On the latest Australian Startup Index for November 2008, I saw: Wow! Although it dropped one place from last month’s ranking, but every exposure counts. From the main Aussie Startup Index page: The Aussie Startup Index is a traffic ranking of Australian startups. It will typically be posted around the 10th of every month. At […]

Guys at Hightek Hosting have gone seriously insane. For this long weekend ONLY, all new signups who purchase any shared or reseller hosting plan (including Plesk plans) can take advantage of the most insane offer ever… 90% OFF FOR LIFE! Believe me. This is insane promotion for Australian-based web hosting. The discount applies to both […]

I can’t remember when did I first came across Tjoos.com, but I vaguely remembered them as a price comparison engine for contact lenses. But that was all very last year. I revisited Tjoos.com again after it has recently been featured on TechNation.com.au, a TechCrunch-like site focusing on web startups in Australia. Then I realised that […]

COVE, a new Australian web hosting company with many not so new faces from ex-Jumba (which this blog was once hosted on many moons ago), is going to give away 2,500 free domain names next Monday (11 August 2008), via their promotional website, TheGreatDomainNameGiveAway.com.au (that domain is about as original as “OzBargain” despite being a […]

This is a continuation from web hosting bargains part 1, where I looked at some issues with choosing a web hosting provider. Finding the right host at the right price for your website has always been the case of caveat emptor. You need to understand and estimate your own needs, and then find the hosting […]

It is 2008. Everyone and their dogs and cats can haz websites. If you are selling something or providing services, and if you do not have an Internet presence, you don’t exist. It is one of the easiest ways to get yourselves known by the world, and if you cannot be linked to at OzBargain, […]

TechCrunch reports Alexa has overhauled its ranking system to use more sources than just its toolbars. There has been big shifts in the Blogosphere where many webmaster-centric blogs suffer a dip. On the other hand, many sites that are not Internet/web design-related actually get a boost in Alexa ranking. For example yesterday OzBargain was around […]

Sydney Morning Herald: eBay to accept cash and PayPal only, and this story has generated quite a lot of discussions everywhere. While it does not really impact me as I don’t really live on eBay, may I borrow the words from the infamous Jedi Knight — “I flt a great disturbance in the Force… as […]

TechCrunch: RetailMeNot Adds Social Network, where Duncan Riley interviewed Guy King from RetailMeNot.com, talked about turning ReviewMeNot.com into a social network of Shopping Community, and how a 3-employees Melbourne-based start up with no VC funding generated $10 million sales and seven figure profit a year. Impressive. Just let you know a little secret — my […]

Do you have a website? Do you shop for web hosting companies for the best deal? Now let me tell you when you can find the best web hosting deals — when another popular web hosting company is having extended outage! MD WebHosting was having hardware issues with their racks, resulting many hours of downtime […]

I was at work this afternoon and one of my university friends, who knew that I ran a bargain website, IM’ed me a link, asking whether I knew about RetailMeNot.com. “Sure! I actually blogged about these guys almost a year ago!” When I came home after work, my wife asked me whether I have heard […]

I first read about RetailMeNot.com on DownloadSquad late last month, but I did not pay much attention. “Yet Another US-Centric Coupon Dump? No thanks” I thought. Then today Bevan emailed me about this website again, and convinced me to take another look, because: It’s collaborative — people love to share good things with complete strangers […]