Archive for September, 2008
Posted in September 29th, 2008
Recently Entrecard sent the following email to it’s members outlining their latest changes. Since I know you are all intrigued as to the Turnip’s opinions on the subject, I’ll give them in green after each section. Feel free to post your own opinions in the comments. In order to continue operating in the long-term, Entrecard needs [...]
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Posted in September 29th, 2008
Sound familiar? You put away your mouse and go outside for a few hours of fresh air and sunshine. Then sit back down at your computer only to find your mail inbox full of messages saying “What happened to our website?” Has this ever happened to you? It’s like websites know we aren’t checking up on them. So [...]
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Posted in September 26th, 2008
Performancing ads sure has a communication problem. Take a great idea, blast it across the Internet, then screw things up and make changes while keeping silent about the whole thing. I love the concept. People selling ad space while getting exchange credits for running ads when their ad space isn’t sold directly. Set your own price [...]
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Posted in September 24th, 2008
If you check my comments you will find very little comment spam. That’s because I use a number of methods to reduce a spammer’s chance of getting through. You can divide these techniques into 3 categories. Plugins, Settings, and Policies. Plugins: The endless source of plugins are what makes WordPress the content management system of [...]
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Posted in September 22nd, 2008
When I was young, Halloween was my favorite time of year. As kids we’d pick out our Halloween Costumes a month in advance. Then go trick or treating all day and night, getting huge pillow cases full of candy. As we got older, we’d only go at night, again for the candy. In college, Halloween parties were the best [...]
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Posted in September 18th, 2008
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Posted in September 15th, 2008
Recently Graham Langdon, founder of Entrecard, posted the following question to the Entrecard Community: “I want to know what you all think that I can do to help you in your efforts to build your blogs. Do you want to see more blog tips in the blog? Do you want me here more, in the forums, [...]
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Posted in September 14th, 2008
I’m proud to announce the release of The Electric Car Blog located at http://Zapyx.com. As the title suggests, this blog will feature information on electric car companies, news on electric vehicle technology, and a wealth of personal experiences and interviews. In the near future I hope to purchase my own electric car, and this blog will explore [...]
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Posted in September 9th, 2008
Watch out! If you use WordPress, have shared hosting, and not running a caching program then you are headed for trouble. Without caching, each time your page loads it uses the SQL database and cpu time on the shared server. Too many people loading pages at once can lead to slow load times or the [...]
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Posted in September 5th, 2008
Ever wonder why you never seem to sell anything through your affiliate links? Even when someone clicks on your ad or link, you still don’t get the sale. I bet you’d like to know why? The answer is usually cookie stuffing. Cookie Stuffing is when a malicious website overwrites your affiliate cookie with their cookie, [...]
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