SP Blogger

Testing PostDate

Jayce Ooi — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 13:39:22 +0000

spBlogger.com is my testing playground nowadays. Tested DISQUS last time. And I am testing PostDate this time. Does Google able to detect this post date even without PostDate class in HTML? Let’s find out in next few days…

Testing DISQUS

Jayce Ooi — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:19:59 +0000

DISQUS good? I believe so because most of the big sites are using it. But does it good in SEO? Let’s find out…

ContextWeb Ads slow down my blogs

Jayce Ooi — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 08:38:11 +0000

PulsePoint (partnership between CONTEXTWEB and Datran Media) is the latest advertising company that I dump (temporary). Yes, I am dumping the best CPM advertising ~ ContextWeb that I love. Why? ContextWeb experienced unexpected system fluctuations up to 3 days. And it makes my blog just hang there while waiting for ContextWeb Ads to be loaded. [...]

Err… Google Panda / Penguin Update did it again.

Jayce Ooi — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 09:18:23 +0000

My blogs was hit by Google Panda Update badly last year. 10% traffic dropped when Google Panda first launched at US. Another 20% dropped when rolled out to international. Well, I managed to recover the loss traffic by writing more quality articles. And I did not do much search engine optimization (SEO) on my blogs [...]

Good to be a full-time blogger?

Jayce Ooi — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 11:02:59 +0000

I made a very hard decision last 2 years ~ to be a full-time blogger. I was employed as Application Developer in Intel Malaysia for 5 years. It is not an easy decision to make because Intel really pay well and has lot of employee benefits like stock, bonuses, free medical, dental & optical… My [...]

2 Google AdSense payments, mistake made by Google?

Jayce Ooi — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 09:02:24 +0000

Yeah… I have 2 Google AdSense payments issued by Google this month. Shhh… Don’t tell anyone. I think Google made a mistake here by giving out 2 payments for me. 2 Google AdSense payments Mistake made by Google? Yes, maybe once in a while. But not in my case. Then how can I get 2 [...]

How to make money from Amazon Affiliate?

Jayce Ooi — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 02:36:11 +0000

I was not good in getting income from selling products through affiliation. So I did not bother to focus much on it after blogging for 5 years. Signed up B&H Photo Video Pro Audio and Amazon Affiliate long time ago. But only got $20.63 from B&H Photo Video Pro Audio Affiliate and nothing from Amazon [...]

2nd and 3rd Lijit Networks payments received

Jayce Ooi — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 07:14:13 +0000

Wow… I was busy with JayceOoi.com and personal stuffs lately. Don’t have time to update this blog. I received my 2nd and 3rd Lijit Networks payments. Getting 1 payment each 2 months. Not bad I guess… 2nd Lijit Networks payment 3rd Lijit Networks payment Hmm… Lijit Networks ad script does not working properly on Internet [...]

Add more ads to improve earning?

Jayce Ooi — Tue, 29 May 2012 15:05:49 +0000

Low earning? Not enough income from blog? Just add more advertisements to improve blog earning, right? I was so lucky to be invited to optimize my website with Google AdSense experts in Malaysia. Did you get the invitation? Too bad that I could not make it to meet them in KL personally. But talking with [...]

Chitika earning is way to low for CPC ads

Jayce Ooi — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 02:36:54 +0000

Is Chitika a good CPC ads replacement for Google AdSense? A big NO. Tested Chitika for 1 month on PrettyGirl2u.com. Placed Chitika advertisement at the same place as Google AdSense. Tried Chitika Mobile Ads and enable Chitika | Select ads to all visitors. But Chitika earning is way too low for CPC ads… Chitika Earning [...]

My very first payment from Lijit Networks

Jayce Ooi — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 03:16:35 +0000

Lijit Networks is the latest advertising company that I tested. Why? Google AdSense disabled ad serving to PrettyGirl2u.com. And I need to a replacement. So I ended up with Lijit Networks. Why I picked Lijit Networks? Because Lijit Networks was acquired by Federated Media Publishing. It should be okay else it won’t be acquired by [...]

Best way to kill a blog ~ Do nothing!

Jayce Ooi — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 06:34:39 +0000

Err… Busy with JayceOoi.com lately. Almost put all the time and effort there. And did not study much on stock market at all. Therefore, did not update spBlogger.com at all for almost a month. I noticed that SP Blogger traffic dropped 30% after no update for long period. Google search engine traffic dropped. Seem like [...]

Mudajaya Target Price ~ Updated 28-11-2011

Jayce Ooi — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:49:40 +0000

Mudajaya target price was downgraded by CIMB Securities from RM 4.81 to RM 4.00. OSK Research maintains Mudajaya target price at RM 3.94 (upgraded on last research report). Around 75% upside but no one seem willing to buy Mudajaya stock. Why? MUDAJYA past 2 months stock price MUDAJYA Target Price RM 4.00 ~ CIMB Securities [...]

