Archive for April, 2008
April 30th, 2008 at 08:45am
Under Web Hosting
I am going to move this blog to the new web host that I have found recently. Not just because it is cheaper (In fact I have to pay for it). The reason is that it is offering me a lot more than my current host. And I realized most of my readership are from the US, hence a local host would be beneficial.
From as low as $2.99 I have access to a 99.5% uptime Linux web server. I would have 5GB of space (a WOW for a blog) and 100GB Bandwidth (another WOW)! Other features include (but not limited to):
- 30-day money back guarantee
- 24/7 service support
- Instant backup
- No contract
- Instant Setup
- Free Setup
- Control Panel (cPanel)
- Fantastico
- Unlimited domains
- Unlimited subdomains
- Parked domains
- Unlimited FTP
To know more about this package, click here. They also provide reseller hosting at an affordable price.
Need a blog? No problem. Fantastico provides everything that you would ever need!
I have hosted another website with this service to test it out. So far, no complaints!
Choose the same web host as me. Choose Cirtex Hosting.
By Leo
April 29th, 2008 at 06:27pm
Under Blogging+ Newest Technologies+ Reviews+ SEO
Recently released, SocialSpark is a new society specifically created for bloggers. If you want to meet other bloggers, you can do so here. Exchange posts? No worries at all! Finding blog sponsors? A bit of simple code insertion would do. The best of all - paid blog post - you would certainly have more chance than all other paid post services.
To start, it is of course so easy. Sign up here.
SocialSpark has a unique yet outstanding code of ethics. This includes:
-100% Audit-able In-Post Disclosure - you can edit the in-post disclosure to whichever you like
-100% Transparency - all bloggers’ activities are made available to the public
-100% Real Opinions - no fake here! All real
-100% Search Engine Friendly - what is more important than SEO in the cyber world?
I have signed up a few weeks ago. After logging in, I was presented with a very impressive dash board:
Apart from the featured paid post opportunity, there was also a list of other opportunities for me to choose from. Clicking on the “Spon” tab enables the system to list all the available blog sponsorship opportunities. If you noticed, I have also signed up for the Blogger’s Choice Award sponsorship for this blog, which sponsors this blog on a daily price.
Clicking on the “Spark” tab is the most interesting part. Here you can find opportunities where you can blog about another blog, and that he/she would blog you back. Surely is a great opportunity to make friends with other bloggers! You know networking is so important.
Talking about networking, you can get in touch with other bloggers, all around the globe, through SocialSpark. You can add other bloggers as friends and chat with them through the internal email / messaging system. You can vote for them by giving them a prop.
Sign up now! Don’t forget to add me as a friend. Chat to you later!
By Leo
April 29th, 2008 at 12:11pm
Under Blogging
Why is blogging important for your business? Isn’t a simple website enough? After all, I just need a simple introduction of my company.
This is wrong. Yes, you might be satisfied with a simple 5-page website, with “about us”, “contact us”, “product range”, “homepage”, and “news”. So how many pages would be indexed by Google? Simple calculation.
What is the chance of your site being found through the search engine? Not so simple calculation, but easy to imagine.
Having a blog for your website would allow you to:
1. Show off your specialty. You blog about your products, your knowledge of the industry. People read them and would think you are the master.
2. More pages for search engine to index. You probably know that each post is treated as 1 page. The more post you have, the more pages you have. Increases your chance of being found.
3. Search Engine Optimization. With the blog properly optimized, and the posts targeting key phrases, your blog’s ranking would increase and hence, easier to be found.
A properly designed website would certainly increase your exposure, and professionalism. Ask your web designer for a blog quotation today!
By Leo
April 23rd, 2008 at 02:41pm
Under Affiliate Marketing+ Blogging+ SEO
How can you be successful at running an online business? How do you earn a lot out of your website / blog?
1. Affiliate Programmes
It is not a myth that affiliate program, if you have joined the right one, is the most lucrative. However, there are a lot of them on the market, and many of them are saturated already. To earn more, get into an affiliate program as early as you can. Click2Sell is a new affiliate program that I have recently joined. I will write a detailed review about this later.
2. Ads on the site
Many are saying that Google Adsense is not paying enough. You may want to consider other ad network. Some even provide other ad format rather than the traditional contextual ads. Eg. AdToll provides a peel-away ad, illustrated on the right top corner of this site.
3. Build your Network
Attending conferences of related niche, talk to other bloggers… You got the idea. MyBlogLog, SocialSpark, Technorati etc provide a platform for you to communicate with other bloggers.
4. Grow traffic onto your site
The ultimate way is to have fresh, good content posted frequently. If you buy traffic, it is only going to last a while. People revisit your site because you have provided them the content that they want.
5. Consistently post & Frequently post
Make sure you keep posting to your blog, and frequently post to it as well. That way, visitors know everytime they visit your site, they would see something new.
6. RSS
Host some contest, provide incentive, and encourage people to subscribe to your RSS feed. The RSS list is where you can communicate with your existing readers.
7. Google Adwords
If you want to promote, consider Google Adwords. So far it still covers the most of the target market, whichever it is. Bear in mind it is getting more and more expensive, so you might as well grab it while it is still relatively cheap.
By Leo
April 22nd, 2008 at 06:49am
Under Blogging+ Search Engine
You probably have / have not notice that the page rank of this blog has disappeared. Apparently Google spanked the blogs hard on the last page rank update. (I was hoping to have an PR increase due to my effort put into link building.)
IZEA has recommended their new service - they named it IZEA rank / RealRank. I strong encourage you to sign up as:
1. It is free
2. It seems like it is more reliable than Alexa and Google PR
I can see that there will be more and more people trusting this ranking service instead of the others (Although you may have heard about the change of Alexa ranking).
From their FAQ:
RealRank is the first site ranking service that focuses exclusively on measuring the traffic and influence of individual blogs throughout the blogosphere. The service is designed to help advertisers analyze the relative reach of blogs and make informed online advertising purchasing decisions in the long run. RealRank aims to replace historically unreliable influence indicators such as Google PageRank, Alexa and Comscore by providing more accurate statistical data collected directly from the source.
Click on the badge to sign up. It is that simple!
By Leo
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