Looks like the folks at Google, and specifically Feedburner are having some trouble with counting their chickens…again. In a classic iteration of how history repeats itself, Google seems to have forgot to counts its own readers again!
I was really surprised to see my feed count so low today, and upon investigating at other major blogs [...]

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After months of waiting and a thousand false PageRank update scares, not to mention the recent fiasco over major authority sites and blogs being penalized for paid links, it seems like the PageRank update is FINALLY underway.
Want Proof?
Check out the results on these particular data-centers 72.14.217.104, 72.14.221.99, 209.85.135.102 for updates to your own Page Rank. [...]

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Webmasters are often split on the decision to maintain and market a single site, vs. owning multiple domains promoting different services. While many prefer the quality over quantity route, I think that a healthy balance can be achieved between both options, by creating offshoot sites that are self-sustaining and require little maintenance.
Enter Google Custom Search
In [...]

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*Hint Hint* - Daily Moolah won’t be responsible if you get hit with the Google 950 or lose all your SERPs

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Sleepless in Cyberspace

Getting a -1 on your PageRank doesn’t mean you suck, only that Google doesn’t love you as much. But Why Care? Your readers do, don’t they? (hint: Andy Beard, John Chow, Yaro Starak)
If you’re a small fish in the big sea, don’t let that little green bar do the talking for you. Your [...]

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Google AdWords is the web’s premier Pay-Per-Click advertising network. If you aren’t using it yet, you’re really missing out on all the action. You can use AdWords to promote pretty much anything you like : affiliate sites, your blog, e-commerce sites and more. Signing up is extremely easy and only involves $5 as the initial [...]

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First whirlwind changes at Adwords, then Google’s custom search blog gets deleted by its own people ; now it’s obviously Adsense’s turn to screw up. I’ve often faced slow loading Adsense pages but recently they have been having a lot more errors than usual. As of 1:58 Pm EST, they are officially suffering a system [...]

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