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Compliments Lost in Translation

I post­ed a bit about the spam on this site before.  It’s not like I have that many read­ers, but as far as I can tell, it’s worth a lot of Google Kudos ™ to get your site linked by … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Metablog ‘ing on Google Things

I’m not sure how I’m going to dri­ve traf­fic to my blog with this post, but I’m record­ing here some thoughts about the traf­fic I see com­ing to my blog and some of the analy­sis that Google gives me.  I’m … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Thoughts on Google Ads and My Content

Wow.  Almost the fourth dai­ly post in a row.  I can pre­dict this because I’ve been pre-com­­pos­ing these last few posts and “sched­ul­ing” them to be post­ed at cer­tain dates and times (don’t peek behind the cur­tain … or at … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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MMS: Multimedia Messaging Stumble

There’s many car­tels left in the world that artif­i­cal­ly inflate prices. Today we’re going to talk about SMS. It does­n’t take high­er math­e­mat­ics to real­ize that SMS as data trans­fer is hun­dreds of time more expen­sive (at 5 cents per … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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On Outsourcing Your Life: Who Owns Your Data?

I own my blog.  I own my fam­i­ly snap­shots.  I own my web­site.  I don’t out­source any of these things.  Some of them even run from a web serv­er in my own house because I don’t use a mass mar­ket … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Writing to be Read by Google: Selling Out?

I was work­ing on sev­er­al of my many drafts today and I real­ized that a sig­nif­i­cant por­tion of my time is spent think­ing about my audi­ence… and by audi­ence, I don’t mean the nice peo­ple who end up read­ing my … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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My first dollar (fifty)

I had a nice Christ­mas Eve with my par­ents and one of my sis­ters at her house.  Nice din­ner, nice con­ver­sa­tion… all around pleas­ant.  I was show­ing off my blog… fish­ing for com­ple­ments.  I even broke out Clones (see my … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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You’re being watched: Where’s your Tin Foil Hat?

So go ahead — put on your tin foil hat… Con­tin­ue read­ing

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