Month: September 2008

Picked up a cheap forum

2 weeks ago I managed to pick up a forum for what I consider a bargain price. The site in question is RetroWheels, a forum dedicated to car enthusiasts. I paid $130 for the site. The forum isn’t really active and the people who did post on it were paid …

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Unexpected problems with your Data center

I was out Saturday night for a friends birthday in Glasgow. We went to Jaunglers, one of those branded comedy clubs which are around the country. It was good night so the inevitable hangover arrived Sunday morning. I got up at 10am and went to the gym for a few …

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Best Global Brands 2008

I came across a list of the Best Global Brands of 2008 today. What surprised me was that out of the whole list, there were only 2 which I hadn’t heard of before (SAP & UBS). It just highlights how much advertisers infiltrate our lives, whether we like it or …

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Paid Forum Posting

To give my forum a start I decided to pay for some forum posting. The quality of posts are not usually that great but it can speed up the growth of the forum. This isn’t the first time I have used this type of service to boost a forum. A …

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How to remove pages and retain traffic

I spoke a few days ago about how I made the decision to change one of my sites from a blog to a forum. When removing so many pages from a site you are obviously going to give out a lot of 404 errors ie. visitors would get a ‘Page …

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Website Ideas : Start your own Online E-Card site

eCardMax is a script I have thought about purchasing a few times though I have been reluctant to buy it because I don’t think I have the time or money to make it a success. You can see the script in action here. Essentially the script lets you build one …

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Completely changing the direction of a website

Last week I made the decision to change Electric Bandits from a blog to a forum. I had been updating it as a blog for around 9 months however I just didn’t have the time to update it as much as I would have liked. The site covers topics I’m …

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