The other day I wrote about how I have moved JewishTweets notified me of a popular recent story named The Stalled Server Room.

The short story is that this company's server room is now part of the office's bathroom. Too make a long story short, the company had to switch offices. But the new office in the building did not have room for a server room. So they put the server room in a closet that is only accessible through the woman's bathroom.

Here is the email from the building management company:

As you all are aware, we have new tenants that have moved into the 2nd floor suites. The access to the server room is now via the women’s bathroom.

There will be a sign on the woman’s door that can be changed
from OPEN to CLOSED and vice versa.

Should you need to enter the server room, please change the sign
to CLOSED. Once you are done, please change it back to OPEN.

Once you enter the bathroom, you will be able to access the
server room via the handicapped stall. Please close the stall
door prior to entry, just in case someone doesn’t see that the
bathroom is closed.

I know this isn’t ideal, but if we adhere to this protocol, I
don’t think anyone will be disrupted.

Thanks! Let me know if you have any questions.

And I was complaining about moving domains to a new server. Imagine if I had to move my servers into a bathroom.

Posted at 2:12 PM | Permalink | Category: Just Funny | Comments (2) | TrackBacks (0) (0)

Daily Search Coverage:

Video recap is live. Google tells us how they prevent spam and SEO tips. Moving to the US? Yahoo Slurp being banned. Use Google Ad Manager to squeeze out more income from AdSense. I wrote about Plurk. SEOs, back yourself up. How many pages do you need for SEO? Does Google crawl paths? There is a new trademark case in search.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: June 29, 2008
2. Why Did Google Tells Us They May Use Cookies To Prevent Spam?
3. Moving to a U.S Hosted Server: Will it Impact Country Specific SEO?
4. Some Webmasters Are Banning Yahoo Slurp
5. Use Google Ad Manager To Set Minimum AdSense eCPM
6. Plurk Brings Micro Forums, Like Twitter Brought Micro Blogging
7. Search Engine Optimizers Should Back Up Their Statements!
8. Is there a Minimum Number of Pages Required for Decent Organic Rankings?
9. Is Google Crawling Absolute Paths?

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Competitors Taking Action Against Competitors For Search Ad Trademark Infringement
2. Matt Cutts On SEO Tips & Fighting Spam

Daily Link Finds:

This is the June 30th, issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for June 30th, 2008:

• Forums Niches, Thirty Day Challenge Forums
• Real purpose of YouTube annotations gets unnoticed as people dive into "birth of Long-Form video" discussions, Reactive Software Blog
• Bloggers with cartoon on their blogs, Blogjer
• Overture Keyword Tool finalmente morta pelo Yahoo?, fabioricotta
• 25 Pay Per Click Survival Tips, Palmer Web Marketing
• Overture Keyword Suggestion Tool desaparece, Ojobuscador.com
• Tools For Staying Current with SEO News, Percms
• Confidential: 22 Google Laws Leaked, SPEQLEN
• Google rassegna news 30/06/08, Googlisti.com
• SEO 2.0 - Digital Asset Optimization, digital asset management weblog

Posted at 2:08 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds , Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) (0) | Speak

It has been a long time since I had a boring weekend. In fact, I miss them. Nothing like being able to sit around, watch TV and just relax. So after work on Sunday, I came home, got a quick hair cut and then got a tie. After that, I went home and simply relaxed.

I got a green tie, I don't have many green ties.

In any event, I really want this 8-bit tie. Maybe one day, someone will buy it for me and Ill have an excuse to wear it.

Posted at 12:38 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Grind | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0) (0)

Many of you know I am a Neil Young fan. But I am not sure I told you about the first time I remember hearing his music. I believe it started with a song called, "Old Man." I first heard the song when I was maybe 9 years-old. I borrowed my older brother's mix tape (mix tapes, too funny) and walkman (walkman, too funny) for a class trip. No idea what was on the tape, I just wanted something to listen to while on the bus trip. I remember listening to it on the way there and really enjoying the song.

