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Fun SEO Terms

Greg — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:40:40 +0000

SEO Terms

Fun SEO Terms you may have never heard of:

White Hat -

Black Hat -

Gray Hat -

Pink Hat -

SEO -

SERM -

ORM -

LB - Link Building

FB - Facebook

Tweet -

More to come…

Vibram Five Fingers

Greg — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:43:59 +0000

Today is Christmas and I’m the lucky new owner of a pair of Vibram Five Fingers Shoes - thanks Santa! They say wearing these shoes is just like walking around barefoot but with protection.

Vibram Five Fingers

We’ll see how they do this summer at the river or hanging out around the camp site.

CTL Monitors

Greg — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:30:52 +0000

After being completely happy with my new CTL computer I decided to upgrade my old CRT Flat Panel 50 pounder to a new shiny CTL LCD Monitor. The results, quite an upgrade, and I wish I would have done it sooner.

Look at this black beauty in all of it’s 23 inches of splendor!

CTL Computers

Greg — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:14:36 +0000

It’s not always possible or economical to support local business owners but I try when ever I can. We have an arsenal of laptops for work and travel jobs so I thought it would be cool to add on another one this week from CTL Computers here in Portland. I have 2 CTL monitors that I’ve been using for several years but I’ve always been a Dell lover so I never switched computers. Well, for about a month a now I’ve been using this CTL Laptop Computer - The CTL Travel Master TW8-14 Laptop Computer.

The ten key on the side of the keyboard has become a must have for me. This new CTL laptop computer of mine is based on Intel Core 2 Duo mobile technology, so can stay more connected to customers, co-workers, and suppliers. I run it with Windows XP but here’s the complete specs:

Dockable
Microsoft Windows Vista Business Operating System
Intel Core2Duo processor 2.26GHz (P8400) 3MB L2 cache 1066 Front side bus speed
Mobile Intel GM45
2 X 1 GB 800MHz DDR SDRAM
120GB SATA Hard drive 5400rpm
Integrated Ethernet 10/100/1000
Integrated 802.11a/b/g wireless networking
DVD-RW / CD-RW / DVD-ROM combo drive
5.7 pounds
One Express card slot
128 MB graphics Shared video memory
1280 x 800 maximum resolution
14″ WXGA TFT active matrix LCD Screen
Integrated sound and stereo speakers, headphone/speaker jack, line-in and microphone jacks
Full size keyboard with pointing device
Integrated V.92 56K modem
Two USB 2.0 ports
Three year next working day warranty
Energy Star compliant per v4.0 Tier 1 standard
EPEAT silver level
Finger Print Reader
Bluetooth
6 cell Lithium-Ion battery

SEO Portland

Greg — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:41:49 +0000

If you do internet marketing for a hobby or work, and you live in Portland Oregon, chances are you’ve seen a lot new SEO companies popping up. I am simply amazed at all the talent out there (here) in our city by the river. While they come and go, and bounce around on Google local its good to see some fresh businesses popping up in the organic searches for terms or keywords related to: search engine optimization, online marketing, internet marketing, seo, etc… But most of all, I love it that the #1 spot for SEO Portland is held down by a super search savvy friend of mine (Mary) who is known to most of us as Working Web Solutions.

With 2010 approaching us quickly it will be interesting to see how many more new names, SEO company listings and freelancers start showing up and moving people around on search engine pages. Personally, I’m looking forward to seeing all the new concepts and strategy that we can come up with locally.

Importing Delicious

Greg — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:13:46 +0000

Who would want to move away from the best bookmarking system in the world? Delicious formerly del.icio.us, is a brilliant yet simple social bookmarking website where you can share links. Chances are if you’re here reading this you already know social bookmarking websites are springing up all over the place. You also probably already know how they effect search engine optimization efforts (SEO) and how search engines read through these social bookmarks. How important are they? We could debate on that one all day or you simply may know/believe they have little or no effect on a websites search engine ranking.

