Author Archive for emporia

Rethinking Zune?

Seems that the mixed reception for the Zune music player produced by Microsoft is making them rethink their marketing strategy.
The mixed early reception for its Zune music player means Microsoft will have to make early tweaks if it is to stand any chance of rattling Apple’s dominance of the digital music business, according to analysts.
That [...]

Interesting blogging tips

Here are some interesting blogging tips from the American Journalism Review issue for December 2006/January 2007. I cannot safely claim that I have put everything that was pointed out here into practice and there were certainly some new suggestions that I would like to try out on my own.
Let me know if the tips [...]

AMD licenses new Z-RAM technology

It looks like AMD is in an aggresive mode in trying to get a leading edge over their rival, Intel. After having purchased ATI to obtain their technology, the latest news is that they have purchased a license for new Z-RAM technology.
The people at AMD were so impressed by Innovative Silicon’s first-generation Z-RAM technology that [...]

Paid blogging

Well there is certainly much buzz going around about paid blogging and how companies are paying bloggers to post up reviews and articles for their advertisers. Here is an interesting story regarding paid blogging which you should read:
When PayPerPost launched this past summer, the paid blogging service stirred up a lot of blogger vitriol. The [...]

Article on SEO

Here is a good article on search engine optimisation for your blog or website. The tips provided in the article are certainly useful and workable although it needs some time for implementation. And if you are patient enough to wait for the results of your implementation, it will not be long before you would have [...]

Bloggers’ block?

Yeah, we do suffer from that from time to time. As an aspiring ProBlogger, I sometimes experience a sudden dearth of ideas to write about, or when I was simply too tired to think about actually discussing about something. So here is what I usually do when I run into a wall thinking of how [...]

Forums for webmasters

Despite all the books, tips, guides and tutorials for webmasters and no matter how much you spend money and time on these resources reading through them, nothing beats a hands-on experience of visiting a online discussion forum for webmasters and interact with the participants there. There are various online forums on the Internet which you [...]

Promotion through web directories

What is a web directory? A web directory is basically a website which collects URLs of various websites and blogs and sorts them out according to categories or topic. Those serious internet marketers or webmasters who wish to gain some traffic and back links (for raising your Google Page Rank) to their websites or blog [...]

Find a niche for your blog

If you are new to blogging and just starting out, the first thing you should determine when writing for your blog is to find a “niche”. A niche is, by definition, a specific area of interest or a specialised topic which you feel you are an expert in. It is preferable that your selected niche [...]