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[17 Feb 2010 | One Comment | 112 views]
Paid Traffic Experiment – Is it worth it?

Have you ever seen advertisements for 10,000 targeted visitors for $10. Usually I just brush those adverts aside, reminding myself of the old adage “you get what you pay for”. But it occured to me $10 is worth about 4 adsense clicks on some of my high paying keyword sites. Surely out of thousands of visitors I could manage to get enough clicks to easily cover my small investment. Well it was worth a shot and so I set up an experiment to see if there was something in paid traffic.

Featured, Sites Worth Buying »

[31 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 147 views]
Sites Worth Buying – 1st Feb

You may have noticed that one of my favorite online activities is buying and selling websites. Pretty much everyday I start out my day by quickly scouting Flippa and Digitalpoint to see if I can find a bargain or a site that complements my current portfolio. Anyway I thought I would share some of this hard work with my loyal readers and as such, I have decided to post the best sites I could find for sale (at reasonable prices). If you are thinking of buying an established website check out these listings first:

Experiments, Featured »

[26 Jan 2010 | 3 Comments | 935 views]
My Guest Posting Experiment

I am sure you have heard the phrase “traffic is gold”. In fact I would like to amend that to read “relevant traffic is gold”. But the question I have been asking myself recently, is how do I obtain more relevant traffic for my blog Scribblescratch? One option I have often contemplated, but never actually tried is a guest post on another popular and reputable blog.

Featured, General »

[20 Jan 2010 | 8 Comments | 392 views]
Confessions of a Failed Web Entrepreneur

As any professional athlete, businessman, investor or coach will attest, learning from your mistakes or failures is a critical component of ensuring future success. I have been online close to 6 years now and thought, a public display of the mistakes I have made as I endeavour to become a web entrepreneur will not only help me to grow, but such public humiliation may also help new webmasters avoid many of the mistakes that I have made in the past.

Reflecting on this list and publishing it, is highly embarrassing now that I view them from a different understanding.

Featured, General, Headline »

[26 Dec 2009 | 10 Comments | 1,037 views]
Top 20 Dumbest Questions on Yahoo Questions

God bless the Internet. Where else can you assume a fake identity, pose the most inane question imaginable–like “Why can’t I see my reflection in the mirror on a television?”–and then sit back and watch the answers pour in?

Crowd-source advice sites like Yahoo Answers have become a bit of a magnet for the maladjusted. Sure, there are plenty of average Joes just looking for ordinary information. But among the sites’ many mundane queries, there’s a sea of jaw-droppingly dumb discussions guaranteed to amaze and entertain.

Featured, General »

[30 Nov 2009 | 2 Comments | 554 views]
What is the deal with Flippa?

Recently I held a contest to determine the better marketplace to sell a site. Flippa or Digitalpoint. The results for my flippa auction were much poorer than anticipated. After the auction had completed, I decided it was time to browse through some of the sites listed to build my portfolio. When I noticed something, which in my opinion is completely deceitful and unnecessary.

So what did I notice? Every search throughout the listings automatically searches "Feature Listings Only". Why the hell would anyone want to ever check that box anyway?

Blogging, Featured »

[7 Nov 2009 | No Comment | 257 views]
7 Steps To Optimize A Blog

Now I should mention when I refer to “blog”, I am in fact referring to the wordpress blog software. It is an amazingly adaptable, easy-to-use and SEO friendly platform that I use for almost all my sites. And after using wordpress for so many sites there are 7 steps I take every time when setting up a new blog.

Contest, Featured »

[4 Nov 2009 | 2 Comments | 355 views]
Flippa Vs DigitalPoint

Welcome to my first contest, where I pit two web services against each other to decide which one is better. The first contest will decide once and for all:

Where is the best place to sell a website”

Featured, Security »

[4 Nov 2009 | No Comment | 132 views]
Don’t be Lazy, Backup your Website

Well if you are a regular reader you may of noticed a change in the website. That is that there is no longer any content. Well I am here to tell you I have had a security issue and lost the database with my 1200+ post.