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All-In-One SEO Wordpress Plugin Meta Data Tip

If you've activated this plugin in Wordpress, you may want to check that the All-In-One SEO meta tags are actually being used in your page. I.e. that your page is showing title, description and keywords generated meta tags you specified for each post. Ensuring that these 3 meta tags are customized ...

Speed Linking 3rd October 2008

And it's the end of another action-packed week - Hello October! Here are some links that have helped me along the way: 1. Amazing video showcasing the new Canon 5D Mark II Digital SLR HD video capability. Release in Australia is said to be December 2008. 2. My new project Nudgeville is slowly ...

Mr.Gadget breaks into Top 10 Australian Blogs

I was pleasantly surprised to see the Mr.Gadget website rise into the Top 10 of the Top 100 Australian Blogs earlier this week. It's an honor to be listed with other fantastic blogs, most of which I have on my Google Reader / RSS list :) Kudos to Meg for putting ...

Nudgeville - My New Project

Yes you may have heard on the grapevine that I've been working on something new. This something is a result of me being banned from Digg for using scripts that I thought were legit. No warning, no message, just banned. I was only on for 3 months so no big ...

Regularly Check Your Wordpress Files: They Could be Hacked

Last night I got a bit of shock when I discovered a strange URL in my Wordpress header file (header.php). I cut and pasted into the URL field of my Firefox browser to find that it was some placeholder site that was selling domain names!? I believe that this could be ...

MyBlogLog Authentication

Guys, please ignore this post as I'm just claiming this blog on MyBlogLog. The main reason I'm doing this is because I've activated "MyAvatar" on the comments section of the Mr.Gadget website. The intention is to help readers build up the community feeling by being able to recognise fellow readers/commenters. Undergoing ...

Speed Linking September 18, 2008

Been busy doing a lot of different things over the last couple of weeks so haven't been able to post as frequently as I would have liked to. I also went on much needed holiday in north-eastern part of Australia called Queensland. We stayed at the Radisson at the Gold ...

My Daily “Must-Visit” Web Site List

Now that I've officially entered into the foray of social media applications, I've noticed that I'm spending more and more time on the Internet. Recognizing the additional time consumption, I am determined to make sure that things do not get out of hand. To do this, I need to list down ...

7 Tips to Improve Your Stumble Upon Experience

2008 has been the year that I have delved more into online social media apps. The two main reasons for this was curiosity and to connect with like-minded 'internetty' type people. I currently dabble with 5-6 Social Media apps daily - one of these is Stumble Upon. What is Stumble Upon? Stumble ...

6 Ways that I Make Money Online Via My Blogs

I've been blogging for almost 5 years now, but it is only this year (2008) that I have actually seriously looked at leveraging the Mr.Gadget blog pages to earn decent advertising revenue. There are two main reasons for the lack of work in this area: 1. Most focus in the past was ...