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When a WordPress plugin for foreclosures is released, you know it’s a recession

| June 3, 2008 | 4 Comments
I always think I've seen everything, until something even crazier comes along. Foreclosure.com, a site that lists nationwide foreclosure data, has released a WordPress plugin that adds foreclosure listings to their Web sites. The WordPress Foreclosure Listings Plugin delivers a complete real estate search and navigation environment quickly and easily by ... View Post

Happy 5th Birthday WordPress!

| May 25, 2008 | 2 Comments
Happy Birthday WordPress Our little baby is turning 5! WordPress has come a long way in five years, from a little snippet of code to a full fledged blogging and CMS system! Yes, WordPress is going into kindergarten, and boy it's come a ... View Post

Like Obama? Get your Probama WordPress Theme

| March 12, 2008 | 12 Comments
This has got to take the cake: now all those die-hard Obama supporters can get their very own, free, beautiful Probama WordPress theme, thanks to Darren Hoyt and his pals at Category 4.... View Post

Google trends on WordPress, Movable Type and Joomla

| February 27, 2008 | 20 Comments
Trends are fun and fascinating, both online and off. I came across Google Trends a while ago, but I never used it. So recently I decided to see how WordPress measures up against its competition. First, I compared WordPress to what I figure is its most direct competitor: Movable ... View Post

Have a nice steaming mug of…WordPress

| February 10, 2008 | 4 Comments
If you're a true WordPress fan, you've already got your WordPress hoodie which is keeping you toasty on these cold winter days. But alas, a very important part of your life, your daily cup o' joe, is being encased by a generic mug with no meaning. Well, those drinking-coffee-in-generic-mug days ... View Post

Find out how much your domain and site are worth with dnScoop.com

| January 29, 2008 | 1 Comment

I think that dnScoop.com is more of a vanity tool than something really useful, but it’s fun anyways. According to the dnscoop.com About page, “dnScoop.com attempts to estimate a value for an established website or a domain name by using factors such as:

  • Links pointing to the domain
  • Popularity
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Thank you to my readers!

| January 18, 2008 | 3 Comments
As many of you may know, writing a blog on a regular basis can be challenging. On the one hand, the stats and feed statistics tell you that people are reading, but on the other hand, you can sometimes feel like you're shouting out into the darkness, and you're not sure that anyone is ... View Post

Could it be that WordPress would like us to vote for them in the Crunchies?

| January 10, 2008 | 0 Comments
It seems, but I'm not 100% sure, that the guys at WordPress might want us to vote for them in the Crunchies. At least, I think that's what the big banner at the top of every page on WordPress.org with the word "Crunchies" in huge letters ... View Post

Offset your blog’s emissions with CO2Stats WordPress plugin

| January 8, 2008 | 0 Comments
It seems like this WordPress plugin is not a joke, although it took me a while to figure that out. CO2Stats claims it will detect how much electricity is being used to power your site, and "offset" the emissions by investing in renewable energy projects. Who pays for these investments?
Our
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Let it Snow WordPress plugin for self-hosted WordPress blogs

| December 25, 2007 | 0 Comments
Not to be outdone by WordPress.com's announcement that users can add falling snow to their blogs until January 2 in honor of the holidays, widgeo.us has "whipped up" a falling snow plugin (who whips up a plugin?) for self-hosted users of ... View Post
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