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Life Hacks, Productivity
Overcoming Laziness To Get Things Done
09.09.07 | Permalink | 140 Comments

We usually agonize over the fact that we are being lazy, yet continue to procrastinate for hours. It becomes difficult to get out of this condition unless we force ourselves to take action, which is, admittedly, the most difficult part.
AdSense Tips
Use AdSense ‘Allowed Sites’ Feature To Keep Spammy Publishers At Bay
09.05.07 | Permalink | 4 Comments

After adding “Allowed Sites” feature few day ago and rolling it back, Google AdSense has put the “Allowed sites” feature back under AdSense Setup tab. With Allowed Sites feature, you can specify which sites should be allowed to display AdSense ads with your publisher ID.
General, Web Design
Blogging Bits New Design
09.02.07 | Permalink | 3 Comments

Welcome to new and improved Blogging Bits.
As I promised earlier in my blog redesign advice, I have completed the first phase of what may be a complete overhaul of Blogging Bits.
Here are some of the prominent features apart from countless other small changes and tweaks.
Clean home page
I have completely removed all the content from the [...]
Blogging Tips, Making Money, Web Design
Things To Consider In a Blog Redesign
08.23.07 | Permalink | 21 Comments

A week or so ago Problogger launched a new design and generated a lot of buzz in blogging community. And yesterday, another daddy blogger realised how much he was missing out on by sticking to the conventional blog design, and followed Darren’s lead.

This leads us to think, should we also invest in a new design and abandon the traditional blog layout?

For old time bloggers, I think this is the best time to put money into a redesign. With new and improved designs, you can benefit from improved ads placement and better visibility of your key content. Not to mention you’ll be creating plenty of buzz among fellow bloggers.

If you are considering revamping your blog layout, you should keep in mind a few general guidelines.
Blogging Tips
Change The Way You Look At Your Blog
08.20.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Have you been putting a lot of your time and energy in some posts and only a tiny fraction in others? If so, you are reducing your blog’s value bit by bit.

Here’s why you need to craft each and every post with great care.

Your blog is your product

See your blog as a package with each post as its feature. One bad post means one more feature that adds to the bulk of your product but nothing to its usability, and overall value.

The sum total of the value of your posts is the value of your blog

Now, since you update your product regularly you increase its value with every good post and vice versa. As your product evolves and gets bigger, the value of your product is determined by the total value of all posts you made on your blog. If the sum of valuable posts is greater than their valueless siblings, you have done a great job of creating a valuable product.
Resources, Wordpress Plugins
10 Wordpress Plugins To Automate Tasks And Save Time
08.16.07 | Permalink | 15 Comments

Have you ever been annoyed by having to constantly upgrade your Wordpress installation, going to tons of social bookmarking sites to bookmark your latest post, going through the hassle of installing new plugins and themes and having to manage multiple blogs?

The following list of Wordpress plugins solves these and more of your problems by automating tedious tasks, and saving time that you’d rather spend on more productive activities.
Blogging Tips, SEO Tips, WordPress Tips
Tweaking WordPress Permalinks For Best SEO
08.10.07 | Permalink | 33 Comments

Permalinks are important. Permalinks in WordPress are the URLs that you see in your browser’s address bar.

Permalinks are one of the few prominent elements that appear in search engine results, therefore it is really important to give them the best structure.