No More Text Link Ads

March 22, 2010
No More Text Link Ads

When I first found the Text-Link-Ads website, I figured I had discovered a great resource for generating a few extra bucks from my websites every month. I signed up and added a few urls and descriptions to my account, but I remember having some rather basic questions I couldn’t get answered. Support was slow and [...]

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Technorati Blog Claim Denied

March 3, 2010
Technorati

I checked on the status of my Technorati blog claim the other day only to find it was denied. I got this canned response that I’m sure some of you have already seen. Thank you for submitting your claim on Technorati.com. Unfortunately, we have determined that the site at this URL does not meet Technorati’s [...]

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Starting a Blog is Easy

March 2, 2010
Starting a Blog is Easy

It’s true. Starting a blog is quite easy, but maintaining a blog long term is what separates those who talk about success and those who attain it. I really enjoy sitting in front of the computer trying new software because I’m an idea guy. I like to take a new piece of software and think [...]

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Phorum Bulletin Board Search Issues

March 1, 2010
Searching Phorum

A couple weeks ago I posted about Phorum which is an open source bulletin board script located here. In that post I explained my frustrations with searching, although my experience with Phorum may be skewed  by unfamiliarity since I only search the Sphider search engine forums on occasion. Brian Moon from Phorum was nice enough [...]

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OpenSourceHack – The First 100 Days

February 18, 2010
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The first post on this site was on November 4th, 2009 and already I’ve decided to change the theme. I know at times I can be fickle, but there’s more meaning in my decision to start brand new. There are a lot of benefits in selecting the right theme. I’ll share all my reasons for [...]

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Best Business Magazine for Entrepreneurs

February 16, 2010
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I’ve always had the entrepreneurial bug so I love reading business magazines that both teach and inspire me. For the longest time I read Entrepreneur magazine, but after awhile it seemed like they were rehashing the same old stories over and over. About a year or so ago, I picked up a copy of Inc. [...]

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