So I decided to post some YouTube videos of Neil Young performing Old Man throughout his career. Here they are:

Bob Dylan covering Old Man:

There are many more covers...

Posted at 4:54 PM | Permalink | Category: Music | Comments (2) | TrackBacks (0) (0)

Daily Search Coverage:

Google stops advertisers from pointing ads at search results. Google makes minor update to webmaster tools. Yahoo drops keyword tool. Google adds two more AdSense reps. Yahoo defends itself. Power to the white hats! Google looks beyond the past query. Searchers love to Google for the iPhone. A new iGoogle is being tested. Search in pictures is out.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Google Disables AdWords Ads Pointing to Google.com Search Results
2. Google Moves Crawl Stats Charts to Statistics Section in Webmaster Tools
3. Yahoo Finally Kills Overture's Keyword Suggestion Tool?
4. Google Adds Two New AdSense Representatives to Google Groups Support
5. Yahoo Prepares Massive Upper Management Reorganization for Possible Acquisitions
6. The Evolution and Power of White Hat SEO

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Google Looking At Multiple Previous Queries To Tailor Search Ads
2. Google Searchers Love The iPhone
3. Search In Pictures: Yahoo Volleyball & Casinos, Pamela Fox of Google, & Ask Productivity
4. Test The New iGoogle, Google's Personalized Home Page

Daily Link Finds:

This is the June 27th, issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for June 27th, 2008:

• Crea tu propio TLD, desmarkt.com
• My Thoughts On Ask.com & Core Search, BruceClay.com
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 26, 2008, Search Engine Land
• Google Ad Planner (beta), Media Planning Tool, WebmasterWorld
• Google preferisce lALT al TITLE (per le immagini)?, Tagliaerbe.com
• SEO Blowout From Google! Must Read! - Webmaster Forum, v7n.com
• Sphinn - Porn Continues to Invade Google Web Search Through Universal Search, Sphinn
• Sphinn - Screen Shots of Google's Ad Planner, Sphinn
• The Happening: Google Adsense Ads Missing, Technobiography
• Why your link-building techniques suck - SEO Theory - SEO Theory and Analysis Blog, seo-theory.com
• Yahoo People Search Redesigned - Yahoo! Buzz, buzz.yahoo.com

Posted at 2:17 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds , Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) (0) | Speak

I live in New York, but I am about 20 minutes from New Jersey. New Jersey gas prices are much cheaper than New York prices - so I typically like to fill-up in New Jersey, when I pass through.

Yesterday morning the gas tank light went on. I was too busy to get gas in the morning and in the afternoon when I went out to pick up a bite, I was too lazy to stop for gas. On the way home, I learned about possible news that required me to drive to New Jersey. So I decided to hold out and see if I can make it 20 minutes to the first gas station in New Jersey.

Typically, I make these decisions when I am driving solo. But my wife was with me this time and she doesn't like it when the gas light is on. Which wife does? :) But she braved the drive with me and we pulled up to the gas station and filled up for $4.01 per gallon. Then, as we continued down the highway, I noticed gas stations selling gas for $3.55, I was bummed we didn't try to go longer and get that price.

This is not the first time I wrote about this topic, I wrote about driving on empty with my old car as well. Note the image above really doesn't due justice to the dial, the dial was on empty and the light was orange for a long long time.

So how far can you go?

Posted at 9:23 AM | Permalink | Category: Motor Vehicle | Comments (3) | TrackBacks (0) (0)

Last night, my wife's sister got engaged to a wonderful guy she has been going out with for almost two years (I think that it's been almost two years). So last night, we had a small party for the family, to celebrate. I won't get into the details of the party or stuff like that but I will tell you that it is now official --- I am the short and stumpy one. Yes, I am leading myself up for some fun comments below, but hey - it's fun.

