It seems like my Alexa ranking took a huge hit ever since I dropped that Entrecard widget a little while back.  It did give me a pretty good boost in traffic for a while, and some long term readership.  However over all it was more work than benefit really.  Quite surprisingly the  traffic to the site is higher now than it was before yet, the Alexa ranking for this site is considerably lower now.  What perplexes me to this day is that my account is still accruing Entrecard credits even though I have no widget posted, and the fact that my widget is not accepting new adverts.

My Google Page rank decided to come back up again from a 1 to a measly 2.  The cuprit for this one is the wide linking to of the Warhammer Tome Tactics Guide.

The most popular page besides that one would be the 214k Gold limit for World of Warcraft.  Which to this day still receives quite a few visitors from StumbleUpon.  Many thanks to those of you who gave those pages a thumbs up.

Also another thanks to all the guys from MIT, and Texas A&M who seem to be the majority of readers who come back on a consistent basis, and in bulk.

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Seriously though why do some people have to share every single detail of their life on Twitter. I think the guys over at Penny Arcade described it best in their twitter comic:

Too Much Information

Soo true, but anyways I’m looking for some people to follow on there so if you’re a twit, err I mean if you tweat lemme know who you are so I can follow you. Likewise if you want, you can follow me on twitter. Maybe give me a nudge to update my blog more often and what not.

If you have any tips or suggestions on using twitter let me know about it too, as I useful tools.

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This one was a prize from Ellissa Bar for entering in her contest that I mentioned last week.She was also kind enough to send me a Warhammer Poster too =).  Also to my suprise, this poster is double sided.  How I’m suppose to hand thing up is a little confusing if I want to show off both sides.  Unless I hang it from the lamp in the middle of my room like Warhammer Heraldry.

I’m sure not complaining though this stuff definitely rocks.  The mug is even a handmade piece of pottery from a Warhammer Launch party.  Mucho Gracias Ellisa!

For those of you who missed out, don’t worry.  There is still Alienware’s $3000 pc gaming computer contest that you can still enter.  If you’re interested in that one go read my contest post here.

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She’s got 2 prizes she’s giving away:

• Choice #1 – Free copy of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
• Choice #2 – Goody package of Warhammer Online stuff. This is random “loot” I’ve gotten at work. Some of the things I have to choose from are a coffee mug (more like a tankard), a coffee table book, playing cards, a graphic novel, posters.

Make sure you put your comment in before the deadline of October 31st at midnight EST.

I’m personally going to pick option #2 as I have no use for a second copy of the game, and the grab bag stuff sounds pretty neat. I’ve already won a TV recently so I’ve been pretty optimistic about joining in on contests lately.

Also if you haven’t done so yet, I’d advise you to enter into Alienware’s $3000 Warhammer computer contest as well.  Who knows maybe someone can win that one too.  Anyways good luck to you guys on any of the contests you enter.

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So here’s the story, about how I managed to snag one of these things for free.  Every year in Maui we have a county fair.  And usually my friends and I go there to eat the food since its usually pretty good, and only available during fair season.

As usual, we walk around the fairgrounds to go visit the various tents, and shops that people have set up there.  You know the 500LB giant pumpkins, the blue ribbon cows, Aunty’s prize winning orchids etc.  We end up walking by this stall over at Time Warner, and they got some kind of game set up.  My friend, and I figure what the heck, let’s go try it out.

Turns out its a photo memory game that was recently setup for Time Warner Oceanic Cable via ActiveVideo Networks/Tag Networks that they were promoting at the stall.  The object of the game was to look at a photo memorize it, and then answer a question regarding the photo via the tv remote.  Sometimes it was easy as, “Was the person in the photo female?”  Other times it was as obscure as, “Was the surfer’s right foot forward?”.  The first couple of us who tried it out was having some fun with it, so I’m sure that this new feature will be great for families to spend time together.

The game so my friend had scored alright for just fooling around.  Up comes my turn, and I scored a perfect for the first 10 rounds, and got all the bonus rounds correct.  When the total score came up I had scored top 3 for the State of Hawaii supposedly, and the guy there was like “Wow, there’s a good chance I’ll probably be calling you up with that score”.  I was like yea whatever, I never win anything in contests, and off we went on our merry way to go stuff ourselves with some fair food.

