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Visitors, SEO & Marketing

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

I’m happy to see that Google is starting to give page ranks back. While I’m not back to my PR6, the PR3 is just as good for the time being. I do hope to get my original rank back but that’s something I’ll have to take up with them in the future. I know what I’m going to have to do in order to make that possible so I’m not too concerned with it.

In the meantime, I’ve been going through quite a few resources to help me with my SEO techniques. I’d like to properly market my portfolio. Word of mouth is always great advertising, no matter who you are, but it’s also nice to have a constant flow of unique users coming to your site thanks to major search engines and directories. I’m considering getting in touch with webmetro.com, they’re a search engine optimization company that I’ve just come across recently. I figure I’ll request a quote and see what happens from there. I’m not looking to have a PR6 on my portfolio but it would be nice to exceed the few hundred hits a day that I’m currently getting on that site. It would be nice to get up around the 1500-2000 hits a day. Those are the numbers I’m used to as far as my personal sites are concerned. I’ll admit that I’ve slacked off on maintaining them but I hope that when business slows down a bit I’ll be able to come back with good articles to get back to what I had.

I poked through WebMetro and from the introduction I saw that they combine a few different techniques to get the job done. They’ve done pretty well for themselves as well. I find it easier to trust a SEO company when they’ve got decent rankings. I’ve dealt with a few in the past that had no page rank and were in the millions as far as rankings on Alexa are concerned. If no one’s visiting you – what makes you think that they’ll visit me? I guess it depends on how you look at it though.

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Upgrades

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Thanks to Fantastico finally being upgraded on the servers, I’m now using Wordpress 2.5.1.  It only took about 10 seconds to upgrade but that’s the beauty of auto-install programs.  With the upgrade came updates for about 20 of the 35+ plugins that this domain uses.  Thankfully everything is automatic there too so what I thought was going to be a daunting task of downloading all of the .ZIPs and then uploading manually – it was actually quite simple and only required the click of a mouse.  That’s always a good thing.

I’m in the process of updating my portfolio.  I have my resume updated but I need to get a few images pasted into my portfolio so hopefully I’ll be able to accomplish that sometime within the next hour or so.  I have to send out my resume to three different companies, hopefully at least one of them will actually give me something in return.  It’s my goal to make enough to have a new car by September, so I’ll cross my fingers there.

As far as this domain is concerned – I have a lot of articles to type up.  I’ve been product testing for the past couple of weeks and I have to say I absolutely love the new technology I’ve been introduced to.  I’ll have more on them later – I also intend to complete the PC Tips articles that I began writing a few weeks ago.  I know I’ve been slacking here but I have been busy with a lot of different projects and just work in general so naturally something was going to fall behind.  I’m working on getting back on track though.  Expect to see about 10 articles over the course of the next couple days.

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Stylish Web Design

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

I do a lot of surfing around the Internet, probably more than I really should considering I have a mountain of work to do. Today I came across a site that’s pretty similar to my own. It’s a design blog that houses numerous articles for just about everything connected to the Internet. I spent a lot of time reading through all of the articles and a few of them really stood out for me, mainly the one I read about customizing user accounts on Windows Vista and the favorite article of mine was on the topic of how important joining a spyware community can be in order to keep on top of all of the spyware upgrades available for your computers.

While many people tend to overlook it, I have to say that from a designers point of view the template used on this site was pretty spectacular as well.  It showed off the proper way to use web 2.0 styling on your website and it wasn’t bombarded with useless ads either.  Now I know I have them on my site, so who am I to talk? But I also run a business, this person goes out of their way to blog about topics that are helpful to the everyday technology seeker that floats around the Internet for informational sites like this.  I think if you haven’t already been to stylishwebdesign.us then you should poke around and add it to your bookmarks.  It’s a great resource for just about everyone, no matter what your level of computer knowledge may be.

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Stylish Design

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

When I get a little bored, I like to float around the Internet to other Design websites so I can check out my competition. It keeps me on my toes and gives me an insight as to what clients currently want so I can focus my attention on learning the new tricks of the trade. Doing things this way has helped me to build a pretty unique portfolio over the years. Today I came across a website called Stylish Design, it’s The blog where web design and style have met. At first I thought I was going to come across a site, much like my own, where the main focus is the technology related blog and then web design solutions are offered in a different part. Eventually the design aspect of the site will over-power the domain but for now I’m content with how things currently are.

