into a CMS with a focus on the more social aspects of the web. You get threaded comments, forums and the option to create static standalone webpages ... honest to God amazing stuff.

What are your thoughts on this? Is MT really as secure as Anil says it is? Or is it secure just because there's less people using it (like Macs)?

9rules Round 7 is Open

Scrivs — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:29:11

For all you site owners out there who want to be part of something special Round 7 of 9rules is open for about 12.5 more hours so you still have time to submit your site. What I enjoy about these rounds is the diversity of content that we come across. It's amazing to me how information can spread across the web and simply one person telling their readers that 9rules has a round means that 10 more niches seem to open up for us.

With millions upon millions of blogs on the web it is good to see that there are still some people who simply write because they are passionate about a subject and aren't trying to chase the money (if you are good it somehow comes to you). I love money so don't get me confused, but I can't recall a blog that had it's #1 goal of chasing the money being a blog that I wanted to read.

Either way if you decide to submit I wish you the best of luck, it's never an easy task to open up your world to others.

Have you ever used your blog to complain?

RalphDagza — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:04:04

recently, I have been maltreated by the some people in the military. I'm on active duty in the USAF so I can't press charges or file a lawsuit for maltreatment so I blogged about it till I figure out what I'm going to do.

Please show your support by posting a comment on my blog

http://ralph.dagza.com/2008/08/they-treated-me-like-shit/

Do you have a business card?

RalphDagza — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:19:40

Because I do!

I got them from Moo.com

http://ralph.dagza.com/2008/07/moo-business-cards/

Is it important for bloggers to have one? Tell me what you think

Google's Cutts: Good directions drive traffic to your website

rileycentral — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:37:24

Thanks so much Matt. He looks like he just got his face shaved in the Google barber with aroma therapy and a live new-age band playing ... with Yanni himself there being paid hourly. I recognize he may be addressing noobs, but please ... the stuff he said is ALL OVER THE WEB already.

Add tags? Put the search term on your page? ... is he kidding?

I'd like to ask his majesty why I've done all those things and lost and found my Google PR twice. (It's currently lost again, from a 4/10 to a 2/10).

I wish Google didn't rule the internet, they blow.

How to handle online people who wants to make your life miserable

Causalien — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:39:54

I know that blogging will create these type of confrontation eventually, but actually going through the ordeal sucks.

To put things in perspective, I wrote a bad review on a prestigious restaurant here. And a furious long time customer of the restaurant decided to contact my current employer about the review. Long story short, the whole Marketing department is then made aware of this and I had to spend approximately half a day with them to clear things up. It is a personal site and does not express the opinion of my employer, yet the person persisted with contacting them directly. Needless to say, I am just caught in the middle wondering "WTF" (A bit of a history. I negligently forgot to erase one our company logo from one of the pictures because I was focusing on making the food look good)

It has been dealt with and I hope the person doesn't raise any other waves, but it made me wonder. How do other bloggers deal with this?

There are times

katelynjane — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:34:57

...when I feel discouraged about writing, my Etsy store and just plain creating. Usually this happens because the blog isn't getting enough hits or I'm not selling much on Etsy. I start to believe that my writing is crap or my items aren't great.

Then...suddenly...my views skyrocket and sales increase! I get an excitement for my projects again and I attack them full force.

There's buttons that I can press to get this excitement without having to wait for other people's response to my writing etc. Literally, buttons. They're on the right hand side of my blog...under the "Blog Roll" title. Their blogs that I look up to, that have challenging and interesting entries and that are constantly encouraging their readers to be creative and inovative.

Today I've written an entry for a blog contest, the subject being "who inspires me". Take a look at the entry!

AP Goes After Bloggers For Posting Article Headlines And Snippets

Tyme — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:20:32

An update to the TechDirt article says:

Update 2: I should also note that the comment from the AP includes what appears to be a bit of a sales pitch suggesting that bloggers license AP articles.

Doesn't it always come down to money?

From a NYT article it seemed like Drudge Retort was using a small amount of text in their links:

“It’s hard to see how the Drudge Retort ‘first few lines’ is a substitute for the story,” Mr. Wu said.

