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New Contributors and Remastered Podcast Interviews

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nick marino
on July 16, 2008
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Over the weekend, Neal updated our version of WordPress for the AudioShocker blog, and everything went to hell. Neal got it fixed within a few hours. The only thing we lost was 1 gig worth of podcasts that we’ve recorded since October of 2007 (well, more like “deleted from our webspace” than “lost”).

It took me from Saturday to Monday to get the old podcasts back up, but I was glad. Why? Along with making some minor file naming changes, I was able to remaster two of our favorite comic book creator interviews in the process:

  • Our 2-plus-hour talk with Ross Campbell, creator of Wet Moon and Water Baby, has been remastered. Ross is finishing up Wet Moon 4 as we speak, and we should have him back on our show very soon.
  • I also remastered our chat with Brandon Thomas, creator of Miranda Mercury and writer of Ambidextrous. This episode was originally a bit rough in terms of levels, but that’s all been fixed.

But I’m not just writing this post about tech issues and old episodes. I’m also here to let you know about two new regular contributors who have joined the AudioShocker:

  • First up is Shannon, our new books expert, who has already written two fantastic posts for the blog.
  • Next up is Conrad, who is currently podcasting with me about the AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Movies list. The next episode of this series will be up on Friday, July 18, 2008.

Finally, I’m going to be rolling out a new feature on the AudioShocker starting this Sunday, July 20, 2008. It’s basically going to be the “AudioShocker Song of the Week.” Everything we post will be originally music by artists like Nik Furious, the Unlicensed Attorneys at Law (UAL), Dirty Weekend, Nutsack Supernova, and more. This Sunday will debut a new Nik Furious beat for the upcoming UAL album.

Wordpress Update!

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neal
on July 12, 2008
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So, after a hiccup where I lost the entire blog, we are now running Wordpress 2.5.1. I also updated K2 and that seems to have caused some ongoing problems as well. Old podcasts should be available again sometime tomorrow. Basically, I lost deleted them… I am never updating wordpress ever again. Not exactly how I wanted to spend my entire Saturday…

A Little AudioShocker SEO Update

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nick marino
on May 24, 2008
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For those of you that frequent the AudioShocker website, you’ll notice a subtle but definite difference. I gave the site a quick update via some Search Engine Optimization. To be specific, I gave the title tags an SEO update.

Thanks to the WordPress SEO Title Tag plugin, I was able to fit some quality keywords into our titles. It doesn’t affect anything on the user end other than bookmarking, however it should have a big Google benefit for us in the long term.

Now I’m no official SEO expert, but I know enough to get the job done right. If you have a WordPress blog, I highly recommend the SEO Title Tag plugin. And if you have a website at all, I highly recommend that you learn why title tags are important.