Stylish Design isn’t like that though. I was expecting to find templates and what-not but the site houses well written articles about many aspects of the Interweb, It’s primarily a seo blog offering up tips and tricks on how to properly get your site out there. A popular site isn’t just based on the beautiful design, it’s based on proper content with well written articles and that’s something that many bloggers are now starting to realize. The authors at Stylish Design have had this in their mindset since the beginning of their blog and have since written wonderful articles about everything you could need to know about the Internet. From SEO to Page Ranks and CSS and what-not in between – I’m sure you’ll find something of interest. Their design concept (in my opinion) is a little plain but minimalist is the IN thing so that works well for them. Their focus is on the content, and they do a pretty damn good job of it.

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Keeping Busy

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

I’m the kind of person who likes to keep myself busy. Unfortunately, for the past few days I’ve been busy trying to figure out how to stretch some bills around so I can take the little money I have and invest it in a new place to house my websites. I’m not talking about the server aspect of things, I’m talking more along the lines of my reseller account. I house all of my personal and business related sites on a different server. This way if something goes down it’s easy for clients to still get in touch with me. It was a move I made about 2 years ago and it’s worked out pretty well for me since then. Unluckily for me – I’m housing the sites with an absolutely horrible company but at the time it was all I could really afford. I initially purchased these plans about 5 years ago, before the “In Thing” to do was give customers a vast amount of server resources for practically no money. I don’t think it’s great to charge $10 a month for the resources one would get on a dedicated server, but since I don’t run things that way – it’s the reason I’m hurting. I don’t think anyone is ever going to use 10GB of disk space and 2TB of bandwidth every month, if their sites are that large they’ve got to be doing SOMETHING illegal. Whether it be photo hosting of copyrighted celebrity images, or just eating bandwidth by direct linking everywhere, something just isn’t right – in my eyes at least.

Either way this hasn’t stopped me from trying to move things around. While I’m looking into the best web hosting that I can find, I’m still making it a point to house my sites with a company that I know will be around for a while and has the proper systems in place for any and all downtime possibilities that my arise in the future.

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Meebo!

Friday, March 28th, 2008

Quite some time ago I signed up for a website named Meebo. This site gives you the ability to log into quite a few different chat names – AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, ICQ, Google Talk and Jabber – at the same time. I came across my account with them when I was attempting to find a Firefox add-on dedicated to MyBlogLog and BlogCatalog – it’s kind of annoying having to log into the site manually and with all of the Firefox add-ons out there, you would assume there would be something. FYI: There isn’t at this point in time.

So, why do I enjoy Meebo? When you’re looking to get online without having to download a program – Meebo is the route for you. I know quite a few people who use this program while they’re at work. It gives users the abilities to talk to their friends and family without having to worry about their computer showing an “illegal chat program” so to speak. As far as your network administrator is concerned, minus the possible required keystrokes, you can get away with using this program in secrecy.

Another plus? If you’re using a public computer at a library or even at school for that matter. If you absolutely have to get on a chat program but are unable to download anything, this is the route to take. I remember that in high school you weren’t allowed to use AIM/Yahoo and many other programs while in school. I found it absurd that you had to spend 45 minutes doing absolutely nothing on your free periods. Now, I know this program wasn’t available when I was in High School, but I know other variations of it were. This isn’t the first website to do this but I honestly can not remember the other ones for the life of me.

Based on how easily you can customize this program, everything from color schemes to fonts, it really does give you the functionality that many people look for. I’m lucky to have found my login, now I know that no matter where my career takes me and no matter what computer I wind up having to work on – I’ll still be able to have some contact to the outside world – via Internet of course.

A plus for this program is it’s security. All passwords are encrypted so even with the chance of the site’s database being hacked – your passwords are safe so that you don’t have to worry about losing your screen name. I know that would bother me considering I’ve been using the same AIM address for about 10 years now. I’d hate to have to give it up, so that’s a HUGE plus for me.

