Archive for February, 2008
Even if I didn’t written to much this month because I was busy launching with Simonne our Make Money Online blog – EzMoneyOn.Net and our Free Web Directory – 134u.net, my dear commentators was as kind as always commenting in my few February posts.
Thank you all for taking time to comment in my blog and here is my reward to you:
1. nimrodjo tells us 10 Reason For Blogging. You should check his article and leave him a comment telling him what’s your reason for blogging?
2. Audee posted a great list for designers, about The Design Forums and Design Niche Social Media Sites you always wanted for. If you are a designer, you surely need to find something fresh to enrich your creativity or simply get interact with other designer in a solid community. So check her post and tell her what you think about it.
3. Beautiful Minds has A bad experience with Dell Laptop – Inspiron 1525. If you have similar experience with Dell product, you should leave him a comment and tell him about your issues.
4. Bobby Revell has written an interesting post, Rent Yourself A New Image, saying that “the way a person looks is often placed above their values and it is reinforced by compliments and feelings of false self-esteem.” Well, what do you think about that? Visit Bobby’s blog and leave a comment with your thought.
5. Tay tells us 10 Reasons Why a Blog is Better Than a Website. Check his article and if you know more reasons, leave a comment on Tay’s blog.
6. Jacob Cass has written a very long post, Ultimate List of Blog Heading Templates & Titles for Blogging, where he have collected a huge list of great blog heading templates and titles for blogging. If you want to customize your blog title or if you ever have writers block, than read Jacob’s article.
7. William has written a list with 75 Ways to Increase Your Site’s Traffic. If you care about your site’s traffic you should check his post.
8. Jay wonders if Guest Posting is Good or Bad for You. If you want to write as a guest, you should consider reading his post.
9. Saedel has 10 Drafts and a Focus. It’s a very good post and you should go and give him some support.
10. AntiBarbie has two adorable daughters. You should see them in her post, Beware the Monsterface!. Many kisses to your daughters, AntiBarbie!
11. Mohsin share The Most Useful StumbleUpon Feature You May Not Have Known. If you are a stumbler, you definitely should check his post.
12. Jersey City Register – Jersey City Register is a local news blog dedicated to bring the community of Jersey City together with news, information, local events and much more. If you are from Jersey, you will find a lot of interesting information out there.
13. Jeff didn’t left any address so I’ll say him just Thanks! for his comment.
Now, this post reminds me to tell you that Spammers use Top Commentators vulnerability to hijack top list.
It seems that the Top Commentators plugin remembers the last URL used for a commentator and displays that as an anchor for their name.
After I’ve read Andy’s post, I was pretty careful and I’ve noticed when someone posted as AntiBarbie with another site as anchor. Fortunately, I know AntiBarbie’s email, and I figure out what was going on. After I’ve deleted that comment, the AntiBarbie’s URL displayed right. So be carefully with your Top Commentators.
That’s all for now so I wish you a great month!
February 29th, 2008
Simonne and I have launched a new Free Web Directory on 134u.net. It’s a girl-edited directory, so it will be free of spam and other crap.
You are invited to submit your blogs and sites. We have a special category for Blogs, a special category for non-English sites, called Regional, as well as a lot of other categories.
On the listing pages there are displayed the site’s thumbshots and the site’s PRs.
We have already about 1000 sites approved. The submission is completely free and the approval process is very fast.
We work hard to obtain some PR to the next Google update, so if you want a one-way-backlink, feel free to submit your sites to our free web directory.
February 27th, 2008
Last night I had the unpleasant surprise to find out that my blog is for sale. What ?!?! 
I’ve searched 134u on DomainsBot and I saw that 134u.com is for sale, though last week it was reserved.
Now, you don’t have to think that I verify or search for my domain every week 
Just wanted to find other domains which include 134u “word”.
So my domain is for sale on Sedo and Afternic. On Sedo there is no much information, but on Afternic, there are a few.
As you can see, there is a seller (Netrian) and you can make a minimum offer: $500. Wow! What a valuable domain I have!
Of course, I cannot contact Netrian unless I’m a paid member. And I don’t want to pay anything just to say something “sweet” to him.
I’ve contacted my hosting provider and they said that the domain cannot be selling because it is not expired and it is registered through them, so there is nothing to worry about.
Just a small note: I’ve never intended to sell my domain, neither my blog.
February 18th, 2008
TNX.net is a new network that combines contextual advertising, text link brokers and relevant exchange of permanent non-reciprocal text links.
As a publisher you can monetize your blog/site by selling text link ads or by referring other people to TNX. As an advertiser you can improve your search engine rankings by placing millions of non-reciprocal links to their sites, as well as to drive more traffic to your blog/website.
TNX.net for Publishers
In order to be accepted in TNX.net program your blog have to pass out some requirements, for example:
- It is preferable to have pages on the site with PR at least 1
- You must have your own domain
- Your site must be indexed by Google
- Your site must have at least 30 pages (with regular ranking)
- Your site must be in PHP
Once your blog is accepted, you’ll have to insert a code in your site, in the place where you want the links to be displayed (usually in the sidebar).
Publishers can choose their advertisers by themselves, placing only links which are relevant for them. This feature is explained in detail how it works on this thread in Digital Point forums
If you want to know how much you will earn by selling links on your website, you have an income calculator which calculates your profit (in TNX points as well as in $) according to your number of pages and PR.
You’ll get paid in TNX points for the links you allow to be placed on your website. You can trade those points with other TNX.net members, or you can claim their value in USD from TNX itself, at a rate which is public, and updated regularly. As of today, the exchange rate is $0.74 for 1000 TNX points. The minimum amount of points you can redeem is 5000. Payments are done via PayPal or MoneyBookers.
TNX.net for Affiliate Marketers
Once you become a member of TNX, you could also benefit from the affiliate program which allows you to earn points by referring people to TNX. You will receive 13.3% of all “TNX-points”, he/she will earn in the future (a reward for referring an advertiser is also available). This amounts to almost half of the system’s commission! Interest is paid for the lifetime.
TNX.net has a special offer which will help you get started by giving you 5000 TNX points which can buy you up to 5000 links on websites of your choice.
TNX.net for Advertisers
Google says: “In general, webmasters can improve the rank of their sites by increasing the number of high-quality sites that link to their pages.”
On TNX.net, you can choose the sites where your links will be displayed. There are 4 filters available: by category, by geo-targeting, by number of inbound links (in Yahoo), and by Google PR.
For example, if your website is about business, you can choose to buy links only in the Business, Finance, Industrial category, which has 1112 websites as of today. In this way, the links you’ll place will be more relevant, because they will be shown in a related context. If you want a lot of links for little spending, you can further choose only those websites which have PR 0 or 1. The TNX.net system is very flexible, and it allows you to customize your campaigns according to your needs and budget.
Moreover, TNX has a useful tool, called Link Generator, which generates different links with different anchors, in order to make them look more natural.
If you want to try TNX.net, you can sign up now!
February 15th, 2008
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