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There is an old saying that states if you want to be like somebody, you got to think like somebody. In other words, if you want to be like evil (that’s me), you have think like evil. Earlier today, I posted a test to see if there were any evil thinkers out there. What Were You Thinking? When I made […]
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The Consumer Electronics Show doesn’t start until January 7 of next year. However, because of the size of the show (over 150,000 people are expected to attend), you have to book things months in advance if you want to find a flight or hotel. On the CES hotel reservations website, seven hotels are already sold out. And the prices are […]
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I have done it! I am ranked number 1 on Technorati! Yes, it took a while, but John Chow dot Com has finally hit the number 1 spot. It’s too bad Technorati still refuses to put me in their official Top 100 list. Reality Check Time OK, I’m not really ranked one 1 on Technorati (I’m really ranked 47). However, […]
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Kontera Technology I got an email from my Kontera rep. He said that I have helped over 1,300 publishers discover Kontera ContentLink, which is good. However, many publishers are not giving it a chance, which is bad. The problem is they either hate what they see after just 1 hour of using us, or they’re not up to speed on […]
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I received an email from Tyler Cruz about comments made on my blog using his name. It seems someone is going around pretending to be him and making lude and rude comments to make Tyler look bad. One of my ‘haters’ is apparently spoofing at me in your comments. Take a look at Comment Signatures – Yay or Nay for […]
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According to a recent case study by the University of Texas and Chitika, the top 50,000 blogs on the Internet generated $500 million in ad revenue last year. That sounds all well and good but I think the methodology to come up with the $500 million number is questionable. Chitika took their 12,000 publishers, found their Technorati ranking and how […]
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A huge congrats goes out to Mercedes Lopez for winning the John Chow dot Com BlueFur 24″ LCD monitor giveaway! Mercedes was drawn from nearly 300 entries! I have sent an email to Mercedes. All he has to do is reply to the email to claim his prize. Thanks to everyone for entering. I still have the contest to win […]
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Affiliate sales is this blog’s biggest moneymaker, accounting for $4,344.82 of last month’s $12,406.76 blog income. Many readers have emailed me asking which affiliate program was making me the most money. I deal with affiliate programs the same way I deal with blog advertising – use as many as you can while still providing a good user experience. Currently, I […]
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