Business The Net
I covered most of the normal ways to increase RSS subscriptions in my last post. Now I want to talk about an evil way of doing it. Why? Because it’s good to be good, but it’s better to be evil. ๐ Fill The Blog With Advertising You begin by applying to as many ad networks as you can quality for […]
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The Net Wordpress
I installed a new Plugin by WordPress Founder, Matt Mullenweg, call Random Redirect. What it does is allow you to link to a random post. Click here to see it in action. The URL to call up the random post is yourdomain.com/?random. The Plugin is extremely easy to install and use. Just upload the single php file to your WordPress […]
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The Net
It’s no secret that I get a ton of ReviewMe requests. It’s the old, “When it rains, it’s pours” analogy and the review request has been pouring in this month. However, some of the requests have almost nothing to do with what this blog covers. For example, I received a request from a site selling a “Resveratrol.” What the hell […]
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Ramblings
Quebec has a French only sign law on its public and road signs. However, that law also extends to businesses. It is illegal in Quebec for a business to have an English sign, unless their name is part of the logo. So IKEA is still IKEA, but every other sign on the IKEA storefront is in French. If a business […]
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Ramblings
Man, I thought Montreal was a culture shock until I got into Quebec City. If you’ve ever wondered how you can visit Europe without flying across the ocean, come to Quebec! You would swear you were in some European village instead of a Canadian town. Even the traffic lights are different here – they’re horizontal. Here are some photos. I’m […]
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Ramblings
I’m in Montreal, Quebec right now. We’ve decided since we were already in Toronto, we might was well drive over and see the next Province. Let me tell you, Quebec doesn’t look like any Province of Canada. For one thing, all the signs are in French with no English translation. This has to be the only place in the world […]
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Fine Dining
Susur Lee and John Chow Susur Lee is only the second Canadian chef to ever go up against an Iron Chef. In his battle with Bobby Flay, Susur Lee showed that Canadian chefs are among the best in the world. When the final verdict was given, the judges couldn’t decide which chef was better and declared the contest a tie. […]
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Business The Net
I’ve been noticing an increase in negative comments in the blog. The commentators aren’t happy with the level of advertising, number of ReviewMe reviews, promotion of AGLOCO, food posts, etc. They warn that the blog is not what it used to be, that I am on a slippery slope, and that my traffic will go down if I continue on […]
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