I know other bloggers have used this program before, when I signed into my account I noticed that three of my frequent chat buddies was actually using the same program. So of course I’m not alone when I say that this was a great attribute to the Internet IM’s world.

FYI: If you’re only interested in testing out the program, you can go to Meebo.com and log into your chat address without creating an account.  It’s a “try before you buy” kind of option.  This is a completely free service, don’t take “buy” seriously.  It’s merely an expression.

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Stumble!

Monday, March 24th, 2008

I’ve recently joined StumbleUpon.com, you can view my profile by going to krissyville.stumbleupon.com. It’s my hope to be able to get all of my favorite entry bookmarks in order, and even have the ability to see who else favors them as well.  Another reason is for networking, if I can find sites with a common interest I may have a little more to do during the day.  I’ve had to create another email address just to handle all of my networking sites, from blogcatalog & twitter to bumpzee and mybloglog and numerous other ones I’m receiving so many messages during the day about joining communities and new friends that it’s becoming overwhelming.  Hopefully this is the right route to take to get things back up to where this domain used to be.  I’m active in numerous communities, I’m commenting on many new sites that I was able to find through these network sites and I even have a few potential clients lined up who are interested in my work – just from my profiles on these networks.

If you aren’t involved in any of these networks, I have to say that you’re missing out on something pretty amazing.  Get yourself involved – you won’t be sorry.

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Twitter Tools

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

So I’m continuing to play with my Twitter account and I came across a nifty Wordpress plugin that allows me to instantly post a twitter anytime I update my blog. I have it installed on both krissy.nu and here. I should eventually have it worked into all of my blogs and it’ll be just as good as updating my RSS feed automatically, pretty nifty I say.

I’ve also installed the Tweetbar, it allows me to post from my All-in-One Sidebar with Firefox. I swear the only time I ever have to log into my twitter account is if I change the background on my profile page – lol. The joy of plugins, let me tell ya.

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MyBlogLog, Twitter, Yahoo! Answers

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

I’ve been playing around with a few “new” websites for the last couple of days and I have to say I’ve been enjoying myself. Okay so they aren’t exactly new, but they’re certainly new for me.

MyBlogLog.com
In an effort to gain some more traffic I’ve activated my account with mybloglog.com. You can find my profile by going to /krissynu in the members section. As you can see, there isn’t a lot going on right now but I do intend to change that. I hope to have a lot more visitors and communities to keep me busy.

Twitter
I’ve seen hundreds of blogs with this little nifty plugin and I have to say that I’m pretty happy with it. It’s a way for me to communicate with fellow bloggers in one place and let everyone know what I’m up to. I spend more time checking into my buddies than I do actually updating for myself but it’s a cool script to have. I made it a point to install the Mozilla Plugin so I can update without actually having to load the site. I can just pull it up on my bookmarks toolbar and go from there.

Yahoo! Answers
While this site has been around for a while, I’ve recently been floating around quite often to keep myself busy. It’s a way for me to interact with other users around the web and it also allows me to put my knowledge to good use. I’ve always been a very opinionated person, and the one people typically turn to for advice, so now I’m offering it up to people I don’t even know that ask all kinds of questions I confidently know the answer to.

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Extremely Frustrated

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

I have no idea what’s going on but .nu’s are messed up again. Nunames is giving me no kind of response as to why the problem came up and I’m still waiting on a response from my actual registrar (namecheap). So while I do have a lot of work to do on krissy.nu, I’m unable to access it right now to really get anything done. This has gotten me to move things around a bit on my schedule and now I’m just going to get started on a new template for this domain. I’ve really slacked off when it comes to making this site look like more of a portfolio and less of a blog. At the same time, however, I have my website portfolio located on another domain.

I really don’t know which route to take, but I do know that I desperately need to make a change here because just looking at this site is driving me crazy. I’ve also had a page rank issue. I went from a PR6 down to a PR3 and now I’m at a very low PR0, as many of the blog-based websites are these days. I have to remove a lot of things and hopefully I’ll be able to be reconsidered so I can get my ranks back up.

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