I was supposed to release another video in the “what the Google girl told me” series today but unfortunately, I’ve been away from the pc due to a calamitous chair incident!
If you need a video tutorial fix, go over to Ileanes BasicBlogTips site where I made a guest post on how to update wordpress via FTP
Recline no more!
After 2+ years of good service, my trusty ‘take over the world’ chair gave up the ghost. I had leaned my last lean, tilted my last tilt and power raised my last raise.
Coding will continue soon
I have ordered a replacement chair and will back in the saddle from Monday or Tuesday coding the new version of CommentLuv.
I will probably make a video update too about the responses to the survey questions that lots of nice people filled in.
btw.. this has nothing to do with the gorgeous weather we’re having in England at the moment or the fact it is Easter, or that we’re having a 3 day week because of Easter AND the royal wedding… honest! 
Injury!
I had an adventure with gravity the other day too, you can read all about it at FiddyP : “I’m NOT a BMX bandit”
Guest Blogger Updates
I’ve added some modifications to the site for handling guest blogger submissions.
- Auto email with date of scheduled post, published post and return to draft for guest blogger submissions
I will be notified when you submit a guest post with a link to review it and once I accept it and schedule it for publishing, you will get an email letting you know the exact time it will go live. Once it is published, you will get another email with a link to the post so you can check it for comments. - Copyscape checking on all guest post submissions
I have added some code that lets me check your guest post with copyscape to see if it is unique or a rehash of an existing article. Guest post guidelines state that you cannot submit an existing article or republish your article elsewhere after it has been published here.This is to prevent being penalized by Google for duplicate content which a lot of people experienced in the latest Panda algorithm update. (read this fine post by guest blogger Rhys on the google panda update)
Now that Panda has kicked ass, people have found that it’s NOT such a good idea to submit the same article to multiple article directories and instead submit guest posts on high profile sites (like this PR6 one!) so if you want some quality back links to your site then you really should consider submitting a guest post at comluv.com!
All author links are dofollow and you get to write about your own blog subject, the idea being that if you write a good article not only will you get dofollow links on a high profile site but as your post will be to a subject that my readers will expect to see on your site, you will inevitably get traffic and probably some more subscribers to your own blog too!
That’s it, hope you had a great Easter everyone, I’ll have some cool stuff for you next week.
Twitter: Ileane
says:
Hi Andy, looks like you need a supply of Neosporin for that elbow – it works wonders
Now go and sit down so you don’t hurt yourself again – oops forgot about the chair thing. Oh well go and lay down then or better yet – go and put some onions in the chopper or something
Nice changes for us guest posters – I’m looking forward to them. You really do have a well rounded blog and it’s great that you don’t make us stick to a specific topic.
Someone informed me that one of my guest posters (who shall remain nameless for now) had given me an article that was regurgitated from some other blogs they were guest posting on. That was not a good feeling for me at the time and it would be nice to see a plugin that could check for that sort of thing (wink-wink).
Be safe my friend!
Ileane Smith´s recent blog post ..How to update WordPress manually via FTP
Twitter: commentluv
says:
it’s ok, I have a new chair! I went to get it while this post was publishing on the newsletter. I was supposed to code today but I ended up wasting time (again).
the guest poster changes will help keep people up to date with what’s going on with their posts and it sends me an email too with the link to review their post so I don’t have to keep logging in to check if there’s new ones.
as for the copyscape plugin, it’s working quite nice! I made a lot of code edits to the original plugin so it stores the results and shows a convenient link in the posts edit page. Copyscape is actually great value, I charged my account with 10 dollars and that gives me 200 api searches which should last me a while.
you can have a copy of it if you like? just send me an email. oh, and I had a eureka moment this morning in the shower about a plugin that might just be up your street. I know how you don’t like pop ups because I’ve seen your reaction on a video where you visited a blog that had one appear when you were recording the screen. My idea will help you get more subscribers to your newsletter but without shoving a pop up down the users face, it’s got a lot more subtle way of doing things. I even have a working title, it’s Ileanes Subtle Subscription plugin
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Twitter: Ileane
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I love it!! My very own WordPress plugin….can’t wait.
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Twitter: commentluv
says:
I spent the whole day coding it and it’s now live on the site. just wait 60 seconds for it to appear!
Twitter: selfishyayun
says:
did not seem like a lucky day Mr Andy
tonight I come to this blog other than to read the latest artike also to say thank you for giving me permission to participate to make the article. I will try to write according to the field that I know and can you please review whether published or not.
Thanks
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Twitter: commentluv
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it’s ok, days like that happen to everyone. I got through it and now I’m back strong than ever!
you should get an email automatically when your article is scheduled for publishing and then another when it goes live.
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Twitter: Sticky_Business
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Oh dear. It’s probably for the best. Those executive style chairs are bad for posture.
Twitter: hvhampers
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Yes, it is true – the humble office chair is such a dangerous and unstable piece of furniture. Also, re the Panda update – this is actually good so it will stop those thousands of re-tweaked articles clogging up all of those article directories.
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Chairs and People are meant to break now or later. But that doesn’t mean that you throw away the chair (or the person). You get up and pick up where you left off. Life is always full of bumps and is never easy. I do hate when I lose my favorite “Think Chair” but it is something that i expect to happen one day.
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Twitter: dadimaakenuskhe
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Nice article, Mr Andy.
the office chair is really dangerous if we consider it as furniture.
Hi Adrian,
I feel sorry for your elbow, also, you described the broken chair action very funny – ‘I had leaned my last lean, tilted my last tilt and power raised my last raise.’ I also broke my chair in the same way, it’s something very often seen and popular I’d say, hehe. Take care!
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Twitter: commentluv
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it’s ok, it’s getting better now!