Taymar from MMORPG-INFO pointed me toward a post by ‘Crabby Old Lady’ detailing how she was banned from AdSense and her subsequent treatment from Google.
I’ve heard similar stories many times. Upstanding bloggers getting banned from AdSense without any warning or explanation. It wouldn’t be so bad, but when Google do this, they invariably withhold [...]

Ok, so this may not be in the same league is the utter stupidity Google has showed over AdSense referrals, but it’s stupid and annoying nonetheless.
Google has decided to migrate all Adsense logins to Google (Gmail) accounts.
That’s mildly frustrating, but not a huge deal. I currently log in to AdSense with my own email [...]

One of the things I’m always on the lookout for is good graphics editing software.
I’ve used Photoshop to create complex layouts, but as a blogger, I often just need to do basic editing - resizing, touching up, creating simple buttons, etc. For these kinds of things, Photoshop is complete overkill. It’s way too slow [...]

Update: The competition is now closed and the winner will be announced shortly. Why not subscribe now to find out if you’re the lucky winnner!

More to the point, win MY iPod Nano. My beloved 8GB 3rd genernation Nano that I reviewed on my personal blog.
All you have to do to be in with a [...]

Last week I posted a quick tip on using SEO keyword tools to get ideas for new blog posts.
Getting inspiration is one of the biggest obstacles that most bloggers face when it comes to posting regularly.
John Chow just posted about where he gets his ideas from, and the most striking thing about his [...]

So it seems Google does listen to users occasionally…
Ten days ago I posted about changes to Google’s AdSense referral program. Google planned to reduce payments to American and Japanese publishers, and kick the rest of us out of the program entirely.
Today they’ve announced they’ve had a change of heart. Albeit a very minor one.
Basically, [...]

One of the hardest things about committing to writing a blog regularly is coming up with new material to write about.
One way to do it is to keep a close eye on what other bloggers in your niche are talking about, but if you rely on that, you’re always ‘behind the times’, commenting on [...]

It’s not every day someone offers something for nothing, but UberAffiliate is doing just that this week.
A very simple competition - whoever sends him the most traffic gets one of five available ad spots.
So what are you waiting for? Send him some traffic (just like I’m doing!)