Archive for June, 2007

An initial review of AuctionAds

EBay has an affiliate program that is worthwhile to explore in the sense it offers good payouts depending on the final auction bid and would be good for a shopping or review based site. But all this while, people who were not US based couldn’t join eBay’s affiliate program due to eBay’s longstanding refusal to [...]

To open links in new window or not?

This topic was discussed recently on Problogger regarding the opening of links in a new window; whether it was a good practice or not. Now this is an interesting subject, not least because it received a lot of comments. In fact, I’ve always wondered which would make the better choice. That Problogger post was a [...]

Ati2dvag problem

If you ever experienced your computer freezing/crashing without warning all of a sudden, with a blue screen on your monitor saying your computer was “caught in an infinite loop”, plus there is a mention of the word – “ati2dvag”, it means your computer has caught the ati2dvag bug. This bug seems to affect ATI video [...]

For better SEO results, consider a translation plugin for your blog

I just installed a translation plugin on Modern Street. It works quite ok for now. I found this plugin at The World’s Greatest Blog. (Thanks Rob) There are currently, a few around that may or may not work for your particular blog. I recommend searching around until you find one that works. SEO-wise, you should [...]

WebWare 100 results skewed?

If you have been using web applications for some time, you might be aware there was a contest by CNet that recently ended, called WebWare 100 that had voters voting for their favorite applications in different catagories.

Dishonest merchants in affiliate marketing

Of the myriad ways to make money online, affiliate marketing will surely rank as the top business model. I realize that there are a lot of people who are searching for a better way to earn a living. But usually, they don’t have a product to sell. Affiliate marketing solves this problem. But making money [...]