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Blog-Roll
2008-02-10 02:37:00
Here is a list of liked minded blogs. If you are interested in adding your blog to my blog roll, please add a link to this blog to your blog and leave a comment on this post:Liked Minded Blog s:How to earn money bloggingThe Million Dollar Experiment heads down UnderDotMySpotMaximizing Revenue TipsBasic Internet MarketingFriend's Blogs:Christy's Coffee Break
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Here's Johnny!
2008-02-09 04:49:00
Johnny Cash is back!I have been absent for almost half a year. Lots of things has changed over the past half year.Some changes that I have been noticed:John Chow got penalized by Google. First, his blog is no longer ranked in the top 100 when you search for "John Chow" on the web.Many sites got penalized in the recent Google page rank. For example, John Chow's site now has a page rank of 4, just like this blog. He had page rank 6 by last June.Kumiko sold her site for over $10K.Matt Jones in Successful Online Money Making creates two blogs and sold them.My blog is not in shape. I will update the template over the next couple days. First of all, I will change the "Liked Minded Blog" section since several links are out of date. Secondly, I have to rejoin MyBlogLog since I need a Yahoo account to access MyBlogLog now.More to come soon!
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Blogging is another Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG)
2007-06-06 03:42:00
When I first started blogging about 5 months ago, I thought blogging is like writing a diary. But after five months of blogging, I found out blogging is more similar to my other passion in life -- Massive MultiPlayer Online Role Playing Game . (MMORPG)Here is the reasons why:1. You build yourself up SLOWLY by performing many repetitive tasksWhether you are playing World of Warcraft, EverQuest, or Ultima Online, you spend lots of time performing repetitive tasks to build up your strength, money and experience points. In blogging, you spend lots of times performing repetitive tasks like commenting, submitting sites to directory, answering emails, and writing posts to build up your blog over time. Other than a few popular blogs, most of us have to build up our readerships and backlinks SLOWLY over months of time.2. You always wonder if those A-List players are cheatingWhen I am playing Runescape, a free online MMORPG, I always wonder how those people can get to level 99. How many hours ...
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How to leave comments like Paris Hilton without looking like an idiot
2007-06-05 02:08:00
That's Hot!All over the Internet today, you can find news about Paris Hilton checking herself early to jail. She is swapping her designer dress for a jumpsuit! The photo on the left is a fake, but I am sure you can see some real photo of her prison life leaking to the Internet very soon.Seizing the opportunity, E! Online was showing "Paris most shocking moments" on last weekend. The show covers all the funny Paris Hilton's moment over the years. Having nothing better to do, I was watching the show over the weekend. There was one story that caught my attention.It said that back in 2004, the media found Paris keeps repeating the term, "That's Hot!" over and over again to whatever questions journalists or paparazzi ask her. No one knows she was doing it intentionally until one day; the media found out she is trying to trademark the term, "That's Hot!"Like most of Paris's stupid plans, this one fails. No one can trademark two simple English words. However, this leads me wondering, ...
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PayPerPost Love
2007-06-03 04:50:00
*** This is a sponsored post***I have signed up for PayPerPost for only two weeks, and have done only one sponsored post, but I already love the service! PayPerPost is not the only company that let you get paid for putting ads on blogs. I like PayPerPost because of the following reasons:1. Lots of choicesMost of the time whenever I check PayPerPost for qualified opportunities, there are usually at least 5 opportunities available. Yeah, I turn down a hundred dollars worth of opportunities every week, and you can brag about it in your blog if you signed up to PayPerPost.2. Opportunities to all levels of bloggersPayPerPost do not shut its door to smaller publishers. In fact, there are many opportunities available for blogs of low page rank. The rate is competitive to most other paid posting services that targeted for small publishers. At the same time, you can find advertisers who are willing to pay $300 a post in a page rank 6 blog in PayPerPost too. That means as your blog improves i...
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Week 3 Earning Report
2007-06-01 01:50:00
This is my third earning report. This is what I have earned so far:Google Adsense -- $19.60 (+$1.23)Blogvertise -- $17.50Auction Ads -- $ 5.00MyLot -- $ 0.61 (+0.10)Selling books on Amazon -- $23.76CafePress Affiliate -- $6.57 (+$1.65)PayPerPost -- $6.01 (+6.01)--------------------------------To tal $ 79.05 (+$8.99)Alexa's ranking: 275,500 (-17,261)Technorati rank: 110,158 (-16,491)I have put more focus on building links than paid posting, and this reflects on my earning report.Both my Alexa and Technorati ranking has improved a lot.I will do more PayPerPost this week. Things to do this week:1. Add more affiliate links to the blog. (Tasks in my last report)2. Try Blogitive3. Add my blog to more directories.Relate Post: Week 2 Earning Report .

