Articles for August 2008
Creating a Google-friendly URL structure
Just wanna get back to the basics today… I was surfing and doing some tidying up in my Google webmasters central when I chanced upon Google’s own documentation for webmasters about creating a Google Friendly URL structure.
In the article, Google also recommends some ways to overcome potential problems with URL structure:
Consider using a robots.txt [...]
Comex 2008 Promotions and Great Deals!
Today, I was particularly excited about collecting the TODAY paper… because today’s issue has a 32 page supplement for the promotions and deals for Comex 2008, which starts today!
Heh… I just noticed that the supplement is called “Electronic Ecstasy”! No wonder I am so excited!… or maybe its just last night lack of sleep! [...]
Todd Duncan on Killing the Sale
Over the past two days, on the way to work and back I’ve been reading Todd Duncan’s Killing the Sale: The 10 Fatal Mistakes Salespeople Make and How to Avoid Them- its an awesome book about salesmanship, and its certainly changed my perspective about selling.
Certainly a great read for anyone who is involved [...]
Open Source Microblogging - Its getting messy!
Are you hooked on Twitter? Now you can create your own Twitter for free with the new open source microblogging platform - Laconica!
I got this from the article on ZD Net today, and its exciting to know how blogging has evolved. I still remember the days we were chatting on each other’s blogs [...]
WordPress, Google Gears, Google Docs!
If you’re one WordPress 2.6, you must have noticed the “Turbo”, link on your blog admin page which links you to Google Gears…
I was curious today, and I dug more.
Google Gears… its Google’s way of getting offline. They’ve got it online and they are now moving their documents into people’s PCs! Literally!
After you [...]
The Blogopreneur Theme and Plugin Shopping
Recently, I’ve been re-looking the theme for this blog and I realise that it is actually one of them most lightweight themes I have ever created.
As you probably have noted, I am not a fan of fancy graphics and functionality… call me boring, but as long as the theme works to highlight what is necessary [...]
Comex 2008 Singapore is coming again!
Yes, the annual Comex IT Show is coming again to Singapore, in less than a month’s time! This time, they are taking up 5 entire show floors! Its crazy. Heh.
Here are the details:
28th August - 31st August 2008
Suntec City Exhibition Centre - Entire Levels 1, 2, 3, 4 & 6
Opening Hours : [...]
Tan Kian Ann is blog marketer based in Singapore. He now works with individuals and small businesses reach out to the world using blogs. 


