Browser For The Better

For those of you that are still living with an older version of Internet Explorer, Browser For The Better have an offer that will help out people in America who are starving. Upgrade you old Internet Explorer to version 8 through their website and they’ll donate US$1.15 to Feeding America. If you have Internet Explorer 6, they’ll donate US$2.30 (Double). Now this offer is valid only until September 30th 2009 so get in quick, and please note that only upgrades through the Browser For The Better website are valid.

Tags: charity, feed, IE6, IE7, IE8, internet explorer, starving

Your Personal Identity

What is a Gravatar? A Gravatar is a Globally Recognised Avatar. For those who aren’t sure what an Avatar is, it’s an image or representation of the person posting or commenting. So a Gravatar is a representation of you which is globally recognised. That’s quite a mouthful. In any case, it’s your picture that everyone will see when you post a comment on supported blogs.

A lot of blogs support Gravatars, so when you make a comment on someones blog, your image will appear beside your comment. How great is that. Where does that image come from? Gravatar.com to start with. Signup with the email address you will be using when you make comments to have the image you provide associatted with your email address.

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Tags: Avatar, Blog, Comment, Gravatar, WordPress

Google PageRank

Google PageRank is something you may or may not have heard of. The highest Page Rank you can have is 10. For most people though, a page rank of 5 and above is a really good thing. Even though at the time of posting this article my PageRank is 0 (zero), in a month or two we should see an increase which I will keep everyone posted on.

Here is the link to check your websites PageRank. You’ll also be provided with some code which you can use to let everyone else know what your Page Rank is. If you check out the sidebar, you can see my current page rank which is using a plugin called Google PageRank Display for WordPress. What exactly is PageRank though and how do you make it bigger? And what are the easiest ways to achieve this?

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Tags: external links, Google, Page Rank, Profit, what is

RSS Feeds

RSS Feed Aggregators are generally programs that organise several RSS Feeds all in one place for you to read when you’re ready. They are great tools for people starting out in the blogging world who need some inspiration on what to blog about. Now initially, if you are going to use parts of another persons blog post, or even base it mostly around their post, it’s etiquette to send a trackback to that persons blog post, but more on trackbacks later.

After finding a few blogs that you like or find interesting, have a scout around for an image similiar to the one on the left. This will be the blogs RSS Feed. Keep the links all together and we’ll get you started with an RSS Feed Aggregator. As there are many different programs out there I’ll give you the run down on a few of my favourites.

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Tags: Client, RSS, RSS Feed Aggregator, RSS Feeds, Trackback, Windows

Adsense Profit Welcomes You

Nice to see you if you are passing through. After seeing blogs out there on the internet claiming earnings that would have us work from home, I decided to start a little experiment and share all my findings with visitors. I know that there will be a few people interested in this experiment, and although I will concentrate on Google Adsense, we will explore other aspects which will be reported on.

Blogging is not my forte and that is why this is such a good experiment, as my knowledge is similiar to that of your average joe. With this in mind, I have designed websites for almost 15 years, repaired computers for the same length of time and have been a graphic designer for 5 years. Being raised around computers (Apple II was the first), I have a  high knowledge of most things computers which I will use to my advantage while explaining each step as thoroughly as possible.

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Tags: Adsense, America, Australia, Cash, Coffee, England, Europe, Experiment, Google, Graphic Design, Money, Pay Check, Profit, Web Design