Here is a picture of the (now) three brother-in-laws:

I masked their faces because I didn't obtain approval from them to post the picture and it is actually funnier this way.

Okay, guess who I am... Yea, that is me on the left. Then the most senior brother-in-law, in the middle, who has taught me a lot and guided me through joining the new family. Then the new brother-in-law, who is still skinny and tall (that will change) is on the right. Notice the progression. Typically, I should be in the middle, since I was married for a shorter period of time - but I break the rules.

So there you have it. My fate has been sealed. I am the short and stumpy brother-in-law and son-in-law. But I am proud to be in that position. At least I don't fall in between and no one notices me ;-).

In any event, Mazol Tov! Welcome to the family and I look forward to squeezing into my tuxedo at the wedding!

Posted at 9:10 AM | Permalink | Category: Family | Comments (7) | TrackBacks (0) (0)

I got this great client that has offices both in New York City and Tel Aviv, Israel. They are named American Israel Cultural Foundation, basically they hook up sponsorships for Israel students looking to pursue their culturural talents. If you are into music, art, dance, etc - and you are computer savvy, you might like this job.

The job description is attached as a PDF file. Review it.

If you are interested in this job then email orit AT aicf DOT co DOT il.

Posted at 4:30 PM | Permalink | Category: RustyBrick | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) (0)

Daily Search Coverage:

Yahoo cleans up people search. Do more toolbar PageRank updates happen quietly? Check out a Google malware warning. Find do follow sites. Google updates links in webmaster tools. Link building tips that are risk free. Ask is not focused on core search. 404 errors galore!

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Yahoo People Search Redesigned
2. Does Google Conduct Minor Toolbar PageRank Updates Between Major Updates?
3. What Does a Google Malware Warning Look Like in Webmaster Tools?
4. Google Webmaster Tools Link Update & "Download This Table" Feature is Back
5. A dofollow Blog Google Custom Search Engine
6. Risk-Free Link Building Techniques?
7. Ask.com: Not Focused on Core Search, or is it?
8. What to Do When You Have a 404 Error

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Sorry, Ask.com -- I Still Don't Think You're Focused On Core Search

Daily Link Finds:

This is the June 27th, issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for June 27th, 2008:

• Google reveals the ad partner information for advertisers, winandmac.com
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 25, 2008, Search Engine Land
• Techmeme: Google to Unveil New Ad-Planning Tool (Miguel Helft/Bits), Techmeme
• Techmeme: Introducing Google Ad Planner (Emel Mutlu/Inside AdWords), Techmeme
• 5 Authority Sites With A PageRank Penalty, SEOco
• At Google, 'Long URLs' Can Land Your Website in Trouble!, PageTraffic SEO Blog
• Google Ad Planner, Microhoo, TaT
• Higher Education Internet Marketers Links of the Week June 26th, 2008, .eduGuru
• Matt Cutts Talks about Alt Attributes in Images!, PageTraffic SEO Blog
• My Today's 10 Most Favorite SEO Blog Posts, Marc Baumann
• SMX advanced recap, sepguy.com
• Sorry, Ask.com -- I Still Don't Think You're Focused On Core Search, Search Engine Land
• Techmeme: Sorry, Ask.com - I Still Don't Think You're Focused On Core Search (Danny Sullivan/Search Engine Land), Techmeme

Posted at 3:27 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds , Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) (0) | Speak

Many of you already saw the article from the Wall Street Journal named Web Domains Could Expand Broadly Under New Plan.

If not, in short it says, the company that manages the domain names, ICANN, said they will be offering a plan for companies and organizations to purchase their own TLD (top level domain). A told level domain is the .com or .net or .co.il portion of the domain name. So www.cartoonbarry.com's TLD is the .com. Now, I do not own the .com portion, I own the cartoonbarry portion.