I went to Drudge and noticed they use large amounts of text spread over a large area. A "few lines" can equal almost 1/3 of the originating article. I don't know the ratios on the AP articles, but do you think that is fair use? With that much text is it necessary to click over and read the article in full to get the gist of it?

More important, if you have a blog, what do you consider fair use of your content? Would you be comfortable if someone took 1/3 of your article and used it on their site?

Personally, I would be more concerned with summarizing the article to the point of not having to click over...I think. I'm going to give this some thought not only how I write articles but how I want people to use my content.

Promoting for Etsy and Bloggers

katelynjane — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:40:57

In blogging and selling on etsy promoting is BIG. Without promoting yourself, getting out there and letting people know who you are and what you do, it's sloooow going! People need to know who you are, they need to know that you care and what you're offering. If they don't know any of these things, they won't make an effort to find / visit you.

If you're hoping to be a successful blogger (ahem, I am!) it's always important to get the word out about yourself. Visiting other blogs and commenting on their posts will help the authors to know who you are...they, as well as their readers, will also then have a link to your blog.

Promoting like this is also very important to Etsy sellers. Without commenting in the Etsy Forums or making friends with other sellers, no one would know you were there unless they were specifially looking for your items.

In Etsy, just like blogging, it's important to join other sites in order to get your name out there. This way you can make connections outside of the Etsy / blogging box and more people will become aware of what you offer.

I've posted another blog entry in the Selling on Etsy series I'm writing so make sure you check it out for more promo ideas!

Chyrp 2.0 Beta Released

alexsuraci — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:12:26

After quite a few months of work I managed to get a beta of Chyrp 2.0 out today: (partial) Release Notes. Thoughts/criticism/testers appreciated. :)

(I don't intend this to be spam but there's not really any other way of looking at it. Last time there was a Chyrp thread here I got the gist that announcing this wouldn't be a problem.)

Movable Type Security Trumps WordPress, Not Much Of A Newsflash

Mike — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:46:56

I just left a comment over at Anil Dash's entry at the Movable Type blog about this and I think it's worth reiterating here at Wriging for others to see.

The problems that WordPress is currently having with security really need to be scrutinized because huge security issues like this one are a bad thing. WP has released an update to address that issue but the bottom line is that if you allowed users to register on your site they could potentially modify their cookie and trick your WP blog into thinking they were authenticated into a different account and then gain administrative rights over your site. Ouch. Let's hope you downloaded that update.

Life Is a Highway

katelynjane — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:09:50

And the road constantly twists and turns!

Like I said in a previous post, I made a goal of 50 views on my blog per day. So far this week, I've exceeded that goal! This really does surprise me! Until I made that goal, I was only getting 20-35 views per day...if that. I guess promoting myself really does help (:

I'll keep this goal for the rest of the month, and then up it in July.

I've also started a series on how to Sell on Etsy. It's mostly for sellers, but can be applied to anything really. I'll be running this series in an attempt to not only share my experience but also to help other sellers get re-excited about their stores and products. It's always easy to get bored of the process and lose site of the goal. I find that articles like these help me out a lot, and I'd like to give that to others. Also, I'm hoping it will bring in more readers / views and make it so they keep coming back.

I also had Damien from Postcards from the Funny Farm share a bit about his creativity in a special Guest Blog entry. I hope to have more of these, if you're interested in writing on my blog, just let me know!

Come on by and let me know what you think!

Making Goals

katelynjane — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:22:36

I've been reading from Postcards from the Funny Farm for a while now and Damien is flaunting his stats (showoff!!). Every month he has one entry about his goals, if he reached them and what exactly they were. It's amazing seeing a blog, or just someone for that matter, grow and surpass their goals.

Goals have always been a huge part of my life. My Dad instilled the importance of them in me when I was just a kid, telling me that I would have no direction in life without them. How right he was!

Now, without goals, I notice that I walk aimlessly. Not only in every day life, but also with my blogging, my writing (articles, those novels etc.). I have to make goals, achieve them and then make bigger goals in order to DO something in life.

