2006

phpBB Forum Spammer Registration Mod – Kill the SpamBots!

December 19, 2006 Forums

I found a great mod for phpBB forum administrators. This particular mod will ban any user who registers for your forum from a particular time zone. I’m not sure if many newbies to phpBB are aware, but most SPAM registrations come from GMT-12 Timezone. If you can prevent users from registering from that zone, you’ll [...]

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Need Money? ReviewMe Fails to Deliver any Cash

December 18, 2006 Affiliate Marketing

Boy am I annoyed! I, like hundreds, if not thousands of others, was excited about the launch of ReviewMe last month. My first review request came in, and I followed all directions to the letter, posting my review of the company requesting it on November 23. It is now December 18th. I have not recieved [...]

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Are Blogrolls Dead or Do I Need One?

December 13, 2006 Blogging

I haven’t heard much conversation in the blogosphere about the use of blogrolls. What I have seen is that the top blogs no longer use them. Is this a recent trend? I have my theories, but I think the blogroll is still important for newer blogs. Today, one of my favorite real estate bloggers, Teresa, [...]

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How to Protect Your Website’s Copyright When Someone Steals Your Content

December 10, 2006 Google

There is nothing worse for a webmaster than finding out that your site has been copied. Every time I find out that someone has stolen my intellectual property my blood boils! Instead of just getting angry, there are steps you can take to stop the violations of your Copyright, which I’ve outlined in this article. [...]

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Need a Good Feed Reader or Aggregator for Mac

December 8, 2006 Blogging

I’ve been suffering a bit here with my new iMac. Everything is perfect, except I’m lacking an adequate feed reader / aggregator. I’m currently using an aggregator called Vienna, a RSS reader for Mac OS X, but it does not compare to FeedReader (the PC reader I’ve been using). Vienna lacks the ability to easily [...]

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More Lemons from Apple

December 8, 2006 Apple

We’ve all heard about my lemon from Apple Computer. The very day I got my replacement computer I set my iPod down on top of my digital camera while sync-ing with my new machine, and destroyed it! You heard me correctly! The iPod (30GB Video) was fried by a digital camera. Actually, the camera was [...]

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Apple Redeems Itself

December 6, 2006 Mac

The iMac saga was resolved without a problem. I guess I know why everyone raves about Apple. I brought my brand new broken iMac to the local Apple store yesterday and was amazed at the service I got. After the tech guy tried to turn on my machine and saw the problem, he told me [...]

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Why Switch to a Mac? Reasons Why You Should Stay With Your PC

December 5, 2006 Mac

For years I’ve been contemplating switching over to a Mac. I know that they are more secure and have less vulnerabilities to bugs and viruses, but it is hard if you’re a hard-core PC user. I finally took the plunge this week and bought a shiny new 20″ 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo iMac! What [...]

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Text Link Ads Needs to Make a Change

November 28, 2006 Ad Networks

I’ve been using Text Link Ads (aff.) for some time now, and I have to say that I’ve been extremely happy with the service. I do have some suggestions, though. As it stands, publishers can choose to approve individual advertisers on their site through the network. The problem I have is that there is no [...]

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New Look for Your MediaWiki Wiki

November 27, 2006 Web Applications

I’ve been trying to find a new look for my real estate wiki, but have had no luck while searching for templates. I realized I’d have to look for “wiki skins.” After some searching, I found a great resource with a bunch of great ones. If you’re looking to change your wiki’s look, here is [...]

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Reasons Why You Should Explore Alternates to Adsense

November 27, 2006 Advertising

While the king of internet publishing advertising networks remains Google’s AdSense, there are other ad networks that can make you more money. You should not only optimize the design of your ads, but also the network serving them. You should test and retest different advertising networks (like AdBrite, Adsense, YPN, etc.) until you find that [...]

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Use Forums to Find Material for Your Blog

November 25, 2006 Blogging

Wondering how to find some new material for your blog? Create a companion forum site to go along with it. Last year, I decided to create a blog for our real estate investing site, BiggerPockets.com. After a few months, I realized that I had lost my motivation and had run out of material. Why? I [...]

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My Dog Brooklyn Herding Some Pigs

November 23, 2006 Google

I shot a video of my dog Brooklyn this afternoon at the farm, hanging out with some pigs. You have to see the video. It is hysterical! I’ve got a few more and will post them online soon!

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Are Alexa And DMOZ Down For The Count?

November 22, 2006 Marketing

What is going on with Alexa and DMOZ. Both have been having problems for weeks now. Alexa simply does not load most of the time. Are they in the midst of a major update? I’m shocked that they have not addressed the problem publicly! So much for PR. DMOZ has had problems with their submission [...]

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Increasing Search Engine Rank with Trusted Links

November 21, 2006 Marketing

Most SEO experts will likely agree that gaining inbound links is one of the most important steps in growing your website. The methods for gaining those links continue to evolve with time. In the old days, we used to email other webmasters and request reciprocal links. That faded as the ‘net grew and people started [...]

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