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I've taken IrishBlogs.com offline temporarily. It will probably be resurrected or pointed to another site at some stage over the next few days, however as a project I think it is best "shelved" at this juncture - at least in its present form. … [Read more...] about IrishBlogs.com – Offline

Voting in the Irish blog awards is now open. You may also notice that the site's main page has been overhauled The list of blogs and bloggers that have been nominated makes for interesting reading. They range from quite high profile blogs through to very personal ones covering a very wide range of subjects, style etc., There are, of course, some familiar names on the list, so … [Read more...] about Irish Blog Awards – Voting Opens

A few months ago I mentioned the adsense "heat map", which is a handy graphic representation of the best performing "zones" of a website in terms or clicks. The official adsense blog carries some tips on maximising your blog's revenue potential through applying some basic techniques: Choose the right ad formats Place ads where your readers will notice Improve … [Read more...] about Adsense For Blogs

Darren posted a link to a useful list of revenue sharing forums (fora?). The idea is very simple. As a member you can add your adsense ID to your profile. Once you have a made a certain number of posts you can then start earning a percentage of the adsense revenue on threads where you are active. I've been toying with the idea of doing this on a couple of forums that I manage. … [Read more...] about Adsense Revenue Sharing

The IIA is organising a series of events throughout the country in 2006. One of the topics that they will be covering is blogging and they've asked me to hold the seminar. Where? Hilton Hotel, Dublin When? 8th March @ 2pm How much?EUR55 for IIA members / EUR95 for non-IIA members What exactly? A very good question :) The topics I hope to cover are: Wonderful World of Blogs … [Read more...] about Blogging Seminar – IIA