Blog.Azwan

Did you notice the page rank update during the weekend. I did.

Looks like Google is updating its page rank quite often lately. There was once in September 08 where one of my blog fell to PR2 from PR3. Then, during my trip to Port Dickson, my other blog page rank increased from PR0 to PR2 (although it was originally PR4).

This would be a good chance for me to sell links from that site, but if I do that, Google would sure slap me with PR0 again, like it did previously … ha … ha … Selling links will cause you your page rank. If PR is very important to you, forget about it, because once you loose your PR, it will be difficult to get it back. When you sell, you will loose it but without it, you can’t sell. Think about it.

If you are interested to sell links and make more money, check these out:

• BackLinks
• TNX and also
• Text Link Ads

So, did you gain or lose? This site, nothing yet.

Currently I am at Port Dickson. Decided to take some time to relax and unwind with my family at Avillion Port Dickson. After 18 months away, due to the SAP project, a retreat at the beach is a much needed holiday for us

We did plan for an Island retreat somewhere at the East Coast, but due to the monsoon season, that is postponed to next year.

This is our second time at Avillion. Really liked the place. Another thing is, it has been a family ritual that every time our child starts to walk, we will take him or her to the beach. We took Hariz to Langkawi, Nurin to Avillion and now it is Sofea’s turn

More pictures and stories when we come back on Wednesday.

Holiday Updates – 01/12/2008 – I think I better put in everything here instead of a new post

Well, everything went as planned. This time we got the water chalet that is next to the beach and facing the sea. The last time we stayed there, we got the one that faced another chalet. We, the kids especially, really enjoyed the visit to Avillion Port Dickson. Main air sampai dah tak ingat nak makan. The 2nd day, we ate lunch at 5pm

I purchased the 3 Days / 2 Nights Kiddies Treat Package. Water Chalet for 2 adults & 2 children with daily buffet breakfast. Sofea is free. The package included goodies for the kids – french fries, milk shakes and a set of toy each, the type for making sand castles, I don’t know what to call it.

Though it’s a bit expensive, stay at the water chalet. It’s worth the money. The bathroom is beautiful. You can see the sea water below while taking shower. There’s a ‘lubang’ there and also the birds can watch you taking bath naked. There’s also a ‘lubang’ on top   ha … ha.

The swimming pool, the beach, the pet farm .. best!

The holiday was really a pleasant one. The weather was just nice – no rain. Great service and the place … wonderful. A picture tells a thousand words, enjoy …

More pictures.

Are you ready to paint your Gmail with graffiti?

Well, you must have known by now, that Google has just released ‘Themes’ from their lab. A few bloggers have already blogged about it :

InfoMalaya
KNizam

This post was supposed to be out on Thursday, but somehow, after Google launched ‘Themes’ for Gmail, accessing to the site has been very slow. I got timed out the whole night

Anyway, with this, you no longer have to read your mail the boring way. You can just change to whatever theme you like and you have a fresh ‘new’ email interface

While the new themes may look cool. In my opinion, it’s not save for work. With ‘Graffiti’ or ‘Ninja’ on, everyone else in the office would know that I am not working.

And that’s not good

p/s To change to a new theme, login to gmail, go to settings and then choose themes

Google Sitelinks are additional links that Google generates, and they appear below the result of a website. According to Google:

Sitelinks are additional links Google sometimes generates from site contents in order to help users navigate your site. Google generates these sitelinks periodically from your site’s contents.

How Does It Work?

From what I can see from my own sitelinks, it looks like some of the ones listed are the ones that get the most searches from Google.

The Perodua Viva and Z520i post do get a lot of searches by a number of keywords, short and long.

I am guessing here

It’s automated and I don’t think anyone really understand how Google algorithms work yet. I am sure that when someone is able to find a way to understand and game Google algorithms, Google will change it like what it did to Page Rank’s algorithms and the people who sell text link.

If you want to know how does Google compile the list of links to shown below the search results? You can refer to Google WebMaster Blog

How do you know that Google has already created Sitelinks for your site?

Just login to Google Webmaster Tools, go to links and then sitelinks.

Yes, I must be crazy to move here when the old Azwan Hadzree is already established. But I am already here. Now it’s time to build this site and make it better.

It’s official. I have moved my personal blog here. For Good.

Orang kata – Lebih Kecil, Lebih Terampil

Previously, when I registered my domain, I wanted a dot com dot my, but I could only do that if I have a registered company in Malaysia, which I don’t. That’s why I settled for a dot com. Now that dot my is open to all Malaysian (although a bit expensive if compared to other dots), made my decision and registered azwan.my

It’s still a personal blog, focusing on my life, my opinions and ramblings, Malaysia and of course, how I make money online