Archive for November, 2008

WordPress 2.6.5 Released

Written by EarnBlogger on November 25, 2008.

The developers of WordPress has released a new version of the world’s most popular blogging platform. I am sure that you have noticed the news on your dashboard. The new version, WordPress 2.6.5, fixes one security problem and three bugs. The security issue is an XSS exploit that only affects IP-based virtual servers running on Apache 2.x.

WordPress 2.6.5 Released

The first bug fix prevents accidentally saving post meta information to a revision, the second prevents XML-RPC from fetching incorrect post types and the third adds some user ID sanitization during bulk delete requests. These bug fixes are not so important. Still, it is recommended that you upgrade your installation as soon as possible.

Want to know about the changed files only? Here is the list:

  • /wp-includes/post.php  (2 differences)
  • /wp-includes/version.php (1 difference)
  • /wp-includes/feed.php (1 difference)
  • /xmlrpc.php (2 differences)
  • /wp-admin/users.php (1 difference)

The last WordPress release was version 2.6.3 and now it is 2.6.5. So, WordPress avoided the version 2.6.4. Do you know the reason? well, it is because of the fake WordPress site that was distributing Trojan with a fake WordPress 2.6.4 release. For your own safety and smooth blogging, download WordPress from the official site only.

Getting Dofollow Links with SearchStatus!

Written by EarnBlogger on November 23, 2008.

Link building is an important aspect of blogging, specially when you want to make money online with your blogs. Link building is not a tough job. You just need some patience and some hard work. You can get some good links to your blog by using various white hat SEO methods such as blog commenting, forum promotion, article marketing and link exchange. I know most of you are aware about all these stuffs and I am not going to bore you with a long article about all these things. Rather I would like to tell you about a simple Firefox add-on that will help in link building and SEO.

SearchStatus

The add-on that I am talking about is SearchStatus. What actually it do? It displays Google PageRank, Alexa rank and Compete Rank of any domain name right within your browser. So, what’s the big deal? This add-on comes with some powerful features that you can use to spy your competitors and to improve your own blog. For example keyword density analyser, keyword/nofollow highlighting, backward/related links, Alexa incoming links, Alexa related links and many more.

You will be able to realize it’s power only after installing it on your browser (Firefox off course). Just get it from here and install it. Once it is enabled, you will see it in the bottom right of your browser. You can also change it’s position to some convenient place, from the options menu. Now browse the web as usual. When you are on a web page, it will automatically get information about the Google PageRank, Alexa Rank and Compete Rank of that particular page or domain, and displays them unobtrusively on your browser. You can enable or disable these ranks anytime.

SearchStatus Firefox Add-on

How to use SearchStatus for link building? I am sure that you would love to get some nofollow free i.e., dofollow links. For this you need to know where you can get one. You have probably came across some dofollow blogs and even directories of dofollow blogs. But, mind it, many bloggers are cheating fellow bloggers by announcing their blogs as dofollow, when their blogs are still using nofollow on links!

So, how to know who really offers dofollow links to it’s commentators? Let’s use this Firefox add-on to get some good links. Right click on the add-on icon and select the ‘Highlight Nofollow Links” option. From now on when a web page uses nofollow on links, it will highlight the link. Go to blogs and post comments when you see no highlighting on comment links. Similarly use some brain and get good nofollow free links from relevant sources. So, with this add-on no one can cheat you about dofollow links. Just continue posting good and relevant comments on dofollow blogs and soon you will get a bunch of one way links to your blog.

In my view SearchStatus is a powerful add-on and it is a must for every blogger. I am using it for last few months and getting extremely positive results on some of my new blogs. Besides using for detecting nofollow links, I use SearchStatus to get a quick overview of a new site. It saves lots of my valuable time. If you are not using it right now, try it today. I am sure that it will become one of your favorite Firefox add-ons.

Tweetag : Browse Twitter Tweets with Tags

Written by EarnBlogger on November 20, 2008.

Want to find out who is talking about your topic of interest on Twitter lately? Want to discover the hot topics on Twitter? Then I think you should give Tweetag, a new Twitter-based service, a try. This Belgium based service that will enable you to browse the public tweets through tags. Tagging and Twitter? How it is done? Tweetag uses a automatic tagging system, which analyzes and tags more than 200K tweets every day. These tags helps them to generate nested tag clouds so that you can easily browse through the sea of endless tweets.