Even though this was always a "Have-To" for me, I've been afraid to give myself goals in blogging. I guess I must be afraid of failure. When you really think about it, failure is how you learn...but it's one thing to know that in your head and another thing to actually apply it to your life!

And so, I hereby make my first goal:

Goal #1: 50 Daily Visits to my blog.

Yep, it's on the easier side, although it will take some work. But it's a goal, and I'm slowly working towards it. I need to make other goals, I know, but they'll come with time. I'm not rushing myself. Yet.

Titles are important

Tyme — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:27:57

The guys can tell you that I suck at picking titles. I'll write an entry and spend 30 minutes thinking of a title and hate the end result. I'm not sure what happened but if I can't use sarcasm I'm lost. Like this Note, I'm trying to be serious so I picked a serious title: Titles are important. Functional but boring.

I'm going through my feeds and I came across the title Twitter Suffers Minor Period Of Uptime Overnight and I couldn't help but laugh.

And without looking I knew Mike Arrington wrote it.

Anyone else have a hard time deciding on titles? I realized reading the title that I see where I made my mistake. I tried to strip the sacrasm=fun from the titles to be "professional". That's not my thing. :)

Questions and a Todo List

katelynjane — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:16:58

So I've been cruising through this site for a couple days now and I've noticed a couple things.

First of all it seems to be pretty new, which is cool because it's always interesting to see sites grow and develop.

Second of all, I'm not really sure how the point system works...I know you can give points and spend them on a banner for your page, but when you give points, do they come out of the amount you have stored up? Is the thought that you'll get these points back as you make friends and give out more points?

Also, how many points is required for what? It seems to be what you feel is right, after considering the note you read or the clip, but is there some unwritten rule of politness?

Things I need to do on Wriging:

1) Get these questions answered...I'm hoping someone will stumble across this post and help me out a bit.
2) Make some friends!
3) Re-size a pic so I can get a avatar, that weird smiley face is getting old (:

Patience: Staying Cool as a Blogger

rileycentral — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:39:27

How many times I have become frustrated with someone or something in the course of my blogging work. It is so easy to lose it sometimes. My solution has ended up being that invaluable word "patience." It sounds cliche: "Just be patient" but so many things like page rank and seo results and comments require a blogger's patience. I don't think the measure of a blog should rest on the PR or traffic. Those things should just come naturally. The success of a blog is predicated on the bloggers intellect to find what really works and then her/his wherewithal to see it through with PATIENCE. I believe my blog is going to be giant as long as I can keep doing the right things with patience. If anything would prevent that success I long for it would be my lack of patience. Since my blog is part self-improvement I thought I'd mention my recent appreciation of the value of patience. Glad to be here on Wriging as well, all the new subsites are really exciting. If anybody wants to add me as a friend, I am planning on hanging out here more this time.

Blogging is Jogging with "B" and "L"

katelynjane — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:16:56

I was just writing on my blog about jogging and it came to me...blogging is like jogging (only with a "B" and "L" :).

I love running and try to get to the gym or hit the road to do it several times a week. I've slowly built up my endruance to run a solid half hour (not counting the couple minutes to warm up at the start and finish).

Running, I've heard it's 90% mental and 10% physical. I don't know if this is an actual fact or just someones analysis of their jogging experiences, but I honestly think it's right on the mark. Jogging is hard work, if you're tired or not into it, it's almost impossible. It's so hard to give up at the slightest change or challenge; if it's too hot, if you don't have the right kind of music or if the road is too steap. If you don't remember to congradulate yourself or give yourself a reward every now and then, it can become very discouraging. Sometimes, to be able to keep going, you need to change your pace, your breathing, or your music.

This is kinda like blogging. Blogging is 90% mental, you need to constantly be up on your game to present attractive and interesting information to your readers. You need to always think of what will bring the viewers in and what will keep them coming back. Sometimes this means you need to change the look of your blog, the type of entries or just getting out there and saying Hullo to fellow bloggers. Annnd, unless you get a response, a "Good job!", comments, views etc. you're going to get frustrated and it will be easy to give up.

