Get Your Small Business Ranked In the Search Engines With SEO
Let’s start with a commonly misunderstood concept: Search engines don’t rank websites; they rank web pages.
Many people assume if they optimize their website for a number of keywords then all search traffic will go to their homepage. Actually the opposite is true; search engines look for relevant pages, not relevant websites. Search engines don’t just “think” in terms of your site as a whole; they mostly care about the page or pages relevant to the keyword searched for.
Let’s use Wikipedia to illustrate the point. Wikipedia is a great example, because if you perform a search for just about any keyword, a Wikipedia page is likely to show up in the top five results. If you search for “Napoleon,” for example, the Wikipedia result will take you to Wikipedia’s Napoleon page, not to the Wikipedia homepage.
That’s how search engines work: They look for relevant pages. To optimize your site, you’ll need to keep that fact in mind. Instead of thinking globally, mentally break your site up into different parts and pieces. If you want to rank high for a particular keyword, you probably will need a separate page focused on that term if it is not relevant to your homepage.
2008 Popular Halloween Costume Ideas
Halloween is creeping (oooh spooky) up on us pretty quickly so it’s time once again to start thinking about popular Halloween costume ideas.
If you don’t remember last year’s list, let me give you just a taste. It included things such as Rob & Big’s Bobby Light Costume, the diaper wearing astronaut psycho Lisa Nowak, and the ever popular Dick in a Box costume. Anyone who actually dressed up as any of these characters can tell you… they were a big hit.
So without any further ado, let’s list some popular 2008 Halloween Costume Ideas.
Sarah Palin Costume
I figured we would start off with the obvious… politics. Now if you are going a couples costume you could obviously go with either Sarah Palin and John McCain or you could go with Sarah Palin and Borack Obama. Either would work out fine.
But… if you wanted to be a little different you could go as Tina Fey dressed as Sarah Palin. Continue Reading >>
Did Steve Jobs Have a Heart Attack?
Apple PR has yet to respond to rumors online and on twitter that Steve Jobs was rushed to the hospital with a heart attack today. With Apple’s recent stock drop and the current state of the financial market right now it doesn’t seem unlikely.
I’m constantly checking the San Jose Mercury, Sunnyvale Sun, Cupertino Courier web site and the SFGate and NewYorkTimes web sites but nothing is reporting about any Steve Jobs being rushed to the emergency room yet.
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Here’s What I Think About the Bailout of 2008
Now here’s a bail out plan that works!
I’m against the $85,000,000,000.00 bailout of AIG.
Instead, I’m in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in “We Deserve It Dividend”.
To make the math simple, let’s assume there are 200,000,000 bonafide U.S. Citizens 18+.
Our population is about 301,000,000 ± counting every man, woman and child. So 200,000,000 might be a fair stab at adults 18 and up..
So divide 200 million adults 18+ into $85 billon that equals $425,000.00.
My plan is to give $425,000 to every person 18+ as a “We Deserve It Dividend”. Continue Reading >>
Are Caffeine Energy Drinks Dangerous to Your Health?
Caffeinated energy drinks that promise super alertness and sometimes imply better sports performance should carry labels that specify their amount of caffeine, says a Johns Hopkins University scientist.
Drinks with the highest caffeine content should also warn of potential health dangers, says Roland Griffiths, PhD, a professor of psychiatry and neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, and senior author of a new report on the beverages.
“Many of these drinks do not label the caffeine content,” he says, and some energy drinks contain as much caffeine as found in 14 cans of soda.
Oprah Winfrey Celebrates 22th Season with Car Giveaways
Television host Oprah Winfrey had a surprise for the 276 members of her studio audience when she opened the latest season of her daytime talk show on Monday — she gave them all new cars. The $7 million giveaway came courtesy of General Motors, which provided the free Pontiac G6 sports sedans, a new line of cars, as part of a promotional deal with Winfrey’s Chicago-based show, a spokeswoman for her Harpo Productions said. The automotive handout introduced a “Wildest Dreams Come True” theme for the 19th season of “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” which has reigned as the top daytime talk programs in U.S. syndication since its debut in 1986. “No dream is too wild, no surprise too impossible to pull off,” Winfrey said during the telecast.
Millitary is Giving Out Free Boobs and Free Plastic Surgery
Free Boobs for Women Soldiers
Be all that you can be - and no more. That’s the message the owner of an adult video company wants to give women serving in the nation’s armed forces, where they can receive free breast augmentation, liposuction and other cosmetic surgery from surgeons honing their battlefield skills. FREE BOOBS for military women?!
Mark Kulkis on Wednesday officially launched his “Bullets Not Boobs” campaign at a press conference outside a military recruiting center in Hollywood.
