The Net

Content Really Is King

You know, it’s really amazing what adding new content to a site can do. As I have previously posted, I will be restarting both Laptop Gamers and Digital Grabber to get the sites ready for the Q4 gold rush. Both sites have been collecting dust for months, not because I didn’t have the time to update them, but because I […]

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The Net

Man, Google Is Fast!

I wrote about The Wiki Model on Monday and already Google has indexed it. I am number 7 for the search term Wiki Model. Either Google really likes me or I’ve just been extremely lucky. It seems whatever I’m blogging about gets indexed. Right now I’m getting a lot of traffic from real estate and financial search terms, which is […]

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Business The Net

Blogging for Dollars – It’s Not Just a Hobby

Business 2.0 has a really nice article about some of the internet’s biggest blogging superstars. They all started small and rode the internet money train to riches beyond their wildest dreams. The bloggers they profiled included Michael Arrington, who pulls down $60,000 a month off his blog. The answer lies in TechCrunch, Arrington’s blog about new technologies and companies. In […]

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The Net

A Tale of Two Forums

Once upon a time there was a forum name Techvibes. Techvibes was a nice place to hang out and network with fellow techies. A major bonus was the forums were filled with local people who got a along famously with each other and there were even monthly face to face networking events so members can put names to faces. The […]

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Ramblings

Woodward’s Bricks for Sale

Remember all the boo-haw-haw over the Woodward’s development? Well it seems Bob Rennie is not done yet. I just got this email offering the bricks of the soon be demolished Woodward’s building. Dear Mr. Chow, Bricks from the historic Woodward’s department store in downtown Vancouver will be going on sale September 17 to help support BladeRunners, a special program that […]

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The Net

Starting September On a High Note

If the first four days of this month is any indication, September is going to be a really good month. A check of my stats shows I’m running 40% higher revenue this month than last. And last month was a fairly good month. I expect site revenues to continue up till the end of November, which traditionally is the best […]

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The Net

Interview With The Y Combinator

Tech Crunch has posted an interview with Paul Graham, partner at VC firm Y Combinator. Mr. Graham believes we’re not in an internet bubble, that startups shouldn’t worry about their business models and the best companies are the ones with potential to kill old monopolies. That sounds good to me. Except I don’t entirely buy the don’t worry about the […]

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The Net

The Wiki Model – Next Big Wave?

There is an interesting article this morning at News.com about making money from Wiki. What is a Wiki? It’s kinda like Open Source content building. The best example of a Wiki site is Wikipedia. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia written collaboratively by many of its readers. It uses a special type of website, called a wiki, that makes collaboration easy. Lots […]

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