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I finally have my desktop working, after putting up with a near insurmountable pile of crap from HP Support. mainly, that means I can run photoshop and flash again! I’ve just been swamped with schoolwork and such recently, but when I have some time, expect a new look for the blog!

     Google seems to have taken it upon themselves to play judge, jury, and executioner when it comes to websites.  I’ve discussed before about my experiment with College Debt Assistance, where I had heard enough talk about making money with MFA(made for AdSense)  sites  that I decided to give it a shot.  I recently received [...]

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Mark Zuckerberg, the creator of Facebook, was recently on 60 minutes, where they talked about everyone in silicon valley spooging over him. I will give credit to CBS though, as they to be one of the only broadcast stations that realize the power of these web 2.0 technologies. You’ll notice they have ‘Digg It’ buttons [...]

Building backlinks is immensely important when it comes to marketing your website. All the major search engines use backlinks to determine your pagerank. 80% of Google users click the first link when they search for something, and if you can get that #1 spot, you will never have trouble getting traffic to your site. Here [...]

The main thing that made me want to move my site over to Wordpress was all the different plug-ins you can install. I’ve got a number of them running now, and I wanted to give you all a little insight into the ones I’m using, how they work, and what they do.

So, What’s New?
As you can see, a lot of work has been done on this overhaul of the site, and it is still far from completed. When I get my main computer fixed I’m going to work on getting a new graphic scheme for the site, but this will have to do for now. [...]

As you can see, I’m in the process of switching the site over to wordpress. Still have a lot in the works, I’ll post more about it when more is completed.

(Originally Posted January 11, 2008)
I’ve just started a 2nd job, and the new semester of school just started, so my blog posts here aren’t going to be as frequent as they once were. hopefully I’ll be able to still make a few posts a week. SO here is what’s been going on lately.

(originally posted January 6, 2008)
I’ve been researching a lot about link building andsearch engine omptimization transparent stuff as of late. I’ve really learned how important having lots of back links to site really is. It’s the primary way Google and other search engines determine where to rank you, which is where most of traffic comes [...]

(Originally Posted January 4, 2007)
I once heard a quote about programmers that said “Your never actually done with a project, one day you just stop working on it.” I have realized that not only is this true, but it also applies to websites. I don’t think there will ever be a day that I don’t [...]