ICANN is structuring a way to allow the sale of TLDs. So if IBM wanted their own TLD, they can get .ibm. If New York City wanted their own TLD, they can get .nyc. But it doesn't come cheap. The Wall Street Journal said the "cost somewhere between $100,000 and $500,000."

It isn't a crazy or unreasonable price. I say, we (SEOs & SEMs) pool together funds under an organization (SEMPO?) to purchase .SEO and .SEM (.SMO for socials?). What you think? Worth it? Think Google will ban the .seo TLDs before they even come out? ;-)

Posted at 1:32 PM | Permalink | Category: SEO Tips | Comments (6) | TrackBacks (0) (0)

Whooaaa....

In the past 24 hours or so, my brother and I went through a list of about 200 domains and moved all of them, except about 15 - which we are waiting on. We are moving to new managed hosting provider and we need to move the name servers as well.

The past week we moved all the sites, including this blog, to the new servers. We first updated the old name servers to point the sites to the new IP address, or the new servers. Once that was set and everything was tested as working, we imported all of our name server records (about 200) and moved them all. Keep in mind, we don't act as the name server for all our sites, but probably most of them.

I would say about half of those domain names were easy to move, because either the client made the change in their domain registrar or I had access to make those changes for them. The other half required me to obtain the registrar login information from the customer. Most of them have no clue what a domain registrar is anyway, so getting that information - was not fun.

In any event, we are almost done - only have 17 domain names left. Once we move the rest off, then we are freed completely from our old hosting provider. As you can tell, I am looking forward to that day. My realistic goal is to be freed completely no later then this Monday.

Posted at 12:04 PM | Permalink | Category: RustyBrick | Comments (3) | TrackBacks (0) (0)

Here is a huge poll, very fun to read and participate in. Go to Chris Hooley's blog and give it a vote or twenty.

Here are the categories I am listed in:

- SEO Most Likely to Succeed
- Most Athletic SEO
- Best SEO Blogger
- Biggest SEO Nerd
- SEO Social Media Addict
- SEO Most Likely to Become President
- Mr / Ms Congeniality

Funny stuff...

Posted at 5:50 PM | Permalink | Category: Blogging | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) (0)

Daily Search Coverage:

You can run but you can't hide from Google Ad Planner. Google Sitemaps has a new dynamic content error. Google prefers alternative text to the title attribute. Google launched map maker. Can you serve up query content? Google posts official recordings of live chat.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Google Prefers Alt Attribute in Images
2. Google Sitemaps New Error: "Dynamic Content"
3. Detailed Screen Shots of Google's New Ad Planner :: Wow!
4. Google Map Maker Launched
5. Serving Different Content Based on Search Query: Is This Allowed?

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Google Posts Official Webmaster Help Group Chat Recordings, Transcript & Presentations

Daily Link Finds:

This is the June 26th, issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for June 26th, 2008:

• Google Celebrates Five Years of AdSense Success, cybernetnews.com
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 24, 2008, Search Engine Land
• Some Great Must Read Articles for the Week, seoaware.com
• Techmeme: iPhone 3G to launch at 8:00 AM on July 11th? (The Boy Genius/Boy Genius Report), Techmeme
• All Your Ads Belong To The Goog, BruceClay.com
• Google Ad Planner Complete Walkthrough, Arthur Freydin
• Google launch Ad Planner, BackboneITGroup News
• Google Trends for Websites Begins Fireworks Early, Aloa's News Blogs
• Herramientas SEO: Google Trends para webs, Novedades 2.0
• How to Attract Links and Increase Web Traffic - The Ultimate Guide, I N F O T A I N M E N T
• Learn Success With Randy Brown, SearchFeature.Com Interview
• O que tenho andado a fazer, Ego Strip

Posted at 4:01 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds , Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) (0) | Speak

Wow wow wow. I posted screen caps of Google Ad Planner and now I decided to see who you guys - yes you, reading this blog, are.

