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PubSubHubbub + PuSHPress

Chris F. Masse — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:33:11 +0000

I have just installed the PuSHPress plugin, and this post is a test to see whether it works. If yes, this post should be indexed quickly by Google Reader (and other feed readers).

Filed in “Real-Time Web“.

UPDATE: I am so impressed, I could lay an egg. A brand-new post appears in Google Reader within seconds. I can’t believe it.

UPDATE 2: Any small editing is immediately fetched by Google Reader (provided it is done on the last 10 posts). Amazing.

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Should a blog run ads?

Chris F. Masse — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:29:18 +0000

Robin Hanson’s web stats (the drop came following his ditching of his co-authors):

He has asked whether his readers would allow him to have ads. I left a comment, there.

Blog Herald:

3 Odd Reasons Why I Don’t Read Your Blog

- ADS. I find that the types of ads a blog runs is quite telling. The blogger that I truly want to read does it for the passion of the topic – not the 14 cents they can potentially make off of some Lance Armstrong-endorsed muscle-building drink. I look at the quality of ads (what’s being sold) and the quantity. Once I see ads for a shady product, I vanish like a ghost. I realize many folks are into blogging for the money, and that’s fine – just don’t be so blatant about it.

Addendum:

For comparison (if you are into Internet marketing), here are the Midas Oracle stats for November 2009 (click here for October 2009, which was a record):

Midas Oracle is 2 times smaller than Overcoming Bias.

By the way, I have a big business development plan ($$$) for Midas Oracle. I will tell you later.

Objective: Get more incoming links for Midas Oracle.

Chris F. Masse — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:47:09 +0000

Wanna discussing finance on my other Midas Oracle blog, powered by P2?

Chris F. Masse — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:09:29 +0000

http://midasoracle.wordpress.com/ — powered by P2.

If some of you wanna be registered there, so as to have a commenting playground with no limits, let me know.

For this website (Midas Oracle .ORG), I came back to WP FrameWork. I still have to work out the sidebar.

UPDATE: Jason tells me it’s a mistake to dilute the comments. They should stay on this site, MO.org.

The P2 experiment ended up in a total fiasco.

Chris F. Masse — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:59:42 +0000

P2 sucked too much of the server resources.

P2 is out.

And I have plenty of technicalities to address.

How to use P2 on Midas Oracle

Chris F. Masse — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:43:42 +0000

I have modified things a bit so you, guys, don’t post (as Niall has just done) using the quick blog editor on the frontpage. I want you to use the blog editor, inside WordPress.

(The quick blog editor on the frontpage outputs posts without any post title. I don’t like that.)

- Use the frontpage to comment directly on stories.

- Now, if you want to publish a post (as opposed to a comment), go inside WordPress. Save your post. And then ask me, so I can finesse the tags and categories before publication.

UPDATE: P2 is out. It sucked too much of the server resources.

Midas Oracle is thankful for P2 — a new WordPress theme (a.k.a., blog layout) that smoothes the reading and writing of comments.

Chris F. Masse — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:30:32 +0000

- On the frontpage and on the tag/category pages, the comments will appear listed below the post. No need to download the post to read the (favorable or unfavorable) comments.

- If you are a registered user and have just logged in, you can comment directly on the frontpage or on the tag/category pages. No need to open the post to publish your own comment.

- I will be finessing the sidebar and the pages in the coming days. Patience, please. Contact me if you spot an horrific bug that prevents you from digesting your Thanksgiving turkey.

Addendum: WordPress’s P2

UPDATE: P2 is out. It sucked too much of the server resources.

Dark Pools, Black Holes and MidasOracle.

Niall O'Connor — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:21:22 +0000

Q. What do Dark Pools, Black Holes and MidasOracle all have in common?

A. Not many people know what is going on within them.

Gimme your Twitter URL. — Add me in your Google Wave contacts.

Chris F. Masse — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:33:05 +0000

I have been using Twitter a lot, these last months. – http://twitter.com/midasoracle

If you have been in contact with me since the inception of Midas Oracle, and if you are now using Twitter too, gimme your Twitter URL so I can see whether I should “follow” you.

I now exchange more “direct messages” within Twitter than conventional e-mails. And you should too. It’s faster.

When Google Wave is out of beta, I will use it more, too. – chrisfmasse |-at-| googlewave |.|-com-| – Add me in your contacts.

Midas Oracle is worth $1 million.

Chris F. Masse — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:23:34 +0000

- PaidContent has a monthly audience of 250,000.

- Guardian Media bought PaidContent for $30 million $6.5 million.

- Midas Oracle has had 41,000 visitors the last 30 days.

- Midas Oracle’s audience is one sixth of PaidContent’s audience.

- So, Midas Oracle is worth one sixth of $6.5 million —that’s $1.1 million.