Yesterday I wrote about 5 tricks some people use to increase their Alexa’s traffic ranks. The point of the post is not to say that Alexa is totally useless but the methods I described do not usually help in improving the rankings.

To the general web surfers, Alexa’s traffic ranking means almost nothing. But many advertisers and ad networks use Alexa to gauge whether it’s worth spending money and pay the site owner to advertise on the site.

If you are a blogger trying to make money from Text Link Ads or ReviewMe, having a good Alexa ranking put you in the position to charge more on your ad inventory.

For some site owners, getting a high Alexa traffic rank is more of an ego boost than a true reflection of their sites popularity. Others are trying to game Alexa so that they can command higher prices for their ad inventory among other things.

The recently released official Alexa toolbar for Firefox seems to re-ignite the obsession some people have over their Alexa ranking. I’ve seen several bloggers recommending tools and methods to game Alexa ranking.

I had the privilege of having Sabahan.com reviewed by John Chow recently and I can tell you it has been an interesting experience for me. I know some of my readers have been waiting patiently for me write this post.

In case you don’t know about this already, Alexa has released a toolbar for Firefox. What this means is that more Firefox users can now be counted towards a site’s overall Alexa ranking. This will effectively improves the accuracy of the Alexa ranking as more Firefox users decide to install the toolbar.

Previously, the official Alexa toolbar only exists for Internet Explorer.

Once installed, the toolbar sits quietly in your browser status bar at the bottom right showing a site traffic trend, reach meter and traffic rank. In addition, a new related links menu is added to your browser menu bar.

One of the most important elements in your blog is your headlines. Some even go as far as to say they account for as much as 90% of the effectiveness of you blog.

Your main goal when writing a post is to get your readers to read your content, and before they go to your content they will have to read the headline first. Writing a poor and uninspiring headline could result in you losing 90% of your potential readers.

If you are reading this, chances are, you are probably a fan of Google search. However, unless you are a tech geek, your typical search activity would probably involve entering a few words and changing them until you find what you are looking for.

While Google is getting better at finding the right information for you, there are a couple of tricks you could use to make your search more effective.

The following are 10 simple tricks that I’ve found useful in helping me find the right information quickly.

Blogging is hard work; it’s even harder if you are running multiple blogs and trying to maintain quality across the board. Ideally we would want to devote more time to blogging as much as possible. Unfortunately, not everyone is a professional blogger; some have a day job. Even if you are a professional bloggers, there are times when you need to be with your friends, family and yourself.

Many people feel overwhelmed by all the demands from their job, their family and their personal life. There just seem to be not enough time to do all the things that needs to be done.

I was contacted by Rodney Shupe the author of the Kontera Wordpress plugin where he addresses my concern regarding the invisible link employed by his plugin.

He explained that it was done as a way of “compensation” for many hours writing and supporting the plugin. At the time he wrote the plugin he was unaware of the Google SEO guidelines pertaining to invisible link. The links were added as a suggestion from another WordPress plugin author.

That’s according to an article published in The Star Online today. Telekom Malaysia (TM) is currently testing a 100Mbps broadband access using fibre-optic connection and the electrical wiring in our house.

The first phase of the project will be rolled out in the third quarter of next year with an initial speed of 10 Mbps. Those living in high-rise building in big cities will get to enjoy the service first. Newer housing developments would probably be able to take advantage of this service as laying fibre optic cables become part of the development plans.

If you have old posts in your blogs collecting dust or perhaps you love to write, either way, you’ll be able to monetize your content and make money with Helium.com.

But before we go into that, let me explain what Helium.com is all about

Helium.com is one of the community based content generation sites cropping up recently to allow users write content in any topics they like . Some say it’s a combination of About.com, Q&A services such as Yahoo Answers, Wikipedia and Consumer Reports all rolled into one service. Currently the site gets around 8 million unique visitors a month and growing with 450,000+ articles published.