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Do you know that Blogger is currently secretly developing Read More/Post Summary and Spam Prevention features?Blogger secretly developing Read More/Post Summary and Spam Prevention featuresI spent about 4 hours of my precious time removing spam and link bombs (most of them have links to some stupid Indian blogs/sites) from my blog comments couple of weeks ago. The whole exercise was very

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We all know that search engines do not like spam comments and love to penalize those that have them but have you seen the impact of their penalizations before? Scary proof included.Spam comments will get your blog penalized. Here’s the scary proof!SEOgadget was hit by a few nasty spam comments (shown down below) on June 3rd 2009 but those behind the blog didn’t know anything about them since they

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Do you know that Blogger is currently looking for designers and photographers to help them design awesome looking Blogger templates?Work, shoot pictures and design Blogger templates for BloggerI saw the following Twitter tweet couple of minutes ago, it seems that Blogger is looking for designers and photographers (exact number of positions available is unknown as of time of writing) to help them

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Take a look at the following screenshot, would you consider it as the strangest looking RSS feed icon?The strangest RSS Feed iconThe above icon has earned many honors. Some called it as the greatest RSS feed icon ever and some even said that it is the most creative ever. Personally, I just find it strange because it is out of the ordinary but I won’t say that it is the strangest since I have seen

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Do you know that LiewCF is still a splog/spam blog even though I have revealed its spam features a month ago?LiewCF is still a Splog/Spam BlogIt was exactly a month ago, on May 8th 2009, when I revealed something disturbing about LiewCF, the blog of Malaysia’s well known full time blogger. Back then, I detected 2 glaring spam features on his much ‘celebrated’ blog. I blogged about the discovery

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Learn how to get more than 20,000 daily visitors to your blog. SEO, Social vote-buying or buying traffic via PPC (Pay-Per-Click) advertising is not required to execute this nifty trick.How to get 20,000+ daily visitors to your blogI read a very interesting post yesterday and it was one hell of a post, posted by a guy who really knows his stuffs. He achieved something amazing recently, 150,000

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We all know that we have lots of free Web 2.0 Social Media icons out there but do you know that some of them were wonderfully hand-drawn? 90+ examples are included.90+ Free Hand-Drawn Web 2.0 Social Media IconsI have a few new niche site projects in the pipeline (due for launch next month) and one of them seems to require the creation of a hand-drawn site to fit the theme of my targeted niche.

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Learn how to get free traffic from Gmail Chat and/or Google Talk. Excessive chatting is not required. :)How to get free traffic from Gmail Chat/Google TalkAs an affiliate marketer, I have lots of friends and I often use Google Talk (straight from my Gmail account) to chat with my friends. A few months ago, I put a custom message to my Gmail Chat (read Google Talk); “Blogging @ http://

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Do you know that LiewCF (blog of a famous full time blogger from this part of the world) is a ‘Splog/Spam Blog’?LiewCF is a Splog/Spam BlogSo, who the fark is LiewCF?In a land full of silent racists pretending to be proud nationalists, LiewCF is a popular blog run by a famous Chinaman, the pride of his fellow Chinamen all over the world. But hey, let’s not spew racist talk, I’m here to let his

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We have a few similar WordPress plugins but the one I’m showcasing here today is the best since it is 100% customizable. Yes, the best sliding gallery plugin for WordPress blogs.Featured Content Gallery: Cool WordPress PluginI’m sure you have seen such plugins before, the one I have today pretty much does the same thing. It allows you to create a nice gallery of images that you have posted along

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Do you know; do you really know what happens after you publish a blog post on your blog?What happens after you publish a blog post?So, you probably call yourself a blogger and quite possibly proud of telling other people that you are making lots of money from your blog but what happens when someone comes up to you and ask; ‘I know what blogging is all about but what happens after you publish your

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Do you know that many Blogger and WordPress templates (especially those that have been downloaded for free) have secret or hidden/invisible links?Free Blogger/WordPress templates have secret/invisible linksThis might come as a big surprise to many bloggers but the truth has to be told and it is not pretty.I did a little research in the last few days and found that many Blogger and WordPress

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Would you like to download an excellent Google SEO/Authority Mind Map? It is quite big and something that you can print and hang on the wall as an inspirational poster.Download Google SEO/Authority Mind MapOne of my many favorite online hobbies is collecting mind maps and yesterday I found another great mind map, this one can help webmasters/bloggers build authority and of course optimizing their

