A couple of years ago, I came across an interesting theory or idea. It went something like this: “If you register your domain name for a longer period than one year, and preferably up to ten years, Google’s algorithms will take that into account because it would appear you are serious about your business.” As
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Via SEO Roundtable, I came across this interesting discussion at Webmaster World. Basically, it’s a discussion about how website owner changed some text on and altered some tags on his website, and saw no effect in his search engine rankings with Google. We all like dirty little secrets, don’t we? From my observations, it seems
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I was having a conversation with someone this evening who suggested that I take a look at the Elance.com website both with the idea of offering my services to those who need them as well as locating others who could work for me. I have to admit Elance was something I knew about but had
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I was recently browsing a website that discusses search engine optimization and one of the ideas that was thrown about was that today, description meta tags don’t matter anymore. This is an unfortunate bit of advice given to both web masters and developers, as well as business owners who are seeking search engine optimization help.
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I have been providing search engine optimization services since 1997. When I first got into the web development business (and that’s a story in itself – how a guy who had barely touched a computer in his life, working in law enforcement, and got started learning HTML), I figured I’d also better try to figure
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Last evening, as I was dozing off at about 2:30AM, my telephone rang. I looked at the call display and did not recognize the area code or phone number and thought it might have been some sort of emergency. Perhaps a client of mine or something. Or maybe a family emergency and it was one
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I have to admit that years ago, I was supportive of the death penalty. It seemed to make sense, “an eye for an eye, a life for a life.” But after many years of thought, and the fact that mistakes get made even with our judicious judicial system, I cannot support the death penalty. It
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Another one of the things I have a passion for is the Toronto Maple Leafs. I have spent over 40 years, being a fan of the team and have hoped to someday see a Stanley Cup. No idea if I will ever see that; for the past several seasons just hoping to see them make
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When a tragedy strikes anywhere, most of us feel a sadness and some empathy. When it strikes close to home and to someone you know, it is even worse. Where is Cheryl Rowe? I grew up with the Rowe family; they lived just down the road from me. I can recall playing with Randy, Mitch,
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I have just discovered that Leonard Cohen has a new CD out today. It is called “Old Ideas.” Mr. Cohen is one of my favorite music artists and I own almost all of his albums, I do believe. I have been a fan of his for years (decades is more like it). I did manage
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