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Water Cooler / Re: The Toybox is Full
« on: December 14, 2012, 11:06:24 PM »
Hi back rc and nffc - its those reminder emails, made me feel guilty for not showing up and posting 
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Hardware & Technology / Re: New Modem / Router Suggestions
« on: December 14, 2012, 08:50:59 PM »
> dd-wrt firmware
What kind of performance gains are you seeing Dras? Been hearing good stuff about this prog if you can get it working
What kind of performance gains are you seeing Dras? Been hearing good stuff about this prog if you can get it working
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Water Cooler / Re: The Official Introduction Thread.
« on: December 14, 2012, 08:49:11 PM »
Did a double take on the eljefe nic, I thought you washed off the face of the earth Jeff 
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Water Cooler / Re: The Toybox is Full
« on: December 14, 2012, 08:45:49 PM »
Disappointed, thought these were going to be gun pics
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Traffic / Re: Could DuckDuckGo Be The Biggest Long-Term Threat To Google?
« on: April 27, 2012, 09:18:29 PM »Quote
There is a big difference in the chatter surrounding DDG to that which was around Google before it went mainstream: Who is chattering.
(haven't read the article or every post yet)
The big difference too is how bad search was when G first came out, it was so light years ahead of the competition it didn't take too long to make the switch. I think the only advantage DDG has at this point is the do not track thing. Until that fear hits the mainstream, I am not sure DDG can get the traction until they become "enough better" than Google to get a larger market to switch.
I think the bigger G competitors come from an Apple or Facebook closed platform teaming up a Bing, Blekko, or buying out DDG and integrating. You may have seen the rumor that MS pitched Bing to FB not too long ago.
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Web Development / Re: Spidering tools
« on: April 25, 2012, 11:17:57 PM »
I've used 80legs.com on a list of 10 websites to analyze outbound link patterns. I did have to hand the resulting data off to the Excel ninja to make use of the results but it was pretty cool. Those desktop apps might be easier to use for a single site though.
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Water Cooler / Re: Disneyland Orlando - any pointers?
« on: April 25, 2012, 11:16:06 PM »
I honestly didn't do anything but show up. I remember Epcot being a huge bust (my fault, but wasn't it fun walking around in the rain?) FWIW, if you haven't looked yet, I've always found Trip Advisor to be a pretty good tool for finding the type of lodging I am looking for: http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g1954828-Disney_World_Florida-Hotels.html
I remember really enjoying Universal Studios - that Spider Man ride was a blast.
I remember Epcot being a huge bust (my fault, but wasn't it fun walking around in the rain?) FWIW, if you haven't looked yet, I've always found Trip Advisor to be a pretty good tool for finding the type of lodging I am looking for: http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g1954828-Disney_World_Florida-Hotels.htmlI remember really enjoying Universal Studios - that Spider Man ride was a blast.
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Water Cooler / Re: Bora Bora
« on: April 10, 2012, 08:24:18 PM »
I think Mackin was on Fiji. I hear Tora Bora is nice
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Water Cooler / Re: Kill A Site via Akismet
« on: April 07, 2012, 12:56:39 AM »
Links that appear quickly and then are removed after a short period of time (moderated) are a huge spam signal
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Traffic / Re: Over optimization penalty: the next thing newbies will freak out about...
« on: March 20, 2012, 08:48:56 PM »
I take "over optimization" as a vague umbrella term that gives them cover to hit whatever they want. Check out this Cutts comment:
Its the "beyond what you'd normally expect" phrase that is a big red flag, purposely vague.
Although I do believe in the FUD factor at play, their aggressive maneuvers at splog networks show they are serious. I didn't think they would get all of BMRs network, wrong on that one.
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We are trying to make GoogleBot smarter, make our relevance better, and we are also looking for those who abuse it, like too many keywords on a page, or exchange way too many links or go well beyond what you normally expect.
Its the "beyond what you'd normally expect" phrase that is a big red flag, purposely vague.
Although I do believe in the FUD factor at play, their aggressive maneuvers at splog networks show they are serious. I didn't think they would get all of BMRs network, wrong on that one.
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Monetization / Re: Going from Affiliate to Retail
« on: December 29, 2011, 11:28:07 PM »
I went to retail/distribution for awhile than back to affiliate. Became too much of a pain to manage. I think affiliate is still very doable if you can mask yourself a bit and be perceived as adding value. Just depends on you I guess.
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Water Cooler / Re: Google Orangic Serps Erosion - an easy reminder
« on: December 29, 2011, 11:26:13 PM »
A couple senators just recommended a formal FTC investigation into this. Let's hope it goes somewhere.
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Traffic / Re: Facebook; when to block/intervene?
« on: December 29, 2011, 11:24:33 PM »
Do you have the ability to ban the user? I do on our account and ban link droppers all the time.
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Water Cooler / Re: Say hello to Baby Sousa
« on: December 29, 2011, 11:23:37 PM »
Clyde the glyde, congrats (again )
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Water Cooler / Re: Do you have a site which you can't give up?
« on: December 07, 2011, 09:27:39 PM »Quote
It's gone already Drastic.
Maybe not a bad idea to throw up sites you want to get rid of in the Trading Post here. One man's garbage is another man's gold