For Sale Notice

* I am considering selling the domain name, “webhostmonkeys.com”, along with the entire site itself (it’s a possibility). There are about a hundred visitors per day; more detailed stats are available. You can drop me an email if you’re interested — jess@dragonsinn.net

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I have yet again shifted this blog to park it someplace else — so I’ll have to spend some time re-adding the images to various posts (due to the image URLs being changed).

I am busy wrapping up (60% more of final tweaks to go) my third book, after which I will be busy seeking representation for it.

For the time being, I’ll leave the info at webhostmonkeys available online, in the event that it is of some use to visitors.  Happy websiting =)

SEO Images, Difference alt title tags

Wow, that was a long hiatus. Anyway, this post is regarding the Image Search function [Googlebot-image may only visit every 6 months: all the more reason to start asap].

It’s well worth optimizing your images, especially if you use a lot of them on your blog/website. Your traffic is likely to increase significantly.

Just A Note

I’m not the fastest person with updates, as I’ve started work on Book.03 [as in my third book of fiction]. Thank you for your understanding :).

PS: This is a sticky post, so new updates will appear below.

Drop In Google PageRank, Search Rankings

I’ve read about some people’s Google PRs dropping (some, for no good reason). I guess the Page Rank doesn’t really matter [unless you're into the whole "status" thing that it supposedly confers onto a blog/website ^^].

What does matter is if your ranking in the search engine itself drops.

In my case, I was on the first page (rank #1 or #2) for search keywords “unique gifts blog” [the site being www.oonique.com] for a while.

In Jan 08, it dropped to page 12, consequently page 14, and 16. Yesterday it was on the second page, and today it happens to be on the first again.

White Background, Website Glare

I like the simplicity of black text on a white background (it makes for clear reading).

However, a white background of #FFFFFF might be a little too stark, with too much glare.