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The Seven Habits of Successful Bloggers
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve started to understand why John Chow runs such a popular site. In amongst all the gaming of Google, Digg, Technorati, Alexa etc basically any site that does ranking (and to be honest John does most of it for fun, to prove that it can be done) [...]
9May2007 | Everton | 4 comments | ContinuedI’ve Got 2 BlogAds Invites Up For Grabs
Blogads have just granted me 5 invites, of which I’ve offered 3 to friends. Blogads stipulate that only high quality sites with strong traffic will be accepted, as they believe there isn’t much point in adding sites that they won’t be able to sell ads for.
If you are interested in receiving an invite [...]
What Do You Think Of Joost?
I’ve been using Joost for a day now and I’m very, very impressed (get a Joost invite). Joost is a service that I could easily spend an evening using, which would never happen with YouTube. Joost definitely takes online video to the next level in my view.
Over 50 Connected Internet readers received invites [...]
Test Your Broadband Speed For Free
I get a lot of visitors visiting my site looking for a BroadBand Speed test, so I’ve decided to add a Broadband Speed Test to the site.
You can use the test to check that you are getting what you are paying for, or whether you should start looking for a new Broadband ISP [...]
Get A Joost Beta Invite
Thanks to Alpesh who sent me a link to try out the Joost Beta out of the blue, I’ve been playing with Joost’s online videos this morning. I can’t believe I haven’t checked it out before as the service is amazing and the video quality is what YouTube needs to aspire to. [...]
7May2007 | Everton | 491 comments | ContinuedQuick Links: 07/05/07
A few interesting reads to brighten up a very gloomy bank holiday Monday:
DRM group pledges to fight digg rebels
YouTube Finally Pays Users
Use Any USB Drive With Windows Vista ReadyBoost
Par2 files Explained
Technorati Launches Blog Ranking System
Ten P2P Devices You Never Saw Coming
How To refine Search Results In Windows
When Should You Become A Full-Time Blogger?
Mikael from FosFor Gadgets, who handed in his notice a few weeks ago, asked me today if I’d quit my day job yet to become a full-time blogger.
I told him no, and that actually I’m starting a new job today (I’m not actually at work as it’s a Bank Holiday and this post was written [...]
7 Levels Of Revenue For Your Blog
Chad Randall has written a post called the 7 Levels of Revenue For Your Blog, which ranks the various ways bloggers can make money, with level 1 being the lowest and Level 7 the highest.
Chad has placed Adsense at Level 1, which isn’t surprising given his views about Adsense - Chad was the author of [...]
How Much Do You Spend On Gadgets Per Year?
How much do you spend on gadgets per year? How much have you spent already this year? A study conducted by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has determined that the average American household spends approximately $1,200 annually on electronics products:
According to the study, televisions are the most popular consumer electronics product, and can be [...]
Why Is Yahoo! Publisher Network Still In Beta?
Yahoo! Publisher Network Beta launched in August 2005. Yet, nearly two years later it is still in beta and still isn’t accepting non-US applicants.
I’m starting to wonder if Yahoo! Publisher Network will ever see the light of day, and if it does, if it will be able to take away significant market share from [...]




