Posted February 27th, 2010 in Google

If you went with the default URL when you were first setting up your feed for your blog or website on feedburner.com, then there’s still the option of changing it to a something more attractive or vanity-ish than “http://feeds.feedburner.com/<blog name>/Q7w9-2L” or the like.

First, log into feedburner and create a brand new feed pointing to that same blog/website. Of course …


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Posted February 25th, 2010 in Google

Google is now saying that it’s much-anticipated Caffeine search update is still “months” away.

In a new Search Engine Land article, Google is said to be still testing the new system in hopes of making it better than rankings we users currently see.

After months of testing, Caffeine was suppose to be rolled out “after the Holidays”, but Google has …


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Posted February 6th, 2010 in Travel

That’s not Melbourne, Florida folks, but Melbourne, Australia. And it’s a long way from Jacksonville. I just got back from a three-week trip.

Going over from Jax took me from my house door to my hotel room door was about 36 hours, 30 minutes with in-seat time just over 21 hours. The itinerary given to me flew me from Jax to …


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Posted January 7th, 2010 in Google, SEO

Webmasters are still waiting for the new Google Caffeine algorithm to hit the search listing and thereby make a mess (or help) their lives. But it looks like the wait will continue.

The search giant said in November the new search rankings would be released after the holidays. Well, the holidays are long over - unless we are talking MLK Day, …


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Posted December 10th, 2009 in Google

Google has been a busy search engine giant of late. Last Friday they made their search engine personal and a new caffeine ranking algorithm is expected to be unveiled after the Holidays. Two very major moves.

But there not done, as of now - first time I’ve noticed - live twitter streams are showing up in the actual search …


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Posted December 5th, 2009 in Google

Google has been experimenting for some time with search engine rankings (SERPS) based on user feedback, preference and prior search history.

Google has made such SERPS available via an OPT-IN to those who have signed up for a Google account and those who use the “search history” function.

Well, now Google will provide user-based SERPS regardless of whether you have signed up …


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Posted November 25th, 2009 in Google, SEO

Not only will we be welcoming a new decade in about 35 days, but to commemorate the New Year Google will be switching over to a brand new search engine infrastructure.

Dubbed “caffeine”, Google’s new search rankings will provide quicker, sleeker and most importantly more meaningful results, that according to the search giant.

Google beta tested the new datacenter allowing webmasters and …


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Posted November 12th, 2009 in Restaurant

Nothing like an off-tech post to announce that the construction of the Chick-Fil-A here in Ponte Vedra/Jacksonville Beach is nearing completion.

The fast food chain which is replacing Ruby Tuesday in the Marsh Landing Shopping Center and by the looks of it, the eatery could be open shortly after the New Year, hopefully sooner!

With prior attempts to lure a Nando’s …


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Posted October 28th, 2009 in Windows XP

Let’s say you have ten .csv files you want to merge into one. Instead of opening Microsoft Excel and cutting/pasting the data there’s a much easier route to take.

First, for simplicity copy the files you want merged into a new folder. Call it “merge” if you will.

Then, click “start”->”run” and enter “cmd”. At the command prompt navigate to your just …


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Posted October 23rd, 2009 in Google, Social Sites

Always the masters of misdirection and misinformation, search king Google is now telling webmasters to stop focusing on PageRank! In a recent post on their webmasters forum, here’s what “Google Employee” Susan Moskwa said on the controversial subject:
“We’ve been telling people for a long time that they shouldn’t focus on PageRank so much; many site owners seem to think …


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