With both of these hobbies you need to be willing to change, improve and challenge yourself. Without challenging yourself you won't grow mentaly, physically, your reader base will either stay the same or dwindle and you'll probably become uninterested in it yourself.

Lesson? Challenge and grow, in blogging or jogging. It will make you grow and will bring success and accomplishment...who can say no to that?

Hard work separates them from you

Scrivs — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:35:04

Blogging is the easiest way to make money...at least that is what many people would have you to believe. Setup a site, get a ton of ads in place and get to work on the SEO and in a couple of weeks you will be good to go. If you want money even quicker write a couple of top 10 lists and make sure to manipulate the social media sites in any way possible to make it on their frontpage. Yeah, making money through blogging is easy because I see others doing it. I can even count the examples on one hand.

And therein lies the problem. We see the ones that make their money doing nothing but writing words on a screen. It isn't hard to write a couple of paragraphs and press publish hoping that traffic will flow your way. It isn't hard to see someone else do it and think that you can do the exact same thing. It isn't hard to get caught up into not realizing that you probably aren't up for it.

Of the very small number of people that make a great living out of blogging (I'm not talking about the ones who make just enough here), you will find there is very little genius involved in what they do. What it comes down to is hard work and that is what really separates them from you.

The problem with saying this is that we all have our own definition of hard work. I know there are times when I am focused for three hours straight and after that I am exhausted. In that small timeframe I might have put my all into something and that is all I can do. Other people like to believe that if they were at the computer for 18 hours then they put in more hard work than you, even though 17 of those hours were nothing but idle time.

Because bloggins is so easy it only makes sense that the only ones that make the good money are the ones that work the hardest at it. The easiest part of blogging is the actual blogging and that is maybe 10% of the equation. It's the other 90% where we fail to make strides.

Can you publish consistently?
Can you take the time to research thoroughly so your entries are useful to others?
Can you take the time to promote your work across the web?
Can you take the time to build connections with other bloggers and your readers?
Can you take the time to make a publishing schedule for your entries?
Can you take the time to work on SEO and tweak ad placements for maximum revenue?
Can you publish consistently for years on end? Yeah I asked this question again because it is too easy to say yes to the first time.

Blog Marketing

katelynjane — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:42:40

I've been blogging for a while now...maybe a year. Ok, a "while" for me. But there always seems to be more you can do to market yourself or learn. Always more.

I'm on several different sites for this type of thing, but this is the first one that I've been on that you actually have more that just an "account" with. I love writing notes or entries (duh, I'm a blogger, of course I love this!), I think it's a great way to get to know people and for people to get to know me. And, like talking, I could go on for hours...although I'm not the type that doesn't know when to stop :)

Blogging is an escape for me, not that my life is awful, but it's just a good "out". And sites like this help me to continue to learn (which I love!) how to make my blog better and how to bring in more readers. I love that. Any excuse to research or improve is just my cuppa tea!

I actually learned about this site from a fellow blogger. Most of the marketing ideas I have, come from him, Damien, over at Postcards From the Funny Farm. (Thanks Damien!).

Anyways, it's my first trip to this site, I'm still checking everything out and seeing what I think of it. Hopefully it will be another successful site for promoting my blog and etsy store!

Having a comment policy

themikehaynes — Sat, 31 May 2008 22:29:40

Over the past couple months, one of my frequent visitors has taken it upon himself to not just disagree with some of the things I write about but to just call my ideas and opinions "lame" or "stupid".

I believe in a healthy debate or disagreements on a variety of subjects as long as it's done respectfully but this almost feels like a personal attack against the things that I believe in and find interesting.

That being said, does you blog have a comment policy in place to protect your site from comments like this or do you just deal with the comments as they come in, if they come in at all?

