November 2009

Twas the night of Thanksgiving

November 25, 2009 Random Thoughts

American Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. The turkey, the yams, stuffing and desserts all seem to put a smile on my face and make me eat more than I should.

Yes, the food makes me do it.

I want to extend a hearty thanks to each and every reader of my blog. I’m thankful for having started blogging almost two years ago, and you, dear reader, have made it very worth the time and effort. So from the bottom of my heart, thank you for being there.

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Clocky Alarm Clock – Waking up has never been so annoying

November 23, 2009 Amusing

Clocky Alarm ClockDoes it take a crane to lift your butt out of bed? If you’re like me, you’d rather stay in bed than wake up and fight traffic to make it to work on time. Maybe what we need is a little motivation? I found this amusing and thought you might too.

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Keyword Hijacking – What is it and should you care?

November 17, 2009 Blogging Help & Tips

After blogging for nearly two years, I find that there are plenty of people out there that don’t have the slightest clue what commentators can do to a post, left unchecked. Much more than that, what they can do to your site overall without some amount of auditing by the site author.

Keyword hijacking in the classic sense is where a blogger creates a post that is outside of their niche in an attempt to drive traffic to a page by means of popular keywords.

Doesn’t sound to bad so far, right? Just read on, take this example for instance:

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Recently Favorited Video

November 15, 2009 Random Thoughts

Just wanted to drop off a quick note to check out the video displayed in the sidebar.  The video is one of my recently favorited videos from YouTube and should rotate as I favorite new items now and then. I thought it would be a fun way thing to play around a little with. Anyway, [...]

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The value of a link

November 12, 2009 Blogging Help & Tips

Links are the currency of the web. It is through links that we find new sites, recommend sites to others, and is what makes the Internet what it is. Without links, what would the web be? A very big digital book, and that wouldn’t be nearly as much fun, would it.

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Make Money Online Status Report for October 2009

November 11, 2009 Make Money

Another month, more money, I like that. This is the first month that I’ll see exactly how eBay’s new QCP algorithm program would work out, and to be honest, I’m not terribly impressed, but I’m not feeling very bad about it either.

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Displaying video favorites from YouTube

November 9, 2009 Amusing

I’m still benefiting from my post where I told everyone that if you ask me a question that I would respond to it either in a post or within the comments. Continuing my response to my personal tastes, I’ve put together a page that displays the videos I’ve favorited on YouTube.

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Web site analysis services

November 5, 2009 Web Development Tips

There are so many things you need to keep in mind when it comes to building a website, and building it is only the first step! After you build it, you need to drive traffic to it. After all, what is a web site without traffic? I’ve built hundreds of web sites and understand what [...]

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DreamHost web site hosting is a dream

November 4, 2009 Web Development Tips

I’m excited to be able to fully recommend and endorse DreamHost as my preferred web host.  I’ve been using them for the past year and the experience has been absolutely fantastic. I’ve been using web hosts for a number of years, and each one I’ve found issues with at some point that have made me [...]

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Flowers for Halloween

November 2, 2009 Amusing

I just love Halloween. Each year I try to be a little creative with my costume, and I think this years costume will be hard to top. I have been considering this costume for a few years, and it wasn’t until all the stars lined up correctly that I was able to see it become [...]

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