(1) You are mostly male

(2) Mostly between 35- and 44

(3) Mostly educated

(4) All sorts of income brackets

Whoo are you? :)

Posted at 9:19 AM | Permalink | Category: Blogging | Comments (4) | TrackBacks (0) (0)

The iPhone is available for purchase on July 11th. I was strongly considering waiting on line that day. Today, I realized I accidently scheduled a meeting for that day.

I just heard rumors today that they go on sale at 8am, local time. This comes via Boy Genius, who has the rumor. But 8am make sense, being that you have to activate the phone in the store.

So, I'll likely move the meeting to a different date.

Posted at 2:57 PM | Permalink | Category: Apple Macs , iPhone | Comments (3) | TrackBacks (0) (0)

Daily Search Coverage:

Porn is an issue for Google, so they ask for help. Google AdWords search, too good? Get Google in your paid ads. Google being hypocritical? Google launched ad planner. Matt Cutts in USA Today. Is Google our moral compass?

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Porn Continues to Invade Google Web Search Through Universal Search
2. Is Google's AdWords Search Too Inclusive?
3. Get Google.com in Your AdWords Display URL
4. Does Google Needs an Ombudsman or Not?
5. Google Launches Ad Planner - What Google Really Knows About Your Sites
6. Matt Cutts Talks to USA Today About Google Optimization Techniques

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Google The "Moral Compass" Of The US Justice System?
2. Google Adds "Report Images" To Web Search Results

Daily Link Finds:

This is the June 24th, issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for June 24th, 2008:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 23, 2008, Search Engine Land
• COLD CASE: Who killed Threadwatch Last Year?, Web Professor
• David Mihm's Local Search Ranking Factors, Eric Lander
• El porno invade los resultados de Google, Pagerank SEO
• Google Adds "Report Images" To Web Search Results, Search Engine Land
• Google The "Moral Compass" Of The US Justice System?, Search Engine Land
• Google Trends para webs, adseok.com
• Lo que debemos saber sobre Google, daniblog.com
• SEO Daily Reading - Issue 81, Raven SEO Tools
• Techmeme: Introducing Google Ad Planner (Emel Mutlu/Inside AdWords), Techmeme
• What are Leapfrogg reading this week? (5), FroggBlog

Posted at 2:01 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds , Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) (0) | Speak

I am not the type of person to ask people for discounts. I just feel ashamed to ask people to give me a discount on the price they gave me. Why? Level of respect? Someone gives you a price, you would hope they give you the best possible price they can. This doesn't mean I never ever ask for a "best price," I do on occasion, depending on the situation, but I would say I rarely ever do that.

Do I have look down to people who always ask for discounts? No way! In fact, my mom is great at it. I think it is great. But it isn't for me - not my personality.

How about when clients or prospects ask me for a discount? I can tell you that I never discount my prices to prospects. I give a prospect a price and I stick with it. I believe I am giving them the best possible price. Some prospects ask if I can come down on price and I 99.9999% always say no, this is the best price. If I can do better on the price, why would I have not done that from the start? I don't believe on getting more money out of people who won't ask for discounts. I believe in giving everyone a fair price.

There is a whole part two to this post, but I don't think I will write that now. Maybe later...

Posted at 9:08 AM | Permalink | Category: Rambling | Comments (6) | TrackBacks (0) (0)

It all started with me sleeping on the sofa, my A/C unit broke. I had the service guy come three times and I am losing trust in my air conditioner, for obvious reasons.

The first time, I was told that the Freon level was overcharged. Meaning, the fan was on, but the compressor shut off cause it was "over charged". Supposedly, putting too much freon in the air conditioner will overcharge the compressor and it won't cool the house. Having too little freon will cause the compression not to cool the house as well.

So when they came the first time, they adjusted those levels. But they didn't do it 100% correctly. So they came back two days later to re-level the freon. Now, a week and a half later, I had them come back again. This time, the A/C unit worked for them when they came back. He did nothing to the freon levels.

