I posted in June about how the Blogging Tips top commentator list was being abused by a small number of people leaving pointless messages in order to break into the top commentator list
In the last day or so I got over 50 comments from two people who left dozens of one line comments in dozens of posts. These posts added nothing to the discussion and some were completely unrelated to the post in question. Granted they did this at the end of the month and the list will be cleared for…
Below is a fantastic seminar I found from the internet video guy Mike Stewart. It last about 80 minutes but it has some great advice as to why you should be video blogging. If for some reason your browser isn’t displaying the video below, you can find the original video here.
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Lets spice up the last day of July with some good blogging links 
Customizing the WordPress Login Screen - A quick tutorial which shows you how to customise your WordPress login screen.
Top Money Making Widgets to Use With Your Blog - Buxr told us about this post in last weeks roundup. A very detailed post which lists all the money making widgets for your blog.
Top 7 blog mistakes to avoid - David Airey looks at 7 mistakes he has made in the past with his blog.
Some of the Best Things About Blogs are…
For those who have been hiding in a cave the last 10 years, vBulletin is a PHP bulletin board and argubly the best discussion software available on the internet. I have been using it since around 2001 for building communities. I read about vBulletin building a blog into future versions of their software a while ago but I assumed that it was still quite some time away from launch.
I received an email from them today about the release of version 3.6.8. In the email they noted that
vBulletin 3.6.8 was…
I sometimes forget that there are goverments around the world who do not like the notion of free press. I was reminded of this last week with the news that Malaysia are going to be using anti-terrorism laws against bloggers who insult Islam or the king. You can read the full article about this event on the BBC website here.
Raja Petra Kamarudin, editor of the blog Malaysia Today, had to turn himself into police last week because of criticism he has posted on his blog.
I travelled for a few…
