I just took on a project to revamp the Metta Cats’ web site.

Metta Cats is an animal welfare group in Singapore. They are a small group of loving and compassionate people who take in stray cats and dogs and try to find them new homes.

They used to have… Read more…

I have successfully integrated the Google AdWords API into the Maverick Keyword Researcher. In my previous post, I revealed my reasons for wanting to include the Google AdWords API.

In short, the Google AdWords API offers a couple of benefits:

Faster keyword data queries.
Unlimited keyword

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I am glad I have not launched the Maverick Keyword Researcher because some of the Google keyword data from Google AdWords is not working any more.

This is because Google AdWords recently introduced a new Google AdWords Keyword Tool and I have to update my source code to adapt to… Read more…

I made some updates to the Maverick Keyword Researcher in August but I didn’t post an update on the blog because I was recovering from corrective jaw surgery.

5 New Keyword Sources

Google Sets
Google Trends
Google Wonder Wheel
Yahoo Buzz
Yahoo Buzz Index

I added a couple more… Read more…

I almost could not believe my eyes when I saw this offer. 1&1 is offering domains for only USD $4.99 for the first year with free Whois privacy? Are you kidding me?

This offer expires on the 30th of November 2010. I wonder if they will extend this… Read more…

I have completed most of the coding work for my web site’s redesign and you are looking at it right now. I decided to upload whatever I have at the moment instead of waiting for everything to be perfect.

I didn’t have to edit too much of my code except… Read more…

I think I am done with the web site’s design. I created a set of blue buttons for my web site and they are about the same size as the default form buttons. I also created the templates for the product shots and web site screen shots… Read more…

Before I finalised the new design of this web site, I spent some time making some sketches on paper. These sketches are called wireframes in web design terminology. They can also be done in software but I prefer to use pencil and paper.… Read more…

I recently upgraded my Adobe Photoshop from CS2 to CS5. It seems like Adobe allows upgrades to the latest versions of their software if your current version is 3 versions below the latest version.

Adobe Photostop CS2 is actually Photoshop version 9.0 while CS5 is version 12.0. That means I… Read more…

iTunes recently released iTunes 10 and with it, came iTunes Ping. iTunes Ping is a social networking platform with a focus on music within iTunes . I am disappointed that Apple did not create a web site for iTunes Ping. I think that would be easier… Read more…

I recently discovered The Salty Droid, which is a great web site that reviews a lot of internet marketing scams.

This web site is not for everyone. The language used is crude and direct. If you don’t like that, then this web site will offend you. The good thing… Read more…

I had a corrective jaw surgery to correct my misaligned jaws 4 weeks ago. I created a web site to document my process of correcting my jaws on my new web site, Vince’s Maxillofacial Surgery. I think I look pretty okay at the moment but during the first few… Read more…

This is a typical Google search results page with 3 Google AdWords ads at the top and another 8 ads on the right. Every Google search results page has a maximum of 11 ads.

On a typical Google search page, there is no option to select the country. What… Read more…

It has been some time since I have posted updates of the Maverick Keyword Researcher’s progress. I have been upgrading and fixing some bugs on it in the last few weeks. I have implemented some ideas that I got from the beta testers. As a result of the feedback I… Read more…

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