Tweetag

On their home page, Tweetag sorts out and displays the 40 most frequent topics being discussed on Twitter. The size of each tag varies with it’s relative importance. A tag about which more people are talking about, appears big compared to a less talked about one.

You can also search with your own tags to find out who is talking about what lately! You can also use multiple tags to refine your search. You can add tags to the selection by clicking on them. A click on a tag in the “selected tags” bar will remove it from the selection.

Tweetag Demo

For example, want to check tweets on Google voice search on iPhone? Just use Googe and iPhone as tags and start your search. The results are presented in four tabs – all, links, questions and replies. So, if you want to check the links posted on Twitter, related to your topic, just select the “links” tab.

Tweetag has a developer API which one can use to build cool apps and widgets based on their data. Well, this is just a beginning for Tweetag. In near future more features such as thematic tag clouds are expected to be added to the Twitter-based service. Before that, why don’t you give it a try?

Help me find a suitable Script or Software!

Written by EarnBlogger on November 16, 2008.

I need help from my blog readers. I am looking for a good e-newspaper script or software. You may ask why I need an e-newspaper software? Well, I run a local newspaper, which is gradually getting some good exposure. It is a weekly newspaper and covers mostly local news and related articles. A few weeks ago my editor-in-chief suggested me to consider an electronic version of the newspaper. His suggestion was genuine as many of our readers stays in foreign countries and a recent survey revealed that many local readers also wants an e-version. So, I took the suggestion seriously and now considering to launch the e-version in January.

I need your Help!

I need your Help!

That’s why I am looking for something that can replicate the original version of a printed newspaper, in an user friendly format. I run websites and blogs, but I don’t have any knowledge about e-versions of newspapers. After my initial search I found that there are some scripts that can give the feel of a newspaper, by using images as pages. But, I am not happy with my search results. Can you help me find a suitable product that will help me in publishing an e-version of a printed newspaper?

I want to retain the look and feel of the paper version in my e-newspaper. That’s why when a reader visits the e-version, he/she must be able to turn pages like a printed newspaper. I know what I need here – a pageflip effect. But, I don’t know how to create a control panel like WordPress dashboard, so that my editor can manage the issues and users. Do you know about any particular script or software that works like an CMS for e-newspaper publishing? If you do, please feel free to inform me via comments or email.

Some of my friends have suggested me to hire a freelancer. So, I am also considering to hire someone to write a custom script. But, if there is something good available in the market, why should I spend my money on freelancers to develop something that I am not familiar with? What you say? That’s why, if you have any kind of experience or information related to e-newspaper publishing, please help me. I really need to decide on it, within this month. Otherwise my editor will continue to disturb me with his phone calls! Please help.

Free Premium Quality WordPress Max Theme

Written by EarnBlogger on November 14, 2008.

Looking for a premium quality WordPress theme? But, don’t want to spend a dime? Don’t waste your time turning the whole world wide web upside down! Just take a look at WordPress Max theme by Gabfire web design. From AJAX control panel for theme options to fully optimized magazine/newspaper style front page, all features in this theme are premium. And the good thing is that it is available for free download.

WordPress Max Theme

With WordPress Max theme, in the front page of your WordPress powered blog, you will be able to display featured posts, latest posts and categorized posts along with auto-cropped and resized thumbnails. Then there is a carousel in the middle for displaying posts by large pictures. In the sidebar you can display most viewed posts, most commented posts, tags etc with the help of AJAX tabs. There is also a video panel to play latest videos on sidebar. Then there are 4 advertising positions that can be controlled directly from the theme control panel. With so many features and options available on this theme, you can easily create a content rich, news blog, powered by WordPress. Take a look at the demo and download it today.