Make Money Online with Kontera
2007-05-31 05:21:00
You probably have already noticed that there are some double underlined words in my blog, and when you mouseover the text, a cute little ad boxes will popup with a nice little advertisements inside it. Yes, my blog has been approved by Kontera.Kontera is an in-text advertising solution that shows ad based on the keywords in your blog. According to Kontera, your blog needs at least 250,000 page impressions per month to qualify. However, Kontera seems to have relaxed this rule recently for smaller publishers who has rich contents on its blog.Here is my first impression on Kontera:The ad box is really neat and cute. If I havn't heard about Kontera before, I may not realize they are ads.Kontera ad box does not take up any real estate on my blog.It is nice that you can have both adsense and Kontera together on the same page.Very easy to install, and it does not slow down the page loading speed.I have read several blogs talking about its experience with Kontera. Most reviews are positive...
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Update: Bloggerwave's Paypal problem seems to be fixed
2007-05-30 05:06:00
I signed up to Bloggerwave about a week ago, and was approved within a day. Bloggerwave is another paid to blog program very similar to PayPerPost.Recently, there is some talk circulating around the blogosphere that Paypal has reversed several payments from Bloggerwave. Someone has even submitted the story to Digg.comTop 10 Tech Marketing tips has detailed how Paypal reversed its payment from Bloggerwave in this post.However, on May 27, the owner of Top 10 Tech Marketing tips posts, "I had verified with PayPal’s resolution center that Bloggerwave’s account was now safely in good standing. Furthermore, PayPal no longer feels that Bloggerwave’s account was utilized in a fraudulent manner".It seems like things are fine now. I am glad to have another alternative for paid posting.
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Improve your blog in one minute!
2007-05-29 02:38:00
Like many bloggers, I like to check my stat A LOT! Althought this took me only a minute, this will not help me to improve the quality of my blog.There is a lot of things you can do in one minute to improve your blog:Leave a comment on a Do-Follow blogSubmit your blog to a web directorySubmit your blog to a blog directoryStart a discussion in a forum where you can include a link to your blogReply a commentSubmit a post to a blog carnivalThanks someone for joinning your myBlog Log communityWrite down any idea that you want to blogDownload a free template to try it on your blogTry out different colors on your templateVisit a blog in your categoryDon't waste your time. Every minute is important!
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What is the hex code of Kumiko pink?
2007-05-28 00:44:00
AdesBlog is a personal blog of Abdylas Tynyshov (Ades), who is said to be the first full time blogger in Krgyz Republic. The blog has a page rank of 7. It is currently offering a free PR7 link for a review of its color picker software, AdesClrPicker. A free PR7 link is difficult for me to resist. So, I decide to review AdeClrPicker.To try out the software, I decide to use AdeClrPicker to find out the hex code of Komiko pink.Yeah, I know, you can find it out easily by looking at the HTML code, but why waste your time when there is a software that can do the job?For step 1, I install the software, you can download the trial version in here. It is pretty easy to install. The only warning I got is that Windows doesn't know the publisher of the software. I just ignore the warning, and continue with the installFor step 2, I run the program. A small icon is shown in the system tray, which indicates that the program is running. A small popup telling me that I should use ctrl-alt-a to activ...
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Sponsored Review: Pingo.com
2007-05-27 05:58:00
*** This is a sponsored review***What is Pingo? Pingo is a prepaid calling card provider. It is a virtual International rechargeable phone calling card service that saves you money on your long distance phone calls. It is a service of iBasis, which is a public company that is listed in Nasdaq (NASDAQ: IBAS) iBasis launches Pingo's service in 2004, and has provided customer with prepaid calling card service ever since.Right now, Pingo is running several campaigns:1. Free $25 online merchant shopping mall certificate for sign upAccording to the company's site, if you sign up Pingo for a minimum of $20, you will receive $5 in free international calling card calls plus a $25 online merchant shopping mall certificate.2. Father's day specialYou get an additional $5 off with this special. For detail, please check this: http://www.pingo.com/en/fathersday.doPing o's site is avaliable in several language including Spanish, Chinese, French and Portugese.For readers of this blog, if you are ...