The rest is history.  I get a call to come pick up the TV from the same guy at the stall, and here I am blogging about it.  Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to go pick up a set of HDMI cables so I can use this 40″ screen on my computer to play Warhammer Online with. =)

As for the specs of the TV I won here they are if you’re interested:
Sony Bravia S-Series KDL-40S4100 40-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV

Video

• Video Signal : 480/60i, 480/60p, 720/60p, 1080/60i, 1080/60p (HDMI™ / Component), 1080/24p (HDMI only)

Weights and Measurements

• Dimensions (Approx.) : 39 3/8 x 27 1/4 x 10 7/8 in (997 x 689 x 276mm) with pedestal; 39 3/8 x 25 3/4 x 4 3/8 in (997 x 652 x 111mm) without pedestal
• Weight (Approx.) : 50.1 lbs. (22.7kg) with pedestal; 43.9 lbs. (19.9kg) without pedestal

Audio Features

• Alternate Audio (Digital) : Yes
• Audio Mode : Dynamic, Standard, Clear Voice
• Audio Out : Yes
• Auto Mute (on no signal) : Yes (RF only)
• Auto SAP : Yes
• Digital Amplifier : Yes
• Dolby® : Dolby® Digital (for ATSC broadcast)
• Stereo System : MTS

Video Features

• 24p True Cinema™ Technology : Yes (HDMI only)
• 3D Comb Filter : Yes
• CineMotion® Reverse 3:2 Pulldown Technology : Yes
• MPEG Noise Reduction : Yes (non-selectable)
• Picture Mode : Vivid, Standard, Custom
• Wide Mode : Normal, Full, Zoom, Wide Zoom

Display

• On-Screen Contrast Ratio : 2,500:1
• Viewing Angle (Right/Left) : 178/178
• Viewing Angle (Up/Down) : 178/178
• Screen Size (measured diagonally) : 40″
• Native Resolution : 1920 x 1080
• Display Resolution : 1920 x 1080p

Inputs and Outputs

• AC Power Input : 1 (Rear)
• Analog Audio Input(s) (Total) : 5 (1 Side/4 Rear)
• Audio Out : 1 (Rear)
• Component Video (Y/Pb/Pr ) Input(s) : 2 (Rear)
• Composite Video Input(s) : 2 (1 Side/1 Rear)
• Digital Audio Output(s) : Optical Digital Output – 1 (Rear)
• HDMI™ Connection(s) (Total) : 3 (1 Side/2 Rear)
• PC Input Format Support : Yes (see manual for exact formats)
• RF Connection Input(s) : 1 (Rear)
• S-Video Input(s) : 1 (Rear)
• PC In (D-Sub) + Audio In (Stereo Mini) : 1 (Rear)

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Also it looks like the list has dwindled down to about 11 or so bloggers, so if you do free blog reviews then leave me a comment or contact me.

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What’s big, bad, green and mean that’s related to Warhammer Online?  An Orc Big ‘Un, yea, but so is this big green Alienware machine.  So, I guess even Alienware is jumping on the Warhammer Online Bandwagon at the moment.  This time they are offering up a $3000 Alienware computer for their prize.

Green isn’t really my color, but this computer is a beast, and for free I won’t be complaining if I win it.  So did you want a piece of the action too?  Here’s the lowdown on how to enter Alienware’s contest to try for this machine.

HOW TO ENTER: You can enter the Sweepstakes by visiting Alienware’s Warhammer Online website, www.alienware.com/WHOAW, enter WHOAW in the code field and complete the entry form.

That’s it.  What are you guys waiting for?  Go get one now.

If you’re wanting to know what the specs are here you go:

• Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q9650 3.0GHz 12MB Cache 1333MHz FSB
• Alienware P2 Chassis: Alienware® P2 Chassis with AlienIce™ 3.0 Video Cooling – Cyborg Green
• System Lighting: Alienware® Standard System Lighting – Terra Green
• System Cooling: Alienware® Standard System Cooling
• Power Supply: Alienware® 1000 Watt Multi-GPU Approved Power Supply
• Graphics Processor: Single 1GB NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800 GX2 – Dual GPU Technology
• Memory: 4GB† Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1066MHz – 2 x 2048MB
• Motherboard: Alienware® Approved NVIDIA® nForce® 790i Ultra SLI™ Motherboard Includes PCI-Express 2.0, DDR3 Memory, and Support for Intel 1600 FSB
• Operating System (Office software not included): Windows Vista® Home Premium with Service Pack 1 – DirectX 10 Ready!
• System Drive: Single Drive Configuration – 250GB SATA 3Gb/s 7,200RPM 16MB Cache
• Optical Drives: Single Drive Configuration – 20X Dual-Layer Burner (DVD±RW)
• Enthusiast Essentials: Dual High Performance Gigabit Ethernet Ports
• Sound Card: High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio
• Keyboard: Standard Keyboard – Standard Keyboard
• Mouse: Standard Mouse – Standard Optical 3-Button Mouse with Scroll Wheel
• Warranty: 1-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support w/ Onsite Service
• Alienware Extras: Alienware® Mesh Cap
• Alienware Extras: Alienware® Mousepad
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• Window Style: Default Window Style
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• Power Plan: Standard Power Plan
• Automatic Updates: Automatic Updates On
• Time Zones: (GMT – 5.00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

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However there are some stats that I have gathered about it already as well as some thoughts about it after the jump.

