It’s been a busy couple of days for me, so it’s good to take a brief break to see what everyone else is talking about this week. Whether you want to make money, cure writer’s block, or get rid of pests, there’s something here for you!

Etienne Teo has discovered 7 ways to get unusual traffic to your blog. Some people try link trains, others attempt link bait, and while these methods may work, it’s when you think outside the box that you really start to capitalize on a market that may not be immediately apparent to everyone else. Ever thought about plastering a banner on your car?

Zac Johnson is decrying the fall of AuctionAds. I’ve been running AuctionAds on this blog for a little while and I have noticed a bit of a drop this month, but nothing quite like the dip that Zac is going through. Is this because of MediaWhiz or is it the summer slump in web traffic?

Contest Blogger has determined once and for all that Ashwin Khanna is full of crap. I don’t know if you noticed, but some time back, Ashwin Khanna put up a really crappy blog but he was offering a contest wherein he promised to give away $2500 to a random winner. To enter, you just had to paste a piece of text into a blog post. Well, when things sound too good to be true, they usually are. Check out this rant to get the whole story. Be careful who you give your backlinks to!

John Cow took some time out of his busy schedule grazing on grass to describe a new WordPress plug-in that is designed for blog pest control. By using the WP-Ban plug-in, you can effectively blog people based on their IP, hostname, or even referrers. This might have come in handy when I was battling Dragon Mail and getting warnings from Adsense.

Alex from Usmansworld.com has discovered the cure for writer’s block. What’s more, I was unknowingly one of the first people to make use of this new solution and it seems to work great! Just bear in mind that the tagline to Usman’s World is “a blog that lies.”

And that’s what’s up!