That title is correct. About two weeks ago we launched a feature that we’ve been very much excited about since conceiving the idea; the WhyDoWork Review System. Since launch last Sunday, we’ve had over 5000 visitors to that section of the site with the top links receiving hundreds of total clicks. As an added benefit, [...]

Digg.com has long been ‘the’ holy grail for bloggers to have their story promoted. Getting to the front page of the popular news is a goal of many publishers, and most will submit each story they write in hopes that it catches on and garners a massive traffic boost to their site. Is Digg as important [...]

Due to the extreme value of this blog post, I don’t want any backlinks, track backs, email forwards, etc. This is top secret WhyDoWork Insider info only! Matt’s last post provided some useful tips on taking advantage of Google Analytics to control your visitor behaviour. Today I am going to keep with the traffic optimizing tips [...]

This post is all about metrics. I am a huge fan of Google Analytics; partly because it is free, and partly because I’ve had some success in the past with using the data to improve subscriber rates. A question that comes up quite frequently in our forums is how do I increase traffic to my [...]

Since we acquired the site BloggingMix.com I’ve received quite a few emails and comments from readers wondering about how we managed to set things up so quickly, why we decided to migrate content over to WhyDoWork, and how we plan on moving forward. This post was the tipping point in getting moving on covering some [...]

Yet Another Blog Acquisition I’m very pleased to announce that our second blog acquisition in past month has been completed (the first was in early April). Some further details on the purchase of the new site are still up on BloggingMix. BloggingMix will bring to us some tremendous content and a great audience. The previous owner of [...]

Perhaps Jeff Bezos would have had more responses to his job posting way back in 1994 had he used that as the posting title. The point of bringing up a job posting from 10 years ago is not without motive; I’ve always wondered if I am making the most out of every opportunity (as I’m [...]

The answer is probably no. Traditional school of thought has been that your IQ is at it’s maximum potential when you’re relatively young, which is why IQ tests are usually given in the 3rd or 4th grade. New research out of the University of Michigan has suggested that with simple daily brain exercise, you can [...]

The question whether to buy or start a blog is one of the frequently asked questions in webmaster forums today. I have also received quite a number of emails from my readers asking for my advice regarding this matter. In today’s post, I wish to address this question and share my opinion on the topic. [...]

I’m probably one of the few people who wasn’t impressed with Wordpress 2.5. I personally believe that Wordpress 2.3.3 was alot user friendly. At first I thought I’d appreciate Wordpress 2.5 when I get used to it. But then, three weeks of using it gave way for more problems (messy Wordpress theme, errors with plugins, [...]