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Shopzilla Publisher ProgramAugust 14

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shopzilla

Shopzilla is an ad network (currently in beta) that pays per click (CPC). I have been using it since last month and it has done really well on my product related site - DigitGeek.

I have tried many ad networks on DigitGeek like AdSense, Kontera, Amazon, TTZ Media, Chitika and WidgetBucks and none have done as good as Shopzil

Banned on DiggAugust 13

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I noticed some days back that JohnTP.com was banned on Digg, but first thought that it was a temporary thing. But it seems that this blog is really banned on Digg.

banned on Digg

But for what? I have not submitted any post from this blog for maybe more than a year.

What I think happened is that someone submitted my post on Socialelves (my opinion on a pay per Digg site) to Digg which might have pissed off some Diggers and they then buried the story :(

I have not contacted Digg yet because I don’t think that would be of any use. Once a site’s stories gets buried a number of times it gets banned automatically.

Its sad that a site can get banned on Digg because of someone else. Its time someone bought Digg from Mr.Kevin Rose or made a better Digg!

Has your site ever been banned on Digg? Have

How to make an Archive page for your blogAugust 12

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A few readers in the past have emailed me to ask on how I made the Archive page on this blog. I thought of writing a post on it after reading this email from a reader

Hi John,

I have one doubt. What plugin do you use to create the Archives page http://www.johntp.com/archives/

I have searched many places but didn’t find an answer.

I don’t use any plugin to create the Archive page, I just use this code:

<h3>Browse by Month</h3>
<ul>
<?php wp_get_archives('show_post_count=1'); ?>
</ul>
<h3>Browse by Category</h3>
<ul>
<?php wp_list_cats('hierarchical=0&optioncount=1'); ?>
</ul>

You may also use a WordPress plugin called Clean Archives. I have not tried this plugin but have seen some bloggers using it to display all the posts of their blog on the archive page.

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125×125 Ad Management Plugins for WordPressAugust 11

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If you sell ads directly on your blog using block advertising (125×125 ads),  then you will be knowing on how time consuming it can be to add ads from advertisers on your blog and then remove them when they expire. You may have also wanted to rotate your ads to give your advertisers equal exposure.

Here are two easy to use WordPress plugins that should make managing your 125×125 ads a lot easier: UBD Block Ad and WP125.

Watch the below video to find out how they work:

Exclude your own visits in Google Analytics for WordPress blogsAugust 8

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google analytics During the early days of your website, you will find that most of the traffic you see on Google Analytics for your site is from your own visits. To prevent this, you can try excluding your own visits in Analytics.

You could do this  by IP or maybe even cookies.  The best method I find for WordPress blogs is to use this code :

<?php if (!$user_ID) { ?> your Google Analytics code here <?php } ?>

This code will prevent adding analytics code to a page when it’s requested by a logged on user. I am currently using this code on my blogs and it’s working well.

You can watch the above video in better quality from here.

Thanks to thinlight.org for the code.

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