It does not help to be on vacation while Google decides to do away with the old Feedburner links.

I managed to miss the whole fun of it, got busy with other projects when I got back and never realized that my RSS feed was kaput.

At least a warning or an email from Google would have been nice but I’m still waiting.

So today when I clicked on my RSS feed by chance, I was shocked to discover a 404 error.

Ahhh so that is why people were asking how to subscribe to my RSS feed and I was wondering why when the links were all over the place.
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I have recently gotten hold of some really great domains. Plus I have a couple of old ones. Considering I have way too many projects on my hand at the moment. I’ve decided to sell these off.

These are great domain names not to mention they have some good keywords in the names. And let’s not forget the play of words in the first two

1. FindLoveWith.Us
2. PayThrough.Us
3. XperiaPanel.com
4. PerfectDesire.com

The first three are up for Sale on Sedo so feel free to make an offer over there or you can also just contact me from this blog.

Hurry up before these great names are gone.

I have been trying to sell one item on Ebay for the past 3 weeks and just could not figure out why the number of scammers had gone up through the roof.

First Discrepancy
The first time I added the item, I had a bidder who had four positive feedback points. What was weird was that all the four comments were completely negative. I was wondering what was wrong with the sellers. According to all four of them the guy was scamming and still the feedback rating was positive.

Disappearing Act Number One
Next when my item sold, the buyer just disappeared. It was only when I mentioned that I will open an unpaid items dispute that he contacted Ebay and told them his account was misused. Talk about convenient.

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I just had to post this asap. Amazon is once again offering a free trial of Amazon Prime.

What this means is you can sign up and get unlimited free two day shipping on Amazon products. And you can upgrade to one day shipping for only $3.99.

I was offered this deal a while back and took advantage of it asap. Now’s your chance.

If you don’t like it, just cancel within 30 days. In the meanwhile enjoy the luxury of free shipping with two day delivery.

There is nothing to lose. Only dollars to save. So go for it.

Try Amazon Prime right now with no obligations!

I was forced to think about this yesterday.

I received an email via my design website DotsnDashes.

The email was sent using my contact form. Now I get many different emails via that medium. Some ask for quotes, others for link building, some for information and so on. On average, they are normal emails, some casual, some formal but none bordering on rudeness. However, the one I received yesterday was a tiny bit different.

I’ll be able to explain more effectively if I show you how it starts:

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I know I do!

And that is what I have been getting so far for MiniSitePacks.com

Here’s some of the feedback:

“Unfortunately, I don’t have time to test right now, but I just wanted to say it *looks* great! ”

“Signed up and started testing…..so far so good….
Looks like a really good site and the designs are very good….well done…”

“Looks great Erum!
I’ll dig into it more here in a bit, but so far so good
Might want to draw a bit more attention to the “sign up” link, I did have a bit of trouble finding it at first…”

Advice taken into consideration and the signup link is now in the menu and in bold letters next to the login.

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I can dance for joy!

I finally managed to get the programming completed on MiniSitePacks.com

The site is now open for Beta Testing. If you are one of the first ten to twenty people to register you will also receive 10 free credits for testing purposes. You can use the product you download as part of the beta testing as a thank you for your help.

But please don’t sign up just ‘cos you are getting something for free. I need serious beta testers.

In case you are wondering what the product is. The website provides minisite packs..these are complete designs including header, footer, order button, tick marks, background and ecover. A basic XHTML and CSS file is also included.

These help jazz up your minisite. Get visitors to stay longer and get a positive impression of you and your product. Other than these packs you can also download individual 3DEcovers from MiniSitePacks.com

So if you are one of those people who have really wanted to try out 3DEcovers but didn’t want to invest in the whole package, here’s your chance to get the individual ecover actions you wanted.

Just go to MiniSitePacks.com and register to receive the free credits. Report any bugs and/or feedback using the contact form at the website. And thank you in advance.

I’ve been writing on and off about this little project I’ve been working on. I had planned on a soft launch and a testing phase this week and an official launch by next week. Unfortunately my net troubles have set me back by a week or so.

However, I think it is time I gave you guys and gals some hints as to what the project is. And if you are interested be sure to subscribe to this blog (option in the top bar).

Head on over to MiniSitePacks.com

Pretty soon minisitepacks like these are going to be available for download from this website. In the meanwhile make sure you download the Christmas pack as it is only going to be free till the launch.

I am looking for beta testers. So if you love bug testing and don’t mind downloading a minisite pack as thank you for your help, be sure to be subscribe to my RSS feeds or sign up for the mailing list at MiniSitePacks.com

You can also leave a comment here if you are interested in being a beta tester.

That is not a question you think of when everything is working out alright. Not when you can get up in the morning and start work as soon as you are ready.

However, this is a question you are forced to face the moment your net dies on you. In my case it was my phone line. Since I have a DSL connection, that is pretty much the same thing. What makes matters worse is the company I have my phone line and DSL connection from chose this very moment to be a chaotic mess. In other words, I cannot get someone to get my phone line and DSL connection back up.

Three full days without the Internet. Let me tell you it wasn’t fun. It is sad but I cannot remember what I used to do in the pre-Internet era. How did I spend my day? How did I pass my time?

Since I work from home and all my work is Internet related, my entire work world revolves around having a stable Internet connection. So living without the Internet wasn’t very pleasant.

Anyway the good news is I now have a wireless connection so no more dependency on the phone line. And that feels great! It is good to be back

So what do you think your life will be like if you lost your Internet connection for three days?

Is Google Experimental going to change our Google search rankings forever and further more?

Apparently Google is experimenting with enhancing search results. The first experiment deals with ‘Alternate views for search results‘. This includes the list view (current option), info view, time line view and map view.

Now the interesting thing to note here is that each view gives different results. So although you might have worked hard to get your web pages to the top 10 in the current Google scenario (list view), you might find your listing missing in the three new proposed views.

Just imagine if Google were to introduce these as actual search options. The face of Google SEO will not be the same. It will be better for some, worse for others. May be nothing new about this but it is going to cause some upheaval and shifts in results depending on what view gets to be more popular.

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