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Facebook is going to make its Timeline compulsory to all Facebook users according to an update I saw from Yahoo Finance.  I am not sure about you, but I prefer the old format compared to Timeline (read the post by Smosh- quite funny). When I visiting pages of friends who have installed the Timeline, the [...]

Adding Adsense to Blogs

by Yin on September 16, 2009

You may have noticed that I’ve recently added some Adsense advertisements to my blogs. Friends who are into websites and blogging have long advised me to either have affiliate programs or Google Adsense ads. Reason being is my hosting renewal is coming round the corner and because I’ve chosen quality hosting from Media Temple- they’re really [...]

If you like this article, you may also want to read How to add a 3rd column on your Blogspot blog Previously, when I maintained my site via Blogspot, I have searched the internet for various methods to truncate post- ie when the visitor gets to my homepage, they are able to view not the [...]

How a Successful Blog Loses Its Readers

by Yin on October 8, 2008

This post is written by me from a reader’s point of view- after seeing how many blogs who had once been popular started to lose its readers.  Before I actively began blogging, I have been reading many blogs. This post is not really about losing new readers because a person who loses streams of existing readers [...]

Sorry, this article was written when I was still using Blogspot. But I made the decision to migrate to paid domain and hosting a few weeks later. I have been hosting this blog via Blogspot since May 2006. Prior to that, I was already posting some entries via Geocities. I have been using free public [...]

If you like this article, you may also want to read Truncate or Creating Post Exerpt for Blogspot Blogger If you use the Blogger template, you may notice that the default templates does not contain 3 columns. They’re all 2 column templates. The template of one of my inactive blog is an example. For a [...]

The layout of your blog is very important. If you have been writing for quite a while or had writen many articles in your blog, it would have been ‘buried’ deep under the Archives. There are lots of gems in there that will benefit your visitors and other users. The challenge is how to bring [...]

A Blogger’s World Series

by Yin on June 28, 2008

Welcome to the series of articles on blogging. Here, I will be writing articles progressively in blogging for the beginner. Update @ Oct 08: You may want to check out the following sites on “Make Money from Blogging” if you found that your previous money making efforts have not worked: – Happy Jobless Guy  – Money [...]

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by Yin on June 23, 2008

I have 2 blogs and I am shifting both of these blogs (lock, stock and barrel) from Blogger to my own domain. Last Update: 22 September 08 Jottings Straight from the Heart —soon to be moved to http://life.yinteing.com/ In this blog I write about anything from life experiences, career, travel, choices in life, etc. Recently [...]