http://xkedata.com/blog Latest News on the Data Sites Wed, 21 May 2008 19:23:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Though these sites don't take a lot to run from a hosting-cost standpoint, the little bit that comes in from the eBay affiliate program does help considerably with that, and I hope you'll consider continuing to use the eBay listings we show on this site as a launching point for ... http://xkedata.com/blog/2008/05/21/site-funding/ Dear sir, I write to inform you that publishing comnts sent by anonymous: individuels under US law you are leaving your self liabel for there coments,Tthis could be very exspensive for you if legal action was instigated Regards xxxx Att of law. [sic] So, here's the treasure hunt: ... http://xkedata.com/blog/2008/05/08/what-is-it-with-people-more-threats/ Not much has been happening here recently, I've been very busy as usual trying to make a bit of money (looking at my bank balance, it's not working!). However, I'm hoping to find a week or so sometime this summer to do some heavy lifting on the site. I have ... http://xkedata.com/blog/2008/04/09/most-wanted-what-would-you-like/ Don't be too surprised if you find yourself redirected at some future point from, say, "saloondata.com" to "saloon.carcrux.com" or some similar domain. It's not some corporate takeover or anything like that, just me trying to rationalize my domain names. I occasionally get requests for new sites but finding useful domain ... http://xkedata.com/blog/2008/02/25/the-crux-of-site-names/ Things have been really slow here, work has been busy and not much else is going on with the sites. I've been approached by a few folks over the years to run banner ads on the site, I've never gone through with it. Anyone have any opinions on whether this ... http://xkedata.com/blog/2008/01/30/banner-ads/ I updated the "marketplace" eBay searches to include eBay.co.uk. Because certain cars are common over there that aren't over here, there may be a bit more "noise" in the listings. (And please do everyone a favor and do not patronize those fly-by-night companies that clutter up the web with their cheap ... http://xkedata.com/blog/2007/12/25/ebay-searches-now-include-uk/ Thanks to the efforts of Paul and others, we have broken (or at least landed on) the 10,000 cars barrier on XKEdata this evening. Thanks, everyone! And that's despite the calendar and coffee mug "sales" (if a few over a few years is selling something, ;) ). The calendars and such ... http://xkedata.com/blog/2007/12/21/10000-e-types/ Because I was on such a tight time schedule after the Ford debacle, I hadn't got a chance to see the calendars until the samples arrived today. They're not bad, not quite up to the quality of last year's (I suspect calendars aren't the first order of business at Lulu), ... http://xkedata.com/blog/2007/11/27/calendar-sample/ There's now a "captcha" for entering comments. Spammers sure take the fun out of the internet... http://xkedata.com/blog/2007/11/20/more-spam/ There are some big numbers brewing on the various car and image counts. Images: We now have 73,000 images across all of the sites. The XK site just passed 10,000 images! Cars: We now have over 16,000 cars across all of the sites. The E-Type site is creeping towards 10,000, less ... http://xkedata.com/blog/2007/11/12/some-big-numbers/