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  • Google keyword stats let you sanity-check a product idea instantly

    Posted on March 4th, 2009 Working Webmaster 3 comments

    Sometimes we mentally filter out useful data out of sheer habit. I do. Today I realized that I can use plain ol’ Google to do an instant check on the search results for a product idea, without even having to visit the Google Keyword tool. Allyou have to do is visit Google, start typing, and as soon as something sensible comes up Google lets you know the search volume before you even press Enter. It’s product research without even finishing a Google search!

    You can sanity check a product idea on Google by just typing!

    You can sanity check a product idea on Google by just typing!

  • Why my picture doesn’t appear on this blog

    Posted on March 2nd, 2009 Working Webmaster 2 comments

    Because it looks like this:

    Picture of a fat middle-aged guy

    Picture of a fat middle-aged guy

    Actually this is a test to see if WP-DBBackup by the estimable Lester Chan backups up images in blogs. WP-DBBackup is the only WordPress plugin I know that not only backs up, but restores files from the WordPress dashboard.