The last time I used the web site commenting service Disqus, I was really less than impressed.  Back in July 2009, I tried it and for lack of a better term, it was sloppy.  While the core of the system worked, it seems as if nobody there paid attention to detail.  However, everybody deserves a [...]

As you might of (or might not have, depending on how often you visit) noticed, I had DISQUS powering the comments on Mitchelaneous, the Web Hosting Show and Firefox Facts.  However, “had” is the important word.  This morning I removed DISQUS across the board.
Now I’ll cut to the chase, and tell you why.  It seems [...]

I installed IntenseDebate on FirefoxFacts.com a few days ago, and thus far – I like it.  There are a few bugs and annoyances, but overall the product is really cool.  The idea here is to add tons of new features to your standard commenting system. 
Some of the cool features that IntenseDebate brings includes:

Comment [...]

Out of all the years I have been using WordPress, I have probably not used one plugin more often than I have used Askimet.  Now that might be because it rocks, or because it came with WordPress, so it was kind of always “there”.  Love it or hate it, it does get the job [...]

I’ve got a lot of positive and negative feedback on this week’s edition of the Web Hosting Show podcast.  The most interesting of the bunch is the debate over how usual “green” hosting really is.  I know some hosts out there really want to do better by the environment, and feel like this is [...]

I’ve been looking for a good WordPress comment to help me fight the comment and trackback spam I have been getting lately. One solution was to turn off commenting for posts that were so many days old. I like this idea – because I highly doubt somebody today is going to feel motivated [...]

I gave this a shot once and it didn’t work out – but I figured hey, why not give it one more try? I would like to get anybody and everybody to send me your hosting questions in audio form via Odeo. Here is the link for you to do so.

Now what can [...]

Now it looks like I might have rubbed a few people at the WHIR the wrong way with my commentary on how the only folks that are commenting on WHIR blogs are the other WHIR writers. It’s funny this catches their attention and me mentioning that WHIR TV would be a lot better with [...]

Now this is just funny. I was skimming through some of the comments over at the Web Host Industry Review’s new blog section, and something struck me as odd. All the comments i saw were from the same people. So I figured, well they have a few fans – good for them. [...]

On Labor Day, the Web Hosting Show is going to be doing another Q and A special. Send me your questions, and I’ll do my best to answer every single one I get. Now you have two choices when it comes to sending me your questions.
You can drop me an E-mail at mitch@mitchkeeler.com [...]