Blog Rash

Some folks have said that BlogRush might violate Google AdSense terms of service. It’s important to voice concerns and make sure we’re clear about the repercussions of what we do. I respect my fellow bloggers who are raising doubts about BlogRush, but where it concerns Google AdSense policies violations I think those doubts aren’t justified.

I’ve been using AdSense for years. I know what the terms are. Although the AdSense team wrote a blog post that discusses traffic exchanges, that post does not constitute an addition to the AdSense TOS. And even if you wanted to see it that way, traffic exchange programs only violate the AdSense Program Policies if they involve artificial or automatic clicks or incentives to click. And when they say incentives, they mean incentives for the visitor.
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If you have a blog, you probably have heard of Feedburner and are probably using it to some extent. Even though Feedburner is simple to use and setup, it seems that tons of people are making mistakes that are causing their subscriber rate to grow slowly. If you use Feedburner, here are all the settings you should be using to ensure that your subscriber growth is increasing: Read the rest of this entry »