Monthly Archives: May 2007

.com.my To Cost Maximum RM80 For 3 Months

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MYNIC has just announced that there will be a 3 months price promotion for 7 .my top level domain names starting from 5th June 2007 to 5th September 2007. Domain names for .com.my, .net.my, org.my, .gov.my, .edu.my and mil.my will cost a maximum of RM80 while .name.my will cost a maximum of RM32. This price promotion includes new domain registration and domain renewal as well.

According to MYNIC, the actual price that each MYNIC reseller charges may vary. However, the maximum they can charge a customer remains RM80 and RM32 as mentioned above. Do check out the MYNIC resellers list to find out who is giving out the best bargain.

If you have always wanted to get yourself a .my domain name, NOW is the time. Well, maybe not exactly NOW but between 5th June 2007 to 5th September 2007. For those who have already owned one (or more), I would recommend you to renew your domain name(s) within that promotion period as well.

Statcounter Is Now 5 Times Better

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Statcounter recently upgraded ALL accounts with 5 times more log size. That means you can track up to the last 500 pageloads on your site or blog. However, you will need to update your settings for this to work. According to the information in the blog, you will need to follow the steps below.

“To increase your log size, log into StatCounter and click the wrench icon beside your project. Click ‘Adjust Log Size’, and enter 500 in the box. Click ‘Adjust Project Log’ and you’re done!”

However, if you are tracking a few projects, you will need to repeat the steps for each project. An easier way which requires less steps are as follows.

Step 1: Instead of clicking the “wrench” and repeating the step X times, click on “Adjust Log”.

Step 1: Click on

Step 2: Enter the “New Log Size” as 500 for all projects and click the “Adjust Log” button.

Step 2: Adjust log size to 500

You will need to wait for a few seconds depending on the amount of projects that you have. That is all to it. You are done. Hope this helps.

How To Get Your Feed Readers To Participate In Comments

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I have subscribed to 30+ feeds from various blogs. I notice that only 10% of them have a link or indicator in their feed to their post’s comments. Below is a screenshot of a feed without a link to its post’s comments.

Feed without link to comment

Below is a screenshot of a feed that links to its post’s comments.

Feed with link to comment

From my point of view (as a feed reader), feeds that do not provide a link to their post’s comments are “dead” articles. It feels like reading the daily newspaper or a magazine. To me, blogs are different from traditional printed materials because it allows readers and the writer to comment and discuss on the written article.

Some might argue that the comments are accessible by launching the post in a browser. However, the point is to make it as simple and effortless for the reader to access them. A year ago, GMail created the “Delete” button just to speed up the deleting process of unwanted e-mails.

GMail's Delete button

To create a “link” to your comment in your feed, you will need to have an account at FeedBurner.

Step 1: Click on the “Optimize” tab.

Step 2: Select the “FeedFlare” option on the left and activate the service.

Step 3: Select “Comments Count” and other function(s) that you want to appear on your feed and blog and click “Save”.

Step 4: Select the platform your blog is running on at the “Get the HTML code to put FeedFlare on your site:” option. Copy the given code into the appropriate files.

Allow some time for the link(s) to appear. It may not show up immediately after adding the codes. Now that you have a link to your comments in your feed, it increases the chance for your feed readers to engage in the comments.

References:
1. Comments included in feed?
2. Adding FeedFlare to WordPress 1.x/2.x
3. Feedflare Code for WordPress – Where should I put it?!

Discrepancies In My Google Adsense Report

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A week ago, I checked my MyBlogLog’s statistics and my Google Adsense report an noticed a difference in both their reports. MyBlogLog reported that in the past 7 days (at that time), there was a total of 14 clicks on my Google Adsense Skyscraper banner (on the right) and another 10 clicks on my Google Adsense Link Unit (on top).

MyBlogLog report on Google Adsense banner clicks

However, when I checked the report posted by Google, it showed that I only received 2 clicks on the Google Adsense Link Unit.

Google Adsense report on Google Adsense banner clicks

I sent an e-mail to Google Support and was asked to provide screenshots of it. Few days later, I received an e-mail from them saying they could not resolve the difference that MyBlogLog and their system is showing. It is understandable, since they do not have access to MyBlogLog’s system. After all, how much does 22 clicks on their banners in my blog are worth? Probably between USD1 to 2 if I’m lucky.

However, the point I am trying to raise isn’t the cash that I could have potentially earned being lost but, why are there such a big difference between both system’s report? No doubt that Google is an enormous company with top IT people (probably in the world), but I believe MyBlogLog does not have amateur programmers behind their system as well. So, how is it possible that there was such a big difference? I could accept it if there were less than 5 or so but 22 is a bit too much.

I still strongly believe that Google’s reports are accurate. However, I just can’t find a reason to explain what is happening with my statistics. Anyone out there ever had the same problem as I did?

Manage E-mails From Different Accounts In Microsoft Office Outlook 2003

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I have been checking and organizing my e-mails using Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 since I started blogging. A few days ago, I purchased a new domain name. Now, I have to setup Microsoft Outlook to manage both my e-mail accounts. This is when I noticed a problem (or inconvenience). All e-mails that I received from both accounts go into the same Inbox. The program did not create different set of folders for each account.

So, I googled for it and found this post, How do I receive email on different accounts into different folders in Outlook?. It was exactly what I needed. There are step-by-step guides with screenshots. Overall, that is a very good guide. After following all the steps, I was able to forward all e-mails received and sent from the second account to 2 newly created folders below.

2 newly created folders

It was simple to redirect the e-mails following the guide provided in the post. However, it would have been great if Microsoft Outlook was able to handle multiple accounts in a more efficient way. I’m thinking of changing to Mozilla’s Thunderbird 2.

Should I? What e-mail program are you using?