Well some times you just want to let go off people who are trying to use you. The only thing they can think is about themselves. Their time is precious, Mine isn’t. I don’t think its justified in any way. They don’t spend money even when they have it and when they don’t , they expect you to spend and promise you to return it later. ( for the record , which they never do )

I think I have had enough of all this and its time to take a tough stand. I seriously miss my old peer group which was much more nicer. I spend today, they spend tomorrow and Some one else spends day after.You know that is how it should work. This may be little things for you ‘grown ups’, but some really tacky issues for us.

I kind of earn the cash, I spend. Its nothing major but Its enough for me alone ( Don’t know, If I had a GF ). Well, I have worked hard this summer, on my webmastering hobby. Made quite a few websites. Few of them are giving return, others are still very promising. I am not talking big money here may be 100-150 $ here , but that is like 300-400 AED , good enough for me.

College is gonna start soon and stuffs ain’t gonna be the same. I probably might be struggling for time again. I don’t know How will my sites do then though. But lets see , I will work out something.

I really don’t know if people still follow me on this blog ( I hope they do 😛 ). Let me be honest people, This blog was started with 2 sole intentions, One was to have my own personal ‘.com’ website ( my dream since 6th standard ) and make money ( which it did ).

Making money online is really not easy, Not like you make something , people will come and click your ads. Its a little more complicated and requires a lot of dedication and hard work. I have come a far way from what I was when I started this site. I know the tricks of the trade, How stuff work. This summer was a productive summer indeed.

Another thing I just realized is, I am still single ( not like I am desperate or something ) . I am shocked on my self, a person like me single for so long. A little unusual. Probably, Making money is more important to me at this point of time.Lets see how it goes….

PS: I really don’t know what was the purpose of this post , I started off with personal problems and then went to the webmaster thing. But if you are reading this , you have probably read the whole thing. Congrats , I just wasted 2 minutes of 1440 minutes of your day . I feel evil buahahah

After a hell lot of drilling and lot of traffic diversion and congestion the high tech wonder, the dubai metro is finally out.It kinda slipped out of my head though today was 9/9/09. I was in the gym ( Geeks work out too , some times 😛 ) and they were streaming it live on the tv. . The Dubai sheik was walking along with other fellows in white kandhuras.

They made him wait till it was 9.09 PM and then he swipes his card and all the media camera’s were flashing *Jig**Jig* ( Not sure if that was the kind of sound , but let it be that way ) . He boards the metro along with other people. The thing that caught my attention was, that a good number of arabs were standing while traveling. I am really thinking, would arabs use metro later? I don’t think so .

Now metro is up and they’ve got all this special buses running to compliment traveling by metro. What does this indicate? they are surely gonna do something to curb the number of passenger vehicles on the road some time soon. They might do it by increasing some registration charges bla bla bla, i am sure they will find something.

Arabs are surely not gonna be affected by this ( they have way too much money and influence to care enough…) . So where does it all come down to ? Yes to us , the expats. I am sure everything is planned and they are just waiting for the right time.

This is a question that every one has a different opinion about . Some swear by high pr back links while the others prefer a low pr but highly relevant backlinks. I was kind of curious my self . So I decided to go explore my self .

I decided to build only relevant backlinks for my latest website project . I was building links from all relevant forums and blogs and adding content on a regular basis too. The strategy worked wonders and I was ranking for some really competitive keywords within a week . I guess that speaks its all .

I decided to take my investigation further , I posted a thread on one of the most popular webmaster forums to know other fellow marketers opinion on the same . I got some interesting replies

“ Having backlinks from un-related sites isn’t going to harm you but it will be a lot harder and most time won’t look natural to get a backlink for a Used Cars website in a Gucci Handbags blog. Also you have to consider that backlinks can generate valuable traffic so it is always recommended to stick to your niche.

