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. What do you say? … [Continue reading]
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. … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
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, … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
Road To Australian Permanent Residency
So I have decided to get an immigration agent to help me handle my PR application and hope that it can be done nicely. I'm currently holding a temporary long stay busines visa (457) and will be applying for an offshore skill migration visa (175). For … [Continue reading]