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Learn how to identify and locate spam features such as hidden or invisible texts on your blog/website.How to identify/locate spam features such as invisible/hidden textsdalangalma CCThe following tool has been around for so many years but yet it is still one of the best tools around, it can help bloggers and webmasters identify and locate spam features on their blogs and websites. We have many

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What is the number one mistake that every problogger and full time blogger should never make on their blogs?The mistake that probloggers/full time bloggers should never makeHome Biss CCTake a look at the above screenshot. Do you notice something that is glaringly wrong?Look at the title; ‘Free AdSense Optimazations for Your Blog’. Optimazations? What the hell is that?It should have been ‘

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Do you know that PPS/Project Petaling Street has embraced Web 2.0 and may introduce some interesting new features soon?PPS/Project Petaling Street goes Web 2.0sksk270 CCYes, PPS/Project Petaling Street, the oldest and possibly the ugliest looking blog-ping aggregator in Malaysia has a new owner (Mohd Elfie Niesham Bin Juferi) and its new boss has some big Web 2.0 dreams. For starters, PPS/Project

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Let’s take a quick look at YouSayToo, a new Google AdSense and Amazon revenue-sharing site that has been specifically created for bloggers.Another AdSense/Amazon revenue-sharing site: YouSayTookawanet CCThere’s something very fishy going on, noticed that we have lots of new revenue-sharing sites (Google AdSense, Amazon etc) sprouting like mushrooms lately and YouSayToo is one of them. YouSayToo

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Let’s take a quick look at Gagapost, a new social blogging platform that promotes collaboration, many say that it is a fine example of a Blogging 3.0 innovation.Example of a Collaborative Social Blogging 3.0 platform: GagapostNot much is known about Gagapost as of time of writing but I managed to gather a few interesting facts about it mainly because Gagapost is currently participating in DEMO09

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Learn where you can get more than 1 million free photos and images that are great for bloggers!Free Photos/Images for bloggers: More than 1 million available!paintmonkey CCfOTOGLIF hit a major milestone a few days back, suddenly they have more than 1 million awesome photos in their growing database! Take note that bloggers are more than welcomed to use fOTOGLIF photos on their blogs. Bloggers

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Learn how to identify and catch RSS feed content thieves, scrapers and plagiarists.How to catch RSS feed content thieves, scrapers and plagiaristsThe truth is; there are many ways for bloggers to find copies of their work on the blogosphere. Sites such as Copyscape are a fine example but unfortunately it is not automated and you have to search for copies of your content manually and many bloggers

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Learn how to blog like a true WordPress professional simply by watching some great WordPress HOWTO video tutorials on WordPress Dot TV.Best WordPress HOWTO Video Tutorials: The Official WordPress video channelWordPress Dot TV is not actually new and it has been around for quite some time already but more and more bloggers on WordPress took notice of its excellent content these days. It is

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Learn how to add Google Friend Connect to Blogger (Blogspot) blogs. It is really easy to do so. :)Google Friend Connect is a great social networking feature not only for Blogger (Blogspot) blogs but also for other blogging platforms and websites as well. Google Friend Connect is quite new and bloggers should embrace it as soon as possible since Google has the knack of creating something that will

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Casual or cash-stricken bloggers and webmasters can try using GoingUp! that has a few great SEO and Web Analytics tools that they can use for free.Free SEO and Web Analytics tools: GoingUp!Most bloggers and webmasters use Google Analytics but many do not know how to use it properly. I can hardly blame them since Google Analytics (Urchin) was developed by geeks for geeks and you know how geeks

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7 free blogger templates with a nice Web 2.0 feel to them. Selection includes 2 and 3 column Blogger templates.Revolution ChurchDownload LinkLive PreviewA 3-column Blogger template with a stunning black and grey theme!Zinmag RemedyDownload LinkLive PreviewA 3-column Blogger template with a cool looking grey theme! Great for Vloggers or those fond of embedding videos and photos to their blogs!

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PayPerPost was once the pride of many American PayPerPost Posties but now PayPerPost has been overrun by Indian PayPerPost Posties.I was tipped by one of my Twitter friends who discovered something interesting from PayPerPost’s traffic stats on Alexa. My friend discovered that PayPerPost receives more Indian visitors (most probably Indian PayPerPost Posties) than Americans. This is a very strange

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