Wow, I can’t believe that I have not made any post for this month of September 2009. Well, I have been quite busy and somewhat lazy as well. But, I won’t tell you about the lazy, because I want you all to think that I work so hard and I’m always busy with work 
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This month I started working on two new projects (that is, two new websites), that I’ve started from scratch. I was supposed to start only one of them, but the opportunity to start a second profitable project came in front of my eyeballs, so I grabbed it 
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In project one, I’m basically just using articles to promote the vendor’s product, which is the easiest thing to do. I also setup a blog but so far no posts have been made on the blog, so the blogging phase of the project is still pending.
For project two, the website is one a keyword-rich domain, so I am taking advantage of that fact to optimize the website (which is obviously powered by Wordpress) to rank higher for Search Engines. So far, the website is ranking among the top ten results in Google for the main keyword which gets about 2500 searches per month.
I also had to update Wordpress to the lastest version on all websites because there was a security issue with the previous version. Things move fast in an opensource community, so we have to stay updated if we don’t want ot be left behind.
P.S. I’m sorry, but I can’t reveal more information about the projects I’m working on, so don’t ask 
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Hello Reader,
How are you doing? I hope you are doing great!
The last few days, I have been experimenting with a few Wordpress plugins to automatically link a keyword in the posts/comments to a URL (a Web address). I need such a tool so that I don’t have to manually link the keywords when I am typing the post, and also to automatically change the links on all post if I need to.
I tested a few plugins, but apparently they have not been updated since a while and I was having problems making them work on the latest versions of Wordpress. It’s really sad that some developers give up on upgrading their plugins. Well, we can’t blame them either, they are providing us with great tools and if no one supports them, sooner or later they will give up. So, if you like a Wordpress plugin, and you want the developers to continue working on it, consider giving them a donation or at least spread the word around so that they get some visibility out there.
Anyways, here are the plugins that I came across that can (could) automatically link keywords to URLs:
But, the one that worked for me (so far) is:
- SEO Automatic Links (It’s easy to setup, easy to use and above all, it will make you some easy money if you use it well)
I hope you found some value in this post! Wordpress is a great CMS (Content Management System) and if ever you are stuck with something, remember there is a Wordpress community to help you out. You just need to ask!
I have not updated the blog since quite a while. I have been busy, although I must admit I have also been very lazy. I have been reading some books and learning some new things. I’m currently reading a book on Influence – The Psychology of Persuasion. There is a lot cool stuffs about how the human psychology can be “manipulated” in this book. Anyone interested in marketing should read it.
The last thing I did on the blog was to upload digital copies of my certificates. So now, anyone who wants to check if I am who I claim to be can clear their doubts.
What am I gonna add next?
I own the rights to a series of self-improvement tips. I want to set up all the tips in an autoresponder so as to send a daily self-improvement tip to anyone who subscribes to receive them. The tips and advice will cover many aspects such as goal setting, building self esteem, etc…
Paypal provides a secure environment to make purchases and receive payments safely over the Internet. Basically, what you do is you feed your credit card or bank account details in your Paypal account and then you only need to use your email address to make and receive payments.
Unfortunately, Paypal’s sevices are still not available completely in some part of the worlds. In 2005, when I first discovered Paypal, I was eager to open my account, but they later informed me that they were not offering their services in Mauritius. Fast forward three years later, they now opened their services to Mauritians, but you still have some restrictions on your account. For example, we can not add a local bank account or receive payments. But, in my case, my local Mauritian Paypal account helps me a great deal in sending payments for things I purchase online.
So, do you have a Paypal account? If not, you may open an account here.
The last few days I noticed some spam comments on the blog. They are the type of comments that are not related to the post and are used to promote some other websites. I have no problem with someone wanting to have a link back to their blog or website, but the comment should be relevant to the post, and the website they link to should be decent. By decent, I mean the kind of websites you will let your 10 year old daughter view.
Anyways, since I can’t be deleting these spam comments every time, I have just activated Akismet. Akismet is a Wordpress plugin which checks comments using their web service to determine if the comment in question is spam or not. I have it activated on my other blogs too, and it really does eliminate a lot of the spam comments.
You would need a Wordpress.com API Key to activate it. You can get one by registering an account at Wordpress.com and you are all set to deal with spam comments.
The blog has been on the web for just one week, and I have already had visitors from 11 countries worldwide. That’s why I find blogs(especially Wordpress blogs) so awesome. If I had put up a static website, I’d probably still be the only one reading it.
Well, that does not mean static websites should be banned. They have their purpose too, but if you want immediate web traffic, blogging is the way to go. By default, Wordpress “pings” some services to notify them that a blog has been updated. That alone will bring a few visitors to the blog. Anyways, I won’t get into the technical details of why blogs get traffic easily.
The statistics of the blog are provided by Awstats, a nice little traffic monitoring tools that comes with my hosting service.
For me, the internet lifestyle is freedom. Freedom to be where I want, when I want and not let someone else control my life. I’m a bit of an individualist (someone who pursues individual thoughts and actions). Of course, that does not mean I don’t care for other people around. In fact, many times I find myself caring a bit too much for some people. Anyways, back to the topic of Internet Lifestyle.
Well, I can say I’m partially living the Internet Lifestyle. I have some level of freedom because I work for myself on the Internet. I will be living it fully when I hopefully manage to get rid of the “dullness” from my life. And, I also have a problem of shyness too. I dream to travel the World with just a laptop and plug it anywhere I get internet access, do some work and move on living my dream. I just don’t want to be stuck in an office and rely on a monthly check, while someone else is making big fortunes off my hard work. I just have one life to live, I might as well make the most of it.
Oh well, let’s see if I get to live the Internet Lifestyle fully in the near future. To know about that, you will have to visit my blog regularly
As for now, I’m happy to be working for myself and not have my life controlled by an employer.
I have just changed the theme of my new blog. It’s nothing hard actually. There are tons of free Wordpress themes available on the Wordpress website, and I just looked for one that I liked and downloaded it. All I had to do then was to upload the new theme under the themes directory on my server, and activate it through the admin area.
Here is how the original blog theme looked like:
Original Blog Theme
And here’s how the new blog theme looks like:
New Blog Theme
It was not too hard to change the theme, was it? And the new one looks pretty nice and it will look nicer when I get some new headers.
Today June 14th 2009 is the day I turn 25. I have lived a quarter of a century already. It seems like it was just a few days ago I was a kid playing soccer at primary school with my classmates…. and zaaappp…. all of a sudden I’m 25.
I have achieved a few things in this time, but in my opinion I could achieve more, especially in the last few years. Life after graduation has been dull. Anyways, the reason I have put up this blog today is to take out this “dullness” out of my life and learn/experience new things everyday and share it with the world.
So, there is a lot more to come… stay tuned.
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