[6 Jan 2009 | No Comment | 8 views]

I was faced with the problem of how to remove virus from usb drive recently. Normally I would have taken the nuclear option i.e format the USB drive to remove the virus. Unfortunately I had the entire source code for my blog ranking project on the pen-drive before it got infected by the virus. That meant I had to show restraint and deal with the issue in a diplomatic manner.
One run of the anti-virus software and the virus will be history is what I thought. However removing …

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[6 Jan 2009 | No Comment | 8 views]

I was faced with the problem of how to remove virus from usb drive recently. Normally I would have taken the nuclear option i.e format the USB drive to remove the virus. Unfortunately I had the entire source code for my blog ranking project on the pen-drive before it got infected by the virus. That meant I had to show restraint and deal with the issue in a diplomatic manner.
One run of the anti-virus software and the virus will be history is what I thought. However removing …

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[3 Jan 2009 | No Comment | 70 views]

Optimizing adsense positions has really worked wonders for binaryday, pushing the eCPM to more than 10$. Primarily, I used optimization tips provided by Google. Here are some of the important adsense optimization tips that have worked for me. However do not just read these tips. Loginto your adsense account and start making the changes. All these changes can be effected in less than 15 minutes and you shall be surprised by the result.
The first adunit shows the ads with the highest revenue per click ads. Make sure that it is …

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[2 Jan 2009 | 5 Comments | 96 views]

I had previously written about the November earnings report of 7 bloggers. Looking at the positive response to that post, I have decided to make it a regular feature and increase the number of blogs to 15.
There are important lessons in these reports
I am not writing this post for fun or out of curiosity alone. There are important lessons, especially for the beginners. Try to see how these bloggers make money from sources other than google adsense. Some of these people earn as much as 7$ ecpm. Look at their …

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[27 Dec 2008 | No Comment | 106 views]

Bloggers love comments. Comment is our weapon of choice to fight amongst ourselves and comment is the way for us to show our love and appreciation for a great blog. On a serious note, comments make a blog post more interesting by adding new viewpoints. They also increase stickiness by building a community feeling amongst the users. Hence you must actively incentivize your users to comment on your posts. These are some of the wordpress plugins that are expected to encourage discussion on your blog.
CommentLuv This plugin shows a link …

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[27 Dec 2008 | 2 Comments | 70 views]

I am confused about how to reply to comments left on my blog posts. Normally people reply on their own blog. However then there is a risk that the person who left the comment will not see my reply. Alternatively I can go and comment on their blog. While the commentator will definitely see my reply, the discussion will be confusing to others.
what do you do? Any wordpress plugin to solve this issue?