One of my hosting clients was recently shocked to discover an advertisement for penis enlargement on her blog (I won’t show it to you, because I don’t want to give them any more exposure)! Considering most of her readers are women, she didn’t think it an appropriate use of her screen real-estate (’nuff said). The offensive ad was being displayed in one of the 125×125 blocks in her sidebar (similar to the blocks in my own sidebar), which is governed by an ad network called PerformancingAds. But before you jump to any conclusions, read on…
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Following on from my last post on Social Bookmarking, I’d like to talk today a bit about one of my favourite Social Bookmarking sites – StumbleUpon. Apart from the usual system of content submission and being able to vote items up and down, StumbleUpon has one fairly unique feature: its toolbar, and in particular the Stumble button.
Have you ever felt like you’re talking but no-one’s listening? I’m sure that’s something most bloggers can relate to (even A-list bloggers like Darren Rowse), especially when you’re in the initial stages of developing a blog. One way to increase your exposure is through the use of so-called Social Bookmarking sites like Digg, Delicious, Stumbleupon, and many others.
Image courtesy of Derbeth.
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I was recently asked by one of my clients to widen the sidebar on her K2-themed WordPress blog. Initially I thought this might be tricky as it would involve tweaking the theme’s template files. But once I started, I was pleasantly surprised to find that it was not at all difficult – all that was required was altering a couple of settings in the site’s CSS. And the best part was that I didn’t have to modify any of the theme’s files – this of course makes it much easier to upgrade the theme in the future.
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