Category Archives: Blogging

My custom Memcached WordPress Plugin

Something that I have found irritating about using WordPress for my blogging needs is its performance – or lack thereof! On a blog like Ideologics (that is mainly information based) rebuilding each page whenever it is viewed leads to an … Continue reading

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Blogging posts produce ZERO AdSense clicks – PERIOD

After looking over my Analytics data for AdSense, I’ve realised that my blogging posts produce NO clicks. I won’t tell you how many impressions this is based on, but rest assured that my assumption is sound. This is clearly bringing … Continue reading

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Does having standards make you a snob?

Recently I came across Everton’s post regarding lingscars.com – claiming it was the worst website ever! At first I laughed profusely, but soon came to realise that laughing at someone elses work and success is quite rude. Ling responded to … Continue reading

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Eye On Silicon becomes Ideologics

Recently I’ve been getting back in to blogging. Part of blogging, that I’m sure is as true for newbies as it is for the experienced bloggers, is research. Researching how to best mesh your blog in with the blogosphere. While … Continue reading

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Why do you blog?

To have a reason is to have a purpose. Why do you blog? I started Eye On Silicon as a small tech blog on my Ideologics website early 2008. I decided that it needed its own home, and promptly bought … Continue reading

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Increase your AdSense CTR by Removing Options

Statistics say that returning visitors rarely click ads, but visitors from search engines love to click them. How can we use this knowledge to our advantage?

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PostLove Feature: Popular posts by category

Following the previous Editor’s Choice post regarding the correct use of categories in WordPress, I’ve made some small changes to PostLove. Here’s a rundown: When you’re reading a post, the PostLove widget will display the most popular posts from the … Continue reading

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How to use WordPress categories to your advantage

As part of an effort to provide daily content, I’ve decided to start linking to posts that I consider great value to those who blog. I’ll be categorising these posts under one of the five head categories – but also … Continue reading

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5 Invaluable WordPress Plugins

Word Press is incredibly versatile – and I think it’s safe to say that plug-ins help achieve that versatility. As a tribute to those coders that help make my blog more versatile, I’m listing five Word Press plug-ins that I … Continue reading

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Strategic ad positions for Google AdSense

If a visitor to your blog doesn’t see something – will they click it? No! If you’re monetising your blog by selling advertising space, make sure the space is visible – it gives value to your visitors, and value to … Continue reading

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