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Germany Cancelled

Khalid — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:16:10 +0000

My friends and I were supposed to go to Germany this month for the Haye vs Klitschko boxing fight, however as Haye is unable to compete due to a hand injury, the fight was cancelled.

We risk losing out on the cost of our flights and accommodation but I guess that’s a gamble you take when travelling abroad for events. We could still go but the whole idea was to be there for the fight.

Instead we’ve booked a boys weekend up North and will be fishing in Loch Lomond. I’ve enjoyed fishing since I was a kid and it is one way I can truly relax. Armed with two rods each, a fish finder (Stephen likes to cheat) and a variety of baits, we’re going all out to catch some wild salmon and trout.

Fingers crossed we’ll manage to hook a few nice fish that we can eat in the evening with a few drinks. We’ll be staying in a luxury log cabin that we managed to get on a weekend deal and only a stone’s throw away from the loch so it should be a great weekend!

Good luck with your pursuits,

Khalid.

Another Week Gone By

Khalid — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:28:01 +0000

After another tiring week has gone by, I’ve managed to hammer out another two sites and build some backlinks for another two. I’m really aiming for building a network of quality content sites with useful information – nothing that is cheap, tacky and made for Adsense. By the end of the month I want to have 10 really good content sites, building another 5-10 each month thereafter.

I’m dabbling in article marketing and invested a few hundred dollars in quality articles and submitted them to two different sites. The annoying thing is that they take up to 14 days to be approved which seems like an age, but when you are getting a permanent backlink (or two!) from a PR6 site for the price of a 500 word article ($10), you can’t really complain.

In other news, I nearly lost my blog again! Well, actually, I had a backup so it wasn’t too bad! The WordPress “wp-content” folder just disappeared and left my blog as a blank page. So I rushed to LiquidWeb.com’s online chat and immediately got an incoming call to my mobile from the States. The technical support checked the access logs to ensure nothing serious had occured like a hack, grabbed the backup and restored the “wp-content” folder whilst keeping my on the line. This is why I love Liquid Web. Which other web host would do that for you, any time of the day from another country?

Have a nice weekend and good luck with your persuits,

Khalid.

Working Weekend

Khalid — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 19:32:33 +0000

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As the week drags along and you look forward to the weekend, most people think of relaxing, take it easy, chilling out. Me…I think of time to work on my sites. I’m sure this view is share by fellow webmasters who also have the unfortunate rat race lifestyle I do.

In a bid to keep myself going, I’ve been reading other blogs, watching inspiration youtube videos and thinking of how nice it would be to actually be out my overdraft for a change!

To make things worse, it started snowing here in Scotland today and I got caught in it…lovely eh?

Tonight I’ve got no plans so after eating dinner and tidying up I’ll continue what I started earlier. That consisted of updating OffBeatInk.com, driving traffic to the site, researching new ideas (I can’t help it!) and trying to sell the last few remaning links on Kortaz.com.

With just over 1k uniques per day and no money spent on advertising, OffBeatInk.com is making around the $2 mark. If I could double it by the end of this month and keep it consistant I’d be really pleased. However, waiting on the SERPS updating is a nightmare! Most of my traffic is from November’s exposure, fingers crossed that’ll continue and I’ll get a good search rank…double the traffic…double the earnings?

Good luck with your persuits,

Khalid.