Getting comments from users on blog posts is a very rewarding experience for bloggers. Often bloggers want to encourage comments by giving something back to those that comments. On Simply Basic I keep track of the months “Top Commenters” in the sidebar, rewarding commenters who contribute the most. Another common reward method is to make your blog “dofollow.” This means that links have ther “nofollow” tags removed and that the links help their search engine rankings.
The nofollow versus dofollow topic is a heated debate. I used to be a dofollow blogger but changed after I noticed a large increase in worthless spammy comments.
The other day when I was browsing through a freelance website I noticed something that was…
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Today Jeff Chandler at Weblog Tools Collection published an interesting article discussing the cost of a WordPress installation. The comments that followed were quite interesting to read. A lot of developers agreed that $20-$70 for a raw installation was fine. Of course, there was a strong argument that it should be free.
So how much is a WordPress installation? If you want my services, I charge $35/hour for a basic WordPress installation (minimum one hour). Why would I charge by the hour? Clients want different things in an installation. Some just need WordPress installed straight up. Others need plugins downloaded and installed. And others need a database created, FTP set up, plugins downloaded, and a theme customized…
Read the full story »So as you can tell I’m quite happy with my new domain emails hosted by Google Apps. I just purchased Sohail’s Gmail Notifier for Google Apps because the normal Gmail notifier doesn’t work with it (for a very cheap $6.99). I realize I could have used the Google Talk client but I don’t like having to keep it open all the time.
So because I’m in such a good mood I’m having a Google Apps Giveaway. Here’s what’s up for grabs:
A few days ago I was sending an email from my Simply-Basic administrative email account and it got sent back with the following cryptic error message:
host mx4.hotmail.com [65.54.244.104]: 550 SC-001 Mail rejected by Windows Live Hotmail for policy reasons. Reasons for rejection may be related to content with spam-like characteristics or IP/domain reputation problems. If you are not an email/network admin please contact your E-mail/Internet Service Provider for help. Email/network admins, please visit http://postmaster.live.com for email delivery information and support.
Apparently Windows Live (aka Hotmail) blocked my entire mail server permanently as spam. I contacted by web hosting company and they said that since I’m on a shared server it only takes a few people sending…
Read the full story »As the title suggests, my email’s back up and running. It’s now hosted with Google Apps. I’m going to spend some time messing around with it and will let you all know how it works.
Read the full story »Email’s back up. Disregard the below message. Just to let everyone know, I’m working on getting Google Apps to host my emails rather then my current web service due to some errors sending to some domains. If you try to send me an email and it gets sent back, wait a bit and try again. It should all be resolved here in a little bit.
If it is urgent, sent it to kolbert.john [at] gmail [dot] com. Thanks for being understanding! I’m anxious to get it back up as well.
