Hulu, one of the Internet’s leading sources for online television shows and movies, plans to begin charging users next year. Hulu allows users to access many television shows and movies, offering high quality content. Hulu has been free to date, with no signup or members fees. Users could go to the site, search for a show and watch episodes for free. However, next year the owners of Hulu will begin to offer a pricing system, placing some of it’s content for paying customers only.
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Hulu: Expect to Pay in 2010
Posted: October 25, 2009 at 7:11 pm by Nathan Driskell
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Full Disclosure: Coming Soon to Blogs Everywhere
Posted: October 5, 2009 at 10:20 pm by Nathan Driskell
If you run a blog that takes in money or products from advertisers, be prepared to fully disclose this information beginning on December 1, 2009. The Federal Trade Commission on Monday, September 5th, stated on December 1st, all bloggers who review products must disclose any connection with advertisers, including in most cases the receipt of free products and if they were paid in any way by advertisers. The purpose of this is to allow readers to know the full relationship between a blogger and the advertiser.
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Wordpress Attack: Upgrade Now
Posted: September 5, 2009 at 4:05 pm by Nathan Driskell
A new wordpress attack is going on, reported by Mashable, targets wordpress versions that are not up to version 2.8.4. This new attack exploits security holes within wordpress where hackers can gain access to the Administrator account. This allows hackers access to the database, where they can create new Administrator accounts then gain full control over your wordpress platform. This attack is currently only active for self-hosted versions of wordpress. To upgrade, log into your adminatration area and you should see a notice to upgrade. Click this notice and choose to automatically upgrade your version. For most people it should work, just watch to see if any errors are reported.
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How to Establish Yourself Online – Part 5: Wordpress SEO
Posted: August 22, 2009 at 12:00 am by Nathan Driskell
Yesterday we customized wordpress with a custom theme, widgets, and plugins. Now that our site is looking the way we want, we need to modify it for search engine optimization. Wordpress does a pretty good job with SEO out of the box, however improvements can be made. SEO is important, as search engines are often a majority of traffic for a blog. Without a good SEO strategy in place, it can be difficult to gain visitors to your site.
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How to Establish Yourself Online – Part 4: Customizing Wordpress
Posted: August 21, 2009 at 12:00 am by Nathan Driskell
After creating the wordpress blog in Step 3, you need to customize wordpress. The theme it comes with is in my opinion ugly and basic, which will detract visitors from coming back to your site. You need a new theme, as well as plugins to enhance your blog’s functionality. We will begin by selecting a theme.
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How to Establish Yourself Online – Part 3: Setting up Wordpress
Posted: August 20, 2009 at 12:00 am by Nathan Driskell
Now that your webhost and domain name has been setup and configured from Part 2, it is now time to install wordpress on your website. Wordpress is a blogging system used by millions of people and is customizable. Setting up wordpress is not a difficult task, however it does take some care.
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How to Establish Yourself Online – Part 2: Domain Name and Web Host
Posted: August 19, 2009 at 12:00 am by Nathan Driskell
If you have read Part 1 of our series, you will know the value of creating a Brand for your online presence. To recap, a brand is a word or series of words that represents your product or yourself. Your brand is important, as you want online users to remember your brand and what it stands for. For this article, we will discuss purchasing a domain name and a web host.
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How to Establish Yourself Online – Part 1: Plan
Posted: August 18, 2009 at 4:55 pm by Nathan Driskell
With billions of people on the Internet daily, it is becoming important for businesses and individuals to become established on the Internet. It is a great challenge, as many Internet users are already established, providing competition for users. Establishing yourself online will be a difficult challenge, but one you can overcome if you have time, patience, and a willingness to learn. It will not be an overnight success story, however within six months you can enjoy many visitors, increasing exposure for yourself or your product.
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Twitter Down Again, External Apps to be Affected
Posted: August 15, 2009 at 4:01 pm by Nathan Driskell
Lately the news is not good for Twitter. On Saturday, approximently 1 PM Eastern Time Twitter went offline, with an official announcement stating the company was “actively working” to fix the issue. A few minutes after 2 pm, the company stated the API external applications use will be put offline as part of the recovery process. At approximently 3 pm, twitter appeared to be running normally.
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The Beginners Guide to Gaining Followers on Twitter
Posted: August 13, 2009 at 6:44 pm by Nathan Driskell
If you are new to twitter you may be searching and seeing people with 5,000, 10,000, and 20,000 followers. You may wonder how people can get so many followers, and how long does it take?
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