I came across this post today which brought to my attention that Movable Type is now free again. I considered this platform a few years ago for a project but was reluctant to use it because it didn’t seem to be worth paying for. Perhaps i was wrong but i guess it doesn’t matter now because it is now free to download.

Im perhaps a few weeks late with this news but im sure a few of you missed this as well. The announcement regarding this switch can be found here and you can…

As regular Blogging Tips commentators know, i removed the no follow link from Blogging Tips 2 months ago. This means that page rank will be given to the blogs and websites of those who post a comment.

As i stated before, i’m baffled why so many bloggers made a fuss about this as any page rank benefit from commentating will be pretty low and bloggers should be trying to raise their page rank via advertising and writing good posts. However, i was more than happy to remove the ‘no follow’ link cos…

I was a bit surprised that the Blogging Tips June 2007 competition has not proved as popular as last month as the cash value for the prizes this month is much much more.

There is still another week to go so theres still time to take part and win one of the prizes up for grabs. You can see full details of the competition here.

Prize 1 : Win a years worth of hosting at DownTownHost plus a free domain name

There are 3 prizes up for grabs for those who link to the…

A couple of days ago John Metcalfe from Web Business Blog posted about me paying for a review on John TP’s Blog and asked whether it was value for money. I replied with a quick comment at the time but i thought it would be good to give a better explanation as to why i believe paying for a review on John TP was worth the money. You can read the full post here however for reference i have reprinted the points he raised below :

While reading some of the rss feeds…

I have been using NetVibes to stay updated with the blogs i read since i reviewed the service in April 2007. Up until now i have been very happy with the site however in the last week or so i’ve had problems logging onto the site and feeds have taken a while to update on my main page.

Have any readers who use NetVibes had a problem with this recently? Below is an pic of showing you what i see when it doesn’t load :

The Alternatives

I know that Bloglines is popular however i’ve…