Kulkis, who employs only “all natural” actresses in his films, said he will give $500 in lingerie and a day at a spa to any woman honorably discharged from the military with her natural breasts intact.
Flanked by porn star and erstwhile gubernatorial candidate Mary Carey, he presented the campaign’s first award to a 23-year-old former Army specialist from Texas for sticking with her B-sized bust during five years in the service.
“We think the military should be spending its money on bullets, not boobs,” Kulkis said. “To counter the Army’s offer of plastic beauty enhancement, I decided to offer a natural beauty enhancement.”
Military officials confirmed that their surgeons, on a very limited basis, practice reconstructive surgery skills on enlistees and their dependents if time and space is available. The military doesn’t use cosmetic surgery as a recruiting tool or publicize it among service members, said Martha Rudd, an Army spokeswoman.
Recipients must pay for their own breast implants but the surgery is covered, according to a Department of Defense statement. The department is currently reviewing its policy on elective cosmetic surgery, the statement said.
The New Yorker, which reported on the surgeries in its July 26 issue, wrote that between 2000 and 2003 Army doctors performed 96 breast enlargement surgeries on soldiers and their dependents. In the first three months of 2004, they performed 60 breast enlargement operations, the magazine reported.
Jennifer Zandstra, an Army test equipment calibrator who was honorably discharged two weeks ago from Fort Hood, Texas, was the first to contact Kulkis after a friend saw his Web site. Kulkis says four to five other women are in line to receive a similar reward.
Zandstra, who had to submit proof of her honorable discharge and a picture of her unaltered chest to Kulkis, flew to Los Angeles from her hometown of Commerce, Texas to receive her prize. Zandstra said she had heard about the possibility of free plastic surgery while in the Army, but didn’t give it much thought. Now, she plans to buy her lingerie at Victoria’s Secret.
“I’m happy with what I have. If there’s anything I want to change, I’m sure I could change it myself,” she said.
Raising the Legal Driving Age in Massachusetts
I remember being 16 and I couldn’t wait to get my Massachusetts driver’s license at 16 and a half years old. Now Massachusetts officials are proposing to raise the legal age for a driver’s license.
It seems everytime I watch the news on tv at night there’s a new report about a teenager crashing and wrecking their car. Especially on the car crashes on the Lowell Connector. I’m sure it’s not just because they were only 16 or 17 but the fact that they are young and inexperienced.
When I was 16 I was learning to drive. Back and forth, up and down the driveway of my friend Don’s driveway it basically how we learned to drive in Massachusetts. I went from jumping my bike over trash barrels and a swimming pool to driving legally on the road with other drivers.
I know I wasn’t mature enough to drive on my own. Luckily I hadn’t been able to buy my own car until 18 and I was too nervous to drive recklessly in my mother’s minivan.
Parents should continue to stress the fact that they need to be careful on the road. Not only for themselves but also the other people driving on the road. Raising the legal driving age in Massachusetts might be a good idea.
By the way Fox25 news just did an interview with a guy on TV and he said the vote was delayed once again and that he DOUBTS that Raising the Legal Driving Age in Massachusetts to 17 or 17 and a half will not happen. We’ll see.
My PayPal Debit Card Was Cancelled and I Can’t Get A New One
I normally wouldn’t care, but I really loved using my PayPal debit card. It allowed me to leave my money in my PayPal account for the interest with the money market account portion or take it out at any time wat an ATM and not have to wait for transfers to my bank> It provided a cash back incentive and interfaced well with my financial software. Plus I’ve been a member of Paypal since 2000. I’ve done like 100+ transactions through paypal and even more on ebay.
That said, back in march of this year (2008) I was sent an email that said:
“We have been informed that your PayPal Debit Card number may have been obtained by an unauthorized party as a result of a security breach at a merchant where your debit card was used to make a purchase. The security of your PayPal account information was not compromised in connection with this event. To help ensure your security, we have taken the proactive step of cancelling your PayPal Debit Card.”
With my anti-phishing radar at high alert, I made it a point to manually visit the PayPal site to do this and triple check for any problems, because it would be just plain embarrassing if some “l33t h4×0r” compromised a security nut’s account. I was curious, too. After all, I wouldn’t give my card info to shady people/sites, and I definitely wouldn’t fall for a phishing scam. Failing both of those, I fairly religiously check my PayPal account for any strange activities, and until that point had never had any incidents. Continue Reading >>
McCain Did NOT Put Country First After Hurricane Katrina
Oh yeah - both Obama and Biden were either co-sponsors of, voted for or drafted Katrina relief or oversight bills. Biden was the sponsor of Senate amendment 1661, which was to provide emergency funding to victims of Katrina. The vote failed 41-56, with McCain voting against it.
