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10 Strategies for Getting More Blog Comments

October 5, 2011March 14, 2011 by Paul Salmon

When you create a blog, there are certain strategies for getting more blog comments that you can adopt. Blogs are meant to be a social outlet for those to express their opinions in a free and easy manner. Having a lot of comments on your blog can be one way to determine the success of your blog.

Studies have shown that the majority of online users are lurkers (observe or read without contributing), with less than 5% actively contributing. Most readers leave a blog without contributing in any way or leaving comment. If you would like to have more comments on your blog, there are ways of encouraging more activity.

How to Test Your Web Site on a Smaller Browser Window

July 17, 2012March 11, 2011 by Paul Salmon

Many new computers and laptops sold today include a widescreen monitor with a nice high resolution. For many applications, such as games and movies, having a large widescreen monitor makes the experience much better. Movies were meant for widescreen, and games, well they always look better in a higher resolution.

The one aspect where the widescreen monitors may be more of a pain is in web development. The reason is simple: creating a web site that displays great on many monitor resolutions is not easy. The web site can look good at one resolution and monitor size, but not on another. If you do have a widescreen monitor you can easily test your site with various resolutions with a free application.

3 Best Current Laptops of 2011

October 5, 2011March 10, 2011 by Paul Salmon

The lines between PC, laptop, netbook, smartphone, and eReader have all begun to merge over the past two years. Consumers are no longer satisfied with single-task machines and require top quality entertainment, computer processing, long battery life, and complete portability.

Companies have taken the hint and recreated their outlook on the entire laptop market. Here are the three best laptops coming out in 2011:

How To Take Your Traffic From Researchers To Customers

August 16, 2013March 9, 2011 by Paul Salmon

Picking customers in the right stage of the buying cycle will dictate how much work is needed; firstly for you to attract these searches to your site but more importantly how easy it will be to convert them.

Advantages of Mini Laptops

February 26, 2016March 8, 2011 by Paul Salmon

When a person is first looking for a new laptop, they may feel overwhelmed by all of the choices out there. Stores that carry laptops, generally have several different brands and models for a person to choose from. Depending on whether or not the person knows what they are looking for, it could take a … Read more

Three Upcoming Android Tablets You Will Love

August 16, 2013March 7, 2011 by Paul Salmon

This year has really started with a bang. In the recent mobile world congress hosted in Barcelona big manufacturers have proudly presented their android tablets to the public and some were love at first sight and some just didn’t have anything special to offer. We have picked three models that will compete for the title of the best android tablet of the year and we believe you will love to own.

Google AdSense: What Ad Types Perform Best?

March 4, 2011 by Paul Salmon

One of the more popular questions about Google’s AdSense that many people seem to have has to do with ad types. When you create an ad unit, you can specify which ad types will appear in the unit. You are provided with three options:

Text & image/rich media ads.
Text ads only.
Image/rich media ads only.

The question that many people have is which ad type performs the best. The answer, as with anything technology-related, is “it depends.” The good news is that Google’s AdSense interface allows you to find out for yourself.