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Surfing, Searching, & Networking 101
Surfing, Searching, & Networking 101
by Ant Onaf
Everyone knows the internet can be very useful for finding information or learning something new. In all honesty, the internet should be your #1 resource for finding any remote information. The problem is everyone do not know how to use the internet to find information or to their advantage. It's simple and I'll give (more)
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Do Not Call List - VoIP Make Calls from Overseas
Telemarketers have found a way to bypass the U.S. Do Not Call List. Instead make the calls from overseas. With the increasing popularity of VoIP, making a transition across seas is made easier. Companies no longer need to lease LAN lines to make calls, the same internet connection that is used to surf the web is used to make phone calls. There isn't any long distance. Companies have figured this out and are planning to take advantage of this loophole. Cold-calling and telemarketing may come back into play as we know it, but with the aid and resources from across seas.
It’s amazing how technology has allowed the world to circumvent in the most difficult times. Everyday there is something new and something old.
[Link]Google Adsense has updated
Adsense has updated its TOS and it has added several different payment options, including Direct Deposit (BETA) for 15 countries. The have also added AdLinks, which is a new way to display ads. Instead of having multiple ads in a box, AdLinks makes it possible to have only 1 ad within an ad format. From my understanding the TOS now allows advertisers to disclose their earnings. Previously, discussing your earnings was strictly prohibited, but as I understand it, that has changed. I will not discuss any earnings until I am clear about this policy. I will need to re-read and read carefully the TOS. I wonder if AdWords is next. AdSense new TOS is listed below: Courtesy of Jenstar @ webmasterworld…… http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum89/5618-2-10.htm
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10 Reasons Why Blogging is Good For Your Career by Tim Bray
I have read this excellent article written by Tim Bray: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2005/03/08/BloggingIsGood
I have debated with many about blogging and have defended blogging to the end. Many times blogging can be satirical, opinonated, and inaccurate, but I also believe blogging is a great platform and can be very useful, resourceful, informative, social, and entertaining. This article supports my beliefs, here's a snippet from the article:
(more)
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Why would you shoot yourself?
If you have a website and you want traffic (customers) then why would you close the door on them? I went to a site today and it gave me a message "No Access Without Cookies. Please enable cookies in your web browser and reload to gain access to this site." Why would you force a user (customer) to enable their cookies just to access your site. I know with cookies enabled the site can get much more information about their users but is it that important that you would rather lose customers. The shocking thing was this was a online marketing company. Of course, one of the companies that is by default in the block cookies list, because they are known for comprimising computers and/or privacy. Probably a responsible party for all the scumware that has now disappered after the Windows Service Pack 2 update.
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Google is Fighting back!
For sometime Google has been looking down on the use of bots to submit websites to search engines and directories. I believe Google feels that is an unethical approach for search engine marketing. I think many SEO practices are unethical and should be thrown out the window. I'm happy to see Google finally fighting back, but why did it take so long.
The way Google is fighting back is that it has added a verification code to its site when submitting a URL. What this does is elminate bots from easily submitting URL's because a bot cannot simply read the characters of the verification code and input them into the field. Instead human-interaction needs to be mandated.
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Marketing as a Sport
Have you ever thought of advertising as a sport. Let's say you were in charge of getting a team together to play a game of basketball. You had your pick from all the NBA players. You would pick the best of the best, wouldn't you? It's a game about winning. The same applies with advertising, it's a game about winning. If you had to advertise your website to the world, who would you choose. The best of the best, right? You would choose, the platform(s) that gets the word out the quickest and vastly. So, next time you think about advertising your website you must first choose your team and make them work as a team. Who's your starting 5?
[Link]Google Weather
Another great Google project.
Google Weather
Get weather in your local US location just by doing a Google search using the operator "weather"
Example: weather new york
weather chicago
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Yahoo! 10th Anniversary
Today is Yahoo's 10th Anniversary. 10 years is not a long time, but it sure feels like it. 10 years ago I wasn't even introduced to the internet yet. Computers were foreign to me. Until 1997, computers/internet entered my world and my life changed. And it all started with Yahoo! A friend showed me how to create/use email…Yahoo! my first email account, and still used to this day. Celebrate.