Overview of WordPress Max theme features:

  • Premium quality news style WordPress theme.
  • Ajaxed Control Panel for theme settings and options.
  • Thumbnails created on the fly with cropping and resizing for best quality.
  • Sidebar AJAX tabs (most viewed, most commented, tags etc).
  • Video panel to play latest videos on sidebar.
  • Custom 404, archives, video templates..
  • Four advertising positions that can be controlled directly in the control panel.
  • Theme is fully widgetized with 3 sidebars.
  • Ability to manage all thumbnail sizes in control panel.
  • Flickr gallery scrollbar with options built in.
  • Beautiful carousel to scroll between posts by large pictures.
  • Gravatars support built-in.
  • Trackbacks are separated from comments.
  • Show author picture, posts, and info below each post.
  • FeedBurner built in – can be setup in control panel.
  • Custom jQuery panel for quick social bookmarking for posts.
  • Theme is split in several CSS and html template files for easiest access and edit.
  • Available for free download.

Demo | Release Page | Download Link

Finding a Freelance Writer to Make Money Online

Written by EarnBlogger on November 11, 2008.

If you want to make money online with your blog or website, then you must produce some quality contents, that really sales and feeds the knowledge hungry traffic. Where a good article can give you tons of targeted visitors and good search engine ranking, a poor article hardly adds value to your site, besides adding a number to your totals pages. If you are not receiving good traffic and good search engine rankings, already you are loosing the battle! So, it is very important to write quality, informative and useful articles.

Find the Right Freelance Writer

Find the Right Freelance Writer

But due to various reason you may be unable to produce quality contents. In that case, what you are going do? In my view, the best decision in that situation will be hiring someone to write on behalf of you. And here comes the freelancers into the scene.

Finding quality freelance writers may take a bit of time. But, you must not forget that if you find one that can write revenue generating unique articles and that easily converts a regular visitor into a client, then that one difficult search will turn into a profitable investment of time.

So, let’s start searching for a good freelance writer. For this, you can look at various freelancing websites or services such that will allow you to post ads the specification of your project and your budget. Popular services are always good to start, but never underestimate the less popular services. Spend some time and try hard to find the best.

When you start your search, it is important to keep in mind that there are different types of writing such as news writing, medical writing, copy writing, technical writing, creative writing or general writing. One writer might be highly skilled in one area, yet may lack in another. And in order to earn some more money, many freelance writers spread themselves out into others areas where they don’t have good skills. So, it is very critical that the writer you choose can produce the type of content that you need.

Let’s go back to your ads on freelancing websites. Once your ad is up, writers will make bids on your project along with their writing samples. The more you are willing to pay per article, the more bids you will get from writers. But, mind it, all of those bidders are not excellent writers and there may be some scrappers also! Properly go through the articles submitted by the bidders. Use the private message service provided by freelancing websites and whenever possible want some more sample of their previous works. Also don’t ignore the ratings and feedback provided by previous buyers.

Make Money Online

Make Money Online with Articles

After reading all those articles and considering previous works and feedback, choose a suitable freelancer for your project. Some freelancers may ask very high amount per article. If your budget permits, try to avoid the money factor till end. Because, over time you will be amazed to see how much you will eventually earn from your killer articles. Just for your own benefit, check the probable options twice and make sure that you choose a writer who can write the type of articles that you are looking for to make money online.

So, in this way after spending a good amount of time in searching, you can easily find a suitable freelance writer to produce content on behalf of you. You just need some patience and some money to spend. After the articles are ready, use them as per your own technique to make money online. Soon you will see the results and you will eventually make a ton of money off of each article. The time you spent for searching a freelancer may also help in your future projects. As, you may already have some direct contacts who can write articles that really sales!

The real WordPress Newspaper theme

Written by EarnBlogger on November 8, 2008.

Looking for a suitable WordPress theme for your news site? Gabfire Themes have just released a real WordPress Newspaper theme, that has all the features of a newspaper site. I like it’s super cool front page that has special section for breaking news, category posts, and photo posts. The premium theme also comes with a nice photo gallery, auto image re-size function and widgetized sidebars. Take a look at the screenshot below or Click here to view more details.

WordPress Newspaper Theme

Some features of WordPress Newspaper theme:

  • Real newspaper theme for WordPress.
  • Auto image re-size.
  • Multi widget support for sidebars.
  • Built in photo gallery.
  • Custom 404 Error page.
  • Dropdown navigation support for subcategories.
  • Ajax tabs.
  • Ad Optimized.
  • Search engine optimized.
  • W3C Compliant.
  • Theme support and free updates.

Price of WordPress Newspaper theme:
Basic Package $59 Buy Now
Multi-Site Package $99 Buy Now
Developer Package $159 Buy Now