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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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!
You see, I’ve got a Google alert set up …
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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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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 …
Popularity: 96% [?]
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Have you developed a workable comment policy for your blog-based web site? While it doesn’t need to be published for all to see, it does help if you have a set of guidelines you can follow to help decide which comments to publish, and which Akismet comments to de-spam.
For starters, all comments to your blog should be approved before publication. That means as soon as someone makes a comment, they’ll see the “Your comment is …
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What do you get if you put two VERY well known Internet Marketing heavyweights together, mix in with an absolute killer of a domain name, discuss the one totally ESSENTIAL thing that absolutely EVERYONE needs to know (particularly newbies) to succeed online, and offer it for FREE? You might be very surprised…
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