30 Sep, 2007
We have already reached the last week of review for the month of September. Where has all the time flown to? Without further ado, let’s cruise through the blogosphere and see what’s happening this past week.
- With the huge success of Wikipedia comes many copy cats in the form of paid wikis that sells you a page for a one time fee and allows you to monetize it for life. Etienne Teo picked 3 wikis that created a buzz recently and evaluated them and also gave suggestions on how you can make money out of this phenomenon.
- David of PureBlogging dot com went missing in action for a vacation and came back and want to know Have You Been Stumbled Upon? He shared with us how he got the most out of SU and how he made his blog sticky to visitors from SU.
- With Next time you come across a file with an extension you aren’t familiar with, don’t be too quick to hit the delete button. Brown Baron found the source for file extension information. Next time you see a file with strange endings, you know where to go.
- Seems like the launch of BlogRush was too much of a rush and got bumped into a brick wall.
The BlogRush dashboard had been inaccessible for many days now. They are in the progress of a major overhual to the system and will release a completely revamped dashboard to their users. This enforced downtime will definitely hurt new signup rate as people will be turned off by a page or a site that shows they are in some sort of a under maintenance mode.
Since we have reached the end of the month, I’ll post a summary of some pillar posts I’ve written in September for the benefit of those who missed them and also those new to this blog.
That’s a wrap for September, see you back here in October….which is tomorrow!
27 Sep, 2007
An important factor in the marketing and branding of blogs and websites is getting good domain name from the word go. Since ‘good’ is very subjective, Relevancy of the domain name with respect to the blog niche is certainly an aspect of a good domain name.
However, on this particular blog about tech news and online tips & tricks, all level-headed arguments of having relevancy of domain name gets thrown out the window. The blog in question is called NutsAndMilk.com and my first impression upon seeing the name conjured images of breakfast cereals and milk.
As indicated on its About page, Nuts & Milk is a blog on general tips and tricks related to online and offline computing. As a reader, I certainly would not associate this quirky domain name with the blog niche. As such, this will make it harder for its owner to promote and market the blog to its targeted audience. Having said that, this blog still score on other aspects in that it has a no frills blog template, is easy on the eyes and also offers a user friendly navigation experience. Read the rest of this entry »
26 Sep, 2007
Not only does John Cow make money online and deliver free milk to you on a daily basis, he is making a habit out of giving away people’s money! No feeling in the whole wide world can beat that of giving away other people’s money. So the cow had managed to cajole his cool web hosting provider to dish out another $500 to be given to one lucky milk drinker!
The $500 cheque for the previous competition had probably reached the previous winner and word has it that she will be spending the prize money on a spanking new moo-tastic pool table. This time the cow want to know what exactly you (or me) are going to do with all that money if you win the latest cash giveaway.
If you know how much a console fanboy I am, you will know the disappointment I felt for not being drawn as the lucky winner of the Playstation 3 giveaway contest. That superdeluxubercool tech toy was in fact won by the cow himself.
So it is pretty much a given that I will be buying a Playstation 3 console if I win the $500 this time. With whatever loose change remaining (most likely need cash top up myself), I will grab the latest games and have a blast off in cyberspace with the cow!
The winner will be drawn at the end of September so that you (or me) can go ahead with our shopping spree with Micfo’s money.
26 Sep, 2007
Yesterday I posted my BlogRush statistic and showed you a screenshot of my syndication credit balance as 8666.
I did a double take earlier today when I checked on the mid-week lottery results and what do you know? The number
8666 came up as one of the starter prizes!
Source: Singapore Pools
I am not a regularly punter of this weekly 4-digit lottery draw, so obviously I didn’t get any windfall. If I had wagered a minimum of $1, I would have been $250 richer! But what a coincidence!
25 Sep, 2007
The jury is no longer out! I’ve installed the BlogRush widget to
enjoy rush hour traffic since 18 Sept and the stats are in for some reporting and updates.
The Syndication Credit Earned chart shows the total and breakdown of traffic (for my blog and my referral network) of each day for one week of activities. This chart is complemented by a credit balance and referral network stats shown below.
This blog started running BlogRush widget one week ago and has earned 8666 syndication credits to date.
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