Monthly Archives October 2007

DiscountASP.NET and Community Server do not mix, despite what DiscountASP.NET advertises

I’ve written before about how much I enjoy being a DiscountASP.NET customer for the past three years and I still have a DiscountASP.NET affiliate banner sitting at the bottom of AjaxNinja.
I have a new project that I’m working on and I had decided to give Community Server 2007 a try on a DiscountASP.NET shared account, [...]

Two quick BlogEngine.NET bug reports, plus how BlogEngine.NET handles traffic waves

I’m going to have a bigger post up this week about my new blog project that I’ve started, but I wanted to describe some bug issues that I’ve found with BlogEngine.NET in the course of running that project.
Yes, I’m using BlogEngine.NET (Community Server didn’t work out for reasons that I will explain later this week; [...]

AjaxNinja’s PageRank score published, but I don’t care (and neither should you)

A lot of bloggers are upset about the Google PankRank update designed to penalize bloggers who sell links. The PageRank updates have caused some dramatic fluctuations in PageRank values, even for mature blogs.
Some bloggers question whether or not Google’s PageRank algorithm is capable of handling a maturing blogosphere, and in the light of some of [...]

You know, these Facebook test accounts kind of suck

A week or so ago I wrote yet another post full of Facebook application development tips (and believe me there will be several more to come), and I mentioned using Facebook test accounts to assist in development. After a week or two of actual using the accounts extensively I must tell you that they are [...]

How to Acquire Guest Writers

On Monday I answered a question from a reader regarding how to locate relevant blogs within your domain, and today I’m going to cover a second question from that same reader.
Again, I’m going to share my insight as well as ask my readers for theirs.
Speaking of time consuming, what sort of presence do we need [...]

How to Find Related Blogs in Your Domain

I apologize for not updating AjaxNinja in the past week. I’ve been on vacation and I neglected to write automated entries beforehand, so I suppose I failed to follow some of my own blogging advice. Oh well
I received the following question from an AjaxNinja reader this past weekend and I thought I’d share [...]

Web 2.0 Middleware – Eliminate the need for social network platform dependency

Yesterday I wrote about history bracing to repeat itself by forcing developers to pick one widget API over another for social networks like LinkedIn, Facebook, MySpace, and others. Facebook is the only platform that has a truly open API for widget developers at the moment, but that hasn’t stopped people from trying to develop third-party [...]

Social Network Platforms & APIs: Why are developers putting all of their eggs in one basket?

photo credits: woodsy
Today I read another one of Dave McClure’s entries regarding his Graphing Social Patterns conference; Dave’s post was about Facebook Application Monetization, a subject that I’ve covered on a couple of occasions.
One of Dave’s passages struck a particular chord with me:
in the discussion, one of the key items we cover is how Facebook [...]

Reach a broader, bigger audience with diverse content

AjaxNinja is only a few months old, and every time I write a new entry I struggle with the following question. Do I write about:

ASP.NET (Data layers, Facebook.NET, Phalanger),
general blogging concepts (headlines, saving articles),
blogging specifically for businesses,
Facebook Applications & Social Media concepts,
general website management issues (hosting), or
business concepts and entrepreneurship?

Every time I write a post [...]

More Facebook Application Development Tips

It’s that time again… I’m hard at work on my Facebook application, which I’m not going to discuss the particulars of until I release it, and I’ve got a fresh batch of Facebook application development tips, both from myself and around the blogosphere.

When making service calls in Facebook.NET, leave the “field” specification null – I [...]