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Week 2 Earning Report
2007-05-25 03:02:00
This is my second earning report. This is what I have earned so far:Google Adsense -- $18.37 (+$1.61)Blogvertise -- $17.50 (+$7.5)Auction Ads -- $ 5.00MyLot -- $ 0.51 (+0.04)Selling books on Amazon -- $23.76CafePress Affiliate -- $4.92 (+$4.92)--------------------------------T otal $ 70.06 (+$14.07)Alexa's ranking: 292,761 (-4099)Technorati rank: 126,649 (-1182)A decent week. The pleasant surprise this week is CafePress, which hasn't brought me any income before.I earn only $0.04 from myLot this week, but myLot has brought me some traffic, and some new readers.A surprise hit this week is: Earn up to $100 by praticipate in Google User Experience Research.This short post has brought me many new readers.PayPerPost has just approved my account. You should see my first PayPerPost review soon.Things to do this week:1. Add more affiliate links to the blog. (e.g. TextLinkAds, PayPerPost)2. Join Kontera3. Add Google search and other Google affiliate links to the templateRelate Post:First we...
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Update: Dormcheck is officially off my list
2007-05-24 05:37:00
I try to log into my Dormcheck account today, and I've found out the entire forum layout has changed. Furthermore, my account has been removed. I search all of my old emails, and I have found no warning.I havn't posted anything on Dormcheck. Hence, I didn't lose anything. I did a search on Google and found JCM of The 15000 dollar mission has some bad experience about Dormcheck.From his post:"The dormcheck scammers have redone their forum, and older members have lost their log ins and earnings. (I myself had earned $20 in referrals there) My advice, stay away from Dormcheck."This is enough information for me to remove Dormcheck from Making Money on the web's list of money making programs.
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Increase your Alexa's ranking by Alexa's redirect URL!
2007-05-23 05:33:00
I think Maki Dosh is probably the first blogger who mention about the possibility of using Alexa's redirect URL to increase Alexa's ranking in 20 Quick Ways to increase your Alexa rank. Later, Matt Jones of Succesful Online Money Making expanded the idea and comed up with his Ultimate Alexa Redirect Experiment. In one part of Matt's experiment, he replaces his myBlogLog's community URL with the Alexa's redirect URL. This idea has been widely copied. Many myBlogLog's members, including myself, has replaced its community URL with Alexa's redirect URL.Ever since then, many variations of the trick have been developed. One blog suggests bloggers to use Alexa's redirect URL for comments. This could increase your Alexa's ranking, but you should be awared of two issues. First, if you try to increase your page rank by commenting on "Do Follow" blogs, you will waste your effort. Second, some blogs award its frequent commentators with a top commentator's section. If you are using red...
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Earn up to $100 by participate in Google User Experience Research
2007-05-22 04:17:00
According to Blogger Buzz, Google is looking for users to participate in usability research on Blogger. The FAQ says that Google "typically pay $75 for each hour that you spend with a Google researcher, either in person or on the phone". It also said that you don't have to live in the Bay Area to participate.You can sign up from this link: https://services.google.com/inquiry/user_ study
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5 things you want to do before you publish your sponsored post
2007-05-20 22:30:00
Disclaimer: This is not legal advice.As blogs becomes an increasingly important media, there is more and more sites devoted to pay bloggers to review an advertiser's site for a fee. Before you publish your first sponsored posts, you may want to consider doing this five things first:1. Clearly mark your post as sponsored post.If you got paid for your post, you should always let your readers know. It is not only ethical to do so. According to Directory Aviva, the Federal Trade Commission has published a recommendation for this.From "12 Laws every blogger should know" of Directory Aviva:"The Federal Trade Commission published a recommendation that companies who promote their product through word-of-mouth marketing must disclose these relationships. The recommendation applies explicitly to blogging, meaning that bloggers must disclose the fact that they are being paid to promote or review a product whenever that is the case."2. Get your disclosure policyAny blogger can get his/her own ...
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Disclosure Policy
2007-05-20 06:52:00
This policy is valid from January 8, 2007.This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me. This blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation. The compensation received may influence the advertising content, topics or posts made in this blog. That content, advertising space or post may not always be identified as paid or sponsored content.The owner(s) of this blog is compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. Even though the owner(s) of this blog receives compensation for our posts or advertisements, we always give our honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the bloggers' own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.To get your own policy, go to http://www.disclosu...
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Free $5 bonus at Auction Ads
2007-05-19 01:08:00
Auction Ads is now offering $5 bonus for TextLinkAds users who sign up this week. TextLinkAds is part owner of AuctionAds .AuctionAds is a cost per action (CPA) program that displays eBay ad on your site. That means you will get paid if your visitors click your ads and perform some actions on eBay. Currently, you will only get paid if the visitor win an auction, buy it now or registered as a new user.I have just added AuctionAds to this blog.For detail of this deal, you can check here.
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First Weekly Report
2007-05-18 04:56:00
Starting from this week, I will post my weekly earning report every Thursday. This is what I have earned so far:Google Adsense -- $16.76Blogvertise -- $10.00Auction Ads -- $ 5.00MyLot -- $ 0.47Selling books on Amazon -- $23.76 -----------Total $ 55.99Alexa's ranking: 296,860Technorati rank: 127,831Things to Do this week:1. Add Adsense in the middle column2. Improve loading speed of the page. The mid column seems to take a long time to load.3. Add AuctionAds to this page.
