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Nov 14

I was playing around earlier today and decided to take an SEO quiz over at SEOmoz.org. Of course, like most tests you take, it’s not whether or not you know the right answer, just if you know the answer the teacher thinks is right. But, between all the blog posts of theirs that I’ve read and the wording of the questions themselves I did manage to score well.

SEO Dark Lord – 100%

But I really have to wonder, why dark lord? Does that mean I’m “black hat” or something? Or maybe it’s because they know I took the test twice in order to score that high…

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Sep 16

Earlier today I received an invite to Bubbletop, a new web 2.0 type site that’s still in beta. After playing with it for a couple hours this evening while winding down I have to say that it has replaced iGoogle as my browsers homepage. With a tag line of “Focus on a personalized view of the Web, and keep on top of what interests you.” I couldn’t help but be curious about it. With the information overload problems we all have, I like the idea of being able to quickly view one site an see at a glance what, if anything, deserves my attention.

In some ways, Bubbletop is just a reformatted RSS reader on steroids. And, to be honest, I think I could get my iGoogle page to function pretty much the same way. And if all it was, was a feedreader, I probably would stick with Google. But, this also has a nice social aspect to it as well. Almost a myspace meets feedreader type setup. In addition to being able to set up all my rss feeds, I can also view what my friends are reading as well. This allows me to find new sites that I haven’t seen before and lets my friends see what I’m keeping up with.

Anyway, when you get a chance check it out. It’s still in beta but should be coming out soon. I’m going to drop the developers an email and see if I can interview them a bit. If they agree I’ll follow up with another article.

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Jun 14

Well, I’ve finally bit the bullet and launched a new blog. I’m finding it harder and harder to try and shoehorn everything into this one. Not physically harder, of course. I just find it harder to focus on things because I feel bad about leaving all those other areas untouched.

So, for those who follow this blog just for the Internet news and SEO type information, you’ll need to update your bookmarks. From here on, all the Net stuff will be on my new blog, EasyBusinessBlogging.com. Basically it’ll be a place for me to archive all the things I’ve learned and will learn about building a business online. That includes everything from planning a new business to copywriting to SEM. In addition I’ll be posting reviews of any related ebooks that I come across.

For those who couldn’t care less about the tech stuff, here’s what you have to look forward to. I’m going to try and start posting some Bible studies that I’ve done over the years. I’ll continue to make comments on any news that I find provoking, including Police stuff.

As for the finance category, I know it drew the bulk of my traffic for a long time, so obviously I don’t want to drop it. However, I really haven’t been staying up with things. So all I can do is say that, as time allows and I see something worth writing about, I will.

Of course I’d really like it if everyone would read both blogs. :)

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Mar 12

Over the last few days CherryTap (CT to the users) has gotten a mention in the Washington Post and on TechShout. The articles are nearly identical. Seems that CT now has a story about how it got started. Wonder if it’s true or something they made up for the press release? Also, if there’s no advertising on the site (as stated in both articles) then what’s the CherryBank and all the little links all over the place that lead to other sites? Oh, and then why is there a section in the TOS that says we can’t cover up the banner ads?

I just wonder if the users realize that all the pictures that they put in the CT profiles are being shown on Cherry Photos along with a link to email it to others. Considering how fussy some of them get when someone ‘rips’ their photos on CT, I’d hate to be nearby when they see this that their photos are being displayed on another site without their permission. Especially since the currently posted TOS says nothing about granting permission to show images on other sites. The applicable section reads:

c. By posting any Content to the public areas of the Website, you hereby grant to CherryTAP.com the non-exclusive, fully paid, worldwide license to use, publicly perform and display such Content on the Website.

Hmm… no mention of Cherry Photo there. Or Cherry Stash for that matter.

Hey Mike, are either of these spin offs suppose to stand on their own or are they just there to draw in more people into CherryTap?

I thought since they were issuing press releases Social Concepts might finally be out of the, so called, stealth mode. But a quick look at their site and I see they’re still claiming they’re not. I’m beginning to think their definition of stealth and mine are two different things.

Anyway, as much as I hate to, I still have to admit that CherryTap is the best social networking site I’ve found. If you have a new one that you’d like me to try let me know, please. But so far I’ve tried all the usual places, MySpace, Tribe.net, Tag, Hi5, Friendster, Christian Connect, and some more that I can’t remember. Out of all of those, Tribe.net is the best. If they just had the virtual gifts that you could buy with virtual points earned from surfing the site, I’d quit CherryTap in a heartbeat.

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Mar 2

This evening I found out that Wordpress servers had been cracked and everyone who updated their Wordpress install in the last few days got some bad code. I just wanted to put a repost out there in case anyone miss the official post. I’d love to stay and chat, but I’ve got to update my wife’s and my blog now. :)

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