Commenters who want all your time

by Sapphire (April 3, 2009)

Those of you who blog: do you ever get commenters who want to have a long, in-depth conversation/debate with you about everything you’ve said in some article? I’ve suddenly started getting these and I can’t figure out how to slow them down. Responding is taking up time I don’t have. Any suggestions?

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March 2009 earnings, my new site, and my new venture

by Sapphire (April 1, 2009)

My earnings this month weren’t bad. But for once, I think I’m actually onto something good. I started a new site a couple of months ago - let’s call it Project Grassfed - at the urging of a friend (whose instincts turned out to be wicked smart). The site started out okay, then my friend suggested submitting it to a sort of “cool site of the day” site, and then it suddenly wound up on … READ MORE

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Breaking up with AdSense

by Sapphire (March 17, 2009)

AdSense has been my big money maker the past couple of months, but for no reason other than it was what I had on the site that got Dugg. Granted, if I’d had AdBrite instead of AdSense on it, I’d have earned less. AdSense is not a bad earner.

But after a couple of days, suddenly all I was getting was three ad units full of that flat stomach ad, or the get rid … READ MORE

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Preparing your site for a Digg

by Sapphire (February 21, 2009)

I finally got one of my sites Dugg. I’ve had sites get traffic spikes from sites like Reddit, but Digg is a whole new ballgame. It didn’t go as well as it could have, because I thought I was prepared, but I was wrong. Here are some things you need to know if your site hits the front page of Digg.

If it hits Digg, it may hit Reddit and other sites capable of sending 20k … READ MORE

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Feedburner Google migration is an unmitigated disaster

by Sapphire (January 29, 2009)

UPDATE: if you respond to the email that says your feeds moved over successfully, Google does actually get back to you several days later with an email that indicates they’re reading the emails and getting to them as they can, but are overwhelmed at the moment. This might be the best way to make sure your problems are known to them. But do please search the forums to see if your problems are already known, … READ MORE

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