Comments on: The Katana: Nobody Really Cares More About You Than You 11/22

By: admin

admin — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:44:09 +0000

MoneyEnergy – Yup, I hear you. That said, the correlation with the rise in Alexa rankings is high with the number of visitors I see from Google Analytics and my Wassup visitor tracking plug-in. Like I write, it’s just fun to see the dynamic rankings in action.

Nothing is a perfect system, so I’m looking into other systems as well. Any suggestions?

By: MoneyEnergy

MoneyEnergy — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:03:24 +0000

I’d be cautious with using and relying on the Alexa toolbar if you’re in it to get Alexa rankings or use their numbers – it’s not very reflective of traffic performance. Your Alexa traffic numbers can drop even when your actual traffic numbers go up.

By: admin

admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:21:30 +0000

Thanks Craig! I just feel bad for asking :) But, when people ask me, I gladly oblige, in fact, not just tipping their latest article, but the last 5-10 of their articles. But then, I just wonder if it’s just a big game and an UNneccesary evil.

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:45:13 +0000

If you built a relationship with the person, I don’t think there is anything wrong with asking for Tipds. Maybe not every article, but twice a week. Feel free to ask me anytime and I will help out.

By: admin

admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:41:56 +0000

@Credit Card Chaser Ah-so-ka. Interesting. Thnx for letting me and anybody else out there who is kinda clueless know!

By: Credit Card Chaser

Credit Card Chaser — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:14:50 +0000

In order to bypass a registrar like GoDaddy you would have to become your own registrar which = $$$

By: admin

admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:41:39 +0000

Hi CCC – Thanks for the info. So just wondering why I can’t just own the domain name like Godaddy owns the domain name? Why do I have to pay Godaddy the annual fee? Can’t I just bypass them somehow since I own my domain name now? Put it another way, how did GoDaddy get my domain site in the first place, or are they just a middle man?

Ahh, love learning the basics, and will check out your article.

Thnx, Sam

By: admin

admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:38:07 +0000

Hey Joel – Yeah, my site went down from around 3pm-7pm PST b/c I was migrating to a new server on Media Temple. I twittered a warning earlier, but you may have not seen it. Safe to always e-mail me at financialsamurai AT gmail DOT com. Thnx! Sam

By: Credit Card Chaser

Credit Card Chaser — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:11:11 +0000

@FS

Just wanted to give you a heads up that I tried to reply to an email from you but it got rejected twice so your mailbox might be full – Joel

By: Credit Card Chaser

Credit Card Chaser — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:04:38 +0000

Thanks for linking to the article and glad you liked it! Website owners certainly own their website (i.e. the actual files, databases, and code that make up their website) but you are right in that owning domain names involve an annual registration fee that costs somewhere around $7 – $10 / year. It is important to distinguish between the domain name (i.e. financialsamurai.com) and the website itself (i.e. the content of your blog, the code, the blog template you are using, etc.). Think of the domain name as the location or address and the words and code of your site as the “physical goods” in this analogy. Since every domain name is unique (there can only be 1 financialsamurai.com just like there can only be one cars.com) then each domain name has inherent value (i.e. as you will admit freely I’m sure the domain cars.com is inherently worth more than financialsamurai.com and creditcardchaser.com). Here is an article I wrote that has 25 different criteria that go into choosing a good domain name: http://www.domainsuperstar.com/how-to-guides/how-to-choose-a-domain-name

By: uberVU - social comments

uberVU - social comments — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:24:20 +0000

Social comments and analytics for this post…

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By: Charlie

Charlie — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:55:49 +0000

I love the Gravatar feature you added to your site and another great recap. I enjoyed the link you mentioned about the smart car adventure in Germany. I’d probably start hyperventilating if I was in one of those on the Autobahn!

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Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:10:44 +0000

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By: admin

admin — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:09:45 +0000

RainyDay – I think the most important thing a writer can do is just write good content on their site. If you start doing everything else (b/c there is an endless amount of other stuff to do), you end up not focusing on what matters most.

It’s one thing to Twitter your new post, then it’s another to re-twitter your post that’s on TIP’d or whatever asking to Tip, and then Twitter again that evening asking to Tip again! lol.

By: RainyDaySaver

RainyDaySaver — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:01:44 +0000

I’ve just started noticing the Tip’d stuff in Twitterland. Not sure how I feel about it. I’m dabbling with the self-promotion, because you can’t just do nothing, but I don’t want to drive readers away, either.