19th April 2008

Look Over My Shoulder Grasshopper…

The more I look into video, the more excited I get at the possibilities, and I’ve got two examples to talk about today.

The first was my participation (as a viewer) in the “Internet Marketing After Party” that was run by Rick Butts, well known Internet Marketer and Motivational Speaker. He was using a live video feed through a remarkable FREE service call ustreamTV

It were amazing!!! Over 2.5 hours of pure entertainment chock full …

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18th April 2008

Alexa Addresses Ranking Concerns

Just a few days ago (April 15) Alexa made an announcement that their “new” ranking system was now available.

If you don’t already know, for years Alexa has had a toolbar that users can download onto their web browser. As these users surfed the web, the toolbar sent data back to Alexa to help determine the “popularity” of web sites across the globe.

The big problem with the Alexa measure of popularity is that it …

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13th April 2008

Skipped “Guru”… Straight to “God”!

It seems I have obtained the ultimate in legendary status on the web! I was amazed when a recent Google alert told me that I was now known as “god”.

Failing that… maybe the person who claims to be “god” was actually ripping off my copyright?

Either way, I had to find out!

And sure enough… there it was, in living colour!

God steals my posts

You see, I’ve got a Google alert set up …

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11th April 2008

eBay… Strrriiiiiike Two?

See Important Update In Comments Below - June 12, 2008

Oh I wouldn’t want a business on eBay for quids! The changes are coming so think and fast it’s almost impossible to keep up.

After last month’s digital delivery fiasco, it seems that now eBay Australia wants to get into the action by announcing they will ONLY accept CASH or PAYPAL after June 17, 2008.

So with direct deposits, money orders and personal cheques no longer viable payment …

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1st April 2008

WordPress Membership Plugins?

While I’m wrapped with using WordPress as a publishing platform, I DO want to take things a step or two further, and right now, I want to include a membership section on a web site. That means HIDING my WordPress pages and posts from the public, and showing them only to paying “members”.

You’d think that would be a very simple thing to do with WordPress - just grab another plugin, and voila! Instant membership section.

Not …

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