Blogging

In Post vs. Sidebar Link

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I recently bought a new domain name and of course, the first thing I did was to link up my new baby from my blogs. What I noticed is that I received an almost instant ping back from blogs that I linked to IN POST while the blogs that I linked to from the sidebar were not picked up yet.. or maybe AT ALL. Anyway, that’s just my little observation.

Perhaps, it is because the blogs that I linked this new domain name from the sidebar are Blogger blogs while those I linked to in post are own hosted blogs where I have a long list of ping services entered in my control panel that caused this almost instant Ping back detection. Blogger does not have this feature, as far as I know, though I have checked the option about Pinging from my Blogger admin page.

Anyway, I am going to try this little experiment a few more times and see what happens and if my deduction is right.

Finances

DeMark Financial Services: Oregon Mortgage Refinance

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I was just surfing around the internet randomly when I perchance the website of DeMark Financial Services. I actually remember browsing this site before months ago but I don’t mind going through the articles again because interest rates have dropped and now is a good time to pursue an Oregon mortgage refinance.

To me, when interest rates drop like this it is a golden chance for homeowners to remortgage their home and take advantage of the lower rates. This will of course save them a lot of money if they know how to play their cards right, but I think that a lot of people who are caught by the high interest rates are first time homeowners so services provided by DeMark Financial Services and their wealth of experience is actually very useful in determining the kind of loan product that best fits the homeowner.

Although I do not own a home, I am very interested in home loans and the headache that comes with owning a home because I realize that my knowledge would come in useful when I commit myself to buying a home. At this point, with the lower interest rates, I think that local residents should seek an Oregon mortgage refinance. This is the right time for it so act fast!

Blogging

Writing Funny On Purpose

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Recently, I have been trying to write all my posts in a search engine friendly way even when I am not writing sponsored posts. Sometimes you will find me repeating some words, sometimes I word my sentence awkwardly. The only thing that I haven’t done is to spell my words wrongly on purpose hahaha!

After checking my the traffic log of my blogs, I see most of my traffic coming from search engines and I am trying to do a little experiment, writing in a way that I think people will search using the keywords that I have used in my posts.

Doing this experiment, I am hoping that I could garner more traffic and ultimately, readers who would return. I know some people may not like my sponsored posts, even though I am trying my best to keep it at 50% at the most, but then some people do think that sponsored posts have value too. Besides, a girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do!

Travel

Sydney Plans

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Just now I had a chat with my friend Grace who lives in Sydney. She invited me for a visit, except that I would have to find my own accommodation because she is in the midst of renovating her house. Boy, I can live without the noise and dust and I would rather pay for my accommodation in one of the scenic Sydney Hotels.

Grace recommended Darling Harbour Hotels to me which she says is within walking distance to the many restaurants and bars and fine dining. Oh, she is tempting me with food! According to CheaperThanHotels.com, a 3-star Darling Harbour Hotel starts from AUD120. It’s kind of out of budget, though, unfortunately, but luckily too. I am fat enough and don’t need to fight off the temptation of food even in Sydney! That would be tough to resist!

I checked the rates of North Sydney Hotels and they look more affordable with prices starting from AUD59 only and the location is convenient too, just north of Harbour Bridge. I hope that I am lucky enough to catch a show at the Opera House. I think we need to book our tickets in advance too!

Computing & Internet

172 Pages Long!!

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I am the owner of a Nokia E Series device and recently, discovered a mobile device forum with a thread on my Nokia E61i with a total of 172 pages! My goodness! It is my goal to read the whole thread because I have found some interesting information from the first couple of pages that helped me tweak my device and personalize it.

The thing is, I do not really have the time to read the whole thread in one sitting although I wish I could. All I could do is to sneak in a post or two while waiting for internet pages to load elsewhere and could only sneak in a page or two in one sitting.

And although the entire thread is 172 pages long right now, I dare not imagine how long it will grow to by then time I reach page 172! *shudders*

With my kind of crazy schedule, I wonder how long it would take me to finish reading the whole tread and play catch up. And I haven’t even contributed any posts on that thread yet!

Computing & Internet

What To Do With Your Factory Shipped iPod Earphones?

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I have heard from friends who own iPods that the factory ear-phone is not able to bring the best out of the iPod when playing music. I could not compare because I only have that one pair of earphones that were shipped with the iPod. A friend did invite me to his house to try out his advanced earphone which he said makes music from his iPod sound so much better. My iPod is not cheap and I am rather reluctant to spend another amount on earphones or headphones.

However, my friend told me of an iPod Earphone/Headphone Trade In Program that is being held by an online electronic store called Your Electronic Warehouse and apparently, they will give us a $20 voucher which we could use on a future purchase at the store if we participate in this trade-in program.

We could also use this voucher at Discount Golf World if we wish. Hhmm I think I am going to participate in this trade in program and use my $20 voucher to buy a golf gift for my dad.

Computing & Internet

What Is Deal Dot Com?

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A week ago, I joined the website that everyone on the internet has been talking about. I also joined using an affiliate link, which I do not know what benefit the person will receive. Not that I mind, anyway, or do I plan to solicit people to join under my affiliate link.

When people joined, I joined too without knowing what is in store for me and without having the time to explore the site further. However, I went to check the site out today and what is that? Are they trying to sell that product to us?

You know, I am on the mailing list of a rather popular Malaysian internet marketer and he also tried to market the same product to us quite some time ago.

So what is this Deal Dot Com all about? How is it supposed to provide us with an avenue to earn money? Do we have to SELL that product? Errmm I don’t think so! Thank you very much!

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