FilePub - free file hosting service

FilePub - free file hosting service
FilePub is a free file hosting service where you can upload any files up to 500mb per file. Allowed file types include : jpeg, jpg, png, gif, bmp, mp3, txt, avi, wmv, mpg, mpeg, doc, rar, and zip. It comes in handy when you need to share a big file or a big image on [...]

FilePub is a free file hosting service where you can upload any files up to 500mb per file. Allowed file types include : jpeg, jpg, png, gif, bmp, mp3, txt, avi, wmv, mpg, mpeg, doc, rar, and zip.

It comes in handy when you need to share a big file or a big image on your blog. You can save bandwidth and the web space if you host these big files outside of your web hosting server. FilePub is perfect for that. Read their terms of service before you upload your files.

How to upload a file
Click “Browse” and choose a file. Once the file is selected, just click “Click to Upload” That’s it!

Once the file is uploaded, you will be redirected to a folder. From there, you can either view the full version of the image or download it.

By the way the screen shots used in this post are hosted at FilePub. Here is another example of a uploaded file (2.16MB).

Visit: FilePub.com

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WordPress 2.5.1
Upgrade your WordPress immediately.  WordPress just announced its version 2.5.1 today.  It includes a very important security fix and more than 70 bug fixes.  Here are some highlights of improvements : Performance improvements for the Dashboard, Write Post, and Edit Comments pages. Better performance for those who have many categories Media Uploader fixes An upgrade to TinyMCE 3.0.7 Widget Administration fixes Various [...]

Upgrade your WordPress immediately.  WordPress just announced its version 2.5.1 today.  It includes a very important security fix and more than 70 bug fixes. 

Here are some highlights of improvements :

• Performance improvements for the Dashboard, Write Post, and Edit Comments pages.
• Better performance for those who have many categories
• Media Uploader fixes
• An upgrade to TinyMCE 3.0.7
• Widget Administration fixes
• Various usability improvements
• Layout fixes for IE

One of the most annoying bugs in WP 2.5 was the media uploader bug.  It just wouldn’t work for me.  Uploading works fine, but once it is uploaded I can’t retreive it using the gallery menu.  WordPress 2.5.1 fixed some of the media uploader problems, but from my testing, it still needs improvements.  I can now upload and view the file fine, but I still can’t insert images to my posts.  I hope they get fix it quickly. 

If you want to learn more about WordPress 2.5.1 go to WordPress Blog. 

Podcast recommendation
I recently found a great marketing podcast whi is better than some of the paid seminars that I’ve listened to. Make sure to add this podcast to your bookmark! Enjoy! Internet Business Mastery

I recently found a great marketing podcast whi is better than some of the paid seminars that I’ve listened to. Make sure to add this podcast to your bookmark! Enjoy!

Internet Business Mastery

YPN vs Adsense
David at his blog posted an interesting findings on YPN vs Adsense. He switched to YPN from Adsense for 10 days and shared his results with a screenshot. Very interesting read, please check it out. Making Money with YPN

David at his blog posted an interesting findings on YPN vs Adsense. He switched to YPN from Adsense for 10 days and shared his results with a screenshot.

Very interesting read, please check it out.

Making Money with YPN

So which ISP blocks the most permission-based emails?
For many year, I thought AOL was leading the show with the highest email block (permission-based) rate, but boy.. I was so wrong. Return Path, a email delivery firm did a study on this topic recently and published very interesting numbers. They reported that overall, the delivery rate has been increased to 19.2% [...]

For many year, I thought AOL was leading the show with the highest email block (permission-based) rate, but boy.. I was so wrong. Return Path, a email delivery firm did a study on this topic recently and published very interesting numbers.

They reported that overall, the delivery rate has been increased to 19.2% from 21% last year due to sophisticated technology. But considering that almost 20% of our permission-based emails are not getting delivered, I think it is not good enough. Take a look at some stats.

% of Blocked Emails (Permission-based)

Highest Five
Excite - 50.7%
Adelphia - 33.5%
Gmail - 34.3%
Hotmail - 22.7%
MSN - 22.4%

Lowest Four
CompuServe - 11.8%
USA.net - 13.2%
AOL - 14.1%
Yahoo - 15.2%

Gmail has one of the highest % of emails blocked, but they have only 2.87% of false positives (emails incorrectly identified as spam). Which is below an average (3.29% in the US).

If you have a list or send out newsletters, you should educate your list members about properly whitelisting your email address. Also consider using a mailing service company that works with various ISPs to get their emails delivered properly.

Don’t make this Adsense mistake
One of the common mistakes that Adsense publishers make is using wrong labels above Adsense units. People think it’s a hot trick, but it’s really not. Google doesn’t like to see wrong labels right above Adsense ad units. let’s review Adsense’s TOS. Publishers may not label the ads with text other than “sponsored [...]

One of the common mistakes that Adsense publishers make is using wrong labels above Adsense units. People think it’s a hot trick, but it’s really not. Google doesn’t like to see wrong labels right above Adsense ad units. let’s review Adsense’s TOS.

Publishers may not label the ads with text other than “sponsored links” or “advertisements.” This includes any text directly above our ads that could be confused with, or attempt to be associated with Google ads.

TOS clearly states that publishers may not use labels other than “sponsored links” or “advertisements”. But as you may have seen already, people become creative when it comes to labeling their ad units. I’ve seen people putting, “Articles, Navigation, Books, and Latest News” as the title of the ad unit.

Usually Google sends out warning letters first if they think you are using a wrong label. Just be careful of what you are doing with it.

Blogging Naked: Personality Is Included
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5 Ways to Enrich Your Blog Posts
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Blended Search: Hot News for PR
New data from Jupiter Research confirms that news gets the most clicks in blended search

Want more visibility for your news content?  Get it online and optimize it for search.

While images are the most clicked type of result after a vertical-specific search, news items are the most clicked type of result within blended search results:

• 36% of search engines user click "news" results within blended search results
• Only 17% click a "news" result after conducting a news-specific search
• 31% click "image" results within blended search results
• Only 26% click an "image" result after conducting an image-specific search
• 17% click "video" results within blended search results
• Only 10% click a "video" result after conducting a video-specific search

36 percent click news and 31 percent click images. It pays to optimize every piece of news content you put out. 

Load the content to your site first, then get it into the news engines and into the blended search results. 

And yes, it does have to be optimized for search. The study also shows that two thirds of all searchers never get past page one of the search results.  Your news and images need to show up on page one, so make sure it is optimized.

SEO PR is fast becoming a vital PR skill.

 

Educate your readers: 4 ways people learn
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Brian Clark and the Secret to Life
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Content Marketing Blogs: We made the list!
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