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John Chow might be kicking himself a bit right now as the advertising spot he sold on his site originally for $1000 USD has made others much more than that, and is now going to be sold once again.
After the Google 300×250 ad spot was flipped the first time, some readers speculated if it would [...]

Don’t you hate it when blogs take forever to load due to the dozen full length posts including images that the person has decided to put on their front page, and every page of their blog? You wonder if it is worth it to stick around to see what they have written.
Or how about when [...]

In one of the many Link Karma posts on Copyblogger, this blog was mentioned, and even though the link was mixed in with many others on the site, Copyblogger still brought the highest amount of traffic a non-social bookmarking site has brought to date.
With over 250 unique visitors, and a rather noticeable feed subscription boost [...]

A blog I really enjoy, Dumb Little Man, has posted how he blogs, including his daily routine. For a blogger that maintains a full time job, I have to admit, I am quite jealous of how far he has come, but his daily schedule is a bit more than I could handle. Four hours of [...]

Overview
WordPress.com was added to provide a service to those without the technical knowledge and understanding needed to run PHP software. It provided WordPress functionality to those that were stuck on other hosted blog platforms.
WordPress.com also allowed the Automattic team to test new features while controlling the environment of those tests. This has lead to some [...]