"Switch to a different publisher ID" doesn't work - More Google uselessness

It would be great if I could scrape up all the pennies from blogs I've published under a different name. But when I try to use the Google standard "Switch to a different publisher ID", it doesn't work and just does nothing.

Judging by their support response, apparently Google aren't really keen to fix it either ....

Wordpress Categories - where did they go ?

I have a Wordpress blog and I'm using version 2.6.2.

Recently, without having changed anything at all, all of my categories on posts mysteriously disappeared as well as my category list on the page.

I have combed the Internet for an explanation, but as yet - nothing.

Very frustrating. I'll let you know when I find a fix

Hotmail's annoying "Upgrade Your Web Browser" Message

Noticed that this message appears even for the latest web browsers ?

How annoying.

I'm running both Firefox v3 and IE 7 and I still get this message from time to time.

All the more reason to move to Gmail I suppose.

Cheapest .com.au domain names

I buy a lot of domains for clients and search engine optimisation campaigns and I've done a lot of searching, so I thought I'd post a brief review of .com.au (Australian dot com au) domain companies for 2 year registrations:
* SmartyHost - $20
* Jumba - $22
* Hostess - $25
* Domainworld - $25
* Crazy Domains - $25.90
* Web City - $34.95
* Planetdomain - $35.55
* Cheap Domains - $38
* Netregistry - $44.95

I've had a couple of poor experiences with Planetdomain, but SmartyHost has been outstanding.

How to get PayPal to validate as XHTML

I've been building XHTML strict websites for some time now, but only just started using PayPal on my sites.

Well I pretty soon discovered that the code that PayPal supplies does not validate out of the box.

But after a bit of massaging I finally got it to validate just fine, using some of the tips in this thread.

Cheap Web Hosting that I recommend

I often get asked about cheap web hosting.

Well the hosts that I use are:

* WebHostingBuzz - great support, very cheap web hosting
* Smarty Host - good local Australian support, reasonably cheap hosting
* FreeHostia - A great free option but requires delegation to the server

But I'll let you know if I change my mind .... ;)