Category: Blogging

Busy week ahead as investors brace themselves for another wild ride in the markets. Personally, my 401K and investment portfolio have had their 2011 gains wiped out and are down over 10%. I keep telling myself not to sell in panic, but the fear of further falls is unsettling to say…

Most people go to Google when they are searching for something and most websites receive their organic traffic from Google searches. So you can imagine my frustration when I found out that for the last few weeks all my new and existing articles have been copied (scrapped) to so called…

Its been a while since I hosted the CoPF and I was pleasantly surprised to see many new faces in the personal finance blogging space along with some of my old favorites. It was especially interesting to see some of the newer blogs out there because it reminded me of…

Like gasoline for an automobile, data is fuel for the internet. Without data (content) the internet is a useless tool, just like a car that runs out of gas. The internet continues to grow and because of that, an increasing amount of content is needed to fuel it - and…

The title of this post was the basis for an MBA application question I recently answered. It really got my thinking about my career goals and aspirations. Here's my response to the question, followed by some thoughts. What do you think and how would you spend your life if money…

Google plays a big part in my life and my blogging business. Apart from it's Adsense publisher program which provides the bulk of this blog's income, Google's search engine provides the basis and background for a number of the topics that I write about. I am not alone with 70%…

When the $787 billion Economic Stimulus Bill – known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act – was signed, there was a promise to provide full transparency on it’s expenditure and to ensure that every dollar is tracked. Like so many earlier government promises, this one also is starting to…

It's not often that you read an article and feel moved by the words. But this is what happened when I read President Obama's eulogy for Senator Edward M. Kennedy. The words conveyed the strong bond that President Obama had with this accomplished Senator, but I thought a couple of…

Apparently it takes 100,000 visitors a month on average to make $75,000 a year from blogging ($6,250 p/month)! Not so sure how realistic this is based on a piece I wrote about how much bloggers make, but I would put the number more at $20,000 or less per year for…

Whether you are a blogger or just enjoy reading blogs online, you may have wondered how much bloggers earn from blogging and whether all the effort is worthwhile from a commercial or alternative revenue perspective. If so, then read on. Based on my earnings from this blog over the last…

Google's AdSense program generates about 30% of the company's total revenues and has been growing consistently over the last few years, despite all their search algorithm change and increase competition. So clearly this is a big and growing money earner for them. However one thing I have noticed is that…

A few months ago I found out that this site had a Google Page Rank (PR) of 3. Last week, it was 4. Is this good or bad? Not really understanding what a Google Page Rank was, I let my fingers do the walking and here is a simplified definition…

Despite the woes of the domestic aviation industry, a new type of plane is finally coming into mass service across the globe. Airbus' much publicized and long delayed A380 hit the skies down under in Australia this week. Singapore Airlines was the first to launch earlier this year, and Dubai…