Asian Tiger

Many webmasters are obsessed with Google’s Pagerank technology and often misconceptualise thtat PageRank equals to quality. Indeed, I had that “mighty” equation (that dwarfed Einstein’s E=MC²) in my head when I started out as a webmaster.

As time goes by and with the help of forums such as DigitalPoint, I start to realise and experience that web traffic is much much more important than PageRank. However, many continue to dwell in the realms of PageRank and indeed many wants to achieve high levels for their sites.

Some of the ways to get high PR is through the buying of advertising links on high PageRank sites. The ad link does not come cheap and there are those who were conned into buying fake PageRanks. If you are one who invests a lot in this strategy, it is always good to check the authenticity of the PageRank.

http://www.seologs.com/pr-check/pagerank.html?url=

Example:
http://www.seologs.com/pr-check/pagerank.html?url=www.amoswong.com

I use the above tool to check whether a PageRank is genuine or otherwise. You can give it a try by specifying the URL you want to check or simply click on the link and specify the URL in the browser-displayed textbox. The result provided by the tool is self explanatory.

Tags: Google, PageRank, check PageRank, real PageRank, fake PageRank

GET THE LATEST NAMECHEAP DISCOUNT COUPON CODE!!

I am a user of Namecheap’s domain registration service. I like Namecheap for their ease-of-use interface and no cross or upselling of other services. On top of the domain, you get one year’s free of WhoisGuard to protect your private information.

As with all domain registrars, Namecheap provides discount coupon codes to entice customers to sign up more domains with them. In the past, codes such as SAVE7993, EVENLOWER and BESTVALUE knocks off $0.89 from the original price of $8.88 per dot com domain. All these codes have expired and lapsed.

The new code is MORE4LESS which also takes off $0.89.
- works on new .com
- does not work on .com renewal
- works for .com transfers

Another new code is YAFFASPECIAL which is a $0.90 discount.
- works on new .com and .org
- works on .com renewal
- works on .info renewal
- does not work on .com transfers

New DOTMOBI code which fixes the price at $19.98
- works on new .mobi

MORE4LESS and YAFFASPECIAL codes apparently no longer work in the new year. It has been reported by many webmasters and some of you even took the trouble to alert me through emails and commenting. Thanks for that. Here are 2 new codes that you can use beginning 2007:
WCSSPECIAL and HAPPYNEWYEAR

Looks like HAPPYNEWYEAR is not working anymore. New code is FEBLOVE.

I will keep updating this post with the codes and conditions of use. Enjoy!

Tags: Namecheap, Discount Coupon, Coupon Code, Coupon, Discount, Namecheap Discount

March of this year, I got myself a Samsung X200 mobile phone. I liked the phone for its simplicity and design aesthetics. However, there are 2 shortcomings that I observed.

Firstly, this nifty little mobile does not word wrap when composing or receiving SMS. That makes reading SMS difficult and troublesome. It is really a hassle to read SMSe if you are behind the wheel.

The second shortcoming is that of their preloaded ringtones. There are only limited selections of polyphonic tones available and mostly suited for the much younger generation’s taste. I hear that T-mobile ringtones which is available in the United States are awesome and there is a large collection of tones for download. I’ve not checked it out but I sure will immediately after this post. For me personally, I prefer those monotones that goes ring-ring…. ring-ring; a simple tone to tell me that there is an incoming call.

If you own the same mobile as mine, do yourself a favour and download free ringtones for your own mobile.

Tags: Samsung, X200, ringtones, shortcomings