Yay Hooray

atom — Tue, 27 May 2008 14:11:11

I've heard alot about this site, and it looks pretty good for Graphic Design things. But it seems pretty much impossible to get onto.
Anybody got a spare invite i could use (:?

e-mail: jwolfedesign@gmail.com

You can now sell articles on your blog with Oronjo.com

lisacremer — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:41:50

Hello all,

I just wanted to let you know that Oronjo.com has just gone live, a new site for bloggers and other content producers. Everyone can now sell their own music, thesis, novel, photo’s, weblog articles or movies, all from their own webpage.

Using a simple wizard, the content is uploaded to the Oronjo server. A piece of HTML is returned, which people insert on their page. This even works for weblog articles - without changing their design.

Every sale is processed automatically. Content can be sold for a fixed price. The fee can also be flexible, to be decided by the consumer. Additionally, sellers can use discount coupons.

Our service is 100% free. Oronjo also offers the Angel Whale option, where all revenue goes to charity. Only the fees for Google Checkout or PayPal are subtracted.

If you have any questions or remarks, please let me know.

With kind regards,

Lisa Cremer
lisa@oronjo.com

Oronjo.com
Sell your content on your own site

Gnewbie...

parenteau — Sat, 03 May 2008 01:32:17

Just wanted to say Hey!

Hello all, I am new to this scene... I ran into this by browsing Media Temple's hosting site, which I think looks brilliant. Definitely the "apple" of the hosting world, as far as design goes. I am not sure about the Django stuff they advertise, but whatever... open source is really cool. I am a web designer / artist by trade living in Columbus, OH... so howdy to all my net-geek friends I have yet to meet out there. Looking forward to meeting new friends and colleagues!!!

Woopra

publicenergy — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:29:10

Has anyone else tried this yet? I've only just got it up and running. It's quite interesting. I don't know if I'll keep it longer term.

The feature that seems to set this apart from most statistics packages is that you can watch the live traffic and instigate a conversation with them. I tried this with a friend on my site and it looks a bit rough if I'm honest. In theory it's possible to instigate the conversation in the opposite direction too - although I have no idea how. I doubt I'd use that unless it improved a lot - at the moment it really doesn't look that nice!

At the very least, it's desktop app is quite nice.

Woopra

What hardware do you use to blog?

miamidotwill — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:16:29

Everyone has list of software, but i'm interested in what hardware people are using to blog. For example, are there smartphones or cell phones, video cameras, voice recorders, webcams, etc., that you prefer to use with blogs or website development?

Any EE gurus that mind helping me out...

carmodyarc — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:40:18

This maybe an incredibly stupid question, but I need some help. What I'm trying to do is compile all the entries from multiple weblogs and display them in a single template. The thing is all the weblogs have custom fields that I want to maintain when they're compiled to a single template. How the hell can I do that?

Much love and pointage to anyone who can lend me a hand... even pointing me in the right direction would be appreciated. I'm an EE newb so I appreciate the help.

Using Your Blog As Your Soapbox

Mike — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:39:55

I was just talking with my mom the other day about blogging and the impact someone's words have on their readers, and as someone who doesn't have a blog, she was talking to me about the impact that words have beyond just being text on a page. Blog entries are the sharing of opinions, and those opinions have the opportunity to sway readers' opinions just like any other form of media.

When you write blog entries on topics that you're passionate about (Mac vs. PC vs. Linux, PHP vs. Ruby on Rails, politics, culture, etc.) is your intent to sway the opinions of others or are you just pontificating and getting thoughts down on virtual paper?

My reasons for writing opinion pieces on hot topics are a combination of those reasons, but thinking more about my own reasoning I think it's because I want others to read my words and weigh their message against their own opinion, and then make a more-informed decision. If that decision sides with my opinion then that's great, and if not, thats okay too. At least I gave it a shot.

Gapingvoid: why I deleted my Twitter account

Scrivs — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:54:26

Today I clipped a comic by Hugh McLeod that does a great job of showcasing my problem with Twitter and blogs. You can replace Twitter with Tumblr if you want as well. The issue I have is that people believe that a Twitter though replaces all original thinking or any deep thought that drives us to the people in the first place.

