Archive for the ‘Off Topic’ Category
A Miracle A Day’s Absence
I'm sorry I've been away so long… one of the hard drives on my server has died, and I do not have the money to buy a replacement. I have it up and working for now, but it really needs replaced.
If you would like to contribute to me, you can donate here… if you do, [...]
December 16, 2008
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Why I’ve Been Gone
Sorry about no posts, no answers to comments or emails for a few days… I've been as sick as I can remember being in a long time. I had a bad fever that kept me in bed, cold sweats, massive sinus problems, a really ugly cough, and various other problems… essentially everything but throwing up.
I'm [...]
February 21, 2008
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The Very Basics Of SEO And Getting Traffic For Your Blog
This is offtopic, but of interest to many of my readers (judging by their questions). If it's not for you, stay tuned, a normal article will be coming tomorrow.
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So, you have a new blog you have started, you're not really getting any visitors, and you don't know how to change that… where do you begin? [...]
January 29, 2008
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I Need Your Help
I need your help with something. I set a goal, quite some time back, of reaching 100 subscribers. As you can see if you look near the top left corner of this page, I've reached that goal. I was talking about this fact with my wife last night, and she asked me what my next [...]
September 27, 2007
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How To Get 17158 Page Views
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StumbleUpon is a social bookmarking site with a feature most (if not all) others lack… you can choose categories of interest and then "stumble", which takes you to a page that someone else bookmarked in one of those categories. It can be a fun way to kill time when you're at the computer and bored. [...]
September 27, 2007
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RSS Readers – The New Newspaper?
An RSS reader, once set up, is much like a newspaper targeted specifically at your interests. It's nice, in the morning, to sit down and read a bit about a few different topics, find out what's going on in your areas of interest, and maybe learn something new. It's even nicer when you don't have [...]
August 29, 2007
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George Bush Challenges Steve Jobs To A Digg Popularity Contest
A lot of people want to get traffic for their blog more than anything else. Digg is one of the biggest social bookmarking sites, and is famous for sending huge volumes of traffic in a short time (other sites can do it, too, such as Slashdot, but it's much harder to get a story on [...]
August 23, 2007
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Blogja Vu
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We all know what deja vu is… when you feel like you've experienced whatever it is you're going through before. Blogja vu is my made up word (phrase?) for when you write about something, and then it comes up in a conversation with someone outside of the online world.
It makes you feel odd, like you're [...]
August 23, 2007
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5 Tips To Increase Your Blog Traffic With Social Bookmarks
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Want to know how to increase your traffic immensely? There is nothing else like the social bookmarking sites… they can potentially bring in an extra 100,000 visitors in a day or two, if your article is popular enough.
So how do you get results like that? While there are no guarantees, if you follow the guidelines [...]
August 7, 2007
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