Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:17:48 -0700

Bloggers who realized already the importance of the search engines on getting valuable traffic for their blogs really work hard to learn how to get the top position of the Google Search Engine Results. Macuha, Jezhlau and their followers do the so-called keyword hacking. Some still do the link exchange scheme or link train type of harvesting links. These things are few of the ways used by bloggers and other webmasters in trying to get the top position of the Google SER. I learn few SEO techniq

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:17:05 -0700

Yes, that’s me giggling at the end like a kid! I took this video with my daughter’s flip video camera. Sponsor: ShareThis

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:45:44 -0700

I've been wondering lately about the ways that people can enter your life, what they do when they are knocking around in there, and how they leave it. There are probably people out there who have had a lifelong experience with someone who is pretty much forgettable.  Maybe they are boring, maybe they bug you.  Maybe they're a co-worker at your parent's business, or maybe they are a faraway relative who sends you a card once a year.  I doubt you'd ever tell them that they are disposable, but on

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:36:15 -0700

Exactly one year ago today I started my first company, Ant’s Eye View. I’ve been part of several startups in the past and am now working with several, but the last year I’ve had the amazing opportunity to focus on something that is 100% mine. Working for myself (aka: the worst boss in the world) has been fantastic, troubling, scary, exciting, and empowering … all at the same time. My friend and former boss, Owen Hannay of Slingshot told me that running your own business gives the owner the hi

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:52:37 -0700

The television is often on in our home, but it’s usually background noise. If I do watch television, it’s usually the Discovery Channel. Today is a weekday, so I roamed the channels a few times. After a while, we just rented a movie. Here are 3 reasons why: ShamWow I hope this guy squints because someone poked him in the eye. HeadOn Self-prescribed after you see their commercial 47 times. Billy Mays The only thing this guy should be selling is hair and beard dye. Terrible advertising

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:43:16 -0700

Imagine that your ISP blocked access to every site on the Internet.  Then as a subscriber, you paid a monthly fee for access to basic blocks of sites, as well as extra fees for other sites not in the basic package. Apparently this will define access to the Internet for Canadians in 2010. I know, it sounds nuts. Part of me wonders if I was directed to this story by someone wanting to embarrass me. But then the idea has just plausible enough to make me think it could be true. In any case, it

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:04:17 -0700

Not a Steven Segal movie, but this guy: The state of Florida recently passed a law permitting employees to keep firearms locked in their vehicles in the parking lot where they work. Not so fast, says Walt Disney World! The giant resort has declared that much of its sprawling property is exempt from a new state law that allows Floridians with concealed-weapons permits to keep firearms locked in their cars at work. Disney, which has 60,000 employees and a long-standing policy against

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:41:09 -0700

[Part I is here] While I don’t think fair trade certification’s totally watered down, I think there’s room to critique certification — and one fair trade company in the US’ finally started a blog ’bout the issue (among other issues). Yep — Equal Exchange, one of the first fair trade companies in the US, has a blog now, titled Small Farmers. Big Change. Equal Exchange is all about the co-ops, being a co-op itself. Writes Equal Exchange’s Phyllis Robinson: “The kind of change I’m referring to

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:08:30 -0700

Erin and I had a wonderful time at the Las Vegas I Can Do It! conference this past weekend. Although the conference was only 20 minutes from our home, we stayed at the Venetian Hotel, mainly so Erin would have a quiet place to do her readings. This is the 4th ICDI conference I’ve attended. In 2004 I went as a regular attendee. In 2006 and 2007, I went as a blogger covering the conference. And this year I went as an author/speaker. This conference has always held special meaning for me because

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:16:11 -0700

[Allegedly closeted] Florida governor and speculated VP contender for John McCain has suddenly decided to take himself a beard....I mean, bride: Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is engaged to a woman he met last September during a trip to New York, according to a published report Thursday evening. Crist, 51, asked Carole Rome, 38, his girlfriend of nine months, to marry him on Thursday at his St. Petersburg apartment, the St. Petersburg Times reported on its Web site. Crist says she said yes without