I forgot to mention yet another popular forum software known as Discuz back in this forum software compared post but just in case you’re curious, its like VBulletin with lots of those standard features that you can find in VBulletin, with the difference in that it’s only available in Chinese by default, heavily used in the Chinese world, and best of all it’s free!
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Archives for October 2008
Inbound Links and Pagerank
Getting relevant and quality inbound links is an important factor in gaining pagerank according to Google Webmaster Central Blog. Just a note though that getting “dofollow” inbound links contribute more sauce to a site’s pagerank.
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Compare Forums Software: VBulletin, IPB, PHPBB, SMF, Vanilla and bbPress
I had been looking for a forum software to play with this morning and can’t really decide which one to choose. The choices are pretty obvious from the title of this post but here are just some personal comments about the things that I know about.
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MySQL Workbench 5.1.3 Alpha For Linux
I posted an article about a visual tutorial on designing a database with MySQL Workbench but people who are using Linux probably won’t be able to gain any benefit from that since there were no installable MySQL Workbench package available for Linux users at that time. That’s the case until now.
The good news is that the MySQL Workbench is now available on Linux (still in alpha stage though). Linux users can learn how to get it on the MySQL Workbench Team Blog.
Google Webmaster Tool: GoogleBot Crawl Stat
It has been a long time coming since I’ve checked the stats in Google Webmaster Tools. For newcomers, Google Webmasters Tools allows you to submit your sitemap to help search engines’ spiders recognize, crawl and index your site’s content which is one of the most basic thing you should do in other to attract traffic from the search engines.
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New Dashboard and Eye Candy for WordPress 2.7
All the main navigations menu, at least those that matters most to a blogger, will all be placed onto the left side in WordPress 2.7. I did have to adapt a bit when WordPress decided to change their navigation styles during the 2.5 -> 2.6 transition, and they are going to do it again in 2.7.
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Wisdoms from Warren Buffett
I enjoyed reading the article and watching the video of an exclusive interview done by Charlie Rose with Warren Buffet. I’m sure that there are a lot of interests to know how Warren Buffet thinks about the financial situation we’re currently in and how’s his outlook on the world economy. You might just be able to gain some new knowledge by reading and watching this interview.
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Political Campaigns and In Game Advertising
The Obama campaign has bought one month of billboard ads in popular EA titles including Burnout Paradise, Madden 09, Nascar 09, NHL 09 and Skate. The ads let gamers know that pre-poll voting is underway and will run up until election eve on Xbox Live when gamers in 10 US states play each other.
via news au
Buy With Coupons and Save Money!
Coupon sites must be laughing to the banks now thanks to the sour taste of the economy as people are more concerned about their spendings and tries to snatch deals in order to save.
– Shoppers are turning to coupons for deals on luxuries and necessities
– Entertainment.com users print 198 percent more coupons for casual dining in 2008
– Use of coupons for services such as oil changes, dry-cleaning up 153 percent
– “Couponing” at big box retailers up 14 percent, even as restrictions increase
via cnn
I’ve seen several major affiliate coupons sites out there which are doing really nicely. If only you and I were in that bandwagon too…
Should You Sell Advertisements, Text Links and Paid Reviews?
An online friend was asking me this question the other day. Selling in house advertisements and text ads is a good way to earn revenue for your online properties. Be aware though that Google has stated they are penalizing paid links since 2007 but as long as you do it right and that you know what you’re talking about in your paid reviews, things should be fine.
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