Hate seeing trackback spam intermingled with your blog’s comments? It used to drive us nuts, too. After some searching, we stumbled upon this great WordPress add-on: Simple Trackback Validation Plugin. According to the plugin author, it performs simple but very effective tests on all incoming trackbacks to stop trackback spam. When a trackback is received, … Read More
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Google Optimizer Goes Mainstream
GrokDotCom reports that Google Optimizer has shed its beta status: Google Website Optimizer can now be accessed by anyone with a basic Google account. Even if you only have so much as a Gmail account, you can start testing your website — for free — regardless of whether you’re running a paid search campaign. (No … Read More
ContentRobot Plugins are WordPress 2.5 Compatible
ContentRobot put our plugins – iWPhone WordPress Plugin and Theme and Google Website Optimizer Plugin – through their paces and we’ve deemed them to be WordPress 2.5 compatible! As always, the iWPhone plugin does not play nicely with WP-Super Cache (or any caching plugins), but there is no change to the installation and usage. Even … Read More
Thank You to The Unofficial Apple Weblog and NewsGator Readers
ContentRobot’s iWPhone WordPress plugin is considered “buzzworthy” by NewsGator readers thanks to a mention by The Unofficial Apple Weblog. As of this writing, the TUAW post had 54 incoming links. NewsGator’s Latest Buzz provides links to the 5 most talked-about articles according to NewsGator users. Thanks! In related news, the plugin is getting good traction … Read More
Apple + WordPress = iWPhone (+new version!)
You know it’s a good week when two of your favorite companies call just to thank you for the work you have done. We are talking about Apple and Automattic, who both called ContentRobot to chat about our iWPhone WordPress Plugin and Theme. We were tickled pink to hear from both of them in one … Read More
Did You iPhoneify Your Site? Post Your Pix
As we told you, we recently implemented the iWPhone Plugin and Theme on two of our client sites, Bazaarblog and GrokDotCom. Lots of people have been asking, “What do these WordPress blogs look like on an iPhone? Well, Bazaarblog has sent us an image. Did You iPhoneify your blog? We know you can’t do a … Read More
Can iPhone Visitors Easily View Your WordPress Blog? With ContentRobot’s iWPhone WordPress Plugin and Theme They Can!
ContentRobot is pleased to announce the iWPhone WordPress Plugin and Theme! Bitten by the iPhone bug (of course, we have ours!), we were inspired to create a plugin & theme that would allow iPhone visitors to optimally view WordPress blogs. The plugin & theme specially formats your WordPress blog, so iPhone viewers quickly see your … Read More
Why WordPress Users Should Enhance Their Blogs With Google Website Optimizer
Does your website or blog function the way you think it does? What content on your site do your readers respond to? What makes them clicking inside for more information (or do whatever action you seek)? With Google Website Optimizer, which is part of Google Adwords, you can find out. Those enrolled in the service … Read More