[Link]Hosting Your Own Web Server: Things to Consider
Hosting Your Own Web Server: Things to Consider
Are you disgusted or disappointed with your current web host? Have you switched web hosting companies too many times? Have you thought of hosting your own website(s)? Do you have the ambition to control and manage your own web server?
If you answered 'yes' to the questions above, then you may be ready to host your own sites. This article will give you things (more)
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Firefox is All Hype
I have to agree with this article I just read. Firefox is not a top contender in my book. Yes! I said it. The hype around Mozilla Firefox is overrated. I have used Firefox for 3 weeks straight before returning back to IE, off the pure power of hype. As an open-source advocate I employ what FF is offering. But, there is a time to be real. FF is not a top contender for a web browser. IE is not so unsecure that it cannot be tweaked to perform under more secure settings. IE is a user-friendly browser (Microsoft). The purpose is to allow a simple connection, MS understands this. By default Microsoft settings are set to unsecure, within IE and OS's. There is still people using Windows 98 (it's ashame, but its true). There isn't anyone using Firefox '98. If Firefox continues to gain market (more)
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Google Movies
Google introduces its latest operator "movie", this operator tag enables you to search movies (old & new).
If you ever had trouble remembering the title of a movie but know key bits & pieces of the movie then you shouldn't have any problem finding the movie title.
Here are some examples I've tried myself:
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Geckotribe releases upgrade
Geckotribe has released CaRP 3.5.5 with loads of new add-ons:
1. Added the ability to offset the timestamps by any number of minutes (see "timeoffset" in the online documentation).
2. Added an option to not fix invalid XML entities. This is useful when displaying feeds whose content is enclosed in CDATA sections. The old code erroneously re-escaped any entities found in these sections (see "fixentities" in the online documentation).
3. The values of "atruncidesc" and "atrunccdesc" are now appended to truncated data before any open HTML tags are closed. This is mainly to prevent the text from being appended after closing paragraph tags.
4. Ampersands (&) are now entity encoded when they appea (more)
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Under Pressure Acheiver
I just realized that I am a Under Pressure Acheiver. I perform most well while under pressure. When things is normal and stable, I seem not to think straight and I become lazy. Not so much 'lazy' as I don't move or can't move, but lazy where the day seems like a 'day home from work' (if I wasn't self-employed).
I think this trait relates to my technical background. As being an IT Consultant (network/systems admin) you tend to be in high-pressure arenas. Throughout the days, you are faced with problems, that rely only on your skill, talent, and knowledge to fix…(well not only you…but you know non-tech co-workers never know you sometimes get the answer to solutions from the internet, nor do they care). Being on the fr (more)
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Charges Pressed Against American Allegedy Plotted to Assasinate President Bush
I won't speak on this topic.
I don't feel like being political. By the way my political views are skewed & awkward. I like President Bush but, I also liked President Bill Clinton. I don't believe in affirmative action, reparations, or any other form of remourse. I believe racism still exist but on all sides, not just one side. I don't think times are the same, meaning things have changed, some things for the better and others for the worse, but I could nit pic all night, so I won't. I belive the meida plays an important role in the way we act as a people. I believe gangsta rap is wrong (and wron (more)
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SEO Ethical or Unethical
This is a question I myself and many others ponder over, constantly. Not that my techniques are unethical, but the fact that my focus is to beat the system and arrive at the top of search engines. This in itself is a personal gain, regardless if it is your site or a client site which I'm promoting. This is solely a purpose of personal gain and accomplishment. Of course, I always have the site visitors in mind and I think of what will benefit them, as to how easy it is to find the site? If they click on the link will they find what they are looking for? Is the advertising practice intrusive or invasive? etc. These are questions I ask myself, as well I choose a primary advertising platform which will best benefit the client. Search engine optimization and ranking is usually primary or at the top of the list, and getting a site to the top of the SE's is not about benefit to the clie (more)
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Microsoft Recalls XBox Power Cords
Xbox recalls 14.1 million power cords, because a potential fire hazard. Microsoft said that 30 customers have reported fire damage. 7 Xbox users burned their hands. 23 reported smoke damage or damage to their carperts or entertainment centers. Peter Moore, a corporate vice president at Microsoft Xbox division, said the company knew about the fire hazard for some time now. They have been gearing up for several months, by producing more cords and making other arrangements. The recall effects about 70% of about 20 million consoles sold. —–
Free replacement power cords can be ordered here.
