Monthly archives for September, 2008

WordPress 2.7 Survey Number 2



Did you participate in the first WordPress 2.7 survey? If you did, you may want to check out their second survey. As with the first, it includes mockups to help find answers to bloggings big question, “how to improve WordPress”.

Survey number two is concentrating on:

  • Where to put the search box
  • Where to put the Add New Post button/favorites menu
  • How to label the Future Publish/Edit Timestamp function

This time around the survey will be limited to the first 5000 responses. The survey covers three possible placements for the search box and includes screenshots.

The second question deals with a favorites menu that will be a dropdown/button that will provide quick access to frequently used screens – your favorites. The third question covers the time stamp feature and includes questions related to previous use.

In all honesty the survey questions are not earth shattering problems requiring mass input. I am sure there are much more important questions that need answering. If you enjoy participating or just want a quick look at some of the new features, then take a look.

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Don’t Dilute Your Blogging Income Opportunities



Some bloggers make the mistake of diluting their income opportunities by running too many conflicting ad units on the one page. This can be a huge mistake and often cost you money rather than making any.

A good example is affiliate advertising. You go to great lengths to write a good piece of affiliate promotion. It is keyword rich and will hopefully rank highly in the search result pages. However, if you mix in some non-affiliate advertising such as Adsense, you may earn 0.50 or perhaps a $1.00 for the Adsense click, but cost yourself $10 due to the missed affiliate click.

Adsense is a good example. The ads that run on that page are likely to be for related products that compete directly with your affiliate. Users are clicking through to that site instead of your affiliate.

Blogging income, just like any other part of your web site, needs careful planning and implementation. If you don’t plan carefully, your income opportunities may become limited. Don’t confuse the visitor. Have everything in plain sight.

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