Blogging

Company Sues Former Blogger Over His Twitter Account

by Jeff Weisbein December 30, 2011

We may soon find out how much a tweet or Twitter follower costs in dollar terms. An interesting lawsuit filed by PhoneDog Media L.L.C. against Noah Kravitz, a former blogger for PhoneDog.com.

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5 Ways to Secure Your WordPress Install

by Jeff Weisbein August 26, 2011

WordPress has become an extremely popular website and blogging platform over the years, it is literally hosting hundreds of millions of websites. So how can you go about protecting your WordPress site? Here are 5 easy tips on how to make your WordPress more secure.

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The Most Reliable Blogging Solutions

by Mike Mansell December 17, 2010

When setting up a blog or personal website, one thing to consider is uptime. After all, if your website is constantly offline, you’re never going to see an increase in visitors. Worse yet, websites with high downtime tend to have lower search engine rankings, making it all the more difficult for users to find – [...]

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Does The TechCrunch Acquisition Mark The End of An Era?

by Jeff Weisbein September 29, 2010

Now that it’s a done deal and Aol has acquired TechCrunch (along with two other companies today), I began to wonder whether this marks the end of an era. While I guess deep down, I knew a day like this would come – it just had to eventually, I never fully considered the implications it [...]

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The Sad State of the Blogosphere

by Jeff Weisbein August 22, 2010

We have a problem. That problem is the current state of our blogosphere. It’s in complete shambles. Unfortunately, I’m well aware of what causes this problem and it’s not easily fixable. The cause of the problem is the need for visitors and pageviews, which both translate into money. Don’t get me wrong – making money [...]

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gpEasy: A Dead-Simple CMS Solution

by Mike Mansell June 2, 2010

With the wide use of social-networking services like Facebook and “micro-blogging” solutions such as Twitter, I have never had the need to create my own blog or personal homepage. In fact, the only web-design related work I’ve ever really needed to perform has been for my current employer in maintaining the company’s static, information-only website. [...]

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How To: Develop Content That Increases Website Traffic

by Jeff Weisbein October 14, 2009

In my previous article I discussed the building blocks to building a successful website. What I would like to discuss now is how to produce the best content that will increase your websites traffic, which, in return, will help build your community. The first thing I always think about when making a video, writing a [...]

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FTC Updates Guidelines. Begins Cracking Down On Bloggers.

by Jeff Weisbein October 5, 2009

Today, the FTC in a somewhat expected announcement updated their “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising”. The changes reflect the agency’s attempt to become more current. The updates allow the FTC to crack down on independent bloggers (and celebrities) who do not disclose any freebies. In other words, if a company [...]

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TechCrunch’s Super Secret Spy Subdomain

by Jeff Weisbein August 8, 2009

Earlier today, TechCrunch Co-editor, Erick Schonfeld made a blog post about his issues with Firefox 3.5. However, in that blog post, he posted a screenshot (see below) which included a tab labeled “TechCrunch Spy”. Purposely or not, it stirred some discussion in the comments. Thinking it would be too obvious (I tried it anyway), and [...]

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TechCrunch: I’m Calling You Out – The Race To 1 Million Posts

by Jeff Weisbein May 14, 2009

This is it! It’s the 300th post on BestTechie.net! I’m now approximately 12,060 posts behind TechCrunch which according to my math has 12,360 (give or take). Currently, TechCrunch is sporting 618 pages of posts with 20 posts per page – if I did my math correctly (and I hope I did since I even double [...]

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