I don’t like the word sceptic. It is frequently used in a negative way by the media; associated with conspiracists, UFO hunters, and guys that sit in their underwear all day eating cold beans from a can. In the true sense of the word, I am a sceptic. When I read news stories, I am … Read more
Returning to a website you haven’t updated in a long time is a little bizarre. Relaunching this blog at the end of November was akin to returning to an old family house that was covered in cobwebs. Most of the blogs that were listed in my blogroll are no longer updated and the themes and … Read more
After a month in Cuenca, we travelled up to Baños on Saturday. It only took around 9 hours to get here, which isn’t too bad when compared to most of the other journeys we have done in South America. The town is situated in a valley, surrounded by many high mountains. There are hydrothermal springs … Read more
You have heard many times that “the money is in the list”. Whilst it has become somewhat of a cliche, it remains true. Having a large responsive email list is a great way to drive traffic to your website, products or services. For many affiliate marketers, seeing people unsubscribe from their email list is an … Read more
In my opinion, the SNES is probably the greatest gaming console ever created. One of the first games I purchased for the system was the city-building simulation Sim City. There’s been many versions created over the years. One of my favourites was Sim City 2000. Electronic Arts (EA) recently released the latest version of the … Read more
It’s time for another quick travel update. The last time I updated you all about my travel situation was just over a month ago, when I just arrived in Ecuador from Paraguay. A few days after that post I uploaded a video from Puerto López and Machalilla National Park. Since then, we have been staying … Read more
FeedBlitz is an rss, email marketing, and social media solution, that has been adopted by thousands of bloggers over the last few years, particularly those who were unhappy with Feedburner. In my article last week, 15 Great FeedBurner Alternatives, I noted that I was looking for a good way to reliably track the number of … Read more
Traffic analysis is an important part of tracking the growth of your website, and seeing where traffic is coming from. This helps you plan out future decisions for your website such as what topics to write about. You probably all use Google Analytics to anaylyse your traffic. I use the free service actively and have … Read more
With the news of Google Reader closing down in a few months, many people are looking for alternative ways to read their favourite news websites and blogs. Jean Galea today shared with me a link to his WP RSS Aggregator WordPress plugin. The plugin allows you to create a page on your website that displays … Read more
I spoke the other day about how Google has completely abandoned Feedburner. It seems that no service is safe over at Google. Google Reader, one of the most popular RSS readers on the web, is set to close down on 1 July 2013. I was really surprised about this as it’s one of their most … Read more