He did say that the Freon levels are "almost perfect" and now that it is working, he doesn't want to change them. If it stops working again, call him and they will come back and adjust the levels slightly to make them 100% perfect. He also suggested that they might move the thermostat - but he doesn't think that is the issue.

So now, I am in wait mode. Wait for it to fail to call them back so they can play with it again. Not 100% happy but it could be worse, a lot worse - I do have it good.

How do they test Freon levels? The picture above from this site shows exactly what the AC guy was doing. The tank hooks up to those pressure gauges, which hooks up to the AC unit, somewhere. The pressure gauges tell you if the levels are proper. Supposedly, it is good to get those levels before every season.

Posted at 5:37 PM | Permalink | Category: Homey | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0) (0)

Daily Search Coverage:

My video recap is live. Google Trends for websites launches. Google adds API for webmaster tools. Long URLs may hurt you, well - maybe not. We got screen shots of AdSense fonts. Google removes marker locator tool. AdSense turns five. Negative SEO is alive and well. McCain gets Google bombed. Google is a rocking corporation.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: June 22, 2008
2. Google Trends for Websites : Rather Not Have It? Seriously?
3. Finally, We Get an API for Google Webmaster Tools, But...
4. Google Says, Long URLs May Hurt You
5. Screen Shots of More Google AdSense Fonts
6. Google Reconsiders "Incorrect Maps Location Marker" Reinclusion
7. Google AdSense Turns Five Years Old
8. Is Negative SEO Still Possible?

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Google Adds API To Webmaster Tools
2. John McCain's Google Bomb
3. Google's Corporate America Reputation Ranks Top

Daily Link Finds:

This is the June 23rd, issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for June 23rd, 2008:

• Google webmaster chat: tons of fun!, Matt Cutts
• Google Launches Trends for Websites, Marketing Pilgrim
• penalite "minus 30", WebRankInfo.com
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 20, 2008, Search Engine Land
• FriendFeed as a Social Aggregator for Google, The Analytics Guru
• Google AdWords Team Shares Factors Influencing Quality Score!, PageTraffic SEO Blog
• How to draw cartoon of yourself, Blogjer
• Six Google AdWords Quality Score Factors, SEO Hong Kong
• Report Offensive Google Image OneBoxes, Google Operating System
• Adwords: Ladezeit als Quality faktor, Cooee.de
• Nooooo…Comic Sans en mi Adsense!, cookieface.com.ar
• Cita obligada: webmaster chat de Google, Dictina
• Como est sendo a indexao do Jotablog pelo Google, Jotablog.com
• Digital Marketing: Must Read for Week Jun-16, Rocky Fu's Blog
• Google webmaster chat: tons of fun!, Revenue Source
• Hey Googlers - It's OK To Be Honest & Direct When Answering Questions, SEOmoz
• JuneTune - I Learn Lot, My Overview & Q&A, Shrushti
• Pilgrim's Picks for June 23, Marketing Pilgrim
• Search Marketing Avanzado en Argentina, MP3d
• SEO Contests Are Gaining Industry Respect, SiteProNews
• Weekly Search Buzz (22 June 08), ankitrawat.com

Posted at 2:15 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds , Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) (0) | Speak

A few weeks ago, I told you how my air conditioner broke. Well, they fixed it and then it broke two days later. They fixed it again and it lasted about a week and a half and then it broke again last night.

I am lucky to have a separate AC unit for the bedroom level. But that is the AC unit that keeps on breaking. This weekend, we had guests sleep over - thankfully the AC unit worked throughout the weekend and pretty much died about 12 hours after they left. But now it is broken and I am losing trust in it.

In fact, I was incredibly worried that the AC wouldn't work for my guests. After the guests left, I thought to myself, "maybe it is fixed for good." Soon after, it stopped working. Did I jinx myself?