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MacPokerOnline
2007-05-17 04:50:00
*** This is a sponsored review***MacPokerOnline is a poker site that is dedicated for Mac users. The site contains list of online poker sites, and MacPokerOnline rates each site in the order that they believe it is safest and best fit for the user. There are literally thousands of online poker site on the web, but it is difficult for Mac user to find a site for them. MacPokerOnline is definitely a great resource for Mac user who likes to play poker online.The site also contains tons of information about different types of poker, like Omha, Chicago, Texas Hold them or Five card stud. The site also taught you strategy to play the different types of poker. Even if you are not a Mac user, you may found some of its articles useful for learning to play poker.If you like Poker, and you are a Mac user, MacPokerOnline is a site that worth your visit. This may be the best Mac Poker site for you unless Steve Job plans to creat "iPoker".

The post that starts the Digg revolt
2007-05-02 07:50:00
I found this through Google cache which could be the post that start the Digg revolt today!DMCA Complaint Notice from Google for Having the HD DVD Processing Key in Google Note Book
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Digg Revolt
2007-05-02 07:10:00
A Digg .com user claims that he got boot from Digg for posting the HD-DVD Processing key number.The key is: 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0This has caused quite an outrage among Digg users community.If you are looking for other digg style applications, you can find a list in here.
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Update: Money 4 blogs site is down.
2007-04-30 02:19:00
I havn't able to access the Money 4 blogs site since Saturday.Since many blog sites got their page ranks during this week, is the site brought down by the sudden increase in traffic?Related articles: Money 4 blogs
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Google Page Rank: 3
2007-04-28 23:30:00
I check my blog today, and found out my blog has a page rank of 3.This is a mild disappointment, and I am seriously thinking about the future of this blog.One of the mistake I made is that I didn't submit this site to enough blog directories. I start doing it in the recent month, but obviously my effort is too little and too late.
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Result of My Evil Experiment
2007-04-28 05:38:00
Last time, I come up with a evil scheme to direct Komiku's reader to my blog. The result is not impressive. I got about 10 new vistors who is searching for "Technorati top". They all click the Technorati favorite's button. I guess they thought I make it to the top 5,000 in Technorati. I try to be the next John Chow, but end up becoming Dr. Evil -- the guy who has all the evil ideas but not able to finish it. I learn this trick from King Gary's blog. On last Wedensday when Sanjaya got voted out, Gary was the first blogger in the entire blogosphere who blog about it. For a brief moment, Gary's post is on top of Google Blog Search for "American Idol Sanjaya". This brought his blog flood of traffic and also got dugged. Gary is working at b5media. The company who is co-found by Darren Rowse.
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OMG! I just cracked the top 5,000 Technorati
2007-04-25 03:19:00
"People obsess over getting a high blog rank in Technorati . OMG I just cracked the top 5, 000! It’s like soooooooooooo, your point is? How much ass kissing did you actually have to do to crack the top 5,000? And how much more ass kissing is required to bust the top 1,000? And how extremely much more ass kissing does a person have to do to crack the top 100"-- from "Just Crap"Are you just finish reading Kumiko's post, Here's Why People Obsess Over Technorati, and is looking for the blog who post the original message?This is to illustrate a common trick a lot of bloggers are using. Kumiko didn't have a link to the original post (for obvious reason). So, I bet a lot of her readers are searching for the original post in Google BlogSearch now. If you are one of them and you end up reading this post, you know the trick works :)Kumiko's blog has a group of followers, but is not a top 1,000 blogs yet. If you can apply the same strategy to some of the high traffic blogs, your blog will...
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What American Idol has in common with Digg.com
2007-04-21 06:35:00
Originally, I planned to wrote a new post on Wedensday, but I was distracted by the American Idol . When I found out Sanjaya was in the bottom three, I immediately got in front of my TV. When Ryan Seacrest announced that Sanjaya will be sending home, I was a bit shocked. Sanjaya is one of the weekest singer in the competition, but after watching him beating out other more talented contestants week after week, I thought he will stay for at least another week, but I was wrong.American Idol is a singing competition where it let voters to select the best singer. Digg .com is a user driven social content website that let members to digg the articles they like. Although they have very differnt goals, I found out that there are a lot of similarities between them:Similarity #1: Popularity contestOn the surface, American Idol is a singing contest, but in reality, it is a popularity contest. Sanjaya is not the first contestant who makes it to top 10 but widely regarded as one of the weakest sin...
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