My last indexing experiment went just “ok” (see post below). I posted that brief paragraph for the Marketing Solutions Blog just to see how long it would take google to index the site. The domain and site were both brand new as of February 14th. The site got indexed on February 18th. I made no other efforts to get it index; just that single post with that single link in it.

Here another opportunity for you to do better, Google. My newest site is a WP blog called SEO:ByTheNumbers. The main theme of the blog is SEO discussions with emphasis on quantitative experiments of how various SEO practices work in the real world. In other words, I’ll be trying out various techniques (a lot of them put forth by the so called “guru’s”) and seeing how they actually perform in the real world.

My guess is that there will be some wide variations in claims made and actual results. My hope is to have this blog recognized as a totally objective resource that reports “just the facts ma’am”. Come have a visit.

Marketing Solutions Blog is a new domain I just launched. How fast will Google index it? Well that’s why I’m writing this post. Here’s a link to the Marketing Solutions Blog. It’s Valentines Day, February 14, 2008 at 8:00am. Go Google, go.

Well, as you can tell by the dates of my posts, I pretty much took the 4th Q of ‘07 off from Shut-up, Stop Whining. But that doesn’t mean I was just taking up space. Actually, because of the holidays I’m taking up more than my usually amount of space and it’s getting harder and harder to get rid of that unneeded bulk as the years go by. But I guess in the bigger picture, at least I’m here to see the years go by.

After much trial and error, I think I’ve got this internet marketing stuff under control. I have a system put together from a variety of resources that allows me to efficiently test campaigns then build the winners up to viable income producing entities. Mind you, it’s still chump change compared to where I hope to be in a year, but I think it’s a good start. I spent too much time reading and learning instead of applying and trying and tweaking. If you’ve had any doubts, I’m here to tell you that it is far better to get something up and running than it is to wait until what you have is perfection then launching it. There’s a couple reasons for this. First, what you think is perfection, isn’t. So you can work on a project forever, but until you test and track, you know nothing. So second, even a bad campaign launched is light years ahead of a “great” campaign sitting on your hard drive. Launch something, test it, track it, and tweak it. Set up parameters for how long you’ll give a new campaign before you pull the plug and move on. Then follow through. Don’t fall in love with anything you’re working on because the project you love may be the one that doesn’t measure up and that you’ll have to kill. I launch one a week now, and hope to crank that up to 3 a week very soon. That’s 150 a year. Of those, I expect 25 to survive the year and 10 of those to be real winners.

I’ll keep you updated. Till then…

(Washington, D.C., 27-Sept-2007). The Consumer Products Safety Commission confirmed today what many in Washington had been expecting since last weekend. Every product ever made is being recalled by the CPSC. A CPSC spokesperson, speaking anonomously confirmed the following to the ShutUp, StopWhining Washington bureau:

1. Every product ever made is being recalled
2. The CPSC admits it has lost control over product safety and that the only course of action left to it was to recall everything and start from scratch
3. This is a mandatory recall. If you own anything, you must return it.
4. There are no manufacturer time limits. Regardless of when it was made, it must be returned.
5. If you eat, you must return all food in your possession.
6. Shoes, clothes, toys, pets, friends, virtually everything must go back.

If you’re not sure where you bought it, bring it to Walmart. The CPSC and Walmart have been working closely behind the scenes to coordinate this recall.
“We deeply regret this drastic action” a CPSC official said, “but we’re are truly grateful to have a company like Walmart to assist us.”

Well, today I’m giving the SUSW out even before I get to work. It goes to the lady in the black Maxima who was driving down my road when a car pulled out in front of her. When I say ‘pulled out in front of her’, I don’t mean cut her off. I mean just turned in front of her with a perfectly appropriate amount of safety cushion between the Maxima and her clunker. Read more »