Google Panda ‘kill’ pro blogger?

Jayce Ooi — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:01:26 +0000

Google Panda… You won’t be unfamiliar with Google Panda if you are a blogger who focus much on blog traffic. Google implemented new search algorithm called Google Panda back in end of February 2011. It affect English Google search engine result in US only. Then rolled out to international Google search engine in April 2011. [...]

Blogger’s location is important

Jayce Ooi — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 08:14:10 +0000

Err… Why other bloggers with much lesser traffic can get product to review? Not me with much higher traffic? Some of them only got 1/10 of my traffic and still selected as one of the reviewers. Hmm… One of the things that I suspected ~ location. Yup, I stay at Sungai Petani, Kedah in Malaysia. [...]

Top 10 best paying country in Google AdSense

Jayce Ooi — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 07:46:18 +0000

Do you know which country has the highest pay rate in Google AdSense? Just login your Google AdSense account. And you can see it at the performance report based on countries. By knowing it, you can focus which country topics / articles that you should write more in your blog. Here is my top 10 [...]

Enable Preload Mode on WP Super Cache

Jayce Ooi — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:59:58 +0000

I started to use back WP Super Cache on JayceOoi.com when W3 Total Cache was giving me issue on my VPS. And W3 Total Cache was not able to sustain PrettyGirl2u.com traffic on shared web hosting yesterday. Received warning email from HostGator about high CPU usage… Hello, This message is to advise you of a [...]

BuySellAds.com failed me again…

Jayce Ooi — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:11:52 +0000

Interesting… I did not post anything about BuySellAds.com. Basically, BuySellAds is just like Blogads. Blogads serve me well for past 1 year and it is getting better each day. This is my 2nd trial on BuySellAds. I put up BuySellAds advertisement on JayceOoi.com for 1 month. Priced 125 x 125 px ad at USD 50 [...]

Mudajaya Target Price ~ Updated 27-09-2011

Jayce Ooi — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 06:17:06 +0000

Mudajaya target price was downgraded again by both CIMB Securities and OSK Research. Reason? Managing Director (MD), Mr. Ng Yin Loong (may be regarded as the founder of Mudajaya) has tendered his resignation. CIMB Securities increased its RNAV discount from 20% to 30% in view of the short-term concerns that this change in leadership. While [...]

My very first cheque from LinkShare

Jayce Ooi — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:09:35 +0000

LinkShare is new to me. It is an affiliate network that you can earn commissions through sales like Apple iTunes. Hmm… I am not good in affiliate marketing yet. And I really earn very less from it. I just don’t like to sell products. Maybe I should study and can earn more from it… 1st [...]

Clean up WordPress database ~ wp_commentmeta

Jayce Ooi — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:29:44 +0000

I am getting ‘Akismet has detected a problem. A server or network problem prevented Akismet from checking xxx comments. They have been temporarily held for moderation and will be automatically re-checked in xx mins.’ issue lately… This issue happens once in a while. And the longest last for 1 day. I had to delete all [...]

Mudajaya Target Price ~ Updated 24-08-2011

Jayce Ooi — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 02:49:27 +0000

Mudajaya target price was downgraded by both CIMB Securities and OSK Research. The main reason ~ delays at Chhattisgarh. CIMB Securities lowers it by 7.3% from RM7.44 to RM6.88 (before ex-bonus) == RM5.95 to RM5.50 (ex-bonus), pegged to 20% RNAV discount. OSK Research downgraded it even further from RM5.48 to RM4.15 based on a 30% [...]

How to recover from Google Panda Update?

Jayce Ooi — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 03:31:34 +0000

How to recover from Google Panda Update? I tried lot of methods like optimizing my website by fixing HTML issues on Google Webmaster Tools. De-index all the category and tag pages from Google search index. All the paged pages (like page 2, page 3) are de-indexed too. But none of them are helping to improve [...]

Which keywords should I use?

Jayce Ooi — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 05:24:25 +0000

I have a new smartphone ~ Samsung Galaxy S II. It is a great phone but bad compare to HTC HD2 in SEO term. Why? The official Samsung Galaxy S II keywords does not always return the search result that I want. Samsung Galaxy S (SGS1) results were returned some time. Therefore, I used Google [...]

Withdraw 2 Google AdSense payments at the same day

Jayce Ooi — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 04:59:34 +0000

I mentioned that Western Union rate is based on Google AdSense payment date previously. I can double confirm it again. I just withdrew 2 Google AdSense payments by using Western Union service through RHB Bank. Both of them have different rate. 2 Google AdSense payments Err… USD is getting weaker again. I got RM 2321.19 [...]