Griz explains why he's feeling a bit reluctant about providing in-depth case studies of different website monetization techniques. In a nutshell, he's been burned in the past by individuals that have (in one way or another) used his advice against him. Let's hope he finds a solution to this dilemma because his advice is al

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Is John Chow a superstar? NO! Does John Chow make you money? NO! Does John Chow care about you making money? NO! Is John Chow a self centered salesman who makes money off the backs of his readers? YES!

Why do you waste time reading John Chow when you can really learn how to make money at Blogger Unleashed? Get over to Blogger Unleashed and

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About a month ago, Google removed the ability for people to leave direct links to their blogs in the comments of Blogger blogs. That change led me to move, kicking and screaming, to WordPress. Now they've admitted they "broke the feature" and have just reinstated it. Thanks, but too little, too late. Say Google, how 'bout a bag of coal fo

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A lot of people say that Monday is the busiest day for their blog traffic, simply because readers take the weekend off. Consequently, a lot of bloggers do as well.

When I logged into Google Analytics this morning, I was surprised to find that last Saturday and Sunday were the two highest volume days I’ve had since starting Bloggi

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It takes a lot of work to run a successful blog. There is time, skill, and dedication of course. Beyond that however is a "toolkit" which will make life much easier for you if you are faithful to keep it full and your tools sharp.

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Recently there has been a surge of insanity around the blogosphere because Google reduced pagerank for those selling links. Izea (PayPerPost) has rolled out "RealRank" for their bloggers. This is mostly based on traffic. What do you think bloggers will do for extra traffic? How far down in the muck will they wallow to make sure their RealRa

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If you feel inclined to join some bloggers who have decided to boycott Google, don’t do it just because it’s the right thing to do from a moralistic standpoint. A-list bloggers like John Chow are sticking it to Google because they can AFFORD to. They already have a strong reader base and don’t rely on Google for traffic nor does a lower PageR

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It is the end of the year 2007 AD and a new trend is in vogue. This trend is spreading across the Blogospere like wild fire and there is no indication when it will fizzle out. It is the era of Page Rank Demotion and like the seventies, the more outrageous you are, the more hip you will be looked upon. It is an era when the lower your Page Ran

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With all the talk about the latest Google PR update and their lowering of blogs that sell text links, I have observed that many bloggers are fighting back.

Instead of scaring the blogosphere to stop selling text links, Google actually seems to have started a revolution and more bloggers are starting to sell text links than before the upda

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Social media can be fantastic if you remember the social part of it! It is all too easy to get distracted by all of the new sites out there. But if you take the time to engage in some old-fashioned people contact, you have got more chance that socia

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There are some strange things happening on the PR front again and it appears that Google hasn't finished it's pagerank update. All the main data centers are down at the moment and people are reporting a new round of PR downgrades. You might want t

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No doubt, every blogger has the right to do what he/she thinks fit for his/her own blogging space. But to deride another party with caustic, dismissive statement without weighing the argument in a rational manner is certainly unwarranted.

Looking

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