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Comment Spam, She’s Back: Dr. Ann Voisin From Linda Christas College

March 6, 2010

A few days ago I wrote about the first comment spam that I received from this Dr. Ann Voisin person, a message that is most likely automated and simply abusing the name of the real Dr. Ann Voisin from Linda Christas College. Click here to read that post: Akismet Blocking Your Blog? No Way, Just a SPAM Trick!

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February 2010: Blog Summary & Income Report

March 2, 2010

February. Such a short month. Only 28 days. Never the less, these past 28 days were very interesting for TechPatio, as the table below will show you. Maybe it’s because of the winter or maybe TechPatio.com is just growing? Well, have a look at the table and then I’ll discuss a few of the numbers [...]

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Akismet Blocking Your Blog? No Way, Just a SPAM Trick!

March 1, 2010

I already did one post on SPAM today (read it here: Bloody Sexual Twitter DM’s. Go Away!), so I might as well continue in that track with another SPAM related post for WordPress.
As a blogger, getting SPAM comments is to be expected and it happens every day for most blogs, several times a day also. [...]

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Host Your Own Blog Or Google Might Close It

February 16, 2010

You can get a free blog hosted at one of Google’s services such as Blogspot or Blogger, but be careful if you decide to do so. Not only are you not in complete control of your own blog, you also run the risk of your blog being closed by Google.
According to Guardian, Google has deleted [...]

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This Is How Blogs Make Money – “Become A Blogger” Course Now Open!

February 8, 2010

UPDATE: On Tuesday at midnight Eastern US time, the doors close to the Become A Blogger Premium $1 Trial special offer.
If you want to try this highly respected and trustworthy program for just $1, sign up here!
Making a living from the Internet is a dream many people have, but figuring out exactly how to [...]

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Free “Become A Blogger” Roadmap

February 2, 2010

I just wanted to give you a heads up – the famous Become A Blogger program is re-opening it’s doors on Thursday to let in a new batch of bloggers (or to be bloggers) wanting to take their blogging to the next level. I’ve been a member for about 6 months now and there’s really [...]

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January 2010: Blog Summary & Income Report

February 2, 2010

A new month has just begun and so it’s time to take a look back at the previous month and see how TechPatio did when it comes to traffic and income. Unfortunately, I messed up with Google Analytics in December so all my statistics for that months are gone (never recorded) and I’m missing the [...]

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December 2009: Blog Summary & Income Report

January 8, 2010

This is going to be a very short summary & income report-post, I’ll tell you why in a minute. But first, Congratulations to me for having TechPatio.com online for 6 months now. That’s six full months of blogging. It’s been both fun and exhausting, it’s not as easy as they all say it is [...]

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TechPatio Reviewed By Thesis Theme HQ

December 29, 2009

Somone over at Thesis Theme HQ reviewed TechPatio.com recently and compared the current site design and layout (as of December ‘09) to the one I had before switching to the Thesis theme, back in August 2009.
She did a really fantastic and lengthy review of my site and I’m really happy to see how much effort [...]

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November 2009: Blog Summary & Income Report

December 5, 2009

TechPatio has been online for just over 5 months now and that means I’ve been blogging “seriously” for 5 months. It’s once again time to have a look at the past month to see how TechPatio.com did.

Here are the numbers:

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October 2009: Blog Summary & Income Report

November 4, 2009

I’ve been blogging for 4 months now and it’s time to look into the numbers for October and compare them with previous months.
But before we do, I have a few announcments to make:
I did some minor advertisement changes. I removed the two 125×125 ads I had in the upper right corner of my site. They [...]

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Thesis 1.6 Has Arrived – SEO Optimized WordPress Theme

October 27, 2009

I’m using the Thesis theme for my WordPress blogs since August 31st on TechPatio.com and since the beginning of ApplePatio.com too. It’s a great search engine optimized theme with lots of features.
Some of the major changes in 1.6 compared to 1.5 are:

Design and color options built-in to the theme settings.
Automatic dropdown navigation menu, using parent-child [...]

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Why “Comment Reply Notification” Is A Must Have Plugin For Your Blog – Otherwise…

October 20, 2009

… you could be missing out on some sweet commenting action! Allow me to explain:
When it comes to WordPress, there’s usually three kinds of bloggers (more or less):

Those with a pretty standard WordPress installation and no “subscribe to comments”-plugin whatsoever.
Those with some 3rd party comment-system like Disqus or similar, that handles it all for you.
Those [...]

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Membership Site: How Yaro Made $211,969 While Traveling Around The World

October 20, 2009

Disclaimer: This is not a “get rich quick”-scheme on how you can make $211,969. This is a video on how Yaro Starak managed to earn $211,969 while traveling around the world. It’s an inspiring video to watch even if you don’t want to spend the full 14 minutes watching it, at least check out the [...]

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Woopra – Live Visitor Statistics For Your Blog

October 17, 2009

Woopra is an innovative live tracking and analytics software for your website or blog. It provides detailed analytics data just like the free Google Analytics does, but Woopra does it live – which can be very interesting to look at it.
Up until recently, Woopra was in closed beta so you would need to apply for [...]

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15 Minutes Of Fame & How To Instantly Boost Visitors To Your Blog

October 17, 2009

That title caught your attention, huh? How to instantly boost visitors to your blog! Now that would be something… before I tell you the secret, first have a look at this pageviews graph screenshot within my WordPress dashboard. I took this screenshot right before midnight, so the day was almost over – I’m sure you [...]

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