http://www.feedshot.com/blog Following FeedShot, the Blog Submission Service Thu, 14 Aug 2014 08:25:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Imagine my surprise when I saw a screenshot of FeedShot's home page while flipping through the book Secrets of RSS by PeachPit press. Sure, it was the old home page, but FeedShot is in print!The author mentions FeedShot as one of a few RSS submission services. Even at the old pricing ... http://www.feedshot.com/blog/?p=33 As tends to happen with this type of public service, spammers have ruined it for the people who want to submit their blog to a few engines for free. I had to de-activate free submissions due to the building number of spam submissions. I tried blocking IPs for a while, but it ... http://www.feedshot.com/blog/?p=31 Thanks to the awesome team over at PixelTorch, FeedShot has received a long overdue makeover. The new look is leaps and bounds above the old one, and the entire process was virtually pain-free due to the design skills of PixelTorch. If you're in need of some web design, definitely drop them a line.And if you ... http://www.feedshot.com/blog/?p=30 After months of being down with absolutely no help from Blogger (since they're owned by Google I have to admit that I'm very disappointed), I finally put in the time to install WordPress. I have to admit, I was completely hopeless when Blogger stopped working for me. I figured I ... http://www.feedshot.com/blog/?p=27 Blogger is having issues publishing blogs via FTP (meaning blogs that are edited through their interface, but not hosted on their servers.).It's not affecting everyone who's publishing via FTP, but it is affecting enough people to have a wave of posts to discussion forums. My web host says others are ... http://www.feedshot.com/blog/?p=25 FeedShot is in dire need of a re-design.The designer I was working with picked up a big project and won't be able to help us out. If there are any web designers who'd like to improve the look of FeedShot in return for a mention on this blog as well ... http://www.feedshot.com/blog/?p=21 I emailed PayPal approximately two weeks ago, and then again 5 days ago to request my account be switched to the new micropayment format, which will allow me to lower the price of the premium submission service. I'm going to email them again tonight.This is frustrating! buy cialisviagra onlineviagra samples onlineviagrapurchase ... http://www.feedshot.com/blog/?p=20 I've made some changes to the home page based on Scott Berkun's comments. The look is basically the same, but I changed the verbiage at the top of the page, modified the link text, and moved form elements around to give it a more cohesive feel.Drop me a line and ... http://www.feedshot.com/blog/?p=19 Scott Berkun, one of the original designers/developers of Internet Explorer from version 1.0-5.0, reviewed the User Interface of FeedShot based on an invitation he made on his blog that I responded to.Based on his comments I'm going to be making some modifications over the next few weeks. cialis pricepurchase generic cialisbrand ... http://www.feedshot.com/blog/?p=18 I contacted PayPal and it turns out they are allowing MicroPayments on a limited basis. I have to convert my entire PayPal account over to the new terms, which involves a lower fixed fee and a higher commission. It will lower PayPal's take of each paid submission from 13% to ... http://www.feedshot.com/blog/?p=17