August 2007 Archives

31/08/07 - Thanks To Tony Of WorkCircle

For those of you who haven't come across Workcircle, they are a jobs website which offer a JavaScript widget enabling you to show jobs for particular industries.

Anyway, I've received my first payment thanks to Tony, an extremely friendly chap.

here's some examples of the Workcircle widget for those who haven't yet come across it. More

31/08/07 - Going After The Big Bucks

I was asked to run a time limited campaign on Compare Sat Nav for an insurance product tht offered a tie into sat nav systems (visit the site and you'll see who I'm talking about). After a few days, I've checked my stats and noticed something interesting. More

31/08/07 - Price Update 31/08/07 And A Fresh New Look

Compare Sat Nav has been updated and has had a makeover! More

30/08/07 - Wanted: A UK Based PPC Expert!

If you are a PPC expert, want some free publicity and can spare around an hour a day for 5 days, you might be able to help me.

I can't really explain too much at the moment else it will ruin what I'm trying to achieve. If you match the following criteria, and you want to help, contact me ASAP. More

28/08/07 - Integrating the Ebay API Into Price Tapestry

I've spent all morning working on this and am rather pleased with the end result.

Check out the Compare Sat Nav page for the Navman F20 at http://www.comparesatnav.co.uk/gps/navman-f20.html and you'll see a live example of what I'm about to talk about. More

27/08/07 - Are You A Pro-Blogger?

Do you know everything there is to know about blogging? Are you a blogging king (or queen)?

If so, head over to http://www.dailyblogtips.com/pro-blogger-test/ More

27/08/07 - It's A Long Hot Summer

I'm not sure if anyone else has noticed a drop in sales but I have and I'm blaming the Summer. What with people jetting off to Benidorm or simply lounging out in that rare thing we call sun, there are less people flexing their credit cards.

I suppose that some of my sites are seasonal and Summer for me is a low point for these sites. More

24/08/07 - Price Update 24/08/07

Early morning update for Compare Sat Nav today which is fairly unusual! More

22/08/07 - Would You Trust BT To Run Your PPC Campaign?

I've logged into my Tradedoubler account and noticed a new program (that doesn't seem to be set up properly) called BT Web Clicks. Intrigued, I followed the links to here, BT's answer to all your PPC woes.

This really does raise some interesting questions. More

22/08/07 - A Brand New TomTom One GB For £50!

Just a heads up to this offer I'm pushing over at Compare Sat Nav. Thought it may interest a few others.

If you buy Tesco Car Insurance before mid September, they'll give you £100 off a TomTom sat nav system. More

21/08/07 - ChoicesUK Call In Administrators

This story (ChoicesUK have called in the administrators) has been picked up by all the major news outlets but thought it was worth blogging. Plus, whilst I was on the BBC's website, I've noticed a set of social bookmarking links at the bottom of the post! The Beeb's gone all Web 2.0! More

21/08/07 - So What Exactly Do You Do Mr Affiliate Marketer?

The idea for this article came to me last night whilst I was thinking about all the thing's I've got to do (very busy chap lately!)

Friends and family outside of affiliate marketing keep asking what exactly it is I do all day, "you know, apart from sitting around?!"

We can all roll off a definition of affiliate marketing (if you can't, what exactly is it that you do all day?!) but have you ever broken it down to gain a different perspective? More

21/08/07 - Networks, Let Me See Your Client List!

Over the past few months, new affiliate networks have popped up.

Fraser has highlighted a Swedish network targeting the UK called Affiliator (apparently bigger than Tradedoubler though I suggest not - and I don't seem to be the only one.)

I popped over to Affiliator to see what clients they have. This is where my question comes from! More

18/08/07 - Price Update 18/08/07

Forgot yesterday was Friday :-)

Anyway, Compare Sat Nav has been updated. Exciting news this week is the £70 sat nav system! More

15/08/07 - Calling Anyone Living In Wales Wanting Channel 4

If you live in Wales, you will be familiar with S4C - the Welsh version of Channel 4. Here in Wales, we don't get channel 4. What we get is a BBC channel (S4C) that shows some programmes from Channel 4 and other Welsh language programmes.

Matthew Willis has created a petition to ask for a choice of what to watch: channel 4 or S4C. Matthew doesn't ask for one or the other - his vision of Wales is for both to co-exist.

Please visit http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/WelshChannel4/ and add your voice if you are in agreement. More

15/08/07 - Thank You Auctionchex.com

After reading this A4U Thread about VAT and Google Adwords, I reclaimed a nice wad of cash. OK, maybe not that nice as it was only $25!

The problems came when I tried to cash a US Dollar cheque in the UK. More

14/08/07 - Trackback and Ping Crazy!

As an outcast who doesn't use Wordpress to blog, I have lacked the abilities that most bloggers take for granted.

I've just added pinging and trackback abilities. More

14/08/07 - Get 6 Times More Clicks With A .co.uk Domain Name

I just received an email from 1&1 who pointed out a very interesting survey result.

The email stated: More

08/08/07 - Trying Out Amazon's Text Links

You've probably noticed the red double underlined links that appear on this site and you'll have probably guessed that when you hover over them, they turn red. I have always wanted to test out whether they would work well in a product review so here's a bit about an affiliate marketing book currently for sale. More

08/08/07 - Do You Like A Big One?

Kirsty recently wrote an article about the effectiveness of different sizes of websites.

Here's my take on whether size matters. More

06/08/07 - Out Of The Box Is Fine But...

When it comes to web applications, I tended to fall back on a portfolio of open source applications. For blogs, I would use Nucleus, for content management, Website Baker was my preferred weapon. The only problem with this is the Website Baker wasn't as flexible as I required it to be and Nucleus now appears to be a stagnant project.

Lately, I've been using a lot of hand coded solutions as these do exactly what I want. I don't need a spiffingly wonderful backwnd if it's just me using it. I don't need plugins and modules that I never use. More

06/08/07 - New Templates Website

I launched Price Tapestry Templates last week and haven't had a chance to blog about it yet. So here goes! More

06/08/07 - Domain Names For Sale

I've added a few names to Sedo - I'm open to any reasonable offers.The names are varied and may suit someone out there is readerland!

The names are: More

06/08/07 - What A Week!

Everything's been transferred now and should be back to normal. Not everything went smooth and the horrid 1&1 holding page was displayed for a while on most of my sites whilst the DNS changes propagated around the web.

Some sites suffered as a result of the move. More