Author Archives: Swog
DreamHost stats broken after installing WordPress
If you use DreamHost for your hosting then you may not be able to access your regular web stats after installing WordPress. There is an easy fix available. If you have access to the shell then add the following lines … Continue reading
More on Blog Traffic Growth
Another small update on the traffic growth of the three blogs I have been tracking, now that the November stats are in. You’ll see previous posts here and here. The first blog, a current affairs blog. May seem to be … Continue reading
New sites and traffic growth
With May now neatly parcelled up and shelved away in the cupboard of history, I can add to my previous post about new sites and traffic growth. First, the blogs. I started three new blogs about 6 months ago. I … Continue reading
Linear traffic growth
When I bring up a new site, I now aim for month-on-month traffic growth over at least a six month period. Initially, I thought this might be an unrealistic aim, but I am finding that it is possible. I started … Continue reading
Google PageRank Update
It looks as though the eagerly awaited (at least by some!) Google event has set the webmaster forums adance, namely the Google PageRank export. Yesterday, I noticed an apparent change in the exported PR of one of my blogs. As … Continue reading
How to turn 100K email addresses in to $30K
I’m not one to condone any form of illegal activity, but recently I was browsing an internet forum where individuals were talking about the sale of large lists of active email addresses. Why, I wondered, would anyone want such a … Continue reading
DoFollow Forums and Blog Feeds
Forums that have the dofollow attribute set have always been a target for link builders. This practice is often frowned upon by forum owners as far too many individuals who attempt promotion in this way go about it like a … Continue reading
WP-Hashcash Plugin
Although the powerful Akismet plug-in quells about 99% of the spam received on this blog, I have taken the step of experimenting with another plug-in, namely WP-Hashcash. This plug-in operates in an extirely different way, employing client-side javascript to determine … Continue reading
Finding Comment Luv Blogs
Most blog owners understand the hazards of comment spam. Much comment spam is automated and therefore allowing comments without moderation is not a feasible option. The excellent Akismet plug-in for WordPress takes care of much automated spam. Many blog owners … Continue reading
WordPress article directories
WordPress seems to be put to all sorts of creative uses these days. One of the most recent developments to which it seems to be intrinsically well suited is to use it as the engine for an article directory. As … Continue reading →