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Make Sure your Blog Posts are Pinged Automatically

Ivan — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:02:25 +0000

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One of the hidden features in Windows Live Writer is the ability to automatically ping (send a signal) to popular blog aggregators every time you publish something to your blog. This feature actively pings the servers of the blog aggregators you specify and to indicate when there is new material.

To do this in Writer, click on Ping Servers in the Options dialog (Tools, Options, Ping Servers).

Add the names of the servers you want to ping, for example, some popular search engines are:

You can also use a pinging service like Ping-o-Matic (this service will automatically ping a number of popular sites for you). Just put the following in the list of ping servers:

http://rpc.pingomatic.com

What other servers should I add to this list?

Stop Blogging! What happens if you start to make money?

Ivan — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:59:48 +0000

Does writing a blog constitute work? Forbes reports that the New York State Department of Labor recently declared a laid-off attorney ineligible for unemployment benefits as she was bringing in $1.30 a day from blog ads.

In April, Karin started a blog, called STL Meal Deals, where she wrote about local restaurant promotions. Since she received no payments from the businesses she mentioned, Karin decided to try generating some income by signing up for Google AdSense.

Google sends bloggers checks when their earnings hit $100–a level that took Karin three months to achieve.

Here’s what happened when the first check arrived:

Lawyer’s Unemployment Benefits Yanked Over $1 a Day From Blog http://www.forbes.com

How to Add your site to Bing’s Directory Listing

Ivan — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:23:56 +0000

To add your site to Bing, Microsoft's new search engine:

Eco Friendly Marketing: A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words

Ivan — Tue, 12 May 2009 09:20:00 +0000

The Microsoft Tag blog reports that Times Co. Reported a loss of $74 Million, one of their steepest advertising declines in generations. It add that many print advertising companies have developed websites but still face major barriers since their online growth is minimal and print continues to decline. In addition consumers are continuously moving online and making conscious efforts to go green. If you aren’t familiar with MS tag, here’s what it does…

What if a newspaper cut down the number of printed pages and used Microsoft Tags to digitally provide the story, classifieds, and even advertising. Consequently cutting their costs, improving their environmental impact, and allowing people to get the information they want digitally. Simplistically newspapers could become a real life portal to the digital world.

To see how Microsoft Tag works scan the image below (It goes along with today’s green theme).

Tag can reduce the environmental impact of not just newspapers. Companies can use Microsoft Tag instead of having massive packaging materials, such as instructions, promotions, coupons, company information, product information, health facts and the list goes on and on. Just take a look at this Turkish Magazine utilizing Microsoft Tag.

Microsoft Tag : Eco Friendly Marketing: A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words