Blogging

Are You Obsessed With Your Blog Statistics?

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I have to admit that I am, checking my traffic almost every hour and when the server of my traffic tracker is down, I actually experience withdrawal symptoms and wonder if there’s anyone coming to my blog!

Of course, there are posts that I write for love and do not care if anyone reads them but there are also posts that I would want as many people to read as possible! Call me fickle, heh!

This morning, I could not access the website of my traffic tracker, I think it’s because of my Streamyx that is unable to connect to some websites lately and not so much because of the website is down or their server has a problem.

Anyway, I could not check my traffic. At first, I was agitated but after trying for hours, it actually is pretty liberating not caring if there are people coming to read or not. I think I will try not to check my traffic so often from now onwards. TRY is the keyword here!

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Spammed By Emerging “SEO Specialists”

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Over the past couple of days, I have been receiving a “comment” on my blog by a guy from India who would like me (and other people he spammed) to link up his site and he would give us link love from his PR5 blog.

I find it totally amusing because many people do not know that I run multiple sites and they send me the same message on all my sites and yet claim that they are not spamming.

If they could send me a message on each of my blogs, they could also do the same to other blogs who are on the same blog roll as I am. And they say that they are not spamming?

The funnier thing is that this company claims to be an emerging SEO specialist. Well, if I do require SEO services, I am not sure if I would engage them. I would not want my links to be considered as spam links!

General

Largest Wedding Supplier On The Web

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Have you been looking for unique wedding favors that will fit your budget? If you have tried to shop online, I am sure you will know how convenient it is. Plus, shopping online provides you with the leisure and space to shop at your own pace without pesky sales people following you like a shadow.

If you have been looking for personalized unique wedding favors, trust me, you should do it online. The Knot Wedding Shop, which is possibly one of the largest wedding supply retailers on the web, has a full range of wedding supplies, including quality unique wedding favors and at reasonable prices too.

I may have no use for wedding favors at this point in time but I really enjoyed browsing through their very creative range of unique wedding favors. I can only imagine the awe these wedding favors will create in brides to be!

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Creating A Dialogue Through Blog Comments

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My father wanted to know why my blog has so little comments, compared to Lim Kit Siang’s blog. Aiya.. how to compare wor? He then told me that I should invite my readers to give their views in comments and then reply to those comments and create a dialogue between readers and myself.

Aiyo… my father thinks that it is so easy to be a blogger ah? Actually, he asked me to set up a blog for him but I am lazy. My friend advised me to make sure that I teach him how to “PPP” LOL!

Anyway, I told him that to be an popular blogger in a short cut way, you need old time bloggers to mention you and your blog and literally drive traffic to you. It helps if you are young and beautiful and female. It helps if you post lots of photos of yourself, or photos of others that you pass off as yourself.

But we all know how selfish most established bloggers are. Even if you know them personally, they never will mention you and if they do, they will think that they have done you a great favour. Bah.. no comments, no comments lah!

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Am I Or Am I Not A Malaysian Blogger?

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The other day, I was chatting with a local blogger and he mentioned a couple of prominent bloggers but the problem was that he called them by their initials, as if we are both so close to them. He was throwing names like TT, JL, KS, XX, etc. Well, I always hate people using short forms because I can never make out what they mean unless I ask them outright.

I do know who he meant by TT and JL because we were talking about their flagship companies but I was stumped with KS. The first blogger which came to mind was “Kit Siang” and the problem was that this guy said that KS is “hot”.

I was shocked for a little while there and I said, “Lim Kit Siang hot meh????”

My friend was so amused, and he questioned if I was a Malaysian blogger. Of course I am but does that mean that I am a mind reader as well? Turns out that the KS he meant was Kenny Sia. Aiya…. Kenny Sia where got hot?

Computing & Internet

Online Job Marketplace For Beauty Professionals

Many people, particularly those who do not spend as much time on the internet as I do, do not know that they could look for a job online. Many still rely on the newspaper. This is not to say that the Saturday job classifieds of our local papers are obsolete. Well, they are limited.

The other day, my friend was surprised when I told her that I am looking for a spa job. Of course, I am just helping an acquaintance who does not have access to the internet.

Anyway, I got to know that there’s plenty of beauty jobs listed on BeautyJobs.com so if you are looking for a spa or beauty job, register with the site and upload a resume. You will also be able to browse listings of jobs based on location.

I think a job site like this specifically for beauty professionals is very handy and creates a job marketplace for both employers and employees.

Computing & Internet

Electric Charge

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There’s something wrong with my internet connection right now and I can’t blame Streamyx. Haha! The other day, after getting struck by lightning, honestly, I don’t even know where the problem lies in that my broadband connection keeps tripping.

I called up Streamyx and they tell me there is nothing wrong with my line at all. They do not even see the disconnection in their log yet I am experiencing that too frequently.

Is it my modem, hub or cables? I am thinking that I should wait a few days for the electric charge to dissipate but the frequent drop in my connection is killing my mood to work.

I do have Celcom 3G but to be honest, the stability has much to be desired. Let me try to be patient and wait a little while longer. I hope that things will right itself in time. I really have no time to troubleshoot unless I just change EVERYTHING!

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