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Feeling The Power Of Google PageRank 6

As you may know John Chow dot Com received a PageRank 6 during that last Google PR update. I thought it would be interesting to look at the effect the new PageRank had on search traffic. The above chart shows the search engine visitors this blog received from January to April. May traffic is a projection based on the first […]

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The Winner Of The Dual Monitor Video Card

Congrats goes out to Rod Templeton for winning the PowerColor X1550 512MB dual monitor video card. Rob won the X1550 graphics card, an installation CD with software and drivers, a red DVI to VGA adapter (in case you’re still running a CRT), an S-Video to composite video cable, and an installation guide in case he doesn’t know how to install […]

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In Today’s Globe & Mail

I just found out I’m in today’s edition of The Globe & Mail. That was pretty fast considering the Globe photographer came by only two days ago to take my picture. The article was written by Dan Skeen and deals with paid reviews. I was interviewed for the piece because of my involvement with ReviewMe. The Globe & Mail is […]

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No I Did Not Lose 1006 RSS Readers Overnight

Yesterday, my Feedburner RSS showed 4,444 readers. Today, it showed 3,438 readers. While my RSS readership does go up and down by over 100 per day, a 1,000+ drop is very unusual and requires further investigation, especially when yesterday was one of my bigger traffic days. I was not the only one affected by a huge drop in RSS subscribers. […]

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BC Business Photo Shoot Take Two

It seems BC Business wasn’t entirely satisfied with the first photo session. They asked their photographer, Nick Westover, to try again. Nick tells me the problem BC Business had with the first session was the photos looked too set up and not spontaneous enough. They wanted a more “this is how I do it” look. That’s OK with me because […]

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Who Wants A Dual Monitor Video Card?

In order to run dual monitors, you need a video card that supports it. Therefore, I have decided to give one away. The ATi Radeon-based X1550 from PowerColor is a new Windows Vista ready graphics card that packs in a hefty 512MB of on-board memory as well as dual DVI outputs, which will allow you to run two LCD monitors […]

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