Sometimes I get an inspiration to improve my blog with new element or plugin and that’s where problem starts. Sure I can hard code new snippet directly into template file or spend couple of hours trying to find suitable solution on Wordpress website.

There is a very good chance that feature I want to include on my blog has been already implemented by someone but I have no idea how he named this plugin or which section he posted it in.

Last time I got lucky thanks to the Pixel Shoppe with his recommendations on plugins that I can use with WordPress blog.

They were describing AdSense Manager plugin which supports multiple ad networks and that’s exactly what I was looking for. In addition this plugin gives you full control over ad placements without need to modify styles or source files.

I found more good recommendations on other WordPress plugins, tweaks and template modifications. General tips for bloggers section they have is also interesting read… (more…)

I just had to let this one out!

I recently joined EntreCard Viral marketing program (look on a little widget in the narrow sidebar). As any other traffic exchange program it’s pretty much useless in order to bring you quality targeted visitors, but can help a little bit to generate some initial traffic.

To find some relevant sites I looked over the list of categories with numbers of blogs submitted. No surprise there - by far the largest number of blogs is listed in category “Making Money Online”. I guess John Chow and Jeremy Shoemoney should watch out - new generation is coming!

So… I visited some of those websites in case I would need to chose where I would like to have my banner displayed. Sadly enough about 95% of those sites are worthless…

Just to give you a clue one of those so called “gurus” suggest to “…write quality content for 5 websites within 3 days…” Can I have some of that good $**t he is smoking??? (more…)