WordPress released a new version this morning – Version 2.9, named Carmen.
After running an auto upgrade on several of my sites, I noticed WordPress 2.9 Hanging in the post or page editor. It actually took me quite a while to chase down the issue since I am relaunching with a new setup within just days, and didn’t know if it was my work or the new update.
It turns out to be the YARPP (Yet Another Related Post Plugin) plugin for WordPress that causes the hangup, and you need to update …

Every now and again, I hear things about bits of advice written on other websites and realize why there is so much confusion spread to the masses! This post is likely to add MORE confusion for sure…
So… I got an email from a reader who wanted me to take a quick look at her site and try to help her figure out why it was failing so suddenly in terms of traffic and conversions. She seemed to have a pretty good grasp on the research and discovery side of niche …

Let me see if I can put the right introductions in place with this post – so everyone will realize the Impact. A post jumped into my reader from Problogger, Darren Rowse… The news is actually HUGE – since it will open doors people never even considered! Not people like you and I that are familiar with monetizing our blogs… but hundreds of thousands of others, who have never even considered it!
Google – the worlds most popular search engine, with more than 78% of the market in its control, and …

Today is your BIG Day – your site is out there in the blogosphere, search engines have indexed your content and you have opened the doors to traffic! How would you feel if all the places promoting your site (search engines, facebook, directories, other blogs, etc) had a limit on the number of people they would send? What if they had an internal measure and would ONLY send you 10 visitors?
You’ve done all the work on the site… from research to building targeted content and launch marketing. You have made …

How many times each month do you stare at your screen and DREAD the task in front of you? Whether its Designing a theme for the site, Building the actual site or Marketing the site once it’s out there, we ALL have a weakness or two that simply takes too much of our time and drains us of our energy and productivity.
My own biggest weaknesses are link building and content generation, but I am a few steps ahead of you, because I KNOW that I suck, and I have already …

We all have them, WordPress driven Product Review Sites that we built, indexed, marketed, and walked away from for several months while they ferment. I mean, if you follow the N1Way Guide – it is very clear that you should do only whats needed, and nothing extra. I have been using WordPress for several years now and have a lot of visitor data to compare to… its very interesting! We have all heard and said that Google Loves WordPress, but it seems to me, they ONLY Love it, if its …

I started this post on November 10th and decided not to post it to avoid all the gloom and doom I felt at the time surrounding eBay and the ePN. Well… it’s newsworthy, very! If you don’t care for a Why is eBay Failing post… click the X now.
eBay Losing the ECommerce Battle to Amazon
Heading into the busiest shopping season of the year, and during a sluggish economy where every penny and every visitor counts, I can only imagine there are not too many smiles around the eBay board rooms …