Selling Ads via Project Wonderful

I have my 3 Project Wonderful ad spots on the right hand side bar. It conveniently lists the current price per day to advertise on it. I just added it the other day, and theres seems to have filled up with another 20 more in queue. I’ll let try it out for a week or two with different amounts of advertising slots to see which brings in the best rate for this site.

I mentioned that I first saw this widget up in the forums for Entrecard users. They have quite a big 3 x 2 grid of 125×125 ad slots as seen here:

Each slot costs advertisers roughly $8 a day to advertise in. Yes that’s $8 a day x 6 slots, earning Entrecard a nice $17, 520 a year from this virtual real estate of theirs. That’s a good deal for those guys over at Entrecard especially for providing a great free traffic exchange program that helps get bloggers exposed to other bloggers.

My 3 slots up there after a few days is earning me $0.03-0.06 a day. Doesn’t sound like much, but it’ll add up (3-6 cents being about $1-2/month each spot). I chose to not put a minimum bid limit on the widget for now to see roughly where my rates go up to. If you wish to bid on some ad space via Project Wonderful you can do so via this link. Now I don’t get the people who have minimal traffic, and still want to charge $1 minimum/day for their site. Most advertisers won’t pay $30 a month for a no follow ad that gets less than 10k visitors a month.  If you do know people like that, send them my way to put bids on my ad spot.

I’ve also started to notice quite a bit of regular Entrecard users starting to pick this up as well since many already have a nice 125 x 125 ad image ready to use.  Also since the program is free to join, people can start making money, and use the money they earned via advertising to create ads for their own site.  Good deal so far.  I put in $5 to go bid on some 1 cent ad spots so lets see how that pans out.

Anyways the ad network is currently free so if you want, why not try out Project Wonderful.

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The free blog review list seems to be getting some nice hits now, and I just added another blog to the list. One of the nice things about the list is that it even lets me get my blog reviewed as well =). In the past week I have gotten 4 reviews, and three of them were from the list. I don’t get reviewed quite often, so to get four reviews in a week is I guess is something to blog about. Here’s the most recent reviews of this site that I have received:Richard from Untwisted Vortex mentioned about my 125×125 ad slots. I agree that yes, they are common on making money blogs, and possibly over used by many. He wonders though if these spots do get clicks. Just to answer that question back though. Of the outgoing links I’m able to see (the non-javascript ones), they get about an even amount of exit clicks as the sites listed on my blogroll.It just depends on the 125×125 image, and whether or not that image makes people click on it. People should at the least put their page titles or maybe a keyword or two just so people know what ad page is going to go to. The Focial ad I have on that 3×2 grid gets the most clicks next to Valkor’s Gold Guide. So even if you have an ad on someone’s high traffic site, you should at the very least have that ad describe something if you want people to click on it. Thank you for the free blog review

Richard!

Max from Blog Badly gave me three thumbs downs! Which actually makes me happy. See the thing with his reviews is the more thumbs downs you get, the worse off your site is. So since my site only got 3 thumbs downs, I think I did alright =). He does bring up a good point about the widgets on the side bar thing though. I have to look in to that on. Anyways this site is also one of the sites listed on me free blog review list so check it out.

Tim over at the Affiliate Marketing blog has given me a quick review from his site. I’ve been going there alot, and leaving quite a few comments. As someone who is learning about affiliate marketing myself I’m finding alot of useful information to look over from there.

The Fat Kid Unleashed is the most recent addition to my list of blogger who do free reviews. The fat kid gives me a pretty straighforward review of what my good/bad points about my site so far. Like Max, he’s also noted that my side bar is a little messy, or visually lacking. I’ll be throwing that on my list of ‘to dos’ or possibly widgets ‘to do away’ with. My first priority is to get a working contact form up =P.

Updating regularly seems to get harder as time passes as I tend to get over worked from my real life job quite often of late. I know, I know I’m making excuses. You’ll have to forgive this wannabe full time blogger who has a 60 hour offline work schedule. However, the long work hours are my motivation to make my goal of eventually earning a living online true. Regardless its always great to get a nice kick in the rear to get me motivated to post something. So thank you Fat Kid for that =).

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