Either way, my delicious bookmark list is years old and I’m not ready to move away from it. At the same time Delicious is not as fun as Diigo, Blinklist or as Magnolia was. Granted delicious is fast, clean, easy and simple, but there are other communities out there like Faves.com or Mister-Wong that have more features to offer their users.

So, I’ve decided to branch out a bit. Thus far, this is the list I’ve been able to form of social bookmarking websites that you can import your Delicious bookmarks into:

Diigo.com
Spurl.net
BuddyMarks.com
Linkagogo.com
Jumptags.com
Mister-Wong.com
MyLinkVault.com
Folkd.com

Know of any others?

Wailea Condos for Sale

Greg — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:47:44 +0000

Last month, we created MyKiheiCondos.com - Now we are following it up with it’s sister site, MyWaileaCondos.com. A website that features Vacation Condos for Sale in Wailea, Maui.

Wailea Condos for Sale

- http://www.mywaileacondos.com/

Kihei Condos for Sale

Greg — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:07:23 +0000

This month, we released a new website for our favorite Maui Real Estate Agent, Roger Pleski. What’s unique about this new site is that it’s focused on just South Maui Real Estate, Kihei Condos specifically. With the ever increasing competition among real estate agents in Maui, we thought it was important to create a city specific website devoted entirely to Kihei Condos for Sale…

Kihei Vacation Condos for Sale

- http://www.mykiheicondos.com

Oregon Web Hosting, Keeping it Local

Greg — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:27:49 +0000

For most people hosting with HostGator or Bluehost is fine. If you have a business, or have specialized hosting needs I recommend these web hosting companies.

1. Canvas Dreams
- http://www.canvasdreams.com

- cpanel and fantastico
- domains: 10 max
- unique ip: $5 per month
- cost: $25 per month + $5 static ip = $30 per month
- name servers: aubrey.canvasdreams.com & aubrey2.canvasdreams.com
- around 900 websites on these servers
- quick set-up

2. PDXTC
- http://www.pdxtc.com/web-hosting.php

3. Watermelon Web Hosting
- http://www.watermelonwebworks.com

4. Opus Interactive
- http://opusinteractive.com/hosting_packages.asp

5. Acorn Web Hosting

- http://www.acornhost.com
- cpanel and fantastico
- domains: unlimited
- unique ip: $2 per month
- Quick Set-Up ( within 24 hours )

Host Unlimited Domains On 1 Hosting Account

More on Oregon Web Hosting options coming soon…
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G

Lake Tahoe Skiing & Snowboarding

Greg — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:02:29 +0000

Living in Oregon has many advantages that other States just don’t have. One of my favorite things about this state is being able to drive out of Portland, and in about 2 hours you can either go surfing on the Oregon coast or snowboarding at Mt. Hood. In this day and age, you can even check out the conditions on a web cam before you head there. Now that we are enjoying the last of Fall its time to get ready for winter. For me, that means putting my wetsuit and surfboard away for the winter and pulling out my snowboarding gear for the up and coming sessions we are about to have on the hill. Unfortunately, all the snow that has accumulated Mt. Hood Meadows for the past several weeks just melted away in about 2 days. Check the photo below, this is the face of yellow:

… This same pitch last week was all white with a fair amount of snow. So now what? It could be December 10th before the mountain opens. Honestly, I don’t think I can wait that long. Time to pack up the gear because I think it’s time for some Lake Tahoe Skiing. Lucky for me, (and the rest of the West Coast) there is a ton of snow already at Heavenly. We’ve got some vouchers to stay at one the best Lake Tahoe Casinos: Harrahs! We love it there and getting there is pretty easy for us. We fly into Reno, rent a car and then drive into Lake Tahoe. Today is November 17th and check out all the snow that’s already at Heavenly…

Now thats what I’m talking about… while we’re there we might even have to do a little Lake Tahoe Hiking. Breath in the air, soak up the surroundings and Get some!

If you know of any lake tahoe vacation rentals that are close to the resorts an affordable, leave me a comment on this page and let me know.

