How not to solve the homeless issue

Read this.
"I was talking to a friend of mine's little girl, and she said she wanted to be President some day. Both of her parents, liberal Democrats, were standing there, so I asked her, "If you were President what would be the first thing you would do?"

She replied, "I'd give food and houses to all the homeless people."

"Wow - what a worthy goal!" I told her. "You don't have to wait until you're President to do that. You can come over to my house and mow, pull weeds, and sweep my yard, and I'll
pay you $50. Then, I'll take you over to the grocery store where the homeless guy hangs out, and you can give him the $50 to use toward food or a new house."

She thought that over for a few moments because she's only 6 years old. And while her Mom glared at me, the young child looked me straight in the eye and asked, "Why doesn't the homeless guy come over and do the work, and you can just pay him the $50?"

And I said, "Welcome to the Republican Party." Her folks still aren't talking to me. "

Paul Newman dies

at age 83
RIP

Sarah Palin Ms. Alaska 1984?

No, I would have not voted for her there, but dang sure this time :)

End pedophelia tourism in 3rd world countries

It's bad enough that Costa Rica is full of expat losers unable to get laid in their own countries. If you want to be with someone who gets paid, that's your problem.
It's another issue when it involves children and people in central American and Asian countries "rent" their kids to tourists.
It's just a few isolated cases, so no big deal, right?
WRONG
It's VERY common, and if you believe that the right thing to do is help raise awareness, then please join my Facebook group called End Pedophelia tourism in 3rd world countries and share some ideas how to end this.

John McCain for President

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Help be a part of getting the best option for the next presidency elected!

John McCain for President

Join the cause.

Help be a part of getting the best option for the next presidency elected!

Chinese eye test

Obama only talks ... again

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/378772_murdockonline12.html
I am getting to the point where I cannot even have a political discussion with my Obama loving friends anymore.
There is no discussion. The guy is a joke. He is not even qualified to make any statement he has been making. He mentions again and again that he wants equal pay for women, but while his male campaigners average $55k a year, his female campaigners only make $45k.

Preschedule Tweets

If you're active on Twitter, you can now pre schedule tweets for the times you are not going to be able to tweet. Doesn't everyone Tweet from a blackberry these days anyways?

AOL selling DMOZ to Best of the Web

I met the owners of Best of the Web. While back, in 2005. This is something I see happening. This is something where everyone is going to benefit.
Thanks to Jeremy for pointing this out.

New blog coming soon!

OK this blog will soon be moved. This is only a temporary solution. I know, having a blogspot subdomain blog is lame, but so be it.
My main blog is Searchfeature.com.

If anybody has the "sticky blog post" plugin handy, please link me.

The era of telling

I am disappointed. I am disappointed that so many people out there use whatever they can to get attention to what others are doing for SEO. I cannot believe this recent post by Grey Wolf .
If someone gives me a gift and I am thankful and link to that person on my blog, am I subject to being penalized for it?
I think that this blog post of his is taking it far too far.
How long will we have to read this kind of stuff?
Are you guys really that interested in what everyone else might be doing?

Louisiana Country Bar

If you are ever anywhere in Louisiana, you need to check out Rooster's Country Bar located in Delhi, Louisiana. The place is off the hook. If you are on Myspace, add Rooster's Country Bar as a friend.
Louisiana is full of garden containers. A very green state worth visiting for sure!

The Obama hype

I see some well posted thoughts all over the place regarding worries that Palin may not be the best running mate for John McCain.
Do I have a problem with those posts?
No!
I actually agree with many points made, even though a part of me likes the idea of an underdog with heart to come in and make a differece (I know, this is not Rocky, but still).
The problem I have is the no solution solution.
What those posts imply.
OK, she is not the best, so let's just vote for Obama!
The one thing Obama wants you to do is look at anybody except him.
He stands for nothing.
The closer you look at him, the uglier and less presidential he looks and the only chance he has is fueling anti Bush/McCain hatred to the point where people overlook what 10 years ago would have kept him from even being considered for any position in the Federal government.
When I qualify someone as a potential candidate I look at character.
"You are who you hang with."
Let's see.
Obama has a wife who hates her country so much that she cannot keep it to herself despite the fact that it might hurt her husband's chances for getting elected.
He follows a pastor who advises him who makes a living preaching anti Americanism.
It's pretty clear that Obama himself has no respect for his own country.
Let's not look at that though. Let's look at how many people live in Alaska.
Let's ignore everything Obama has said in the past about being ready to side with the Muslims and about white people.

Quote of the Day

"Great ideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds. - Albert Einstein"

MySpace marketing without friendadder

Now that MySpace has a 280 friend request restriction and that they are better at detecting automated friend adding devices, my recommendation is to add celebrities and comment on their profiles. You will that way have a TON of people see your comments. Look at Jesse McCartney for example with 300k friends. How many people do you think get to see your comment?
It's also good to use a funny image when commenting. Something that people like and gets their attention.
It's a lot easier to wake up to 300 friend requests a day than having to deal with the adding yourself.
There are profiles out there with over 2 Million friends, but if you want to know what they are, do the homework yourself. :)

Trust me, this works best right now.

I'm lik Obama

Wordpress blogs, protect yourself

No matter how great your theme is and how you are afraid to mess it up by upgrading, you HAVE to get the latest versions or you may be doomed.
I mean, it is easy for skilled hackers to get into those as well, but you will minimize the chances of those with average skills doing it.

Is Sarah Palin a terrible choice?

First of all, she was not my choice. I would have chosen Lieberman. I read a lot of predictions about how McCain may day and she would be the worst President ever.
I truly believe that if she has to rise to the challenge and she will do fine.
You never really know what people are capable of doing when they are put into a spot where they have to give something their all.
One thing I would never trust to make good decisions is Senator Obama.
Anybody can talk the talk and live the hype.
Before you cast your vote, think about who would be a better team?
A guy who bashes and redicules McCain as being computer illiterate and such with a running mate who has written him off until being offered a spot on the ticket or a man like McCain who has proven to be responsible, serve his country and a lady who loves America and can add something new to the leadership.
Think before you fall into the trap.
What we need is a responsible team and the last thing I want right now is someone in office who has nothing to offer other than MTV appeal because he promises to be different.
Obama has no experience. He has absolutely nothing to offer. Obama is the type of guy who fights his way up there and once up there will be completely lost.
We need 4 years of McCain to establish unity in this world and find a positive solution for Iraq.
Obama will only run from real issues. McCain will face them!

Costa Rica Wind Energy

Please stay tuned for our latest project called Costa Rica Wind.
Alternative energy is one hot potatoe here in Costa Rica.
Look out for what we have to say about the subject!

Top Web Designers

One of the best designers out there is this guy. Follow him on Twitter, he runs Xemion.

Taliban Singles Online

As seen on Individualism

Taliban Singles Online

Trying to disprove God's existance can be costly

So need to read this to understand just how much money some governments waste.

I grew up in Europe and remember how much my parents paid for taxes.

Unbelievable.

No-follow bogus

This is one of the many pointless discussions where SEOs are beating dead horses to the point where they wear themselves out and lateron take credit for killing it.
No-follow is complete bogus. The only one I remember calling it out before was Aaron Wall and few have the courage to say anything.

Please read more on the subject on Searchfeature.com

Coming out! What is the gayest song you like?

OK, everyone has skeletons in their closet. We all like some songs we don't always fess up tp.
So how about you guys all make a comment and admit to liking something which you normally do not admit to :D

I start:

One More Try George Michael


Here is more:



This is really liberating.

How about Phil Collins too :) :

PLurk, you're a needy bitch

This is pretty funny, make sure you read the comment section.

Web Hosting Services

Here are a few I recommend. Those are not affiliate links. Those are the ones I either use myself or have heard excellent things about:
The Planet, Server Farm in Texas
Great to get your dedicated server for as low as $59 a month depending on specials.
Host Monster
Highly recommended.
Amp Hosted - Cheap Hosting
This one is great, I have been using them for about a year back when it was Toasted Penguin.
Great support!
If you know of a good one, feel free to post it below and share feedback on your own web hosting experiences.

Mike

Matt speaks, twitter (no)follows

This to me is no solution for any network. What a good network needs to have is good moderation and INTELLIGENT spam control rather than lashing out at everyone because of bad apples.
This makes very little sense and it's becoming the norm. Hubpages and Squidoo are quality networks, and they "follow" from what I know.

Michael Kane - Anil Dash

So I have just come across this blog post about Anil Dash where Mike seems to have an issue with Anil telling people to grow up. Anil Dash is now getting exposed.

One of Mike's projects is this new image uploader. Easy and free. Go use it!




Mike

What Muslims want

In addition to this post I want to add that Islam is NOT a religion of peace.

Censorship and SEO

Reading stuff like this really annoys me. You say something like DaveN did and sure enough, Matt emails the twitter people and they bow down immediately and submit to Google's wishes. Dave's comment regarding the twitter links was pretty blatant I must say, and I am not surprised that it had consequences. But this is simply a reminder that everything you put on Sphinn will be subject to Google's scrutiny. Freedom of speech is something that does not exist in SEO. You say what you say to the people, but you're REALLY talking to the Google engineers who may read what you write.
It also explains the vast amount of garbage search engine optimizers put out there and the fact that real info cannot be found on public places.

Concern about website's sales tactics

http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/536641/2050617
Why am I posting this? Because Sarah King is in the video.