Go Bing Yourself Google
Posted on June 11, 2009
Filed Under Design & SEO, General Thoughts and How-To, Reviews and Opinions, Web 2 Strategies | 5 Comments
Microsoft’s new search engine, or decision engine as they call it in the advertising, Bing was launched last week with some fanfare. In addition, Microsoft has started an aggressive marketing campaign to get people familiar with it. I for one was excited about it and ready for it to launch as I’ve been reading more about it over the past few month. Originally called Kumo, the launch of Bing last week was somewhat of a surprised, but welcomed. The following are some of my thoughts about Bing, it’s search, and how it compares to Google.
In addition, I must say that I’ve now changed all of my default searches to Bing as I felt I was getting more of the Internet in a better way, than I was getting with Google and their controlled net. I look at Google now the way I looked at AOL ten years ago. If you want to search the full Internet you can’t do it on Google, as they have restricted, blocked, and penalized any site that they didn’t like. Read more
Waiting For Wolfy and Kumo Search Engines
Posted on May 15, 2009
Filed Under Blogging, Design & SEO, General Thoughts and How-To, Reviews and Opinions, Web 2 Strategies | 1 Comment
There has been so much hype on both of these new search engines that it’s getting to be too much. I’ve been hearing about them for almost a year now, and yet, we still wait. Both engines are expected to be released this month, but there has been no official announcement and both sites are still not functioning. To take a step back, let’s explain what they are, and why the hype.
Kumo - http://kumo.com
This is Microsoft’s next attempt at beating Google. They are redoing their Live search, and adding more features, as well as re-branding it into Kumo. Read more
Blogging For Dollars
Posted on April 25, 2009
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This blog started over two years ago with just the idea of sharing some thoughts and expertise. At that time there really wasn’t any clear ideas or paths to blogging success or the effective nature of a blog and how both companies and individuals can use them to make money. However, over the past few years many people have learned more about blogging and how effective it is, as well as opportunities for both bloggers and companies to make money by utilizing the resources of each outlet so that both make money from the same web audience. Read more
Does Flagged in Google Local Lead to a Loss of SERP Ranking
Posted on April 11, 2009
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I’ve been working on a project that has me trying to do bulk uploads on Google Local to get listed in tons of cities across the country. However, I was able to get one batch of a small quantity through, but ended up getting the next batches flagged, even though there were the exact same as the one that got through.
Now, I’ve read that getting flagged in their system is no big deal and to just make some adjustments and keep trying until you get your listing approved. Read more
Engines Can’t Search All Social Networks
Posted on January 10, 2009
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I recently read a great article talking about the change that is inevitably going to come to the search industry. Right now the search engines are still only searching a small portion of the net, and with the abundance of information being generated everyday on social networks like Digg, Twitter, Facebook, and more, it’s impossible for them to keep up. This means that until they can figure out a way to search the information faster, and be able to know how to get certain data and not other sensitive data, then there is no way for them to be able to really search the net. Read more
Does Google Adsense Video Ads Make Money or Good Content?
Posted on December 6, 2008
Filed Under Design & SEO, General Thoughts and How-To, Reviews and Opinions | 2 Comments
Google Adsense announced earlier this year the beta of Google Video Ad Units. There are several opportunities available and you can find out more about those on Google’s Adsense Video site. However, I’ve been testing the Adsense for Video via Youtube on my fantasy sports blog to see if it would provide good content to keep visitors on my site longer, plus I’ve heard rumors that the eCPM is higher than their traditional ads. I’ve been running the test for a couple of weeks and have made some observations about it, as well as took it off the site for now until I can better position the content by putting it more in line with the content on the page. Read more
MagicJack Product Review, Comparing Magic Jack to Skype
Posted on November 19, 2008
Filed Under General Thoughts and How-To, Reviews and Opinions | 11 Comments
I’ve been seeing the commercials and ads all over 
the Internet, TV, and yes my own blog, so I thought I should review this product and compare it to Skype to see which one is better. The following is my MagicJack product review and comparing Magic Jack to Skype.
