Category Archives: Featured

In case you missed it on your WordPress Dashboard, WordPress 2.2 has just been released. It features over 200 bug fixes among many other noteworthy improvements. Unfortunately, the much requested and long anticipated “tags” features was scrapped from this version, but it is expected to be released in version 2.3. Tagging will allow you to basically define sub-categories to individual blog posts on the fly. … Continue reading →

I was tagged a while back by The Paper Bull in a meme entitled “If I Could Only Read 5 Blogs.” I like the concept of this meme because it assumes I would need to focus my energies of acquiring knowledge through a very select number of sources. So, in a way, these five blogs are the ones I believe provide me with the most … Continue reading →

According to a few people in-the-know, including Mr. Gary Lee and Maki from Dosh Dosh, Google is now in the process of updating their data centers to reflect the new PageRankings. My first official PageRank is a PR5, which I am quite happy about. The first Google data center that is reported to have updated is: 64.233.189.104 Here is a tool you can use to … Continue reading →

Today, Google launched a new product – a FREE 411 service called GOOG-411. The 411 industry is a $7 billion dollar/year market, and free alternatives, such as Google’s, are expected to take at least a 50% market share within the next few years. GOOG-411 can be reached by dialing 1-800-GOOG-411. The service is completely automated and there is no way to talk to a human … Continue reading →

Google updates their PageRank once every 3-4 months. The last update was in early January, so in the next few weeks, all web sites listed in Google’s index with a significant amount of backlinks will have their PageRank updated. What is PageRank, you ask? According to Google… PageRank relies on the uniquely democratic nature of the web by using its vast link structure as an … Continue reading →

There is a great blog-tagging game going around right now. This comes from Gary Lee. Gary came up with the idea for a “My Name is a Domain Name” list. If your name is a domain name (i.e., natewhitehill.com), copy the list below, add it to your blog, and then add 3 other bloggers you know (with their name as the domain) to the list. … Continue reading →

WordPress is one of the most widely used pieces of blogging software on the Net. We use WordPress everyday to spread our ideas and connect with people all around the world, but how many of you actually know who created WordPress? Type “Matt” into Google and you have your answer. Matt Mullenweg is the #1 most important Matt in the world, according to Google, as … Continue reading →