http://www.problognews.com News for Professional Bloggers Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:37:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For those interested in reaching the over-40 crowd (of which I count myself), here's a tip: make yourself a trustworthy brand. That's the findings of a survey by Third Age and JWT Boom. The survey found 67 percent of Internet users over 40 were not interested in writing blogs, followed by ... http://www.problognews.com/2008/07/survey-trust-tops-over-40-crowd.html The Sugar blog network is leaving the NBC fold, deciding to end an advertising revenue sharing deal. The move comes as NBC adds BlogHer to its women's-oriented online channel. Sugar Network CEO and publisher Brian Sugar said it had become "silly" to give NBC a 50 percent cut of advertising money ... http://www.problognews.com/2008/07/sugar-blogs-sour-on-nbc-ad-deal.html Are your words being "scraped" by another site, appearing without your permission? That frustration is particularly irksome for the more than three million bloggers on Automattic's WordPress.com. Our friends over at Plagiarism Today point out an unofficial site exists to help people. The following is a guest post ... http://www.problognews.com/2008/07/wordpresscom-blog-fights-stolen-content.html Giant tech blog Tech Crunch is bemoaning Tuesday's acquisition by GigaOM Media of jkOnTheRun, a mobile devices blog based in Houston. "One Less Independent Blog In The World," screams the headline for a story written by tech blogger and entrepreneur Michael Arrington. Arrington sees the move by the GigaOM Media network, ... http://www.problognews.com/2008/07/gigaom-media-acquires-mobile-devices-blog.html When there is news about someone dumping their day job for a full-time gig as a professional blogger, it usually involves a journalist, a designer, or analyst. Not often do we hear of physicians tossing the stethascope in favor of the snarky headline. But it is the case with ... http://www.problognews.com/2008/07/md-behind-macrumors-ditches-doctor-gig-for-full-time-blogging.html AdBrite Hits 70,000 Members San Francisco, CA – AdBrite, the Internet’s Ad Marketplace, announced Monday that over 70,000 websites are now part of its advertising network. The company also unveiled a new Behavioral Targeting product it claims is the first to target such a wide audience. The 70,000 market was set ... http://www.problognews.com/2008/07/adbrite-network-tops-70k-members.html Simon over at Bloggasm pointed us to some detective work he did regarding an apparent boost in traffic to Gawker Media sites, such as Gawker and Valleywag. Simon says (I know) that traffic to Gawker sites overall rose 40 percent in July, with Valleywag and Jezebel seeing an 83 percent ... http://www.problognews.com/2008/07/gawker-media-math-page-view-increase-equals-writer-pay-cut.html We have moved to Chris Pearson's Thesis in preparation for the launch of our blogging content business. The professional theme is well-suited to Professional Blogging News as it is uses the blogging platform to its utmost. Along with being optimized for search engines, the theme also uses the best typography ... http://www.problognews.com/2008/07/weve-changed-our-appearance.html Just a note to users we will be updating to WordPress 2.6 Saturday. Let us know if you encounter any problems accessing the site or reading the news. Stay tuned forsome other interesting announcements about the future of PBN. http://www.problognews.com/2008/07/updating-to-wordpress-26.html There are still two weeks to apply for guest contributors to Pro Blogging News. Benefits include greater public recognition for the blogger, multiple links to the blogger's site and/or rss feed and a learning experience for future guest blogging. Bloggers also receive a portion of advertising revenue. We are also offering ... http://www.problognews.com/2008/07/guest-contributor-opportunities-available.html