It has been quite some time since Google updated its PageRank, which is calculated using various factors but primarily based on the quantity and quality of links to your site. It looks like a PageRank update could be coming very soon, and it is certainly something many bloggers and webmasters have been anticipating.
At GetFoundNow.com, Michael Stankard theorizes that the recent changes to the Google Webmaster tools have been the reason for the hold-up:
A lot of industry people were expecting a Google update to PageRank a couple of weeks ago. I…
I gave you all a sneak preview of Wordpress 2.3 yesterday. This morning WordPress officially released version 2.3.
Here is the official announcement from WordPress (see original post here)
I’m thrilled to announce that Version 2.3 “Dexter” of WordPress is now ready for the world. This release includes native tagging support, plugin update notification, URL handling improvements, and much more. This release is named for the great tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon.
The entire team is really proud of this release, and I’m happy that this is our second on-time release under our new…
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I want the iPod Video Nano Blog Contest - Jason Blanton is offering an iPod nano to anyone who helps promote his blog.
Top 23 Contest Blogs on the Web: The Ultimate List - Contest Blogger lists the top contest blogs on the web and puts themselves first 
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Interview with Kevin Muldoon -…
I cam across a post today by Barry Schwartz on Search Engine Land regarding the open directory project (aka Dmoz).
They realised that Dmoz isn’t listed when you search for dmoz on Google. Fingers crossed that is an indication Dmoz is finally going to go to the website graveyard in the sky. Dmoz has been currupt for as long as I can remember, I once waited more than 2 years for my site submission to be accepted. This sort of timescale was the rule and not the exception.
The problems didn’t stop there. For…
DYNAMIC WEB CONTENT IS NEEDED TO PULL WEB VIEWERS TO YOUR BLOG SITE
What is the best way to generate heightened text to really get every web reader to your site excited by reading your blog? This can be done by using the fundamentals of web writing 101 when you start to begin writing every article or blog in your every day life. It is a known fact that while newspaper and magazine readers tend to read every word in the various articles that they find interesting, the typical web reader…