The sad thing is, it will take a while for me to be confident in it working.

Posted at 10:22 AM | Permalink | Category: Homey | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0) (0)

If you check out News3Online.com, you may notice that a mysterious Barry Schwartz is running for president. Here is the news coverage:

Would you vote for me?

FYI- I'll upload a better video soon, this is a bit choppy as you can see.

Posted at 2:15 PM | Permalink | Category: Just Interesting | Comments (4) | TrackBacks (0) (0)

Daily Search Coverage:

Google's webmaster chat is recorded. Conversion tracking goes missing in AdWords. Do TLDs matter in SEO? Can I exclude a site in a country specific Google? Can you prevent Google Bowling? Can you hide Flash content? Tips on AdWords quality score factors. Google UK gets their own SEO thread. Google is case sensitive. Google News is experimenting. Google shows summer logo. Google Trends comes to Web Sites. Search in Pictures is out.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Recording & Coverage of Google's Second Live Chat Session
2. Google AdWords Conversion Tracking Goes Missing for Advertisers
3. Google Does Not Give Preference to .COM's over .INFO's or Other TLDs
4. Can You Remove a Site From a Country Specific Google Search Engine?
5. Can Quality Sites Be Google Bowled & Hurt in Google's Search Results?
6. What is Acceptable Hidden Flash Content?
7. Google AdWords Team Discusses Factors that Influence Quality Score
8. Google.co.uk Dissected and Explored

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Google "Sometimes" Case Sensitive When Searching + The Rest
2. Miss The Google Webmaster Help Group Chat Last Night?
3. Google News To Run Experiments
4. Google Celebrates First Day Of Summer With Solstice Logo
5. Google Trends Comes To Web Sites: Trends For Web Sites
6. Search In Pictures: New Yodelers, Sergey In Space & Ask.com's Got Milk

Daily Link Finds:

This is the June 20th, issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for June 20th, 2008:

• Are XML Sitemaps Actually Important Or Are They The Most Overrated SEO Tactic Ever?, Regency Interactive
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 19, 2008, Search Engine Land
• "Lying in a Reconsideration Request, Makes Me Angry": Matt Cutts!, PageTraffic SEO Blog
• Chat Google : traduction des reponses les plus interessantes, Referencement
• Google "Sometimes" Case Sensitive When Searching The Rest, Search Engine Land
• Google Trends Comes To Web Sites: Trends For Web Sites, Search Engine Land
• links for 2008-06-20, Oliver Willis
• Miss The Google Webmaster Help Group Chat Last Night?, Search Engine Land
• Prospector Advertising: Google's 2nd Webmaster Chat Event, Ides
• SEO Team Reading List 6.19.08, EMP
• Techmeme: Google "Sometimes" Case Sensitive When Searching The Rest (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Land), Techmeme
• Top 10 Reads This Week - June 20, B(abble)log

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Last night, I went out to eat at a normal sit down restaurant in NYC. From the time that I sat down, to the time my food was off my plate, was probably less than five minutes. How did I manage to go out for dinner, order, have them prepare the food, serve us the food and finish the food all within five minutes?

I cheated. My wife and some family were in the city. My wife wanted me to pick her up, so she incentivized me by buying me breaded chicken and french fries (I am a sucker for breaded chicken and french fries). So she went to the restaurant, ordered, and they brought out the food. By the time I got there, they were almost done with their meals and I just arrived. I scarfed down the meal within five minutes and was ready to head back home.

It was a long day but well worth it. My day looked like this:

• 5:30am up
• 6:15am in office
• 7:15pm out of office
• 8:15pm in city at restaurant
• 8:20pm done with meal
• 8:45pm or so on way home
• 9:45pm finally home

FYI, how great does that picture go with the title, "Quick Dinner." I crack myself up. :)

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UPS just arrived with several deliveries, but one delivery stood out as being weird. I received a package from Bed, Bath & Beyond. The package was originally mailed to my old home, but somehow reached my office's address (UPS is smart like that). I opened the box to find that it was a present, here is a picture:

Yippie! But I decided to look closer. I noticed the gift card and read it. It reads:

I scratched my head... Who is this Amy? I decided to look at the packing slip. I noticed on the packing slip that this was ordered just about a week ago. Who would mail me a gift over two years after my wedding? I looked at the name and called my wife. We both had no idea who it was.

