Categories: Asides


Sun acquires MySQL AB

Stunning move by Sun capturing the most widely used database system in the world… read the full story


WordPress.com November Wrap Up and One Troubling Stat

WordPress.com has posted some interesting stats at WordPress.com.
I find one stat pretty troubling…
“416 million pageviews on WordPress.com, and another 169 million on self-hosted blogs. (585 million pageviews total.)”
Not the 416 million, but the 169 of “self-hosted blogs“… just how do they track this? If it’s through some sort of reporting tool within the WP software […]


The SEO Book Blog is Now Creative Commons Licensed

Aaron Wall of SEOBOOK.com fame has released the SEO Book Blog under CC Attrib 3.0 License.
Wow, very nice Aaron!


Onpage SEO: 7 Tips That Are Easy to Implement

Pholpher of performancing.com has recently posted a great rundown of onpage SEO efforts that is worth a look: Onpage SEO: 7 Tips That Are Easy to Implement.


Protecting Your Content From the Spinning Spammers : The Blog Herald

Get the word out! Protecting Your Content From the Spinning Spammers : The Blog Herald


Simon of freshegg.com writes about an experiment with Google and duplicate content

Simon of blog.freshegg.com (freshblog) write about Duplicate Content on Mirrored Sites across Multiple Domains


What Causes Subscribers to Read Your Blog’s Feed?

Steven from dailyblogtips.com had an interesting post on “What Causes Subscribers to Read Your Blog’s Feed?.”


WordPress 2.3.1 Beta 1 Released

Ryan Boren announced the release of WordPress 2.3.1 Beta 1


Automattic buys Gravatar

Automatic buys Gravatar, world continues to spin.


Ryan Boren on Tag Link Handling

Ryan Boren puts out a basic introduction to tag link handling Taxonomy Intersections and Unions.