Have you heard that there was a Page Rank Update over the weekend? Well, it was more like a “Down date” as many blogs and websites were demoted. Page Rank is something that we should never take for granted.

As a blogger with seven active blogs, one of mine was downgraded from a 3 to 2. I was not surprised as that was one of the least visited blogs. It was a 2 just before monetizing it and went up to 3 in the following update. It stayed at 3 in the next nine months or so but now it is back to its original two.

Well, I guess I am rather relieved that I am not as hard hit as other people. I read that some people dropped from a 3 to zero over night. That would be a nightmare!

After all is said and done, as long as our blogs is not totally removed from the index of major search engines, we would have the chance to build up our blogs or site once again.

I was checking for something on the internet when I stumbled upon the website of Vision Point of Sale. Boy, do they have the largest collection of used point of sale. To be frank, when I first found out that companies really use refurbished IBM pos equipment and other brands, I was surprised and rather skeptical.

I thought that we will always have to take them in for servicing or repair but I was wrong when I experienced refurbished Fujitsu Point of Sale equipment at my company. Perhaps Fujitsu is such a reliable brand but then as long as they are well refurbished following stringent rules and procedure, they can last very long without giving us any down time.

Did you know that the leading company to offer such services is Vision POS? Not only are they suppliers of refurbished equipment, they help you to dispose them off as well when the equipment is totally dead.

I think that all companies that are using POS equipment should get refurbished ones because it is a great way to save cost.

Sometime back, I received a notice that I would need to have at least ten posts in a forum before I would be able to reply to my Private Messages. And I was like, “What the heck force us to participate in the forum!” but I do understand that this was a measure taken to counter spammers in the forum. Heh.. spammers are everywhere and they are posting porn in forums.

I spent a few hours at the forum reading and replying to threads and finally managed to get that ten posts under my belt within a day. Some of you may wonder why it took me that long to accumulate ten posts. Well, I like to read and respond intelligently. And reading takes up a lot of time when I have never been in the forum before and the threads are long.

Anyway, am glad that I passed the mark and am now able to reply to my private messages. I’m just feeling lucky that their minimum is not set to 20 to 50 haha! Hope they won’t keep putting the bar higher and higher, though!

I am was an avid reader and used to read anything and everything that I could get my hands on, including the side of cereal boxes. I even had to take a book into the loo with me. However, I had to change my habit when I am on the computer for 20 hours a day and had to rest my eyes when I am off the computer, so no more reading for me. However, I am still buying books and magazines telling myself that SOMEDAY I will find the time to read them all!

Thinking back, I feel quite stupid to have spent so much money on the reading material when I could get them all for free online like downloadable e-books, e-magazines and newspapers. But the joy of feeling the book in my hands, I think that only another book lover would understand.

Now that I am computer savvy, I get all my books and magazines from online stores. Not only is it more convenient, it is way cheaper than what I am paying. For example, from this new online magazine subscription site that I came across at Magazine-Agent.com, I would be able to save up to 82% off cover price for the ever popular Time Magazine and that is A LOT of money!

Subscribing to a 36-issue of Shotgun News, my father’s favorite firearms magazine, through http://www.magazine-agent.com, will save us a hefty 80% discount from cover price. Moreover, Magazine Agent is even offering a 90-day no obligation free trial.

With prices like this, who needs to subscribe from the local news vendor anymore? It’s silly or me to have spent SO much money on these very publications before I discovered the internet!

If you have followed my other blog, my friend asked me for a gift and it was a Vacehron Constantin Malte Skeleton watch, and I stupidly agreed not knowing that these watches come with an obscene price tag! Since I haven’t even heard of this brand before, I went online to look for luxury watches. To be frank, after I found out the price, I called him up and asked, “Replica can ah???”

Anyway, when I was searching for luxury designer watches news and information online, I chanced upon this site at Watchluxus.com. What I like about this site is that it is not an online store but rather a site that lets us search for our favorite watches, learn about their features, read all about the latest news in the brand name watch market in the blog and discuss about our dream watches with fellow watch lovers in the discussion board.

Using their powerful search engine and filter, I was able to look for the watch my friend wanted since they have a database of over 20,000 watches. Once I have read through and am satisfied with the functions of the watch all I need to do is to click on the link and be taken to the website of the official retailer.

I really love this concept because I would be able to get impartial and unbiased reviews of luxury watches and they are not trying to SELL me the watches. Besides, by going to the website of the official retailer from Watchluxus.com, I am confident that the site comes highly recommended by Watchluxus.com and the watches are genuine. It’s quite scary how many people are selling replicas or imitations and passing them off as genuine!

Watchluxus.com also lets us search for second hand luxury watches. Perhaps my friend would settle for this! Haha!