Archive for the ‘ General ’ Category

Using twitter to create a community

It seems like twitter is having his momentum right now, with more and more people joining. So, here is a quick tutorial on how to use it in order to accomplish the following goals: Bring constant traffic to your site Create an interactive and dedicated community First of all, this quick guide doesn’t apply to [ READ MORE ]

Intensedebate wishlist

  • November 28th, 2007
  • Posted in General

This morning I got an email from Intensedebate asking for feedback. Well, I thought of turning this into a post. The good news is that I like the idea and the current implementation. But, nobody is perfect, at least in the early stages, and here is my wish list: I like the fact that they [ READ MORE ]

Free DNS analysis web service

  • November 22nd, 2007
  • Posted in General

Elvsoft, a romanian company, has released a free DNS analysis service called IntoDNS. IntoDNS checks the health and configuration of DNS servers and mail servers. It’s designed as a tool that helps server and network administrators in day to day job, to identify and fix DNS and mail issues. The service has also an associated [ READ MORE ]

MFA tip: Increase your Adsense CTR

  • November 4th, 2007
  • Posted in General

If you have a MFA in your closset, here are two tips that may lead in an increase in CTR: Decrease normal text vizibility through: slightly smaller fonts for the content than those in the Adsense units faded text color (if the text in the Adsense unit is black, choose a light shade of grey)[ READ MORE ]

A few points on blog commenting

  • October 29th, 2007
  • Posted in General

1. “Intelligent” comment spam The classic, automated, blog spamming seems like is living it’s last days. This is basically the result of two factors: Stronger and better spam filters (read Akismet) Better informed blog owners Because of those two factors a new spamming industry is on the rise and I think that’s here to stay. [ READ MORE ]