{"id":11138,"date":"2010-12-20T17:03:40","date_gmt":"2010-12-20T11:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/?p=11138"},"modified":"2026-10-15T14:50:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T09:20:04","slug":"about-qot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2010\/12\/about-qot\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Things About QuickOnlineTips You Never Knew"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How well do you know your favorite tech blog? Here are 5 things about <strong>quickonlinetips<\/strong> (QOT) I bet you did not know, from our original name in 2004 to the posts that first put us on the map.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-67309\" src=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/about-qot-2026-1024x538.webp\" alt=\"5 things about QuickOnlineTips you never knew\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/about-qot-2026-1024x538.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/about-qot-2026-300x158.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/about-qot-2026-150x79.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/about-qot-2026-768x403.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/about-qot-2026.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Quick answer:<\/strong> QuickOnlineTips started on Blogger in 2004 as &#8220;Quick Online Tips That Work&#8221;, a hobby blog of how-to tips with lots of screenshots. It once used the short domain QOT.me, and its early hits were a Del.icio.us tools list, a mosquito racket post linked by BoingBoing and Engadget, and a Flickr tools list that held PR7 for years.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_88 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6ad1698239f19\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #1a202c;color:#1a202c\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #1a202c;color:#1a202c\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6ad1698239f19\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2010\/12\/about-qot\/#5_things_about_quickonlinetips_you_never_knew\" >5 things about quickonlinetips you never knew<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2010\/12\/about-qot\/#1_Quick_Online_Tips_That_Work\" >1. Quick Online Tips That Work<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2010\/12\/about-qot\/#2_Our_short_domain_name\" >2. Our short domain name<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2010\/12\/about-qot\/#3_First_most_popular_post\" >3. First most popular post<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2010\/12\/about-qot\/#4_Top_PR_linked_post\" >4. Top PR linked post<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2010\/12\/about-qot\/#5_Longest_time_highest_PR_page\" >5. Longest time highest PR page<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2010\/12\/about-qot\/#QuickOnlineTips_today\" >QuickOnlineTips today<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2010\/12\/about-qot\/#FAQ\" >FAQ<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2010\/12\/about-qot\/#When_did_QuickOnlineTips_start\" >When did QuickOnlineTips start?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2010\/12\/about-qot\/#What_does_QOT_stand_for\" >What does QOT stand for?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2010\/12\/about-qot\/#What_was_the_first_popular_QOT_post\" >What was the first popular QOT post?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2010\/12\/about-qot\/#What_does_QuickOnlineTips_cover_today\" >What does QuickOnlineTips cover today?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_things_about_quickonlinetips_you_never_knew\"><\/span>5 things about quickonlinetips you never knew<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>I first shared these five facts in December 2010. They are still part of our story, so here they are again, with a few notes on what has changed since.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Quick_Online_Tips_That_Work\"><\/span>1. Quick Online Tips That Work<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Yes, that was the original name of this blog when we started it on Blogger in 2004. The really earliest readers in 2004 might remember. It was started as a hobby and meant to showcase some how-to tips and tricks, some extra long articles with lots of screenshots. But as the brand developed, &#8220;That Work&#8221; was cropped out in favor of a shorter brand name (which I think is still too long).<\/p>\n<p>The idea has not changed much. Our tagline today is &#8220;Tech help that works. Since 2004.&#8221; so the &#8220;that works&#8221; part found its way back.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Our_short_domain_name\"><\/span>2. Our short domain name<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Did you ever use QOT.me instead of typing the super long domain name quickonlinetips.com? We set it up as a short domain that redirected to the main site, so you could type qot.me on your browser or mobile device much quicker. If you <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/qot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">followed us on Twitter<\/a> (now X), you probably knew that already. Today the simplest way in is still quickonlinetips.com, or just search for QOT.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_First_most_popular_post\"><\/span>3. First most popular post<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>It was called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2005\/02\/absolutely-delicious-complete-tools-collection\/\">Absolutely Del.icio.us<\/a>. This was the first collection of all Delicious tools (the bookmarking site was called del.icio.us before Yahoo! bought it). It was a superhit on del.icio.us and consistently topped the traffic charts for being the <em>most shared bookmark<\/em> on del.icio.us!<\/p>\n<p>Delicious itself is long gone, but social bookmarking taught us a lot. If you still want a way to save and find pages later, see our guide on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2013\/01\/bookmark-web-pages\/\">fastest way to bookmark web pages<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_Top_PR_linked_post\"><\/span>4. Top PR linked post<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>BoingBoing linked to it. Engadget linked to it. It got a newbie blog barely a few months old the most high PR links from the top blogs in the industry (unfortunately we were on Blogger then). So what was it about? A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2005\/06\/electronic-mosquito-racket-zaps-pests-bugs\/\">mosquito electric racquet<\/a> which is sold for a few hundred rupees on the streets of India. It got us more traffic in a day than we had ever got.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_Longest_time_highest_PR_page\"><\/span>5. Longest time highest PR page<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2005\/03\/great-flickr-tools-collection\/\">Great Flickr Tools<\/a> was the highest PR7 page on QOT for several years. Every Flickr tool developer wanted to be listed on it, and we still continue to update the article. It was refreshed again in 2026 as a guide to the best Flickr tools today.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"QuickOnlineTips_today\"><\/span>QuickOnlineTips today<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Google stopped showing public PageRank long ago, and many of the services we wrote about in those early years have closed. QOT has changed with the web, but the goal is the same: clear, practical tech help. Here is what you will find on the site now:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Updated how-to guides:<\/strong> older tutorials are being rewritten for 2026 so the steps still work.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Free web tools:<\/strong> simple one-page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/tools\/\">online tools<\/a> such as calculators, converters and checkers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Free games:<\/strong> quick browser <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/games\/\">online games<\/a> and puzzles for a short break.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We will continue to share interesting tips about our site. Back in 2010 we had 25,000 subscribers by email and RSS, and you can still follow along so you never miss our articles.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"FAQ\"><\/span>FAQ<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_did_QuickOnlineTips_start\"><\/span>When did QuickOnlineTips start?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>QuickOnlineTips started in 2004 as a hobby blog on Blogger, under the name Quick Online Tips That Work.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_does_QOT_stand_for\"><\/span>What does QOT stand for?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>QOT is short for QuickOnlineTips, the name of this blog.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_was_the_first_popular_QOT_post\"><\/span>What was the first popular QOT post?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Absolutely Del.icio.us, a collection of tools for the del.icio.us bookmarking site, which became one of the most shared bookmarks on del.icio.us.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_does_QuickOnlineTips_cover_today\"><\/span>What does QuickOnlineTips cover today?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Practical tech help: how-to guides for apps, devices, blogging and online safety, plus free online tools and games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How well do you know your favorite tech blog? 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