(more)
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New York Times expected to buy About.com for $410m
This acquistion would make NYT advertising ad space greatly increase. About.com has approximately 22,000,000 visitors per month. Not a bad acquisition for NYT. New York Times has signed an agreement with Primedia to purchase About.com for $410 millon in cash. By adding this extra entity to it's current online properties, which include NYTimes.com and Boston.com, will allow NYT to rank the 12th largest online property. The acquisiton is expected to close late this quarter or early next quarter.
Acquisitions are up!
[Link]Introduction
My goal with this blog is to document, discuss, share, and inform readers of online advertising opportunities, internet marketing strategies, and the lastest technologies.
With that said, I will also utilize this blog for it's dominant purpose, as a personal journal. Documenting my day and life.
A little about me, I'm an self-employed online internet marketer, web advertiser, and IT consultant. I have useful knowledge in my field of work, though I still learn new things everyday, which I hope to share with you all. I am not a web programmer or any other type of programmer. I can not write a lick of code. I do consider myself a webmaster, because I am able to create, design, and develop web pages using WYSIWYG editors. I also use web templates, pre-made scripts, and custom-made scripts, developed by third-parties. I also consider myself a webmaster because I host my own websites on my servers, (more)
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Surfing, Searching, & Networking 101
Surfing, Searching, & Networking 101
by Ant Onaf
Everyone knows the internet can be very useful for finding information or learning something new. In all honesty, the internet should be your #1 resource for finding any remote information. The problem is everyone do not know how to use the internet to find information or to their advantage. It's simple and I'll give (more)
[Link]
Do Not Call List - VoIP Make Calls from Overseas
Telemarketers have found a way to bypass the U.S. Do Not Call List. Instead make the calls from overseas. With the increasing popularity of VoIP, making a transition across seas is made easier. Companies no longer need to lease LAN lines to make calls, the same internet connection that is used to surf the web is used to make phone calls. There isn't any long distance. Companies have figured this out and are planning to take advantage of this loophole. Cold-calling and telemarketing may come back into play as we know it, but with the aid and resources from across seas.
It’s amazing how technology has allowed the world to circumvent in the most difficult times. Everyday there is something new and something old.
[Link]Google Adsense has updated
Adsense has updated its TOS and it has added several different payment options, including Direct Deposit (BETA) for 15 countries. The have also added AdLinks, which is a new way to display ads. Instead of having multiple ads in a box, AdLinks makes it possible to have only 1 ad within an ad format. From my understanding the TOS now allows advertisers to disclose their earnings. Previously, discussing your earnings was strictly prohibited, but as I understand it, that has changed. I will not discuss any earnings until I am clear about this policy. I will need to re-read and read carefully the TOS. I wonder if AdWords is next. AdSense new TOS is listed below: Courtesy of Jenstar @ webmasterworld…… http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum89/5618-2-10.htm
(more)
[Link]
10 Reasons Why Blogging is Good For Your Career by Tim Bray
I have read this excellent article written by Tim Bray: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2005/03/08/BloggingIsGood
I have debated with many about blogging and have defended blogging to the end. Many times blogging can be satirical, opinonated, and inaccurate, but I also believe blogging is a great platform and can be very useful, resourceful, informative, social, and entertaining. This article supports my beliefs, here's a snippet from the article:
(more)
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Why would you shoot yourself?
If you have a website and you want traffic (customers) then why would you close the door on them? I went to a site today and it gave me a message "No Access Without Cookies. Please enable cookies in your web browser and reload to gain access to this site." Why would you force a user (customer) to enable their cookies just to access your site. I know with cookies enabled the site can get much more information about their users but is it that important that you would rather lose customers. The shocking thing was this was a online marketing company. Of course, one of the companies that is by default in the block cookies list, because they are known for comprimising computers and/or privacy. Probably a responsible party for all the scumware that has now disappered after the Windows Service Pack 2 update.
