Back after some time

Well ... after a few months of not touching any of my sites, I'm preparing another offensive :)
i had a site that was nr 1 in google for various searches, awaiting the release of a game. I was expecting some major visitors when the game would be released. When i moved the site to another server it was offline for a while, and that made me drop of the charts completely. After some more hard work i managed to get the site back in the nr 1 spot ... but god knows what happened and now I seem to have moved back to page 3 (at least I'm still in google AT ALL). So for now, I've decided to ditch this project for a while. Will concentrate more on some personal projects, non profit ones....

And on a little side note .. .my mother has started a blog as well. I will link to it here as soon as I remember the URL :)


(sipping some dimple ..)

The life of a man trying to make a profit online

It's easy starting your own business online. But it's hard work.
It's 10:30PM here .. my wife is in bed watching TV and I'm behind my PC working on my online projects. At the start, it's a matter of investing a lot of time and not getting a lot in return yet. But it's all part of a bigger scheme, I've now started getting cashflow from 2 sources already (as in, actually have the money on my account now) and this will only grow in the future. But that's exactly it .. if I want it to grow, I will need to invest a whole lot more time into it. I'm a married man and I have a normal full-time day job, so it's not like I have all the time of the world. Nevertheless, my projects are all slowly coming of the ground now. Each site has some links going to it and is getting some search engine traffic. As I'm getting ready to seriously launch a couple of websites at the same time, I really have to focus all my energy for a little while on these projects.


Arieviederededski !

Mod of the day

At my elderscrolls page, I do a daily article called the 'mod of the day'. So today is yet another day that I'm late ... hehe .. I will have to get off my lazy ass and test another mod to review it. Actually .. I'm already behind my PC right now ! So what's stopping me ? I'll tell you that next time !

Cheers ..

Allan Joy

Busy busy busy

Been busy building some more sites .. here's a small list of what's to come from me in the coming months (some of it is still a little bit under construction).
My main project is the 'RPG-MODS network'. It's going to function as a portal site to other websites. For each role playing game that will be released that supports user created content, we will launch a subsite. All of them will use more or less the same structure with the news articles, the download area, forums etc. etc. this way the users will become used to the interface and get more the feeling they are part of a large network of sites. So far only Neverwinter Nights 2 and Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion have been covered, but a site for Gothic 3 is planned and perhaps also one for the latest Final Fantasy.

Here's the new sites :

RPG Mods network
Neverwinter Nights 2 Mods
Elderscrolls Obivion mods

Let me know what you think about the design and structure of each (if you like).

Life goes on

Well .. I've gone through some busy days updating my websites. I had to move the Oblivion page to a bigger and more expensive server. That all behind me, I have started work on trying to promote my other sites. I have done some updates on all of them, and added some links here and there hoping to catch some more traffic.
Now back to my email, because I'm backed up :)

l8r !

Latest cool games

Well of course like half the world, I'm playing Oblivion now. This game will probably last me a while with all the new possibilities the mods are providing. Not to mention the full conversion people will be completing in the next few months.
I'm also looking forward to Neverwinter Nights 2, which will also be long lasting because of a large modding community already available through NWN (part 1). Even though that should be enough to keep me busy all year, there will be more games that will require my attention like Gothic 3 and the latest installment of Final Fantasy. I will need to keep an eye out for good sites related to those games so we can make a well informed decision if they'll be worth buying when they are released.

This is me

Hi This is me, Allan Joy. Welcome to my personal blog.
I'm Allan and I'll post the occasional foto or good link here.
The links will be focussed on gaming and technology, but with a funny twist because, after all, my middle name is JOY !