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Making money from writing online: Content Aggregators or blogging?

There was an article in the Nov/Dec ‘09 issue of Writer’s Digest (I’m behind, I know) all about content aggregators and I thought it was an interesting topic to cover over here. Chances are you know what those are even if you have never heard the term before.
Think of sites like the Examiner.com or [...]

Rewrite that retweet! Fixing generic tweets with keywords & a better headline to provide more follower value

Someone you follow on Twitter sends out a tweet that says only, “This annoys me” and then a link. You like this person so and are bored at the moment so you click the link. It turns out to be a really helpful, informative blog post. Let’s say it’s about PayPal charge backs and how [...]

eBay’s WTF Google Product Search (Base) announcement (eBay to English translation)

While those of us over here in the trenches were trying to puzzle out if the changes to Google Product Search (which eBay calls Google Base which I thought was two names ago but whatever) was good or bad news, eBay sent down an edict from their ivory tower that reads as follows: