Microsoft Windows XP Top Ten Tips and Tricks – Windows Explorer Directory

How do you tweak Windows Explorer to open in the directory of your own choosing?

The default display for Windows XP Explorer is to show the My Documents folder with all of its subfolders expanded and ready to be selected.

Domain Registration Info and Its Effect on Google Rankings

Can Your Domain Registration Info Effect Your Google Rankings

I ran across some very interesting information about domain registration information and whether is is private or not and how it affects your Google Rankings. This is what I found and my opinion of its validity.
whois Domain Registration Info and Its Effect on Google Rankings
Does Changing Domain Registrar Info (Private Whois) Impact Google Rankings?

Microsoft Windows XP Top Ten Tips and Tricks – Flash Drive AutoPlay

How do you permanently set your flash drive’s default AutoPlay action?

If you have a USB flash drive that holds your various Microsoft Windows XP files, you may want to configure the drive to automatically open Windows Explorer rather than display the AutoPlay dialog box. (On Mac OS X the flash drive automatically or should I say magically appears on your desktop.)
flash drive Microsoft Windows XP Top Ten Tips and Tricks Flash Drive AutoPlay
Just select the Open Folder To View Files In Windows Explorer and then select the Always Do The Selected Action check box but that only configures the flash drive for one file type. To configure your flash drive to open Windows Explorer for all file types at the same time:

Keyword Research, Aurora Snow, and Tony Snow

First Snow of the Season, Keyword Research, and Tony Snow

Well we are getting our first snow of the season and I wanted to share a picture of our Koi pond and some snow related keywords I have found. I know my picture isn’t even considered one of the classic Christmas snow scenes but…
first snow Keyword Research, Aurora Snow, and Tony Snow
When I deciding on a title for this post I figured I would do a little keyword research with NicheBot. Check out one of my earlier posts Keywords the Key to SEO! What are your keywords? for more details. Here are the snow keyword stats I came up with.

wp-visitors plugin and WordPress 2.7

The story of WordPress 2.7, Brain Dump, the wp-visitors plugin, and Incompatibility Woes.

I had just upgraded my blog to WordPress 2.7 and was still getting used to the new admin interface when something caught my eye.
wordpress interface wp visitors plugin and WordPress 2.7
The WordPress Plugin Releases for 12/11!
I visited the page to find a very interesting plugin wp-visitors.

Microsoft Windows XP Top Ten Tips and Tricks

Windows XP Top 10 “How Do You” Tricks and Tips

windows xp Microsoft Windows XP Top Ten Tips and Tricks As a Mac guy over the years I have had a disdain for PCs. I have owned one only to check my work on Windows Explorer, or as I refer to it Windoz Exploder, and to run the antiquated PC-only programs. I guess ~~Longhorn~~, I mean ~~Microsoft OS X~~, I mean ~~Mojave~~, oh yeah that’s it, it’s called Vista, has created some respect for Windows XP.

SEO, Search Engine Ranking, Bounce Rate and Google

Has Google been confirmed as using bounce rate as a search engine ranking factor?

According to the SEO Black Hat website and the post Confirmed: Bounce Rate is A Search Engine Ranking Factor:

ITEC – Technology – Data Security – Going Green

ITEC Portland 2008

I will be attending ITEC Portland 2008 today.
GEEKdom Reigns!
The ITEC events in the past were not only interesting but very beneficial and this years doesn’t look like it will break the run.

Web Net Conferences – Internet Marketing Conference at PSU

Web Net Conferences – Internet Marketing

I will be attending another web net conference today. I am working at as well as attending one of the Internet Strategies Workshop Series at Portland State University today. This internet marketing conference is from 12 noon to 5PM. I will be in the Site Lab from 4PM until we run out of reviews. There will be a group of SEM / SEO experts and students giving 10 minute SEO – SEM website reviews.

Modern Advertising Methods – How to Write a Press Release

Modern Advertising Methods

Increased Web Site Traffic

When you are ready to launch a new venture online a great way to drive targeted web site traffic to your website is by writing a good press release. When writing your press release it is important to keep a few things in mind that will avoid having your press release labeled as spammy or self promoting. Even though the press release is a form related to modern advertising methods it is important that it does not sound like advertising. A good press release should sound like a third party that has nothing to gain by the press release informing interested parties of a potentially interesting website or online business.