My Blog Log

How effective is a disclaimer?

2011-02-24T23:46:00.004+08:00

First of all, I will like to clarify that I am not a lawyer and this article is solely based on my opinion and research, and I will not be in anyway held liable.I have unintentionally or intentionally posted a disclaimer. However, does this absolves me from all liabilities or is a disclaimer a pure waste of time? Recent incidents has spur me to do more in depth research.Disclaimers does not

Update on SocialMatic

2008-06-14T23:27:00.009+08:00

In my post last week, I talk about SocialMatic who claimed that they have added my blog into their site but till now I still could not find it in their site. The funny thing is that when I first replied thanking them for my blog inclusion, they replied in 3 days. However when I query about not being able to find my site, they become silent for almost 2 weeks. Hence, I can easily say that

PremiumThemes.net Contest

2008-06-10T18:15:00.005+08:00

I guess it must be pretty weird for a premium wordpress theme to be feature on a blogger platform but to me it doesn't really matter because everyone benefits - the owner gets more exposure, I stand a chance to win a theme for my finance site and the readers get to know of a quality site that sells wordpress theme.Get a free copy of any Premium ThemeAs a part of the promotion of more than 25

Content Architecture

2008-06-08T19:27:00.011+08:00

I was talking to my friend who's a web designer on revamping my finance website - http://thefinance.sg. Besides improving on my layout, she shared with me on what else I should do.Step 1: Content ArchitectureThis means re-organizing my information and links. As I'm using the older wordpress version, migration might be a problem if the information is not organized properly.Step 2: Information

Think again before you dump your old blog

2008-06-05T22:00:00.012+08:00

I was comparing My Blog Log's traffic statistics when I was actively blogging against the time I was non-active and the results were very surprising.My first blog entry was in 22 May 2007 My traffic hit a peak in June 2007 partly because I was actively promoting my site. Traffic begin to decline thereafter as I updated my blog less frequently before completely stopping on 9 October 2007. This

The Return of My Blog Log

2008-06-02T22:10:00.008+08:00

It has been 8 months since I last updated My Blog Log and I have almost given it up for dead. However, out of the blue I received an email from a social bookmarking site - SocialMatic that my site has been featured. Naturally, I was dubious. How can a blog that has been stagnant for 8 months be suddenly featured in a website? I visited SocialMatic and my doubts were proven true.On first look, the

My BlogRush Account

2007-10-09T00:07:00.001+08:00

I got my BlogRush account approve within 48hrs.Below is an abstract of their email to me.* We have already rejected a lotof blogs (several thousand) that donot meet our strict quality guidelinesand we will continue to enforce ourdetailed criteria in order to protect theintegrity of our network.Sounds like boasting to me but I do believe that many blogs have registered to be part of BlogRush

BlogRush

2007-10-07T14:33:00.000+08:00

Everyone has been talking about Blog Rush - a FREE service that will enable your blog to reach out to a wider range of audience never before possible. It may sounds too good to be true but since it's free, I've nothing to lose. I have just registered for My Personal Finance blog and I should be hearing from them within 48hrs.Below are some tips for Using BlogRush to Generate Traffic for Your Blog

Kontera ContentLink

2007-10-07T14:00:00.000+08:00

A wonderful opportunity from John Chow to allow smaller blogs to have another channel to make money online. I'm giving it a shot and I hope I my My Personal Finance Blog will be accepted.Kontera ContentLinkAbstracted from John Chow's blog.Kontera ContentLink allows you to make money from advertising without giving up any current advertising spots. Their technology reads your post and turns

My First AdSense pay check

2007-10-07T09:26:00.000+08:00

My first paycheck earned through the internet. Not much but nevertheless a little reward for my work and more importantly spur me on to greater things. I will be setting up a forum and maybe moving my blog to a web host. It has also been a long time since I last visited blogcatalog, mybloglog and other social networking sites. It's time for me to pay them a visit.

Google AdSense - Creating Custom Channels

2007-09-23T15:50:00.000+08:00

When I first started with AdSense, my plan was simple. I will put the maximum number of ads allowed base on the "heat map". However, I'm beginning to wonder which of my ads are my main money makers and which ads are making the least if not nothing at all. Another reason is the introduction of referrals - I would like to know where is the best placement for them.Channels ain't new but many like

Disable Copy and paste

2007-06-18T20:15:00.000+08:00

Thinking of a way to make it more difficult for people to copy the contents of your blog? Here's a neat little JavaScript that will disable Copy and Paste.