jason@indieshuffle

New Social Media Toys: Twitter's Follow Button & Google's +1 Button
It does affect SEO. The +1 button impacts search results in that if your friends have +1'ed something, they're going to tailor your search results so that you see those posts. That way you can blame your friend if a post sucks :-) I'm…

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New Social Media Toys: Twitter's Follow Button & Google's +1 Button
Let's not forget Tumblr's share button!

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Impact of Hypem Redesign: Data Analysis
Matthew, would love to see your coding. I'd reckon you just have it integrated incorrectly, though I'm open to reconsideration.

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Impact of Hypem Redesign: Data Analysis
@gtimusic The Wordpress stats plugin is actually the one that's wrong. GA is accurate. The Wordpress stats plugin will count all sorts of non-legit hits, including simple pings from other servers, spambots, etc. GA is the industry standard for a…

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Impact of Hypem Redesign: Data Analysis
@zechmann -- not sure the rules for Amazon, but with iTunes, anything purchased within there for the next 3 days is 5% commission, so that includes Apps and movies.

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moving to a domain name
Sitemeter + Google Analytics is where it's at.

Comment by jason@indieshuffle May 2011 permalink
Impact of Hypem Redesign: Data Analysis
+1 to Too Many Sebastians' frustration. I personally tend to resent the blogs that don't accompany MP3s with text. On the flip side, I'm somewhat okay with the "first." Perhaps the solution is to 'purge' the shitty …

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Some Honest Opinions?
@MFM Sorry, I wasn't sure if the "Custard" part was part of the original coders. I think you're good :-)

Comment by jason@indieshuffle April 2011 permalink
Some Honest Opinions?
Hey MFM, One thing I would definitely do is go into your Wordpress settings and change the domains for posts so that they actually contain the title of the post, rather than ?p=457. It's much better for search engine optimization, and looks coo…

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To MOG or not to MOG?
@SGTMT -- I'd hold off on advertising until you're doing at least 60k pageviews a month. Then MOG might be very useful in terms of getting the hang of how vertical ad networks function, so that as you grow you can expand to new networks @L…

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To MOG or not to MOG?
I had some issues with them, and ultimately we agreed that I would not have any MOG branding on my website, as SPIN wasn't happy with that (understandably). To be frank, neither was I. The lesson I learned? That they're ultimately pretty fl…

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Nadia...
I can't believe I've been living under a rock for so long. This is life changing!

Comment by jason@indieshuffle April 2011 permalink
Best adverstising?
Note that Anthony's formula works for 1 ad. If you have 2 or 3 ads on your site, you can multiply that -- though given that a realistic fill-rate is 30%, it'll take 3 ads for you to hit the 100% fill-rate #s he assumed :-)

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Best Author Pages
Okay, Step 1: I've included a new author box in each individual post right below the content.http://www.indieshuffle.com/midlake-latenighttales/

Comment by jason@indieshuffle April 2011 permalink
Best adverstising?
+1 to Tim. You gotta keep that above the fold. It needs some serious real-estate. Re: fill-rates -- you're not going to hit 100%. We try really hard to have 100% of our pageviews covered by ads, but it's more like 30%-75% with all 3 networ…

Comment by jason@indieshuffle April 2011 permalink
Tips on obtaining press passes to cover events?
Let them know what you're going to write about and how you're going to promote it :-)

Comment by jason@indieshuffle March 2011 permalink
SXSW 2011?
I know a bunch of bloggers are going to be here tomorrow night: http://megablaag.tumblr.com/

Comment by jason@indieshuffle March 2011 permalink
How to stop hotlinking?! HELP
Looks like they removed my link after I complained. That sucks for the artist.

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How to stop hotlinking?! HELP
Hotlinking hall of shame: http://www.thedownplayer.com/

Comment by jason@indieshuffle March 2011 permalink
New Music Blog Aggregator: Shuffler.fm
I'm getting ~50 a day. Not sure why they can't scan my posts very well :-(

Comment by jason@indieshuffle February 2011 permalink
How do you listen to music
Just telling it like it is :-D

Comment by jason@indieshuffle February 2011 permalink
How do you listen to music
85% Indie Shuffle 5% iTunes 10% Android

Comment by jason@indieshuffle February 2011 permalink
Expenses and Taxes!
Ain't life crazy! Count my blessings to be working for Google, but having the website actually helped me get the job. Sean, if you're attempting to make money legally, you've basically got a business going. Blogs typically make money …

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Expenses and Taxes!
Yeah, I used Turbotax as well. I think the primary thing you'll need is an EIN for your business. Once you do that, everything's super easy to fill out, though you may want to Google the best way to expense domain and hosting -- I forget wh…

Comment by jason@indieshuffle February 2011 permalink
YAYBLOG! 2.0
Let's take this to another thread. Promoting blog, perhaps.

Comment by jason@indieshuffle February 2011 permalink
What songs are you currently obsessed with?
Crank up your headphones / speakers -- these two minimal electronic tracks have been blowing my mind. Microtrauma - Contrast (Max Cooper Remix) Youandewan - 1988

Comment by jason@indieshuffle February 2011 permalink
YAYBLOG! 2.0
Ben, I'd look into using Google Analytics or Sitemeter. "Hits" aren't exactly a measure of traffic, as they don't represent people. Instead, they're tracking everything that pings your website (yes, people included). If …

Comment by jason@indieshuffle February 2011 permalink
YAYBLOG! 2.0
That's actually surprisingly high for the relatively small number of posts you have on the site. If it's accurate, that's bloody awesome! What're you using to track?

Comment by jason@indieshuffle February 2011 permalink
YAYBLOG! 2.0
Just noticed that we knocked down our 4 millionth pageview last week. Never would have imagined that after only 18 months in the game! Aiming for 7 mil by our 2-year anniversary at the end of July. Yay!

Comment by jason@indieshuffle February 2011 permalink
Wordpress Mp3 Playlist
Streampad!

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