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Muppet Show to Return to TV After 27 Years
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The Jim Henson-created characters may be on their way back thanks to a new Disney Film.
In the movie, written by Forgetting Sarah Marshall star and writer Jason Segel, the Muppets reunite to save their studio with one last variety show.
Should the film go well, it opens up the possibility of a television program, also written by 28-year-old Segel.
8 Easy Steps to Banish Bad Breath
We’ve all found ourselves chatting with someone whose breath could easily wilt a flower. With more than 90 million people suffering from chronic bad breath (also called halitosis), that’s a lot of wilted flowers. If you (or someone you regularly smooch) has an attack of bad breath that even Altoids won’t fix, try these eight simple tips to fix the problem. 8 Easy Steps to Banish Bad Breath.
The Retards in Tropic Thunder Are Under Fire
Calling someone a retard in a big budget Hollywood movie might be funny but was is more retarded is that people want to protest and get the movie shut down because they used the phrase ‘retarded’ in the movie to describe (trust me you just gotta see it) another character.
[/caption]Now, as we recently learned thanks to the New Yorker, satire is tough, and while I’ll always go to bat for free speech and the right to mock, that cartoon’s disastrous failure at humor and troubling whiff of racial stereotyping made it offensive, no matter how many times David Remnick went on TV to plead that the New Yorker is just doing what Stephen Colbert does. You wish, Remmy.
Without seeing Tropic Thunder, it’s impossible to know whether the satire succeeded, although it’s interesting that Downey Jr.’s part has caused nary a ripple of controversy. Could this whole thing just be due to Robert Downey Jr. being a much better actor than Ben Stiller?
Giant Shark Offshore of Boston Massachusetts
Fishing out on Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary on a perfect calm day we saw some action on the horizon and decided to check it out. As we approached we could see the dorsal and tail fin of a large shark.
Typically a basking shark which are very harmless we came very close to observe it but at the last second you can see that this was not backing shark. Looked like a 12 foot great white shark that was sun bathing at the service taking in the sun.
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Organize A Neighborhood Block Party and Meet Your Neighbors
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[/caption]It seems that a lot of neighborhoods have lost their community feel. The best way to get that back? Organize a neighborhood block party for your neighborhood.
There are tons of great reasons to get to know your neighbors. Aside from the “can I borrow an egg?” type of reasons there is the issue of safety. Children should know who they can turn to in their neighborhood in case of an emergency. Also if everyone in the neighborhood knows each other, it will make it a lot easier to spot when there are strangers lurking around.
I know what you’re saying, “I wouldn’t even know where to begin in organizing a neighborhood block party”. No worries. I’m going to tell you some basic things that need to get done in order to organize a neighborhood block party. Continue Reading >>
Learn From a Massachusetts Face Painting Artist - Tips And Creative Ideas To Throw a Party
Learn from a face painter in massachusetts: What could be a better activity than children’s face painting at your next gathering that includes kids? You don’t have to spend the money and hire a professional children’s face painter. All you need to do is follow some very basic children’s face painting tips for beginners.
The biggest piece of advice that a beginner children’s face painter should follow is… practice. It’s just like teaching your child to ride a bike. It takes lots of practice. You can read books about children’s face painting and you can watch children’s face painting videos but none of that will give you the practice that you need like actually trying out children’s face painting.
There are several other children’s face painting tips for beginners to follow that will make sure that you don’t run into some very common problems that children’s face painting beginners often run into. You can’t lose with these 5 tips. If you’re looking for a Massachusetts Face Painter you can contact Erin at www.bodyartbyerin.com Face Painting Massachusetts
Micky Ward Movie Gets Ready to Shoot In October. Will it Shoot In Lowell?
After two years in development, Mark Wahlberg and Darren Aronofsky’s long gestating boxing biopic on underdog champion Irish Micky Ward is finally going to begin shooting in October, the star told MTV News.
“I’ve been training for two years now. I’m ready,” he said. “I want to look like a champ, not a chump.”
But Mark Wahlberg has more than just a few moves to his credit these days, he’s also got a healthy dose of fighting words for anybody who thinks that what the world needs least right now is another boxing movie.
Yes, there have been many classic movies to center on the sport, Wahlberg admits, and, yes, he told us last year, he’d of course like it to hold up to “Raging Bull,” the undisputed champion of the genre.
But ultimately, his performance as Micky Ward in “The Fighter” is for an audience of one, he said smiling — Micky Ward.
“I want to do him proud. The guy did everything I wish I could have done. He came from nothing, went on to win the world title with all the odds stacked against him. Did it with his mother and his brother,” Wahlberg grinned. “He’s still in the same town to this day. He’s got a regular job. He knows that I’m going to put it all on the line for him. Mickey Ward is going to be [on set, watching me] every single day.” Continue Reading >>