[Link]
Google is Fighting back!
For sometime Google has been looking down on the use of bots to submit websites to search engines and directories. I believe Google feels that is an unethical approach for search engine marketing. I think many SEO practices are unethical and should be thrown out the window. I'm happy to see Google finally fighting back, but why did it take so long.
The way Google is fighting back is that it has added a verification code to its site when submitting a URL. What this does is elminate bots from easily submitting URL's because a bot cannot simply read the characters of the verification code and input them into the field. Instead human-interaction needs to be mandated.
[Link]
Marketing as a Sport
Have you ever thought of advertising as a sport. Let's say you were in charge of getting a team together to play a game of basketball. You had your pick from all the NBA players. You would pick the best of the best, wouldn't you? It's a game about winning. The same applies with advertising, it's a game about winning. If you had to advertise your website to the world, who would you choose. The best of the best, right? You would choose, the platform(s) that gets the word out the quickest and vastly. So, next time you think about advertising your website you must first choose your team and make them work as a team. Who's your starting 5?
[Link]Google Weather
Another great Google project.
Google Weather
Get weather in your local US location just by doing a Google search using the operator "weather"
Example: weather new york
weather chicago
[Link]
Yahoo! 10th Anniversary
Today is Yahoo's 10th Anniversary. 10 years is not a long time, but it sure feels like it. 10 years ago I wasn't even introduced to the internet yet. Computers were foreign to me. Until 1997, computers/internet entered my world and my life changed. And it all started with Yahoo! A friend showed me how to create/use email…Yahoo! my first email account, and still used to this day. Celebrate.
[Link]Hosting Your Own Web Server: Things to Consider
Hosting Your Own Web Server: Things to Consider
Are you disgusted or disappointed with your current web host? Have you switched web hosting companies too many times? Have you thought of hosting your own website(s)? Do you have the ambition to control and manage your own web server?
If you answered 'yes' to the questions above, then you may be ready to host your own sites. This article will give you things (more)
[Link]
Firefox is All Hype
I have to agree with this article I just read. Firefox is not a top contender in my book. Yes! I said it. The hype around Mozilla Firefox is overrated. I have used Firefox for 3 weeks straight before returning back to IE, off the pure power of hype. As an open-source advocate I employ what FF is offering. But, there is a time to be real. FF is not a top contender for a web browser. IE is not so unsecure that it cannot be tweaked to perform under more secure settings. IE is a user-friendly browser (Microsoft). The purpose is to allow a simple connection, MS understands this. By default Microsoft settings are set to unsecure, within IE and OS's. There is still people using Windows 98 (it's ashame, but its true). There isn't anyone using Firefox '98. If Firefox continues to gain market (more)
[Link]
Google Movies
Google introduces its latest operator "movie", this operator tag enables you to search movies (old & new).
If you ever had trouble remembering the title of a movie but know key bits & pieces of the movie then you shouldn't have any problem finding the movie title.
Here are some examples I've tried myself:
[Link]
Under Pressure Acheiver
I just realized that I am a Under Pressure Acheiver. I perform most well while under pressure. When things is normal and stable, I seem not to think straight and I become lazy. Not so much 'lazy' as I don't move or can't move, but lazy where the day seems like a 'day home from work' (if I wasn't self-employed).
I think this trait relates to my technical background. As being an IT Consultant (network/systems admin) you tend to be in high-pressure arenas. Throughout the days, you are faced with problems, that rely only on your skill, talent, and knowledge to fix…(well not only you…but you know non-tech co-workers never know you sometimes get the answer to solutions from the internet, nor do they care). Being on the fr (more)
[Link]
Geckotribe releases upgrade
Geckotribe has released CaRP 3.5.5 with loads of new add-ons:
1. Added the ability to offset the timestamps by any number of minutes (see "timeoffset" in the online documentation).
2. Added an option to not fix invalid XML entities. This is useful when displaying feeds whose content is enclosed in CDATA sections. The old code erroneously re-escaped any entities found in these sections (see "fixentities" in the online documentation).
