Archive for techtips
May 2, 2009 @ 3:37 pm
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In many cases setting up Google Conversion tracking is straightforward. However in some cases and under some situations you are not able to control the thank you or checkout page. In this case you have to make a conversion.
<script language=”JavaScript” src=”http://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/conversion.js”>
</script>
<script type=”text/javascript”>
var google_conversion_id = xxxxxx;
var google_conversion_language = “xx”;
var google_conversion_format = “1″;
var google_conversion_color = “ffffff”;
var google_conversion_value [...]
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May 1, 2009 @ 3:32 am
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Why do they add a coupon field do the end of the signup process if there is no coupon available.
Im mentioned this before but I will say it again. I think Winner Alert is a great tool. Right now, using Winner Alert to manage a campaign of 90,000 keywords is making my life a lot [...]
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April 15, 2009 @ 12:56 am
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Like most of my articles, this one was written as a reminder to myself.
How to Setup Putty to Automatically login.
Download PuTTY — Use this link or Google putty. Be sure to download. I would suggest this version – A Windows installer for everything except PuTTYtel
Install Putty by double clicking
Run PuTTYgen following the instructions
Save your private [...]
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March 24, 2009 @ 5:31 pm
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If you have webhosting contracts with two different companies you can backup data by passing it back and forth on a regular schedule using Rsync.
It requires a bit more work initially but then you put this backup on a automated regular interval (cron job)
Here is How to Setup Rsync in Three Easy Steps.
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March 20, 2009 @ 4:14 pm
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As mentioned in a recent post, I had several blogs that were infected with HTML Iframe virus. I really not sure how it happened but it reinforces the point that you NEED A BACKUP STRATEGY if you work / make your living online.
Here are Five Simple Things you can do to backup your Wordpress [...]
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March 2, 2009 @ 9:19 pm
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If your blog has been infected by the HTML:Iframe-inf infection according to avast here are two scripts that can help you.
First What is the HTML:Iframe infection? – Its just a line of text that is inserted at the end of every index.php and/or index.htm in your website. Nothing to freak out about but you [...]
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January 16, 2009 @ 1:15 pm
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID2wN-uvI84&fmt=18
Notice the difference in the videos . .
Embedding Low Res
Embedded High Res just add &rel=0&ap=%2526fmt%3D18 after fs=1 in the source code 2 times
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January 2, 2009 @ 4:33 pm
· Filed under ppc, seo, techtips, webtips
how to directly link to the order page clickbank
http://www.netprofitstoday.com/blog/video-how-to-link-directly-to-a-clickbank-product-order-page/
Some nice tools per setting cookies when visitors land on your page
http://smugmarketing.com/tools/cookie.html
http://tools.marketingbully.com/covert-cookie/
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January 1, 2009 @ 2:53 am
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Hostgator whom this website is hosted with limits you to 50,00o inodes per account. So it not unlimited as they claim but nonetheless its pretty good hosting ..
Here is a script that I wrote which helps you count each inodes in a directory
#!/bin/bash
# count inodes for each directory
LIST=`ls`
for i in $LIST; do
echo $i
find $i -printf [...]
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August 12, 2008 @ 3:50 pm
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Just wanted to chime in here and say that Affsphere, a new article directory does not suck – contrary to what some catchy ppc adwriters are doing to pull in clicks.
Yes it is a new article directory so its still unproven but even better as a reason to signup. You – the affsphere user submits [...]
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July 4, 2008 @ 2:33 am
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First things first – the most important factor in your search engine ranking is determined by other websites link to your website.
That said, there are several things you can do to insure that your website is setup correctly to rank well in Google.
Here is my shortlist
Take a look at your website in Lynx ( A [...]
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June 14, 2008 @ 5:05 pm
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Im using Dreamhost Private Server right now on several websites that I have and Im pretty happy with them. Good uptime and its much much faster than there shared hosting. I have the private server mysql and private webserver an additional $30 a month but worth it.
Anyways they sent me some special discount invitation codes [...]
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May 26, 2008 @ 1:00 am
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If you want to access a dos command prompt in Windows Vista in a specific directory you can now shift click on a directory in windows explorer. See this article – http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2006/09/18/windows-vista-secret-1-open-command-prompt-here.aspx
I have found this to not work well – better to use this old program which works well in windows vista called dos here. [...]
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April 29, 2008 @ 7:54 pm
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Disclaimer: I only own about 100 domain names or so presently so I haven’t tried every registrar out there but I have tried several and I do believe this article maybe helpful.
Best Domain Name Registrars
1and1 – $7 a year with privacy – price can’t be beat..
Pros: Look around and do your own due diligence but [...]
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April 25, 2008 @ 3:11 am
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In this article we talk about 5 important things to consider when choosing and registering a domain name. Watch the short video below for some quicktips on things to consider in brainstorming, choosing, registering and promoting a domain name.
Brainstorming The Domain Name
The first step in choosing a domain name is to draw [...]
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April 22, 2008 @ 5:30 am
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I have been hearing about Amazon’s S3 service for a while now. Recently on a Pppclassroom.com presentation Keith Baxter of Modern Click recommended it and today SoftwareProjects.com recommended it as well.
Anyways, I finally installed it and got it working and it turns out it was a lot easier than I thought. 6 months ago [...]
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April 4, 2008 @ 2:20 pm
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You can backup your documents to the Internet cheaply and easily using Rsync backup.
In this tutorial I show you how to backup documents automatically using the windows scheduler so that your backup strategy is always on and you always have a backup.
Rsync , for those of you who don’t know, is one of the best [...]
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