Independent Publishing - Articles Archive
from October 29, 2008 to September 2, 2008

WordPress or MovableType? Robin Good meets Matt Mullenweg, founding developer of WordPress.org, and asks him about the advantages of using WordPress versus adopting a long-established solution like MasterNewMedia own publishing platform: MovableType. WordPress, born back in 2003, is the most popular independent web publishing platform as well ... read more

Still in doubt about whether to get an Amazon Kindle? Not fully convinced that these new ebook reader devices have the form factor and usability traits you are expecting? John Blossom has taken the time to go out and borrow an Amazon Kindle from his close-by ... read more

Delivering 1.2 million monthly page views is no easy feat. In this video, Robin Good shares with you how he has built this kind of traffic base and what choices he has made along his professional web publishing career to move this kind of traffic to ... read more

Do you want to create a web site but you know nothing about HTML coding? Finally, the time has come for everyone to take advantage of a growing number of web site and web page creation services which allow you to create and publish your online ... read more

How can you become a successful AdSense publisher and live forever happy by writing and reporting about what you are most passionate about? The time has finally come. Starting today, if you are interested in becoming yourself some kind professional online publisher, you have a new ... read more

How can you keep yourself updated with everything new and relevant that gets published on the Web? What is the best to find always fresh, new content for your blog to write about? In this short video Robin Good explains one of the key elements everyone wanting ... read more

Are eBooks being adopted? Is eBook usage increasing? Is the Amazon Kindle a total flop? Is the eBooks long promised revolution a rapidly disappearing fad or is this a new industry that is gradually finding its proper niche? What future awaits eBooks hardware and software producers ... read more

The latest MasterNewMedia traffic trends and statistics for the month of September show a slow but steady increase in volume and additional data further defining MasterNewMedia specific audience demographics and technographics (the characteristics and traits of their technical setup: browser, operating system, screen resolution, etc.). The goals ... read more

Brands and blogs unite... almost. It's not a match made in heaven yet, but the trend is heading in that direction. According to Technorati's State of the Blogosphere 2008 report, an increasing number of companies are reaching out to bloggers to harness the power of the ... read more

Can you make money from blogging? The answer is an unequivocal "YES!" But if you're the average blogger, you don't want to quit your day job yet. On the bright side, though, you can buy each member of your family an iPhone. At least that is ... read more

How do you blog? Which tools or techniques do you use to keep your content always fresh and updated? Even if you got ideas, layout and a catchy title, this is just the easy part. Creating a blog is now something you can do in just ... read more

Ready to publish some great content online but have no site or blog where to post it to? Hubpages, like a few other competing web publishing services online (namely Squidoo and Google Knol) provides you with everything you need to publish any content you are passionate ... read more

Bloggers are sexy men. At least according to Technorati's report this is true. Your typical blogger is male, intelligent, ranks among the high-middle class, and in his primes. Sexy is of course subjective, but having intelligence, wealth, and youth can't hurt. Although men are the majority, ... read more

What are bloggers blogging about and why? Though there a million and one reasons for people to blog, you may find yourself surprised to find out that most bloggers write passionately about their topics because they essentially want to share with others what they have themselves ... read more

Blogs are not just an opportunity to have a personal online press, or to express one's own thoughts and ideas freely. On one hand blogs have become the pivotal points for the new market conversations companies are starting to entertain with their customers. On the other, ... read more

Information overload: are you affected by it? How can you better manage it? Are big companies giving us more and better information? How can you determine which information is worthwhile looking at? How to you decrease the noise created by the huge volume of info ... read more

A new class of powerful, inclusive, popular and engaging events liberated from the straitjacket of space-time by the convergence of usable new media technologies is ushering at your door: X-events are next. But let me explain myself better: Online (and offline) events should not be confined anymore ... read more

Online video advertising is going to grow at a breakneck pace in the near future offering plenty of opportunities to online independent publishers looking forward to create additional revenue channels to their present content lineup by leveraging internet video marketing and advertising solutions. Thanks to ... read more

The Google Chrome browser is out and fully available for download right now. "Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.", that's what Google says. To help you out find out what Google Chrome ... read more

Summer is over, or at least it looks like so from the traffic trends in the last two weeks. Web traffic has been going up again quite rapidly and I expect the trend to continue for another week or two still, until the typical traffic levels ... read more