Think of links as a votes: would you rather buy a car recommended by 10 friends that don’t have a driving license or buy a car that is recommended by 3 mechanics? If all 13 (related and un-related sites) vote/link for that car than it is a sure purchase, if only 10 friends without a license (un-related sites) recommend that car you should consider it but ask for a second opinion, if 3 mechanics (related and high PR sites) tell you to buy a car it is 99.9% a sure purchase. The search engines pretty much “think” the same way ”

” Links from high PR sites that are not relevant and do not have the keywords you want to rank for as the link text will NOT help your URL’s rankings… All they do is pass your page PR. And PR has almost no effect on rankings since it is only a minor ranking factor and only 1 of 200+ such factors. Other things like the link text of inbound links and the relevance of the page linking to your URL carry far more weight. The <title> and <h1> of the page itself probably carries more weight than the URL’s own PR.

PS: By link text contains targeted keyword phrase I mean either the targeted keyword phrase or some variation of that keyword phrase… some link text that would lead Google to believe that the page ”

So let me put it all in a nut shell . The main focus should be getting quality relevant links because it helps your site look more natural and also passes some targeted traffic to your site with the key word as anchor text . At the same time , Irrelevant high PR backlinks can also do some good for your rankings with the keyword as anchor text . PR 0 irrelevant backlinks wont really do any good , but wont harm you either .

This blog was started by an ultimate Noob , who didn’t know shit about websites.  I remember Bugging the Live chat support at hostgator  to tell me where and how could I install a blog on my site . ( believe that ? ) . I made this site without doing any keyword research ,  in fact I didn’t even know what keyword research was when I made this site . I have come a far way from that . Now I know how stuff work and how can they be manipulated . I have a network of 4-5 sites now . I wouldn’t say I am doing good , But I am working on some really promising projects .

I ‘ve decided I am going to expand my horizons a bit now . I am going to talk about everything I love here .  I guess I will mostly be rambling in and around Dubai and Internet marketing .  I will try updating the site thrice at least in a week .

I guess Its high time , I do some thing useful with this baby of mine .  I need to fix the entry page , its pr 2 and its just an image  which is not really every appealing .  I will be moving this site from my onshore host to hostgator soon  . I think I will stick with the same skin . I like it !

Check back soon . There will be a lot to see and read 🙂

History repeats it self . Cheap hosts can only get you in lot of trouble and are totally unreliable . After the previous incident that left my site down for over a month , I played cautious and kept 2 hosting accounts . One onshore , One offshore.

The onshore account ( Where this site is hosted ) is kind of gay. I have never heard from the support group what so ever. Submitted tickets but no reply whatsoever. The issues were nothing major ( fortunately ) . The up time has been pretty good though. I bought it for 5$ for 6 months .  Not bad for what I paid .

Here is where its get tricky. Because of zero support from my onshore host I decided to buy another hosting . The offer was , I could get an offshore reseller account for 10 $ / year plus IM support . I was like cool , I ll take it . I was getting an offshore reseller account for the same amount of an onshore shared package. I bought it .

The guy was a pakistani , He seemed to be a nice guy . We soon became good friends . The problem was Paypal does not support Pakistan and like you know  paypal is the most popular payment method on the net. He had his account limited over 5 times and total funds of around 500 $ were freezed .

He had problems paying for the server fees , I helped him financially once too.  When I thought It was all fine ,  He sent an email saying he sold the company  ( here comes the twist )  for 150 $ via western Union . I was kind of upset because this guy was a good friend . All of a sudden I stopped seeing him online on MSN ( I should’ve understood then… ) .After 2 weeks , I was not able to sign in my cpanel , it said my license expired ( I should’ve understood then too ) . I was like , fine it should be fixed soon . 2 days after that , Boom , Server down .

So lets break it down . He first tells he sold the company , that means he is no longer responsible . Cpanel License expired , He doesn’t care any more . Server boom down indicates he ran away . So basically i got Pawned big time .

I had no major backup of my files and I had one of my major projects on that server plus my friend’s site . I don’t know what I am going to tell her ( Yes , a female , that is where it even gets more complicated ).

I have to get my site together soon or my SERPS are gonna get fucked . I am switching my hosting completely now , all my sites will be hosted on my new hostgator account . They are reliable and have top notch support. But they are strict with their policies and shit . But come on , Its fine .

Moral of the story

• Be vigilant
• Always go for quality hosting
• Keep a hosting account in spare
• Keep regular backups
• Trust no one

PS : Its a very webmaster-ish post . Don’t feel stupid if you don’t get stuff .