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You know how your browser tries to guess where you go by what your typing in?  These are the sites that come up as my suggestions (from browsing history) when I go through each letter of the alphabet:

A -Google Analytics

B – The Other Guild

C – Creeva’s World 2.0

D – Digg

E – Gmail

F – Feedburner

G – General Discussion -Vermilion News

H – Slashdot

I – The Other Guild

J – Journey To Get Paid

K – Kwippy

L – My Lifestream

M – VCMA

N – Network Solutions

O – Oh My Yod

P – Ping.fm

Q – Disqus

R – Google Analytics

S – Slashdot

T – Twitter

U – Yahoo Login

V – General Discussion -Vermilion News

W – Statcounter

X – Yahoo Login

Y – Yahoo Login

Z – Dad Hacker

Interesting?  Not really.   I found this post amusing however.

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I originally wrote this for Journey to Get Paid published here.

It seems more and more of my past associates and friends are starting businesses, mostly ones dealing with a tech front. You have Shea who seems to be starting a a new business model for something every week. Most of his stuff deals with blogging or enviromental concerns such as wind energy. He works for himself and his latest venture deals with making t-shirts.

I have another friend who just left his current cozy job to do a security company with a partner. He’s planned this for months so it’s not a phantom leap in the dark. I am however very impressed – now if I could only find a partner to do a similar thing here in the midwest.

Finally a friend from Oregon contacted me to ask me questions on kiosks. It turns out he started an eco friendly baby item website. Of course I think there should be a blog attached to it, but he has his own online business which he said is going well. (btw use the coupon code BRENTSPAWN there to get 5% off).

I’m interested and ecstatic about new media. New media however for someone like me doesn’t pay the bills. Until I can figure out how to successfully monetize my activities I’ll have to keep my normal boring day job.

This article is written by me and originally published at Journey to Get Paid in this article.

It seems I just talked about Discus, but I have a new article for you to check out. Webmonkey posted an article on how to back-up your Discus comments using the Discus API. I use wordpress and I’m lucky enough to have my comments sync back to my blog platform. If you are using anohter blog platform, you may not be so lucky yet.

Instead of loosing your data somewhere in the blogosphere (especially in a time when so many Web 2.0 start-ups are disappearing) why don’t you follow the steps in the article and back up your data.

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Originally Published at Journey To Get Paid in this article.

So a couple weeks ago I moved all of my blogs over to the Disqus commenting platform.  So far so good.  The best thing is that I now have an offsite backups for all of my comments.   I had held off using any commenting platforms until they could sync back to the local wordpress database.

I backup all of my blog posts in e-mail and google documents, but there hasn’t been a good offsite backup system for comments until now.   If I loose my blog or migrate to another platform Disqus (supposedly) will be able to sync the contacts back correctly.

Check them out, and leave a comment to test it.

Originally Published at Journey To Get Paid in this article.

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Originally Published at Journey To Get Paid in this article.

We’ve all thought about it.   Why don’t I try one of the services that pay me for each post I do.  I only have to write about something I know nothing about and make it seem convincing.  Yeah, right.   There is more to it then that.   I’m not going to call out all services or their designs, but at the same time, they are bunk.

They don’t want to be black listed for spamming themselves so they are calling you out to do it for them.   Normally you would get anywhere from 2.50-5.00 for the privilege of doing this for them.  So for 5.00 you’ve lowered your integrity.   I can understand if your blogging about cruises or vacation providers if you have a travel blog, if you have a personal blog though it’s kind of transparent.

Looking through the benefits and pitfalls of getting in bed with one of these services, I would recommend becoming an Amazon Affiliate – at least there you can make residual income on a blog post that should add up to more then 5.00 for the right item.

Originally Published at Journey To Get Paid in this article.

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Originally Published at Journey To Get Paid in this article.

How do you use your web statistics?   I’ve written that alot of people that visit my site need updated browsers and computers, but mostly I’m curious on where they going.   They are browsing around my site, but not to the content I want.

