I hate it when the press and reporters grossly misrepresent the facts in order to create sensationalism. I had it happen to me when I was interviewed by Forbes.com in fact, and although I addressed my concerns to the editors of Forbes after reading the article, I was ignored. And if I had been replied to, and the errors corrected, would they have been corrected in the original article, or in a prominent location? No, of course not. Corrections go in a teeny tiny corner of the website or newspaper where no one will ever read them! Armand Rousso is feeling...

As you may know, this site has message boards, and we’ve welcomed bloggers there to discuss paid blogging. We have a forum for each of the major paid blogging topics where we regularly discuss opportunities, payments, and issues with each. We’ve always welcome the staff from those companies at our boards, but recently, I heard something a bit disturbing. One more than one occasion, a member of our board was contacted by a rep from a paid blogging company about something that was posted. The items in question weren’t rude, slanderous,...

Despite some of my sites having a PR update a few weeks ago, I don’t think the PR update is complete, which means there is still some time to boost your link popularity and search engine rankings before pagerank updates take place for this quarter. You should also take a look at how search engines see your blog or website. A website optimization service will show you how your website is perceived by search engines and visitors – do your pages load quickly? Is your navigation easy to use? If your content easy to follow, and easy to spider?...

Like this article? Digg it! I have my resume on Monster.com – it’s currently not active or searchable, but I never took it off the site after getting my job 3 years ago, figuring that it would be safe and secure. A letter I got from Monster.com this afternoon says otherwise: Dear Monster Customer: Recently, a malicious software, known as Infostealer.Monstres, was used to gain unauthorized access to the Monster resume database. Regrettable, some of the contact information that was captured included your name, address, telephone number, and email...

Would you put a GPS tracker on your car? Some may say it’s too much “big brother”, but as a mom with children who will be driving in a few years, I’m all for monitoring where my kids are when they’re out with MY car. Hey, if it’s good enough for Hulk Hogan, then GPS real time tracking is good enough for me! Seriously though, while I can’t see monitoring my child’s every move, it would be a handy tool to ensure that your child is where they say they are, simply because a kid who knows you CAN see where they...

Earlier this week, I posted that my D List (of blogs using a “do follow” plugin) is still going strong, and that I continued to weed out comments that I felt were only being left for the link love from the plugin. It’s probably a bit easier for me to tell when this is happening, because I have several blogs. This afternoon, for example, I got a comment on my 3DayMom blog, followed by a comment on BuyMeBlog, and then a 3rd comment here on GeekySpeaky – all left by the same person, of course. Gosh, what are the chances that he’s...

When you’re looking for directories to submit your blog and website too, you should start with the highest ranked directories. My directory has a main page which is PR5, which is good, but the main URL for this blog directory is a PR6, which is even better! The sub folder is unranked for now, but with it’s parent page being a PR 6, it should earn a nice pagerank of it’s own in a matter of time. The directory offers deep link submission options, which most blog directories don’t, and a lot of blog categories. Both standard and featured...

Did you hear about the teenager who hacked an iPhone and traded it for a car? I guess that’s reason #1 I wasn’t in line for an iPhone – all it took was a 17 year old to hack into the phone and unlock it so that you can use it with networks other than AT&T. That doesn’t inspire a whole lot of confidence in the iPhone. George Hotz traded the modified phone for a car and 3 8GB iPhones. The project took him 500 hours – he’s been working on it for about 8 hours a day since he got the iPhone. Not bad for a summer job...

One of the easiest things you can do to boost your PR is to submit your site to web directories, like the one I run here at GeekySpeaky. Most of these directories have very simple standards for submission, and with just a few clicks, you’re done. Submitting to ANY directory is good, but the very best kind of directories to submit to offer one way links. That means that the directory links to YOU, but you’re not required to link back. Some directories do this for free, others, like mine, charge a small free for a permanent one way link. Finding...

I won’t get into the whole quantity versus quality debate here, but PayPerPost announced yesterday they’d be hitting 50,000 bloggers at some point during the day. Even with all of those bloggers, there have been a huge number of opps being dropped lately (my list says 162 available right now) and it’s been easier than ever to make a little cold hard cash. If you want to make money online, PayPerPost should be one of the first sites you check out – forget pyramid schemes and selling useless crap to your friends and family –...