July 2009

Internet Democracy – Take Back the Beep

July 31, 2009 Category: The Social Web

From time to time there are those whose sufferings can be taken no longer. For these people they resort to a new form of digital revolution, the “Social Network Call to Arms”. The past few months I’ve witnessed countless instances of people using their network connections to accomplish many tasks.

7,076 Unique Visitors! The Power of StumpleUpon

July 30, 2009 Category: The Social Web

Yesterday (around noon) I posted an article called Don’t Block Firefox! I wrote it after reading about an annoying site called WhyFirefoxIsBlocked.com on Reddit (and later on Digg). I submitted it to StumbleUpon, and posted comments on Digg and Reddit (including a link to my post). Within two hours, it was the most popular post on Webmaster-Source. I looked at the “Popularity: 100%” in disbelief

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4 WordPress Security Tips – Don’t Leave Your Doors Unlocked

July 30, 2009 Category: Tips and Tricks

We spend alot of time thinking about how to write the best content, get more traffic, or earn more money from my blog. However, its important not to let the security of your blog get pushed down to the last thing on your list of things to do. Here is a list of quick easy tasks that will give you a slight advantage against would be evil doers. These Security tips are pretty important so I’ve made the headlines nice and big to make sure you can read them very clearly.

Zero 2 Hero Update – Day 32 Traffic and Tactics

July 29, 2009 Category: Updates

It’s been 32 days since I first started on my blogging journey. In the beginning I literally knew nothing about blogging. In the time span of just one month I’ve been able to accomplish many of the goals I set out to achieve.

Lets take a look back at the first 30 days and recap some of my mistakes and successes.

AT&T vs. 4chan Followup Part 1- Nothing Personal

July 28, 2009 Category: From The Web

AT&T blocked 4chan to DSL subscribers and the reasons weren’t completely clear, leading to speculation that censorship might be in play in regards to the infamous online forum. Earlier today, AT&T customers began regaining access, and now we know the details surrounding the telecom’s move to block and then unblock 4Chan.

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AT&T vs 4chan – STEP AWAY FROM THE INTERNET BEFORE IT SPLODES

July 27, 2009 Category: From The Web

The first shot in the net neutrality war has been fired by AT&T. The digg machine and the twitter army have set out to battle injustice.

4chan is the forum website from which Anonymous, LOLcats and rickrolling originated. Yesterday At&t and a handful of other ISP’s have blackholed them.

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Web Designers Toolbox Galore

July 27, 2009 Category: Tips and Tricks

Every carpenter is only as good as the tools he carry’s and every web designer should seriously take a look at the way he is creating websites.

Could one of these tools make your life any easier?

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Why You Should Write Everyday?

July 23, 2009 Category: Blog Content

I find that writing like anything else takes practice. The more you do it the better you will get. Looking back at things I’ve written years ago makes me embarrassed, but on the positive side, I have evidence of improvement.

Self-Promotion Day Winner!

July 22, 2009 Category: Marketing

Last week I featured an article called “Self-Promotion Day” where I encouraged readers to post comments introducing themselves and advertising their blogs. The winner is Mr. I from Blogging With Success. Mr. I, enjoy this moment of victory, bask in it’s glory while we take a better look at what Blogging With Success is all about.

Why Digg Sucks And You Should Switch to SU.PR

July 20, 2009 Category: The Social Web

I’ve been using Digg for a long time now. I’ve had plenty of complaints about it, but mostly small annoying things that I would change. Today Digg announced that they have been diverting traffic by using shortened URL’s that in fact are landing pages of Digg.com. As of lately using Digg.com has become more and more annoying and I am considering spending my time somewhere else.