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Upgrading to WordPress 2.5? Read this first!

March 31, 2008 By 15 Comments

This Saturday, the first stable wordpress 2.5 was finally released. After some delays and two beta release candidates, wordpress as reached another new level.

I could mention the new features that come with the new version, and how awesome the new control panel was, but i won’t do that. First, im not in the mood for that, and second, my first impression on the new cpanel was not that good lol.

Last week, with the release of the final version of the options theme, i decided to upgrade to the wordpress RC-2 in order to properly use the new theme, which was WP 2.5 specific.

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Showing Top Commentators

March 28, 2008 By 8 Comments

I have recently installed the plugin Show Top Commentators. I have configured this plugin to show the top 5 commentators of the month for now.

This is another cool tool to stimulate blog participation by visitors. Besides the do follow link on the comment, you will get featured on the plugin if you manage to reach the top five. Your name will be shown, linked to your Website.

IF this wasn’t enough for you, every month i will write a post giving some link love to my 5 top posters. That’s another link for your and free exposure ;)

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New Blog Design and Considerations

March 27, 2008 By 17 Comments

Good evening fellow bloggers! :)

This has been a busy day for me. I have spent the last hours configuring the new design for the blog and updating the wordpress version of this blog.

A new version of the wordpress 2.5 has been released. It is in the RC-2 Version now. Still in beta though. But still, i decided to upgrade the blog. First i did a full backup of my hosting (a thing that i haven’t done in a long long time). Downloaded a backup of the blog’s database, checked for compatibility issues with some plugins i run here, and deactivated the problematic ones. Then i did the upgraded with no problems at all.

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From where do you get ideas for mini sites?

March 26, 2008 By Leave a Comment

By this time, we all know that if we want to create mini sites, we need to do some keyword research to find a niche where it is possible to easily compete with other existing sites. (if you don’t know how to do keyword research then you should read my mini site creation series Part 2).

But where do you get ideas for keywords to research?

Sure it is easy to find a word. You just pick the first word that comes to your head, write it on a tool that gives you long tail keywords, and do a little study to see the competition and searches these long tail keywords have.

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Find yourself a confortable workbench to blog

March 25, 2008 By 1 Comment

Blogging activity requires that you write posts with a certain comfort level. Think like this: you don’t like to stay in front of your computer, or watch tv in an uncomfortable chair or sofa. Even less if you are working on your office or at home.

I consider blogging a part time job, and i tend to spend a lot of time in front of the monitor, but this would be almost unbearable if i hadn’t a decent chair or a workbench. it is not the best, but it is definitely not the worst.

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I have bought BuildaNicheStore!

March 25, 2008 By Leave a Comment

I decided it was time to spend some of the money earned and went on a “buying spree” this month! So. if i look at my earning stats this month they are in the deep red! ouch! But you know, in order to make money, you have to spend some.

SO what i have done this month?

I decided to buy OIOpublisher and BANS. Bought advertising at some interesting blogs and sponsored a contest.

Time is money, and right now, time (and money) is what i lack. So the return on my investment will be slow (at least i hope to have some return).

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Privacy Policy WordPress Plugin

March 24, 2008 By 5 Comments

In a previous post, i have shared with you, a free privacy policy generator, because of the recent google adsense TOS change. Now, it is time to show you a nice wordpress plugin that ads a privacy policy to your blog.

The plugin is available from the Synclastic blog, and it is simple to use. Just install like any ordinary wordpress plugin and activate it.

Then you just need to create a privacy policy page. It is that simple.

Btw, do you have a privacy policy for all your sites using adsense? i don’t, lack of time is preventing me from doing that, but i will….

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Feng-gui.com: What are people looking at?

March 21, 2008 By Leave a Comment

I have found this site (don’t remember where sorry!) 2 days ago, and i have found it very interesting.

What this site does is simulate the human vision.

Confused? Don’t be. It’s actually very simple.

They have a program that analyses an image sent by you, or a website. After the analysing is complete, it will show a heat map that tries to simulate how the human eye will look at your image or website!

Here is the heat map for this blog:

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Are you man enough to use these products?

March 21, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Men are more and more worried about their appearance. And today’s women are more attracted to a man that takes care of his appearance. Anthony.com is filling the gap on men’s products. If you are looking for mens skin care, anti ageing products or hair care then you have found the right place to buy these products. Don’t forget to check Anthony’s specials, where you can find some great deals.

One of the bonus on buying at Anthony’s is that 5% of the products you purchase there, will be donated to charities in support of the fight against prostate cancer. Nice deed indeed ;)

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Want to break the vault?

March 20, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Every one likes to make some Money, but most of the time this requires a great deal of work, only a few manage to sit and see their earnings grow. But, you can still try to make some money and still have some fun. Why don’t you try to break the vault?

BreakTheVault delivers online contests where you can make some good money. The plan is simple. You just need to solve each available game, and for that you have an unlimited number of tries. The bigger the prizes, more hard will be to solve the games. IF it was to easy what would be the fun of it?

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