SEO Web Design - Does Website Design Make A Difference With SEO?

Posted on July 7, 2008
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Search engine optimization has become very popular again. It seemed to be the next big thing a few years ago, but most website owners were discouraged by the results and began buying traffic instead. The term for this practice is actually called ‘SEM’ or ‘Search Engine Marketing’, and it often gets confused with ‘SEO’ or ‘Search Engine Optimization’. The reason is that for many years SEO companies pushed clients into signing PPC contracts or pay-per-click links to generate traffic from search engines, and boasted this as their SEO strategy. Although it does produce results, it comes at a large cost, and tracking is often highly unreliable. This means that you are paying for clicks with no guarantee that they will generate any business- your account is still charged, regardless. Read more

Web 2.0 Website Design Tips, Tips for Web 2.0 Website Design

Posted on July 2, 2008
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This term gets more and more popular every day. In fact, there are really good spoofs out there that generate web 2.0 terms and company names as a means to make fun of the craze. However, putting all pun aside, the terms web 2.0 basically represents social and interactive aspects that a website can incorporate that can enhance user and creator collaboration while making the site easy for use. There are a few basic things that a site can do that can help make it more web 2.0 and allow users to generate information for the site. The following are a few web 2.0 website design tips that can help your website take the next step. Read more

Orange County Website Design, Website Design Orange County

Posted on July 1, 2008
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Designing a website can be a very simple task, or it can be a very difficult task. The way to determine the process depends on the needs of the website owner and what goals they have for it. The reason a website difficulty depends on the needs of the client is because they will ultimately be the one who manages it and analyzes whether or not the site is performing to their expectations. This can sound simple enough but often a new website owner doesn’t know what they will need or want, so trying to calculate the future needs of the owner without them knowing what they are is quite a challenge. Read more

PS2 versus PS3, Is PS2 Still King?

Posted on June 17, 2008
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Every day there are more commercials on TV for PS3 systems and games. I had just bought a new PS2 at the beginning of this year. My old one had finally gone down and I wanted a new system. I was thinking about getting the PS3 and was looking at the model as well as some others in the market. I was surprised to find that at the time there still wasn’t that good of a game selection, and my display unit is not HD so I figured there wasn’t much value in that particular aspect. My only real reason for getting the new PS3 was to play one or two games that are only available on the new unit, but given the rest of the cons that go with it, I wasn’t really that impressed with it and couldn’t see myself buying one yet. Read more

Skype Extras Not Working, Update Skype Manager

Posted on June 5, 2008
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The past few days I’ve been having problems with my Skype Extras and the Skype Manager. I noticed it a few days ago when I signed in and couldn’t get my Skype Extras to work. The Skype Manager did open up, as I’ve read that others are having problems with the actual manager not working at all, and it seems that Skype is aware of this issue and has a couple of post about how to fix it in their Skype Forum. However, my problem was a little different in the sense that I could get the Skype Manager to open, but the only tools in there were the games section. I couldn’t get any of the other features to work, and the ones that I had already installed were not showing up at all. Read more

WiMax and over-rated Wifi or new technology?

Posted on June 5, 2008
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Looks like it wasn’t long before the phone companies figured out a way to get into the long range wireless markets for mobile media. I’ve been reading that WiMax is coming out later this year and the major communication companies have been throwing in a lot of resources to help this technology along. There are several major applications for this technology and it’s very different than Wifi. Read more

Belkin Skype Wifi Phone Dropping Calls - Troubleshooting

Posted on May 31, 2008
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In my quest to transition from a standard land-line to a completely digital phone experience I purchased one of the new Belkin Skype Wifi Phones. In my previous post about the pros and cons of the Belkin phone (read here), I mentioned the issued about the phone dropping calls right in the middle of conversation and said that it was similar to a drop call with a cell phone. I thought it was because of the Wifi connection and how it interacts with the phone but I’ve still not had much success at getting it to a more consistent standard. Myself and a friend of mine, who also has this same unit as his primary phone of communication, feels that the inconsistent manner by which the phone operates does create some concern about the using the device as a full time alternative to land-lines. In my hope to make the device more efficient I learned several useful tools for maintaining the device in case something goes wrong or make the signal stronger.

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What happened to good two player RPG games?

Posted on May 31, 2008
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I love good RPG games with lots of good action and lots of thinking involved. Although it’s not very hard to find, and yes there are many good selections on the market, I want to play with another player and there are hardly no good two player RPG games. I’ve been looking for awhile and yes I do own a couple of them and will mention my favorites below. However, it would be good to find other good games for the Playstation format that will allow two players to interact in the world and make it so that each player has decisions to make. I’ve found a couple of really good ones over the years and they were fun to play and yes I do keep them around for others to play occasionally, but if there are any other good games out there for other I would love to heard about them.

My top 3 favorite two player games for the Playstation 2 format. Read more

Speed Racer Movie & TV Show Review

Posted on May 16, 2008
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I’ve been a fan of Speed Racer since I was a kid in the 70’s. It was the one of the few cartoons that my brother and I watched together and would often play out the characters in our own mock games. We would switch off between Speed Racer and Racer X and would take turns driving our tri-cycles like it was the Mach 5. Read more

Belkin Skype Wifi Phone Review Pros and Cons

Posted on April 17, 2008
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I purchased a Belkin Wifi phone about a month ago. I’ve been on Skype for the past year and have been utilizing more of their features in order to determine if it will be a lasting service or a passing fad. I’ve been really happy so far with the service and keep looking into more products and ways to digitize my communications. After purchasing the Belkin Wifi phone I’ve learned a few things about the pros and cons of operating and using this new technology, and I’m happy to share them with you.

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