Rants

Web Listings, Inc – SEO Scam?

June 21, 2011

If I sent you a letter saying you needed to pay $65 per year to get your house listed with the Post Office, would you pay it? NO, you’d toss it in the trash and possibly file a complaint with the FTC. If you have a website, chances are you’ve received a solicitation from Web [...]

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5 Reasons You’re Not Getting My Shorty Vote

February 5, 2010

I didn’t want to have to write this post but I’ve talked with so many people that feel the same way I do that I’ve realized this might actually be some useful feedback for Shorty contestants everywhere. First, a couple of disclaimers: I don’t know Dave (@madmain on Twitter) personally [Update: He reminded me that we [...]

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FORTUNE on Google/Gov’t “Love Story”

October 27, 2009

I’m glad I’m not the only one that has some questions about the growing relationship between Google and the government. This week’s FORTUNE magazine’s cover story is titled “Obama & Google (a love story)“. Again, I’m not saying it’s necessarily a bad thing to have one of the world’s smartest technology companies helping the government [...]

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What’s Wrong with a Googlified Government?

September 16, 2009

I am all for smaller, leaner, more efficient government. But don’t classify me as a right-winger just yet. I just don’t like wasteful spending and excess “bloat”, especially when tax dollars are stretched tighter than ever before. So you could assume that I would be in favor of Google’s recent announcement of “Google for the [...]

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Do “Work From Home” Programs Work?

August 16, 2009

Thanks to the Detroit Lions’ unprecedented 0-16 record last season, yesterday’s game against my Atlanta Falcons was blacked out on local TV and I was forced to “watch” the ESPN.com box score to keep up with the game. During breaks in the action I started to pay attention to the sponsored text ads surrounding the [...]

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