What is a Google twin you ask? A “Google twin” is a person who shares your name, and whose information returns results on Google when you egosurf. They may or may not be currently ranked higher than you. If your Google twin is ranked higher then you on google then you have to defeat him [...]
These are some of the mistakes I have made over the past few years with Blogging and web design. These mistakes have cost me hours of extra work and in some cases months headache’s. Hopefully you can learn from my mistakes and save yourself some time. Used a sub directory – When you browse to [...]
Today I read a post by Jane May at John chow dot com, The Secrets of Picking A Niche its a good read if you got 7 mins to spare. The article talks about how to pick the right Niche or subject for your blog or upcoming website. It got me thinking about my own [...]
Back in the day, there was a major problem with people posting garbage comments on blogs or forms so they could get back links to there site. Every time they made a new post they would get anther back link and there ranking would rise. Then google and yahoo introduced the nofollow link parameter that [...]
John Chow dot Com a local Vancouverite (or close by) who has runs a website that helps you make money is running a contest for a 24″ wide screen LCD monitor. To enter all you have to do is make a post about the contest (like this one) and mention there sponsor BluFur that provides [...]
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I get asked this question lot, how to change the default size of the thumbnail that wordpress creates when you upload an image. There are two different ways of doing it depending on what version of your WordPress you have installed. If you have WordPress prior to 2.1 Open /wp-admin/inline-uploading.php and look for the following [...]
Technorati is becoming one of the biggest players in blogging. Its a great tool for ranking one site against anther and its also a search engine of content. Before I make a post I do a quick search on Technorati and see who else has written about it. After I make a post I search [...]
Over the last few months all I have been hearing about is AGLOCO. As I understand it, its a tool bar for your browser that monitors what you search for and replaces ads with there own and you get a share of the income. This is nothing new but it hasn’t been around since the [...]
Ms. Danielle is giving away a 30GB Microsoft Zune that she won from John Chow. In her contest you have to talk about her new blog site and link to at lest one post. I checked out her site and found a interesting post right away my-top-5-favorite-childhood-cartoons and I decided to write my own top [...]
Recently Daily blog tips ran an article about Robots.txt files. The article gives examples of other major websites and there robots.txt files but fails to mention the reason behind each rule. I am going to run thou my robots.txt file and describe each and every rule. Hopefully by the end of this article you will [...]
When creating a new website you want to create as little duplicate content as possible. Most host let your users access your website from either the http://abluestar.com or the www version http://www.abluestar.com. This can be dramaticly reduce your site’s Page rank because is that most search engines see the ‘www’ and the ‘non www’ version [...]
I use an IM (instant message) clients every day, I use it to support people and talk to my friends and family. It can make things a lot easier and its less formal then a phone call but it has its downsides. People don’t know how to use it properly and it can become pretty [...]
I have talked before about creating timeless content but never in detail till now. Its one of the first things I check when searching for content is when it was written. Content is king. The internet is about content, about finding answers to your questions, it’s supposes to make things easier. As people search the [...]
After writing about Yahtzee strategies last week I got the nostalgic for the old game and wanted to play it once more. I did a quick google search for some score sheets and didn’t find any that look good or printed well, so I made my own but instead of calling it Yahtzee I called [...]
Good landing pages are a key to creating conversations from your advertisement. It’s the first page that your users see when they click on one of your ads its got to be exactly what they want. I created these tips for creating killer landing pages when I was helping a good friend of mine fixes [...]