Author Archives: Swog
Two laptops, HP or Dell?
I’ve never been a strong advocate of laptops until recently. Until a month ago, unless an individual had an extremely compelling reason not to do so, I would always recommend buying a desktop for the same money as it usually bought … Continue reading
Changing plans and focus for this blog
For the last few months, I have been overwhelmed with other ventures and issues pertinent to my impending move to the extent that I have neglected this blog entirely. Although I founded this blog on a particular precept that has … Continue reading
eBay Feedback Changes Seem Unfair
Occasionally, I buy and sell a few things on eBay. When selling, I always try to provide the best service possible and have until now maintained a perfect 100% feedback score. However, this week, eBay made changes to the way … Continue reading
April Traffic Numbers
The only way is up someone or other sang (rather painfully) in the late 80s and that seems to be the way for my portfolio’s traffic figures. This month, I tightened the criteria for inclusion in the monthly traffic tally. Essentially, … Continue reading
March Traffic Numbers
March saw quite a spike in traffic for the sites in my portfolio. Aggregated across all non-trash sites (discounting sites such as proxies, MySpace resources sites etc.), 649926 pages were pushed which is a healthy increase of about 61%, far … Continue reading
Get Matched with $150 per Month
There have been numerous takes on the basic ideas of PPC and CPM style advertising. I recently discovered a further offering from the guys over at matched.co.uk. On the surface, their offering looks like a fairly easy ~ $150 per … Continue reading
February Traffic Numbers
It seems a popular monthly ritual among webmaster bloggers to flaunt their numbers whether it be earnings figures, or pictures of AdSense checks or some other seemingly important numbers. Well, for the last few months, I have been keeping aggregated … Continue reading
Three More Blogs Strengthen The Portfolio
I’ve been a busy boy over the last month or so and have not been able to find time to squeeze out an update here. But, here goes. Mid-February, I commenced a mid- to long-term project centered around blogging that I … Continue reading
More Traffic to Your Blog #1: Forums
Here’s the first in a series of entries I have planned on promoting your blog. One of the revenue streams I intend to significantly strengthen during the 2008 calendar year is through blogging. Consequently, I wil most likely reflect quite a bit … Continue reading
Goals for 2008
As we get going again (and in order to facilitate a distinct feeling of deja-vu), here are my goals for this blog project for the coming year. i. Report on making $25 000. Yes, the final target remains the same, … Continue reading