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Wow. Its been a while since the last time I go for a jog and get myself sweat. I recently feel alot of backpain and also on the neck. I thought lying on the bed will make me feel better but instead, it got worse. So just now I went for a jog and I felt really refreshing and more energetic! I think I want to take a few minutes daily to get my self sweat so that I can be more productive

Speaking of productivity, do you know that you can effectively decrease your website traffic(if you got a very good traffic).  Ireally think that this is beneficial for you if you already have a good steady traffic to your site, If You are just starting out, this is also an eyeopener :). So here you go, the three simple tips on decreasing your traffic with extensive effort!:-

1. just read your blog and do not update until  the end of the month. If you are updating it, do not put heavy content. A few sentences would be nice :).  Putting a date counter on the page to show when it was last updated is lame. So don’t put it okay !
2. just put to your blog and do not offer anything. If you have anything that can give value to your readers, scrap it! Your readers loves value. SO you need to get rid of it in order to flush away your traffic.
3. Another thing is Opt in. I have said his again and again before. Putting an Opt in is totally unnecessary if you want to decrease your website traffic.  I saw many bloggers put special offers and anything similar in their blog. This is again, giving value to your customers.. they will come again and again to see the update. So bottom line is, its a bad idea…

I hope you enjoyed the tips and please stay healthy. Do not be like me.. I am a very bad example.. but at least I want to improve my self by going for a jog in the park. What about you?

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Wordpress recently released its 2.5 version. While most bloggers have upgraded their wordpress to the latest version, there are a few portion of bloggers are still using the old one. I am one of them.

Its not that I dont want to do it. I tried but my head was spinnin as I read about how to upgrade my wordpress blog, specifically the Sleepy Surfer dot com. I’m still new to wordpress.

A wealthy Dragon from Hong Kong made a very useful post on how to upgrade wordpress blog to the latest version. I am currently using his post to get the job done. I need to learn a few more things prior to the upgrade process.

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There are questions on how most of the webmasters or bloggers monitors their sites. The followings are the common questions and also the suggested solutions:

How do I test my own website links or other websites for broken links?

You can always check out this tool:-
http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html

How can I check the search engines for the number of back links to my URL i.e. other web pages linking to my site?

Digital point have a very helpful tool :-
http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/backlinks/

How can I determine why my site is showing in only a certain country?
http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/website-country/

There are other tools as the internet evolves. People are getting more creative in finding solutions. Almost everyday, a new tool is created. It depends on your requirement. Good Luck!

Cool resources that you might wanna check out:-

Useful Web Resources for Small Business and Non Profits #5

20 Useful Webmaster Tools

7 tools to track your blog Visitors

5 Tools to Monitor website, if it is dead or alive

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Jimmy is a blogger and also a webmaster who wants to market his website and blogs using the mystical and magical techniques of Search Engine Optimization. he got alot of unique traffic everyday. His techniques are proven to be effective in SEO marketing.

Jimmy knows that using his main keywords in the title of his blog post and websites are important as Mr Spider Robots loves them.

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Not all browsers append whatever you put in the title tag by adding their own name, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer or OPERA is not one of them.

Jimmy is aware that the title tag is totally different from a Meta tag. However, it’s worth considering it in relation to them.

All major web crawlers will use the text of your title tag as the text they use for the title of your page in your listings.

Any text that are in the title tag (between the <title> and </title> portions) will magically appear in the title bar of browsers when they view the mystical web page.

The actual text that Jimmy use in the title tag is one of the most important factors in how a search engine may decide to rank Jimmy’s web page or blog.

Jimmy has given a good SEO practices for all website and blogs. It is recommended for you to follow what jim has done for his website and blogs.

Other resouces that can help you to understand more :-

Importance of Keyword Density in SEO

Keyword Density & Keyword Density Tools > SEO Myths

Biggest Reason Original Article Fail is Keywords and Keyword Density

P/s: Jimmy is a fictional charactor created by The Sleepy Surfer. However the facts are based on true stories happening all around us.

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In the last post, I wrote about the Search engine Spiders and SEO. I know that the information is not enough but I would rather write one thing at a time. And and this post, I will tell you a few more facts about our Search Engine Spider Robots!

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• The spider robots will periodically return to the sites to check for any information that has changed. The frequency with which this happens is determined by the moderators of the search engine.
• A spider’s brain is almost like a Complete Report or an Encyclopedia where it contains the table of contents, the actual content and the links and references for all the websites it finds during its search, and it may index up to a million pages a day.
• Search engine will search through the index which it has created by the Spider Robots and not actually searching the Web.
• Different search engines produce different rankings because not every search engine uses the same species of Spider Robots to search through the indices.

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Ya know, these spiders are like a new species created by mankind. They are evolving and have a mind of their own. I wonder if they ever get inlove with each other, maried and get their own children and pursue their career in the Serach Engines

More related post on Search Engine Spiders:-

How Do Search Engines Work - Web Crawlers / Web Spiders

Search Engine Optimization For Blogs

Improve Search Engine Ranking

Link Building 101

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I have been posting content relating to talent and creativity lately.. I found an interesting sad video on how individuals around us with unique talents were not discovered or even worse, poluted by the corporate world/ corporate machine. I found the animation from a post by Martijn van Osch from Freshcreation.com. In his post, Martijn said that :- (more…)

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Ashon Rafiq from Blueverse.com wrote a really good post about how to do your business online or off line. The first thing that you need to do is to plan your business.

As for me, I found writing my plans gave me a few benefits. While there are a lot of benefits of writing your business plan, I can just come out witha few.. hey, I’m sleepy okay… I’ll share more in the future if I remember :P. The following are a few points that I can come up with..

You will discover valuable information about your business/niche/industry

Your in-depth research and planning will help you to have a more clear picture about the steps that you will take to achieve your goal. You will also discover the important information on how to improve your business in the long run. Jot them down and prioritize them.

You will know more about hidden information of your competitors.

Writing a detailed plan for your business forces you to assess your competitors.You will discover their strengths and weaknesses, which is a benefit for you to run your business.

You will gain more confidence

Once you have it all on paper, you will see a better picture of your long term goal. Visualise your success and this will help you to gain more confidence.

I really recommend Mark Joyner’s Simpleology to learn more about planning your business.

More related sources that you should read :

• Guide to successful business planning
• Funding Your Business Plan in the UK
• Inspirational business planning
• Storyboards As A Business Plan

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I have been tweaking my banner and also the “cartoon representative” of the sleepy surfer lately.

Today I’v made anothertweak. Check out my latest design and a few others before it. I want it to be a simple design and anyone can remember it. So if you are new to theSleepySurfer.com, you might want to look at these design and how it evolve from the beginning

This is the latest Sleepy Surfer Brand :

Here are the previous temporary designs :

As you can see, at first the cartoon is different. for your information, I sketch the cartoon by myself. At first I want to outsource it but I will miss the fun. so I sketch them myself, put some color with Adobe Photoshop and wallah!

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There will be time that a few newbies come to you and ask why do you need a blog.. You can either tell them the benefits of having a blog or just ignore them.

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They will hate you when you do not tell them that you are experiencing the flexibility in blogging. you can choose how you want your blog to look like from various type of platforms; from wordpress, and joomla to drupal and at least a dozen more! your blog can be self hosted or it can also be a free services like blogger.

Everyone will also hate you for not telling them that your blog can be profitable as it creates an intimate atmosphere betwee you and your atmosphere. A blogger’s credibility will be developed. I have learned in the past that product doesnt sell.. people is..

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