Archive for October, 2007

As seen on John Cow dot Com

Posted on October 31st, 2007 in Blogging | No Comments »


Updated: Sorry about the screenshot earlier, I was at work

John Cow’s site is rather nicely designed, very nicely indeed. So when I was tipped off that he was using this ad to advertise his advertising, I knew something had to be done.

Look at this:

I just wanted to see the cow have a nice ad to advertise his advertising. And he was gracious enough to give me a shout out.

Thanks to John Cow, enjoy your ad :)

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Courtney Tuttle’s Group Writing Project - the list

Posted on October 28th, 2007 in Blogging | 7 Comments »

These are all of the submissions for Courtney Tuttle’s Group Writing Project. Great job, everyone!

Getting Traffic To Your Website

The Smart Way To Get Traffic And Links: Creating A Prospect List For Bloggers by Maki
Finding Blog Topics That Will Bring You Traffic by Sean
The 25 Best Ways To Increase Traffic To Your Blog by Marco
How To Increase Traffic To Your Website by Frederick

How To Get Instant Free Traffic To Your Blog by Bruce
How To Stay Visible Inside Of 70 Million Blogs by Ken
Blogging In Real Life by Theda
Why Back Links Work by Paul
How To Optimize Your Blog Images For Google Image Search by Etienne

Developing A Website

How To Choose A Topic For A Blog by Vic
Here’s How To Get MORE Subscribers To Your Dazzling Blog! by Mark
How To Gain And Lose RSS Subscribers by Simon
Blogging Burnout: How To Avoid It To Achieve Blogging Success by YC

Eight Ways To Write A Successful Newsletter by Carlo
How To Decide How Often To Post On Your Blog by Derek
Finding Good Keywords For Your Niche by Caroline
The Anatomy Of A Link by Sutoco
How To Use Google Webmaster Tools - And 5 Reasons Why You Should by James

How To Secure Your WordPress Blog by Fab
Common Internet Marketing Mistakes by Bryan
Ultimate List Of Free Blogging Platforms by Fred
How Do You Build Relationships With Your Blog Visitors? by Pearl
The One Thing To Know When Writing With Keywords by Simonne

Upgrading Your Theme For WordPress 2.3 by Karthik

Making Money With A Website

Start Making More Money And Sell Your Own Ads by Tay
Methods To Make Money With A Website by Genesis
Balancing Affiliate Marketing And Relationship With Your Readers by Meg

How To Sell Ads On Your Blog Despite Its Size Part 1 by Casey
How To Sell Ads On Your Blog Despite Its Size Part 2 by Casey
How To Sell Ads On Your Blog Despite Its Size Part 3 by Casey
Day One: Affiliate Marketing by Roberta
Throwing Away Visitors For Fun: Wrath Of Advertising by Fabien

Why People Don’t Make Money Online by Adebola Oni
Effective Email Marketing by Matthew

Writing Copy

How To Write Content That Makes A Difference For People by Bobby
How To Become A Better Writer by Pat

Why Bloggers Should Be Better Writers by Nate
12 Reasons Why Bloggers Need To Become Better Writers by Karen

Getting Better Website Rankings

How To Increase Your Alexa Rank And Why You Should by Don
Case Study: Ajax Edit Comments and Technorati by Ronald

Improving Yourself

How To Increase Personal Creativity by Sara
How To Find Answers To Your Marketing Questions by Justin
Finding The Commitment To Climb Your Private Everest by Nick
How To Increase Productivity While Working From Home by Neena

Choose Your Attitude Choose Your Success by Don

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Friday funny

Posted on October 26th, 2007 in Funnies | 2 Comments »

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What in the pagerank is going on?

Posted on October 24th, 2007 in Pagerank | 4 Comments »

Maybe the professionals at Google know what’s going on with pagerank issues. I just read that Problogger has been knocked down to a PR of 4. Along with that, John Chow’s blog is also a PR4. Adesblog, who was a PR7, is now a PR5. CopyBlogger is a PR4 now.

