See the Digg It! button I’ve added at the right top of each post?  And how it neatly takes you to a page where the URL’s already filled out and you have just a couple of steps to complete? Here’s how I did it.
First, I tried the script from Brandon Hopkins, and that just didn’t [...]

See the Digg It! button I’ve added at the right top of each post?  And how it neatly takes you to a page where the URL’s already filled out and you have just a couple of steps to complete? Here’s how I did it.

First, I tried the script from Brandon Hopkins, and that just didn’t do anything.  Not sure if it’s a WP version issue, or what, but I tested on two sites and had no joy.  Then I found slightly different javascript from Bill2Me.  Then I combined Brandon’s styling with the code from Bill2Me, and got this:

<div style=”float: right; margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 2px;”><script type=”text/javascript”>    digg_url = ‘<?php the_permalink() ?>’; </script><script src=”http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js” type=”text/javascript”> </script></div>

Look at Brandon’s post to see where to put the code.  Every template can vary a little, but that should get you started.  Post a comment if you have questions!

You know those amazing posts people put together with huge lists of links, full of information on something that interests you?  Check out Brandon Hopkins’ list of link building strategies.  He covers onsite and offsite methods of attracting links.  While some of the links fall under the “Yeah, I know, but it never works when [...]

You know those amazing posts people put together with huge lists of links, full of information on something that interests you?  Check out Brandon Hopkins’ list of link building strategies.  He covers onsite and offsite methods of attracting links.  While some of the links fall under the “Yeah, I know, but it never works when I do it”, others will have you doing the V-8 forehead slap as you realize, “OMG, I should’ve thought of that!”

Speaking Freely makes some great points about eliminating word clutter in this post.  Content may be king, but every word you put between your visitor and the finish line (a conversion) represents another second they might decide to go elsewhere.
Does this mean eliminating style?  Not unless your “style” is to ramble on a while before [...]

Speaking Freely makes some great points about eliminating word clutter in this post.  Content may be king, but every word you put between your visitor and the finish line (a conversion) represents another second they might decide to go elsewhere.

Does this mean eliminating style?  Not unless your “style” is to ramble on a while before getting to the point.  If so, you may want to consider a new style.

Since we’re clear now that the search engines don’t penalize paid links unless they violate the same rules as other worthless links, Search Engine Journal has a nice post on buying links.  It lists the best directories, the best paid ad services, and gives you suggestions of what to do (and what not to do)  [...]

Since we’re clear now that the search engines don’t penalize paid links unless they violate the same rules as other worthless links, Search Engine Journal has a nice post on buying links.  It lists the best directories, the best paid ad services, and gives you suggestions of what to do (and what not to do)  with all of them.

A woman in Colorado is suing Archive.org because they spidered her site and she has a warning up that says you can’t do that.  To humans, it says this.  To spiders and bots, it’s just more text.
Is Archive.org doing anything wrong, or are they providing a valuable service?  And should webmasters have to opt in [...]

A woman in Colorado is suing Archive.org because they spidered her site and she has a warning up that says you can’t do that.  To humans, it says this.  To spiders and bots, it’s just more text.

Is Archive.org doing anything wrong, or are they providing a valuable service?  And should webmasters have to opt in before Archive spiders them, rather than opting out via the robots.txt file? Do we want to have no way of knowing what’s been on a site in the past, if we’re considering buying it?  Or is that a privacy right?

And what about search engines?  While this situation is different, it raises the question: is it fair that someone who knows diddly about the web might not even realize they need to opt out with robots.txt or their site will be spidered?  Is that their problem for not educating themselves more?

Lots of interesting questions.

Would you like to have your site reviewed here?
Benefits:  you get an inbound link to your site, inside a post where it seems to count more with the SE’s than sidebar links
Rules: you can’t demand a positive review (remember, even a negative one will bring you traffic - sometimes more than a positive) , and [...]

Would you like to have your site reviewed here?

Benefits:  you get an inbound link to your site, inside a post where it seems to count more with the SE’s than sidebar links

Rules: you can’t demand a positive review (remember, even a negative one will bring you traffic - sometimes more than a positive) , and post will be labeled as a paid review. Oh yeah, your site must not be about or contain links to porn, warez, gambling, group hate, etc.  Of course, CC reserves the right to reject any review proposal.

Cost: $50

Email at chilly[at]chillycool[dot]com if you’re interested.