The content that is most read is the articles that don’t have much depth or they are social network invites.   You take what you can thought.   It is surprising watching how people found your site and what they are reading.   I recommend checking your web stat software regulary.

Originally Published at Journey To Get Paid in this article.

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Originally Published at Journey To Get Paid in this article.

They (don’t ask me who “they” are) say that to grow a blog you need to create a social environment around your blog.  This theoretically will make people want to come back and read your blog again and again.

I’m not going to discredit this theory, but at the same time it’s not the complete picture anymore then saying Myspace is one of the greatest web sites in the world because of the traffic it generates.   Beyond social aspects you also need good content.   Not all of us are good content providers, heck most of you probably hare my stuff.   That’s fine, no one is forcing to read it.   However commenting is part of the equation.

Every time someone leaves a comment on one of my blogs I do my best to reply within twenty four hours.   This shows that someone is reading their comments and takes an interest in them.   I take an interest in each and everyone of my readers, though some of them don’t care enough about me to actually leave a comment.

So have you left or replied to a comment today?

Originally Published at Journey To Get Paid in this article.

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Originally Published at Journey To Get Paid in this article.

I don’t reblog very often.  When I do it’s mostly because it’s something that really interests me.    However even sites like Gizmodo or Lifehacker will take stories found somewhere else and write another article about it.  This in and off itself isn’t much of an issue.

The issue lies in the fact that Lifehacker wrote about someone else’s article, in turn someone else writes about the Lifehacker article, then another person writes about that article.   Instead of original thought or words there are huge amounts of people that are regurgitating information and creating a buzz.   The problem lies in the fact that the original author often times do not get credit, the credit goes to the large sites.   This is a great misfortune since the only way to find out where the true information comes from is by chasing link through link.    That is if the chain of attribution is intact during the whole line along the way.

If you are a reblogger, please write something original.   I would say write something original most of the time.  Put your words and voice into someone else’s story, but also tell one of your own.

Originally Published at Journey To Get Paid in this article.

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I wrote the other day about how much traffic I’ll be generating over the 2008 fiscal year.   These numbers however do not translate into a a pay day for myself.   So far the Journey to Get Paid is long, lonely, and empty.  This doesn’t discourage me though, I don’t write to get paid.   I write because it calms and I enjoy it.   Just thought I would give you all an update on the fundage so far.   Curently I’m sitting at under 20.00 for the year.   So at least I’ll get a dinner out of all of this writing.

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Originally Published at Journey To Get Paid right here

I’ve noticed an interesting trend lately.  It seems while I get 80-90% of my hits during the average work day time, almost all of my Adsense clicks I receive are clicked in the evening hours.   I had written early about studies that show only 1% of the people that read web page click ads, the question I have now is do they all click them at night and refrain during the daylight hours?

What type of ads are my sites showing that might be considered not safe for work?

Inquiring minds want to know.

Originally Published at Journey To Get Paid right here

Why do you blog?   Are you hear to make a quick buck?   If you have investors in you then you stand to make an immediate living in it.     For the ones that aren’t making their dream income, do you continue writing for the hope of eventually getting a pay day?   Would you still do it if you knew it was never going to come?

The reason I ask is that I noticed one of the sites that I followed last year was in a nomination to being one of the best new blogs.   As of March 25th the site has not seen an update.   I know one of the writers and I haven’t asked him about this, but I do know he is actively working on a new site.

I understand about stoppping when you run out of funding, but do you make a run at something build up equity and leave it hanging?  Your readers none the wiser about what has happened?

I understand blogging can be a business, but one thing your readers want from you is to be informed.   If you disappear and they notice you started another blog without telling them, how long are they going to continue to trust you?

This is the wolf in sheeps clothing, they made thair money and moved on to the next project.  I’m not going to preach that there is anything wrong with that, but I will state that it isn’t the nicest thing to do.

Your opinions?

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Originally Posted By Creeva Murkado to Journey To Get Paid at 5/07/2008 01:41:00 PM