What on Earth is this madness?!?

Anyone know?

Now, I’m not saying that pagerank is the factor in what makes a quality blog, that could be the furthest thing from the truth. I still read those blogs and find their content interesting and thought-provoking (as I’m sure most of us do.)

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Statcounter or Sitemeter?

Posted on October 21st, 2007 in Stats | 4 Comments »

I used to be a hardcore Sitemeter junkie. As most of us are, I’m a stats junkie. I check and I check, I want to know where you came from, how long you were here, and where you clicked to go when you left.

Donovan happened to turn me on to Statcounter. The beauty of this service is that for one thing, you can have an invisible meter on your site, and two, you can track multiple sites with one account. It’s also really easy to use and you can block more than one IP address at a time.

Sitemeter, on the other hand, still tracks my visits (to update) from work. Maybe that’s Sitemeter’s way of telling me that I shouldn’t be doing that stuff at work, who knows.

So, in the end, it’s Statcounter all of the way for me. What about you? Do you use either one? Or another service?

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Welcome to the ad free me

Posted on October 20th, 2007 in Just because | 7 Comments »

This blog has been cluttered with ads, and to no avail. They certainly aren’t making me any money here, otherwise I’d keep them. I don’t want to turn into a John Chow, where my ads overrun the space and no one can focus on the content.

As far as the content is concerned, it is going to be funny stuff, ramblings, affiliate stuff, and other stuff. I hope you stick around to read what I have to say. I appreciate all of your comments, they are more than welcomed here, even the crappy ones…hehe

I’ve gotten rid of Google, TTZ Media, blogrush, and all of that other nonsense. I like it and I hope you do, too.

Thank you and come again. No more revisions, and more focusing on the content.

Update: I’ve added “ads”….all of which point to my other sites…..

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Speaking of tweaking

Posted on October 20th, 2007 in Themes | No Comments »

Hey, that rhymes…

If you’re looking for a rockin’ header image, then look no further. I can get inside of your head and figure out what would blend nicely with your website or blog.

I love tinkering with image designs and don’t judge the measure of my talents by the header on this site.

Check out my recent work:




I can tailor header images or logos for use with any of your blogs or websites. Look original today.

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If you can’t tweak it, get someone who can

Posted on October 19th, 2007 in Themes | 2 Comments »

I’ve tinkered around and have played nice with Wordpress for a little bit now. I consider that I do know a few things here and there. I know how to change link colors and background images, etc.

When it comes to that freakin’ PHP nonsense, I just wanna walk away from the computer and not bother with it.

If you are looking to getting in to blogging TO BLOG and not worry about design, theme tweaking, and the such, then I can recommend (and have recommended) by good friend Donovan.

Donovan’s services are cheap and he’s well worth a lot more. Maybe you should take him up on his offer before he realizes how cheap he is.

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Freaky Friday!

Posted on October 19th, 2007 in Ramblings | 3 Comments »

I know that this is an affiliate site, but wouldn’t it be fun to call someone and mask your phone number and change your voice?

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Tuesday Funny

Posted on October 16th, 2007 in Funnies | 4 Comments »

Ralph and Edna were both patients in a mental hospital. One day while they were walking past the hospital swimming pool, Ralph suddenly jumped into the deep end. He sank to the bottom of the pool and stayed there.

Edna promptly jumped in to save him. She swam to the bottom and pulled him out. When the Head Nurse Director became aware of Edna’s heroic act she immediately ordered her to be discharged from the hospital, as she now considered her to be mentally stable.

When she went to tell Edna the news she said, “Edna, I have good news and bad news. *The good news is you’re being discharged, since you were able to rationally respond to a crisis by jumping in and saving the life of the person you love. I have concluded that your act displays sound mindedness. The bad news is, Ralph, hung himself in the bathroom with his bathrobe belt right after you saved him. I am so sorry, but he’s dead.”

Edna replied, “He didn’t hang himself, I put him there to dry. How soon can I go home?”

Thought you guys would enjoy that, I did!

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