I assumed at that point that something is wrong. I received a gift from someone's registry. Did someone accidently purchase something from my registry, which is still live at Bed, Bath & Beyond!

This brought me back to an older post I did at the Search Engine Roundtable named Wedding Registries Being Indexed Causing Fraudulent Registry Orders. It seemed like people were buying items off my wedding registry and shipping it to other places. Yes, I believe we didn't get everything that was 'purchased' off our register. Is the same thing happening to a different new couple? Did I get their gift? Doesn't seem 100% logical.

I am not sure what is going on. But I will make sure to return the Oxo Good Grips 11" Whisk to Bed, Bath & Beyond and have them deal with this mess.

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Daily Search Coverage:

Google incorporates page loading time into quality score. Google's local business center is buggy. Google tests more AdSense fonts. Link building should not cause a downgrade in rank. New video documentation on using the AdWords API is live. Google does gay pride. Should you do SEO? People fear Facebook dippers.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Did Google Really Launch The Page Load Time Factor in AdWords Quality Score?
2. Google's Local Business Center for Google Maps is Bugging Out
3. Google AdSense Wacky Font Tests Continue
4. You Should Not See A Downgrade in Rankings From Link Building
5. Learn the Google AdWords API with Video and Useful Documentation
6. Google Shows The Gay Pride Flag in Search Results
7. Should You Stop Optimizing for Certain Keywords?

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Facebook Group Using Google Maps To Go "Dipping" At Strangers' Pools
2. Page Load Time Now A Real Factor In The AdWords Quality Score
3. Google Continues To Play With AdSense Ad Fonts

Daily Link Finds:

This is the June 19th, issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for June 19th, 2008:

• Firefox 3: Power User's Guide to Firefox 3, lifehacker.com
• Google behavioral targeting?, WebmasterWorld
• Pimp my Conversion!, seoFM
• PPC News Roundup - 6/18/2008, PPC Hero
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 18, 2008, Search Engine Land
• Google Continues To Play With AdSense Ad Fonts, Search Engine Land
• Google Debunks Link Sabotage Theories, 3rd Rock Blog
• Google Shows Gay Porn In Ads, Joe Hall
• Linky Goodness, June 18, Marketing Pilgrim
• Page Load Time Now A Real Factor In The AdWords Quality Score, Search Engine Land
• SEO Team Reading List 6.18.08, EMP
• XML Sitemaps: The Most Overrated SEO Tactic Ever, Small Business SEM

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We recently hired three new programmers, once about a month ago and two new coders who are starting in within a week or so. The coder who started has a nice desk already, which he enjoys. The two new guys have place, but we wanted to open things up a bit.

In the "client specialists room, i.e. the programmer room, we had a corner where we stacked up food. Literally, tons of food, stacked up in the corner of the room. It is actually a place for a programmer to work, but it was covered in food and papers. So we decided to buy a Sterilite Cabinet to place all that food in. Guess what, it really all fit - we didn't think it would. The Sterilite Cabinet has huge capacity. It is great for solutions like this.

In the picture above, you can see we put the cabinet on the right of the fridge. BTW, yes we have two microwaves - one for kosher and one for non-kosher (maybe ill blog on that later). It fit perfectly. The cabinet's new location was the place of our water cooler (check out that comments on that blog post btw). We moved that water cooler, which is no longer from Sunbeam,to a new location. The office looks much cleaner.

There are still a lot of things we need to do to organize the office but we are getting there.

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