Computing & Internet

26,421,398 Alexa Reading

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I thought that my own Alexa readings were high for my blogs and was even rather concerned that no matter what I do, how ever much traffic has increased, the figures just continued to climb. I know that many people re saying that Alexa is irrelevant but I prefer a lower number than a higher one even if it’s only for cosmetic proposes!

Last week, while blog hopping, I had a shock when I saw that one blog, which I have forgotten whose blog it is anymore, has an Alexa of 26,421,398. That’s right, almost 26.5 million!

Hah…. I thought that once the Alexa is above a certain number, it will not be displayed anymore but I don’t know what happened to this blog that it achieved such a high number. Well, if this is the figure in my bank balance then I would be jumping with joy but it my blog has this Alexa reading, I would be pretty depresses, I tell you!

I have a theory that our Alexa readings have gone bonkers no thanks to all the new blogs that our has-been politicians have started. Well, even though are already on the verge of retiring from active politics, there are still plenty of blog readers reading and commenting on these blogs, if only to verbally bash them up!

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Extremely Ridiculous

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Last week, I was emailed a task but guess what? Soon after, received a rejection and there was no reason given besides the standard form letter informing me that my task has been rejected and that I should try again.

As far as I know, I met all the requirements stipulated by the company and the advertiser. So I submitted my post again and appended a note saying that they should specify where my error lies so that I could rectify my post.

If only it was this simple!

I received another TWO rejections and received the SAME email notification without additional information. It boggles the mind why it is so difficult for them to drop me a line telling me what is wrong with my post instead of just sending me canned messages!

Do they even read? Do they even know how to type? Don’t know English issit? Or just rejecting because they are in a bad mood? If they are not able to give me a reason why my post has been rejected three damn times, then APPROVE it!

This is the same company that declined payment for three of my posts and held up payment for one post, it is still on hold at this time of writing without a valid reason too. They claimed grab bag abuse but I don’t see how their grab bag system could be abused if they don’t show no bag for blogs that do not qualify or if the blogger has already grabbed a bag.

I was told by quite a few bloggers that they have stopped working for this company and I wondered why because all along, I have had a good experience with them. Well, now I know exactly why.

Charity

Helping The Community Via Organic Herbs

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Do you think this is possible? Well, I never thought that it was until I was told of this online store called I AM Shaman. Like the word “shaman” in the name of this online store suggests, I am Shaman, which you can access at www.iamshaman.com deals with organic herbs.

However, you need to be careful because unless they specifically say so in the description, everything product sold at IAmShaman.com is not to be consumed! And you may want to check if it’s legal in your country!

I had an amazing time going through their products. I did not know that there are so many different species of organic herbs and to think that buying these through IAmShaman.com would enable us to give back to the needy communities is like killing two birds with one stone.

General

Checking Out Adult Day Services Online

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A couple of days ago, a man drove past my home and seeing me outside, stopped his car. He was looking for a senior citizens’ home for his grandfather.

He told me that his grandfather is already 84 years old and have difficulty in walking after a nasty fall not too long ago. They do have an Indon maid but she has to return to her country due to an expiring work permit. The next best course of action would be to place the old man in a home.

It was embarrassing that I could not give him the directions to the home that he wanted because thee are so many here in my residential area and most of them do not have a sign board as their application for licenses are still pending approval from the relevant authorities.

I asked him if he had checked for the address online from adult daycare listings but he did not. I felt really bad that I could not help him much. What I could only do was take down him phone number and the home that he was looking for. I could only promise to let him know once I found out from my neighbors. In the end, turned out that my mother knows which home he was looking for.

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Click Rating System

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If you have logged into your account with a local blog ad company, you would probably have noticed the little yellow stars next to your blog.

While I noticed that there’s manual assignment of band to my blogs because I am not in their exclusive programme, I hope that the click through rate will show the real value of our ad placements.

I maintain that we are being shortchanged for opting out of the exclusive programme from the vast difference in revenue from the days before the exclusive programme was introduced and after.

And although it is said that if you were not assigned any ads to display in the past week, your star rating will be unchanged, I noticed that my rating actually fell by ONE star. Oh, the horrors, but it’s out of my control!

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No Closure On Declined Post

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I was complaining to a friend that my old post on San Diego real estate was declined after thirty days and payment was denied. She told me not to take it too hard since it’s not as if I know all that much about San Diego real estate. Hey, anyone would be pissed off to not get payment for work completed, right?

I may not know all that much about San Diego real estate but I know a little about the nightlife in San Diego from the stories that my sister told me. Apparently, they have a pretty interesting nightlife.

I was surprised that my sister found out about it during her work trip to San Diego. I never knew that she was into such activities because when she was here, she knew nothing about the Ipoh nightlife at all! My, people sure change with times!

Anyway, my issue with the declined post is still unresolved. All I know is that it has been canceled and there would be no payment heading my way. Whatever it is, there should be closure and I need the final word if I may remove the post. Oh well, free advertisement for them.

In The News

Will There Be A Succession Of Power Anytime Soon?

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Last month, my friend wrote a satirical post on three bald men calling for the premier to vacate his public office. LOL Although I’m rather politically aware, for the life of me, I could only determine two bald men. Who is the third one?

I sent my friend a text message asking him to identify the third man and he told me that it’s the Member of Parliament of such and such a constituency. I was like, “Eh, is he STILL bald? I thought he went for hair restoration already?” My friend replied, “Notchet.” hahah!

Well, whether there are two or three bald men applying pressure for a succession of power in Malaysian politics, it looks like the premier is determined to see through two terms in office as the P.M. of Malaysia. It’s all pretty interesting but I tell you, no matter who is the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister or Chief Minister, life will still be the same for ordinary folks.

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