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RealEstate.com why are you showing 1000’s of Portland homes for Camas Real Estate? Don’t you know Camas is in Washington and Portland is in Oregon?
Here is and example of a damn good Ad brought to you by Google’s extended content network on ActionVillage.com. Who ever is running this ad for AllPredatorCalls.com is doing a great job. ActionVillage.com is selling a Ghillie Suit for $79.95 while AllPredatorCalls.com is running an ad for $69.95. I’d send a thank you note to ActionVillage. 
I found out about a new search site today called Stumpedia. It’s based on user interaction and submission. You search for a term, see that there are no results, and add a link to something that you think would fit the bill. Sounds great right, yeah I thought so, I can make my own SERPs page!
Interesting Points about Stumpedia
I made mention of the site to a few people here in my office, and they took to it like wild fire.
The site has alot of potential, but that swings both ways. Will it be overran with Black Hats and White Hats with gray linings? Will real people that are actually searching for things use it? Is Matt Cutts really watching????
Update: TheGypsy pointed out that “voting is global not on a query basis and the default for stuff seems to be wiki”
So if you’ve summited a URL for five varying key words and your site gets a -1 point on KW A, that -1 point will go to the URL across all terms you’ve submitted it to.
April Fools only comes around once a year, and Office Pranks are just too hard to pass up. While the most common of April Fools jokes tend to be, “I’m pregnant” and “Joe Died” type verbal banter, I like to go with a more creative hands on prank. After getting a tip that all of the Directors were going to be in a meeting from 10 to 11, (thanks G) I quickly came up with an impromptu office prank to play on our Director of Customer Service. Having no rope, glue, tar, or feathers, I had to improvise with the props at hand.
And so I bring to you my office humor loving readers, the Jungle Office. Read the rest of this entry »
Not everyone seems to be feeling the spirt of April Fools this season. From Matt’s blog to the people I follow on twitter, no one seems to be in the mood for jokes, pranks, or any other form of tomfoolery. April Fools has been a long standing tradition among my friends and family. Epic pranks that ranged from fake car accidents, to by friend’s wife giving birth to a black child. Not a year has gone by with out something odd in the mail, or a screw removed from my office chair. In turn, I have not missed the opportunity to prank friends or family since I was 4. I don’t have any pranks planned for my friends on the net, but I do plan to post any evidence I come across of inner office pranks today.
What’s the best April Fools prank you’ve pulled? If you’ve already posted about it, drop a link in the comments for us to read.
Not much of prankster, or just boycotting like Kid Disco, why?
This one’s for you Will, and Eric’s Mom.
I got tagged over at Shirley Tipsy’s, and I think Angela called me out too…
Directions: Read the question and find the corresponding image and post that as the answer.
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MSN has announced an open beta for their Microsoft Office Live Workplace. The idea behind the new service came from millions of Office users requesting access to their files via the net.
Could this be due to Google Docs ability to share your personal work with a group or collaborate on a project together, regardless of your OS over the internet? Well if that was what sparked the idea, Microsoft sure buggered it up. Read the rest of this entry »
Most business execs probably aren’t familiar with Trent Reznor’s angst-filled industrial rock. But they could learn a lot from the Nine Inch Nails frontman’s experiments with online business models. Also, the Obama campaign has made available its database of supporters to anyone who wants access to the information, empowering volunteers.
It really is so limited. Why do we then rush about in our day? Always waiting for something next, racing to some new destination, or looking forward to the next day more than the one you find yourself in now.
Sit back, relax, it’s life. Take your time, there is no first place for finishing ahead of the pack.
Take a moment to look around, appreciate that what you have around you, and love that which appreciates you in return.
The next time someone asks you what kind of cookie you would be, think twice, you may end up a Ginger Snap.
Thanks to Mike Wilton for bringing boobs and beards together in ‘08.
Wise words: