My long time readers remember when I posted several months ago on how you can sell a blog for far more than it is worth. Well, it looks like someone was reading my article and decided to get out early.The blog I am talking about this time is called SiteFever dot com and was just…
Month: September 2007
Nintendo Announces the Wii Zapper
Nintendo has now officialy unveiled their Wii Zapper and yes, it is not much more than glorified Wii-remote and nunchuk holder. Lucky for us they will also be including a game with this plastic contraption; Link’s Crossbow Training!Link’s Crossbow TrainingFormat: WiiLaunch Date: 11/19/07ESRB: T (Teen): Fantasy ViolenceGame Type: ShootingAccessories: Wii Zapper included (requires Wii Remote…
Another split is coming
I just wanted to take a moment to let all of you know that another blog split is coming.Once the site is up and redirects are in place I will unveil it!
Saying Good Bye to AdSense
For the past three years or so I have been a happy AdSense publisher. For two of those three years I was a nickel and dime guy who never saw a check but did see a steadily increasing balance on his account. that all changed a little under a year ago when I started to…
Dealing with web ads and ad blocking
There has recently been an upswing in talk among tech sites about ad blocking plug-ins for browsers. On one side we have the publishers who feel they are being robbed blind by people who block ads and on the other side we have web users who say that the ads are garbage and they slow…
How old is your blog?
I’m not talking about how old as in “when did you start blogging?” No, I am talking about how old as in what form does your content take?Every blog goes through stages of life. Some go from birth to death and disappear while others return like a phoenix and burst back onto the scene with…
The Quartile contest is now over
A few weeks ago I posted a contest for a free copy of one of my prototypes of Quartile. All you had to do to enter was either talk about the game and link back to the post or purchase a copy of the game through the purchase link. Many people entered and I would…
ROCKWARS CONTEST TIME: SILLY PIX
Hi Folks,I’m just letting you know that the ROCKWARS ‘ Silly Pix’ page is back, and it’s better than before!How so? It’s RSS enabled, so you’ll always know when new pix are added PLUS you’ll be able to upload you OWN pix to the page.Also, at the end of each month, I’ll look at all…
Am I guilty of click-fraud?
As a follow up to my previous article on the discrepancy between Google and MyBlogLog in regards to click counting I present the following information:Month MyBlogLog Click DataGoogle Click DataOver/UnderMarch492375+117/131%April6376370/100%May756692+64/110%June13021349-47/97%July10411132-91/92%August632294+338/215%September28840+248/720%I’m not sure why March numbers are off by so much but most of the time my numbers are within 10% of each other. Then something…
RSS Feed Change
‘I have stopped using FeedBurner for my feeds. I have been debating this descision since it was announced that Google was buying up FeedBurner.I could say that I will miss the tracking information but, to be honest, FeedBurner never worked that well for me. It told me how many subscribers I have but all of…
Reporting from the Farm
‘Last month I broke away most of my Pokemon content onto a new site called PokeFarm. I lamented the loss of traffic over here at hmtk.com. Are you wondering what happened to the farm?The above chart shows visitors to the site as recorded by Google Analytics over a one month period. The average for the…
Do you Stumble?
Do you use StumbleUpon? I have been using StumbleUpon off and on for a few years now. I even became a donating member back before they got gobbled up by eBay.My StumbleUpon ProfileOne of the great things about Stumbling is that you can tell StumbleUpon what sort of sites you want to see and it…