3. The values of "atruncidesc" and "atrunccdesc" are now appended to truncated data before any open HTML tags are closed. This is mainly to prevent the text from being appended after closing paragraph tags.
4. Ampersands (&) are now entity encoded when they appea (more)
[Link]
Charges Pressed Against American Allegedy Plotted to Assasinate President Bush
I won't speak on this topic.
I don't feel like being political. By the way my political views are skewed & awkward. I like President Bush but, I also liked President Bill Clinton. I don't believe in affirmative action, reparations, or any other form of remourse. I believe racism still exist but on all sides, not just one side. I don't think times are the same, meaning things have changed, some things for the better and others for the worse, but I could nit pic all night, so I won't. I belive the meida plays an important role in the way we act as a people. I believe gangsta rap is wrong (and wron (more)
[Link]
SEO Ethical or Unethical
This is a question I myself and many others ponder over, constantly. Not that my techniques are unethical, but the fact that my focus is to beat the system and arrive at the top of search engines. This in itself is a personal gain, regardless if it is your site or a client site which I'm promoting. This is solely a purpose of personal gain and accomplishment. Of course, I always have the site visitors in mind and I think of what will benefit them, as to how easy it is to find the site? If they click on the link will they find what they are looking for? Is the advertising practice intrusive or invasive? etc. These are questions I ask myself, as well I choose a primary advertising platform which will best benefit the client. Search engine optimization and ranking is usually primary or at the top of the list, and getting a site to the top of the SE's is not about benefit to the clie (more)
[Link]
Microsoft Recalls XBox Power Cords
Xbox recalls 14.1 million power cords, because a potential fire hazard. Microsoft said that 30 customers have reported fire damage. 7 Xbox users burned their hands. 23 reported smoke damage or damage to their carperts or entertainment centers. Peter Moore, a corporate vice president at Microsoft Xbox division, said the company knew about the fire hazard for some time now. They have been gearing up for several months, by producing more cords and making other arrangements. The recall effects about 70% of about 20 million consoles sold. —–
Free replacement power cords can be ordered here.
(more)
[Link]
New York Times expected to buy About.com for $410m
This acquistion would make NYT advertising ad space greatly increase. About.com has approximately 22,000,000 visitors per month. Not a bad acquisition for NYT. New York Times has signed an agreement with Primedia to purchase About.com for $410 millon in cash. By adding this extra entity to it's current online properties, which include NYTimes.com and Boston.com, will allow NYT to rank the 12th largest online property. The acquisiton is expected to close late this quarter or early next quarter.
Acquisitions are up!
[Link]Introduction
My goal with this blog is to document, discuss, share, and inform readers of online advertising opportunities, internet marketing strategies, and the lastest technologies.
With that said, I will also utilize this blog for it's dominant purpose, as a personal journal. Documenting my day and life.
A little about me, I'm an self-employed online internet marketer, web advertiser, and IT consultant. I have useful knowledge in my field of work, though I still learn new things everyday, which I hope to share with you all. I am not a web programmer or any other type of programmer. I can not write a lick of code. I do consider myself a webmaster, because I am able to create, design, and develop web pages using WYSIWYG editors. I also use web templates, pre-made scripts, and custom-made scripts, developed by third-parties. I also consider myself a webmaster because I host my own websites on my servers, (more)
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So what does knowing where customers shop have to do with the comparison shopping engine called Froogle? Well simply put; many people trust Google's Foogle and they are familiar with Google because it's well promoted, they've been there before and it's always convenient. While Google's Froogle doesn't price or sell anything themself, they do allow shoppers to search for good prices. Froogle has hit the consumer's nail right on its head. 
Yes, you're reading it right. According to authors Patricia Cobe and Ellen Parlapiano, who trademarked the term "mompreneurs" and were recently featured in Time magazine and various other programs like Oprah; their mompreneurs online web site (www.mompreneursonline.com) draws millions of visitors each month. 
That’s the challenge in any search engine marketing campaign; you might best think through this issue at the outset (as you are preparing your keywords, your ads, and your landing page) what the majority of visitors already 'know' about you and the blog's product or service you offer. Not sure? Then If at best you're guessing, then assume they've never heard of you. That's always the safe bet. 