The Best Restaurants in Portland

Greg — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:43:00 +0000

What is the best restaurant? Chances are we don’t have the same favorite. Who does? Pick any two people and they’re probably not going to have the same answer. Everybody’s different, and if you’re like me, my list of the best restaurants in Portland changes as I find new places to feast with my friends and family. Finding a new restaurant is kind of like spiritual growth, you have to want to grow. You have to want to go and experience new tastes, chefs, and establishments.

Lately, I’ve seen a whole new (to me) breed of foodies that share their good and bad experiences on popular websites like Yelp.com, Bar Fly and Urban Spoon. I’m amazed how many people come home and write a review after they dine out. It’s not the same lot from CitySearch either. Yelpers are hard-core. What’s even more impressive, not that it takes much but it blows me away how good, in depth and eloquent most of the reviewers are. Especially on Yelp. Geesh.

If you haven’t seen Yelp yet, search for any restaurant in Portland and you’ll probably see it positioned #2 next to the restaurants main website. For some restuarant’s that’s good, for others it could really tarnish their online reputation. You can’t please everyone and if you’re a restaurant owner you probably hate the web and all the reviews that go on; because it can’t be stopped. Bad news, bad food, bad service and BAD reviews spread like wildfire online and even worse is that information can last forever. It’s hard to combat if you even try. But IMO it helps breed quality among restuarant owners. The good ones stand out. They stand out by offering great food, polite servers and a comfortable place to dine. As I mentioned, for me a comfortable place to have breakfast, lunch or dinner changes often. This is my current list of the best restaurants in Portland…

23 Hoyt

clark lewis

La Pigeon

Roux

Saucebox

A Look at the Last 50 Years of Advertising

Greg — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:08:32 +0000

The last fifty years in advertising has brought us many developments. We have seen so many interesting campaigns and so many creative advertising promotions. It is hard to think of all of them. But some of them truly stand out as real winners. Some of think of watching television and remembering the television shows we loved â€“ but while we have been watching television, we have been watching advertisements!

One of the most popular advertisements running for more than forty years are the Doublemint twins. For Doublemint gum, the Doublemint twins have appeared in various commercials. Always pretty, happy, spunky and blonde â€“ they race through life happily chewing gum. We are lead to believe that if we chew Doublemint gum we will lead pretty, happy, spunky and blonde lives as well. Hey â€“ it could happen!

Also very popular for more than fifty years are the advertisements for Coca-Cola. These advertisements have changed over the years. One of their most popular slogans was â€œCoke is it!â€ There also was â€œI wish I could buy the world a Coke,â€ which featured many people singing this happy Christmas-carol styled song over the years. In recent years winter Coca-Cola commercials have featured polar bears for the past five years. Coca-Cola has been said to be so successful with its advertising that it no longer needs to advertise its product in order to be successful. That people immediately select this brand from its popular reputation and delicious taste.

V-8 commercials have been popular for more than thirty years. Their popular slogan â€œI could have had a V-8!â€ has been running for a very long time. Reminding people that they could have had a healthy drink instead of eating or drinking something unhealthy. V-8 is certainly one of the most popular healthy drinks available on the market today.

It is clear that many people pay attention to advertising. Whether you buy the product or not, the advertisement still has some impact on you. It enters your psyche and becomes a part of you. You remember it. You sing its jingle or remember its slogan. You see the product in the store and remember the commercial for it. Sometimes we even look forward to seeing the commercial because it is so memorable and enjoyable.

That is when advertising has done its job. When we are attracted to the message that is selling the product. When we are welcoming this message so much into our lives, into our homes. And we have welcomed these messages for years. Americans now watch more television in todayâ€™s life than in any other previous generation. It is clear that they are absorbing more and more commercials. Giving them ample opportunity to be open to more advertisersâ€™ messages. Advertisingâ€™s fine history is certainly safe in the hands of the American public that eagerly looks forward to the next sixty second spot! We all want to see the next Doublemint twins commercial, or the next Coke commercial. Americans love advertising. It is part of our culture.