Tag Archives: blog diary
Get Permission to Use Images Displayed on Soccerwidow
Copyright Law & Licencing
The images we use for illustration purposes throughout this website are often stock photos, purchased from outstanding libraries such as Shutterstock.
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We sometimes modify these...
Alexa Rank, Visitor Count & Country Popularity – Accuracy Problem
What is Alexa Ranking? How Important is it?
In order to compare websites and evaluate their popularity there are several tools on the Internet which generate comparison information. One of the most well-known is Alexa Rank.
Alexa is a subsidiary...
Website Traffic Report: Soccerwidow / Fussballwitwe – October 2013
It is not just website owners who are interested in how their site performs or how much traffic their website receives.
Concrete information about website traffic, visitor numbers, and page views is also particularly interesting for agencies...
Observations of EPL Football Mania in Uganda
The Start of it All:
In early January 2011, this article was one of the first ever written in the Soccerwidow blog. I remember it clearly; another hot, sunny day on the verandah of our residence in Lugala, towards the end of our 2-year stay...
How do I Hide or Disguise my IP Address?
Sometimes, it may be necessary to hide or disguise your IP address. Why?
Perhaps you need to access blocked sites (e.g. Betfair, BBC, Facebook, etc.) that are temporarily or permanently not accessible due to your location, or maybe you need...
Soccerwidow Match Preview Pause in Betfair German Blog
Unfortunately, this announcement is not good news for those of you who like to follow Soccerwidow’s regular match previews published in the German Betfair blog: With immediate effect, there will be a pause until further notice.
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How Long Until My Blog Reaches 1,000 Daily Visitors?
This is a question confronting many bloggers and whilst some achieve this goal faster than others, many never do. However, it certainly depends a lot upon the topic of the blog and how much time is put into it.
One observation of mine is that...
Google Adsense Clickers Must not Return to Source!
Although paradoxical, your Web site has to do everything possible to ensure that visitors who click on your Adsense adverts do not push the back button immediately, thus returning to your Web site. If they do this the advert click is wasted...
Do “Pay-per-Sale” Affiliate Programmes Pay?
One way a blog can theoretically make money is by registering with affiliate programmes. Pay-per-sale is an online advertisement system where the publisher or Web site owner is paid according to the number of sales directly generated by an advert....
Soccerwidow Poll Results up to March 2012
Following October’s first review of the Soccerwidow poll, here is the latest set of figures in answer to the question, “Do our readers make money from betting?“.
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So far, up to the end of February...