I have no problem with people that Twitter (reasonably). I have no problem with people who like to use Tumblr to showcase quick thoughts and items they have found across the web. What I find confusing is why people choose to have these replace their blog then they feel their blog is so important to them. Now I know we all blog for different reasons, but for the people who decided to do so to share their thoughts with the world with a bit of analysis what made you change?

Twitter is exactly that, too easy. It's too easy to get out a simple thought. You can't go beyond 140 chars and maybe it helps us fulfill our obligation of communicating with our audience although 99% could care less about what we are twittering. I have yet to meet the person that go famous or well-known by the people that follow them on Twitter. From my understanding the popular people on Twitter are that way because they have wonderful or well-followed blogs. Blogs that go a bit deeper than just a post title.

I'm not going to delete any Twitter account because so far I have a good balance between that and Expert Idiot, Emersian and 3by9. It's when I find myself thinking that my Twitter fulfills my obligation towards those sites and audiences that there will be a problem.

Blogging stress

Tyme — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:18:39

The NYT article is making the rounds about bloggers stressing out and dying.

There are some things that are over-exaggerated to me. For example:

Speed can be of the essence. If a blogger is beaten by a millisecond, someone else’s post on the subject will bring in the audience, the links and the bigger share of the ad revenue.

Yes, that millisecond makes all the difference. o_O How often have you seen a story several days old make the front page of Digg? I do realize that being first to break a story in some niches provides an edge for traffic but to imply there aren't opportunities to gain traffic without being first to break the story is ridiculous.

Here is another one:

The pressure even gets to those who work for themselves — and are being well-compensated for it.

“I haven’t died yet,” said Michael Arrington, the founder and co-editor of TechCrunch, a popular technology blog. The site has brought in millions in advertising revenue, but there has been a hefty cost. Mr. Arrington says he has gained 30 pounds in the last three years, developed a severe sleeping disorder and turned his home into an office for him and four employees. “At some point, I’ll have a nervous breakdown and be admitted to the hospital, or something else will happen.”

“This is not sustainable,” he said.

He makes millions from that site. Get an office and get the employees out of the house. The money is there to purchase a couple of exercise machines. A friend of mine jogs while he surfs the net. The money is also there to hire the employees to work around the clock (in different countries) to get those stories to give people a break. To avoid the argument of who broke the story: have Arrington post the entry. I could see that scenario for anyone trying to complete with Arrington (or even worse Engadget) but for Arrington himself? Fix the situation, the funds are available.

Personally, I've never been one to care about "breaking" a story and I do realize if a site is reporting the news getting the connections to get those stories (and getting them published) can be challenged. Is it worth my health? I don't think so.

Do you guys agree with the article? Think it is worth it, even if you love it (which I guess would put a different spin on it, wouldn't it)?

Bloggers unite! Share your Twitter!

themikehaynes — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 04:59:13

For starters, I know there's a topic similar to this that was started a long time ago. I just thought that maybe it was time for a new one and my fresh Twitter account is feeling a little lonesome.

That being said, let's share our Twitter names and follow each other across the internets!

http://www.twitter.com/panelsofawesome

My topic was marked as spam. Should I angry ?

myochauhtun — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:55:09

Today I posted one topic in 9rules under blogging. That was marked as spam. Even though I follow the guidelines

If you're asking a question or looking for opinions, it helps to fully explain your position before asking others what they think.
Make sure to put your new Topic into the right Community so it reaches the most appropriate audience. Tags help too.
Title your new Topic appropriately, it could make the difference between a great discussion and a ghost town.
Don't repost content from your blog just to get some cheap traffic.
Don't forget to check capitalization and grammar, this isn't Twitter.
Don't personally attack any users, treat all people with the same respect you'd like to be afforded.

I remember that whenever someone ask me about blogging or web development, I always told them to come here and read some notes and discuss in 9rules.

Today was a bad day. Somebody here marked my topic as spam and all the discussions are gone. I did not hope to get traffic from 9rules. Coz I have got regular readers for my blog that's enough for me.

Ok, I know who did it. Nevermind. I don't want to discuss anymore. What's the meaning of that slogan of 9rules?

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