Wordpress

We Got Smilies!

Yes, we got smilies! Lots and lots of smilies! ๐Ÿ˜† ๐Ÿ™‚ Actually, we always had the smilies. You just had to know the correct code to enter in order to get the smilies to appear. No need to do that anymore! Thanks to the WP Grins Plugins from Alex King, the smilies are now available for anyone to use. โžก […]

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Ramblings The Net

So Much For Being Back On Digg

Since Digg unbanned me, six stories has been submitted by John Chow dot Com readers. All six has been buried, including this latest one that was submitted just six minutes ago by Digg user Kribo. It didn’t even get a single Digg before it was removed from the upcoming stories. I doubt this is the work of the Digg bury […]

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Wordpress

Two New WordPress Plugins To Sink Your Teeth Into

Thanks to Internet Business Daily for pointing me to a couple of new WordPress Plugins – WP-PostRating and WP-PostViews. Both Plugins are the work of Lester Chan, a web programmer from Singapore. He has a bunch of WordPress Plugins on his programming page but so far, these the two I have chosen to run. WP-PostRatings WP-PostRating adds an AJAX rating […]

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The Net

Any Money Making BC Bloggers Out There?

I am doing an interview with BC Business magazine about blogging for dollars with a focus on BC bloggers. They’re looking for more bloggers to interview for the piece. If you live in BC and you make money from your blog, they may want to talk to you. Send me an email via the contact page with your name, phone […]

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The Net

Unbanned From Digg

I just got an email from Skitzzo at SEO Refugee that John Chow dot Com has been unbanned from Digg. At first I thought this maybe a joke so I tested it out by submitting the 10 Blogging Mistakes To Avoid post and sure enough, the submission made it. It looks like Digg finally came to their sense. Thanks for […]

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Ramblings The Net

Live From The Aberdeen Centre Mall

Sarah wanted a change of scenery today so we took the family to the Aberdeen Centre mall for lunch and for hanging out. Normally, I work from home but sometimes you have to get out of the house. Fortunately, my business allows me to run it from anywhere in the world, as long as I have an Internet connection. The […]

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Technology The Net

It’s The WootAgent!

I wrote about Woot! back in April of last year. I called it one of the most interesting sites I’ve ever came across. If someone were to come to me with the concept I would have said it would never work. At first glance, the business model seems stupid: sell a single different product each day, offer little to no […]

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