There is more to blogging than writing for Google

All these people who tell you how to make money online may not be lying, but they’re not telling you how to write decent content. Is it possible to make money online and also write great posts? Or are you just going to sell out? It all depends on your approach. Writing for Adsense might [...]

Tips or mistakes: what’s the best way to learn?

The web is bursting with tips for doing things well, along with lists of things you shouldn’t do. Doesn’t it make your head spin? How do we keep up?

Finding a niche for your blog: what works for you?

How can you find a decent niche for your blog? Who even needs a niche? Surely you can attract many more people if you write about hundreds of topics? Wouldn’t it be fun if you wrote about all those topics with absolutely no idea what you’re on about, so any amateurs who might be reading [...]

Advertisers: don’t try to trick people

Got a question you’d like me to answer in the Web Advice column? Get in touch. Some advertisers specialise in strange ways to get people to their site. Whether it’s an ad that says you’ve won a prize, or an obscure ad image that says nothing about the site you’re going to, the result can [...]

Spammers get clever by submitting guest posts

I’ve recently been getting messages from people who want to guest post on one of my blogs. But these are no ordinary messages. They seem to fit the style of a generic form letter, with a short introduction, a few links to previous “experience” of guest writing, and the person’s desired link text. What’s wrong [...]

A decent site is not made overnight

Maybe an unpopular site. I literally made this blog overnight. No, not last night, but over the night when I made it… oh, you get the picture. If you’re hoping to build The Next Big Thing, I reckon you’re going to fail. Now, if you have some idea of what you want to build, and [...]