Pros and Cons of MagicJack Read more
How To Make A Tag Cloud Page on Wordpress
Posted on November 16, 2008
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Recently I wanted to make a tag cloud into a page and I went exploring for a couple of options. I found several choices and try each of them, but each were not each to use and implement or required more plug-ins. I didn’t want to install any additional plug-ins, but still wanted a to have one easy code to copy and paste into my page template that would generate a tag cloud on a page. The following code is my own creation and seems to work great for Wordpress and makes a generated tag cloud page without needing to know any additional code, make any other templates, or install any other plug-ins.
How To Make A Tag Cloud Page on Wordpress: No Additional plug-ins, templates, or code knowledge required. Read more
Skype For Sale, Ebay Selling Skype
Posted on November 13, 2008
Filed Under General Thoughts and How-To, Skype Wifi Technology | 2 Comments
I was just digging post on Digg about why Ebay needs to sell Skype. As an avid Skype user and often the unofficial spokesperson for them to family and friends, I’m a little concerned over the notion that Ebay selling Skype to a telecommunications company. What would that mean to the services and features that we all love and cherish. Read more
How To Monetize Website, Monetize Blog
Posted on October 21, 2008
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There are lots of tools today to help a website publisher earn money from this content. In fact, there are many places today that will also give you free content so as long as you have a niche subject to promote, then you can make money from a website or blog. Monetizing your website or making money from your blog is much easier and cost effective today for those that know what to do.
It’s all about niche! Read more
Simple Tips To Improve Skype Wifi Wireless Phones
Posted on September 3, 2008
Filed Under General Thoughts and How-To, Reviews and Opinions, Skype Wifi Technology | 1 Comment
I’ve been using Skype and Wifi phones for almost 2 years now, and have been blogging about it for the past year. The following are some tips to help improve your Skype Wifi phone experience at home and cut down on dropped calls, audio quality, lag, and others common issues that come from using Wifi phones.
Skype Wifi Issue and Tips: Read more
SEO Web Design - Does Website Design Make A Difference With SEO?
Posted on July 7, 2008
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Search engine optimization has become very popular again. It seemed to be the next big thing a few years ago, but most website owners were discouraged by the results and began buying traffic instead. The term for this practice is actually called ‘SEM’ or ‘Search Engine Marketing’, and it often gets confused with ‘SEO’ or ‘Search Engine Optimization’. The reason is that for many years SEO companies pushed clients into signing PPC contracts or pay-per-click links to generate traffic from search engines, and boasted this as their SEO strategy. Although it does produce results, it comes at a large cost, and tracking is often highly unreliable. This means that you are paying for clicks with no guarantee that they will generate any business- your account is still charged, regardless. Read more
Tips for Web 2.0 Website Design
Posted on July 2, 2008
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This term gets more and more popular every day. In fact, there are really good spoofs out there that generate web 2.0 terms and company names as a means to make fun of the craze. However, putting all pun aside, the terms web 2.0 basically represents social and interactive aspects that a website can incorporate that can enhance user and creator collaboration while making the site easy for use. There are a few basic things that a site can do that can help make it more web 2.0 and allow users to generate information for the site. The following are a few web 2.0 website design tips that can help your website take the next step. Read more
Orange County Website Design
Posted on July 1, 2008
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Designing a website can be a very simple task, or it can be a very difficult task. The way to determine the process depends on the needs of the website owner and what goals they have for it. The reason a website difficulty depends on the needs of the client is because they will ultimately be the one who manages it and analyzes whether or not the site is performing to their expectations. This can sound simple enough but often a new website owner doesn’t know what they will need or want, so trying to calculate the future needs of the owner without them knowing what they are is quite a challenge. Read more
PS2 versus PS3, Is PS2 Still King?
Posted on June 17, 2008
Filed Under Video Games and Gaming Systems | 1 Comment
Every day there are more commercials on TV for PS3 systems and games. I had just bought a new PS2 at the beginning of this year. My old one had finally gone down and I wanted a new system. I was thinking about getting the PS3 and was looking at the model as well as some others in the market. I was surprised to find that at the time there still wasn’t that good of a game selection, and my display unit is not HD so I figured there wasn’t much value in that particular aspect. My only real reason for getting the new PS3 was to play one or two games that are only available on the new unit, but given the rest of the cons that go with it, I wasn’t really that impressed with it and couldn’t see myself buying one yet. Read more
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