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Think Big Sites The Website Optimization Firm

Just now, I was checking some websites and remembered that my friend was looking for a website optimization firm and although I told her that I would not be helping her look for a good company, I would like to try to help her as much as possible since she is new to the internet.

So I came upon Think Big Sites, which is more than a website optimization firm because they also offer web design, web hosting, web marketing and blog marketing.

I tried to find out the pricing from the site of Think Big Sites but they are not listed but it did mention that the prices are determined by the options selected by the clients so I guess my friend would have to find out for herself by requesting for a free quote by filling out the form provided or she can read the list of questions compiled under F.A.Q. to receive a fair idea of what she services are available to her and what Think Big Sites is all about.

Actually, I have heard of Think Big Sites a couple of times in the past when I was looking for a website optimization firm for my company’s website so I have no qualms about recommending Think Big Sites to my friend. Hope Think Big Sites would be able to cater to her needs.

Blank Canvas Linked From Malaysia K.I.N.I.

This morning, I received a surprise when I checked my traffic statistics and saw a stream of incoming visitors from Malaysia K.I.N.I. for my post, OMFG!! Dog Catching Competition!!! Forgive me for spelling Malaysia K.I.N.I. so because I do not want to be linked from there for a second time!

I SMS-ed my friend and told him, next time, I am going to use no follow tags! The fact that I am not blogging with my real name is because I would like to keep anonymous. There are not many people who know who is behind this blog or my main blog and it is by design.

Of course, the good thing is that I could write as I want but the bad thing is that most blog readers like to read blogs that they feel that they know the blogger, that they feel a closeness that they feel close to. And without providing a name or a photo, they cannot connect with me. Well, I guess I can’t have the best of both worlds.

However, I did take a screen shot to celebrate my five minutes of traffic surge. I just hope that my family did not notice that link out.

Teak Furniture Online Store

I read in a magazine that teak furniture is all the rage now amongst people who truly know how to enjoy the little luxuries in life. According to the article, people who have a garden are flocking to buy teak patio furniture because they are stylish and exude an air of class. It shows that the family as arrived!

I checked out the website of Teak Wood Patio Furniture to look at the available designs for teak patio furniture. I am really surprised that there are so many different styles that suit different needs.

I admit, I used to think that only older people would want teak furniture in their home. How wrong was I! After browsing through the site, even I would love to have my house filled with lovely teak furniture! The price may be on the high side for me but luckily Teak Wood Patio Furniture, the online store, is running a sale at the moment and has slashed prices! This is good news for people who have been eyeing teak furniture for their home!

Which Is More Spammy?

Well, there was an issue recently about having an organic post between all sponsored posts across the whole blog. I wonder, is it better to have original posts of three to five lines that do not make sense between all those sponsored posts or is it better to have a couple of sponsored posts here and there irrespective of their order, but are written in a well thought out manner?

Just a month or so ago, I questioned the Value In A 3 – 5 Line Post and I still do not know what good they do and if people are forced to place an organic post between sponsored posts across the whole blog, we will be seeing more of these. Not that I do it, mind you, but if you blog hop as much as I do, you will know what I mean.

Personally, I would not mind reading a lengthy sponsored post that makes sense. You know what I enjoy most about writing sponsored posts? Money aside, it is the many websites, services and blogs that I have been introduced to. I feel that I have learnt so much this past ten months and I hope that my readers have too.

Tailor Make Your Dream Vacation

You know, a family friend runs a travel agency in my home town and I must say that even though we are able to get discounts, they have the most boring vacation packages in the world that I would not dream of wasting money buying from them. I always dream of going to some place exotic that can meet the needs of the adventurer in me but that was not possible until I chanced upon this new site called Tripology.

From what I understand, we can just plan our own itinerary and place a request on the site and up to three travel agents will get back to us with the best packages for our dream vacation. This certainly beats the deal that I am getting at the local tour agents!

I find the site very user-friendly because we just have to give them a general guide on what we want for the trip, and little details like when we are leaving and any other preferences which we may have.

I find this site excellent for people who would like to tailor make their own dream vacation!

OMFG!! Dog Catching Competition!!!

Just as I am still disgusted with the issue on The Plight of Malaysian Monkeys, this one really takes the cake. Dogs are close to my heart and I understand that the issues of stray dogs are a concern, what more when more than half the population in the country is anti-dogs. However, is this the way to handle the situation??

I cannot in the life of me believe that there is someone this smart to come up with a dog catching competition. I hate to think what fate belies dogs that are caught, if they are still alive.

And for the sake of getting one more dog, I believe that the safety of even real pet dogs with owners and a dog licence would be at stake. Just take a look at the motivator that will be driving people to catch “stray” dogs.

Everybody, please make a collective effort to voice out your disgust whether you are a dog lover or not, the bottom line is, this is INHUMANE!!!

Let’s speak up against the Selayang Municipal Council for organizing this ridiculous competition. You can do this by highlighting this case in your blogs, by emailing all your contacts and by writing to the press.

Contacts are as follows:
MalaysianPress
editor@thestar.com
myletters@nstp.com
mynewsdesk@thesundaily.com
editor@malaysiakini.com
editorial@sinchew.com.my
bhnews@bharian.com.my
news@nstp.com.my
metro@thestar.com.my
pengarang@utusan.com
editor@nanyang.com.my
tcpb@po.jaring.my
mmnews@nstp.com.my
am@hmetro.com.my
gmkl@guangming.com.my
bgns@bernama.com

MixFM (Malaysian Radio)
richard@mixradio.com.my
shazmin@mixradio.com.my
serena@mix.fm
ika@mixradio.com.my
pietro@mix.fm

International organisations that you can write to:
wspa@wspausa.comI
nfo@peta.org
info@dogsdeservebetter.org
wspa@wspa.org
ukwspa@wspa.org.au
wspa@wspa.ca
contact@gan.ca
info@bluecross.org.uk
afa@afa-online.org
press@api4animals.org
info@ari-online.org
info@rightsforanimals.org
info@speakcampaigns.org

Spread the news, and take the time to just write a short note to all our local papers as well as the international organisations mentioned above.

Free RSS Widget For Your Blog

As a blogger with multiple blogs and just started a new blog, I understand how difficult it is to build traffic to each blog. I tried to attract readers from my more established blogs by placing a feed to display fresh content whenever I publish a new blog.

I was searching for a tool to Create RSS Feeds and Widgets for Free and found this site at WebRSS.com. The site is pretty simple to use and I could just about convert any feed and turn them into content for my sidebar. This would add value to my readers, of course.

But first off, I am going to create a widget of all my blogs. I need the cross traffic! I am so happy that I could customize the widget to fit the theme of my blog. It supports a total of 170 different colors! That is simple amazing! Oh yes, I would like to mention again that it is FREE and I LOVE FREEBIES!