Archive for August, 2009

How to Establish Yourself Online – Part 2: Domain Name and Web Host

Posted: August 19, 2009 at 12:00 am by

If you have read Part 1 of our series, you will know the value of creating a Brand for your online presence. To recap, a brand is a word or series of words that represents your product or yourself. Your brand is important, as you want online users to remember your brand and what it stands for. For this article, we will discuss purchasing a domain name and a web host.

How to Establish Yourself Online – Part 1: Plan

Posted: August 18, 2009 at 4:55 pm by

With billions of people on the Internet daily, it is becoming important for businesses and individuals to become established on the Internet. It is a great challenge, as many Internet users are already established, providing competition for users. Establishing yourself online will be a difficult challenge, but one you can overcome if you have time, patience, and a willingness to learn. It will not be an overnight success story, however within six months you can enjoy many visitors, increasing exposure for yourself or your product.

A&E’s Hoarders – An Accurate Portrayal

Posted: August 18, 2009 at 4:45 am by

A&E’s new series, Hoarders, premiered Monday, August 17th at 10:00 EST. This show gave the audience into the ugly world of hoarding often not visible to the outside world. Hoarding is a subset of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, a condition affecting millions of people world wide. Hoarders have a very difficult time throwing things away, and will keep things for years until their houses are so filled with items it becomes difficult and dangerous to live and function normally. As a result, Hoarders often become isolated from society and focus on things within their environment.

Get Listed in Google Faster

Posted: August 15, 2009 at 5:56 pm by

f you are running a new blog, one of your first concerns is getting listed in Google, as search engines are very important in generating traffic to your blog. The problem is, out of the box, it may take days or even weeks to get listed in Google, which is damning if you have content that is time sensitive. So, how can you get listed in Google quickly? Below are a few methods I have learned from others established in the industry.

Twitter Down Again, External Apps to be Affected

Posted: August 15, 2009 at 4:01 pm by

Lately the news is not good for Twitter. On Saturday, approximently 1 PM Eastern Time Twitter went offline, with an official announcement stating the company was “actively working” to fix the issue. A few minutes after 2 pm, the company stated the API external applications use will be put offline as part of the recovery process. At approximently 3 pm, twitter appeared to be running normally.

The Beginners Guide to Gaining Followers on Twitter

Posted: August 13, 2009 at 6:44 pm by

If you are new to twitter you may be searching and seeing people with 5,000, 10,000, and 20,000 followers. You may wonder how people can get so many followers, and how long does it take?

Is Yawning a Crime?

Posted: August 13, 2009 at 4:39 pm by

A 33 year-old man was charged with yawning in a court room during proceedings, and was sentenced with six months in jail. The man, Clifton Williams, was attending the trial of his cousin, when he yawned in court. The judge viewed it as a disturbance, and charged him with contempt of court. Mr. Williams denies it was an attempt to disrupt the proceedings, and stated it was, “not an outrageous yawn”.

Connect WordPress to Myspace

Posted: August 8, 2009 at 3:34 am by

We have just begun constructing our myspace page, located here. One of the first thoughts that came to mind was how to list current posts from this website to our myspace page automatically. With twitter it was easy, and I hoped it would be just as easy with myspace. After about five minutes of searching, I have found the Myspace Crossposter plugin. Setup and installiation was easy. In the next few days I will comment on how the plugin works.

Cash for Clunkers Extension Signed into Law

Posted: August 7, 2009 at 8:18 pm by

Late Thursday evening President Obama signed into law an extension for the Cash for Clunkers program. The extension allows an additional $2 billion in funding to the already $1 billion that apparently already spent. The Senate voted 60-37 to approve the extension late Thursday Evening. It is unknown how long the money will last.

Blocking Search Engine Bots

Posted: August 7, 2009 at 7:59 pm by

When you are beginning a new website, the best course of action is to block all bots until the site is complete. As a new domain is created, Google and many of the other search engines will begin to bring bots to your site and list all content. This is not good, as you are under construction, and may not be ready to be indexed yet. There are two solutions to this problem. The first solution is to create a robots.txt file and tell the search engines to not index your site. The second is a more powerful option: using a noindex meta tag.