Too Many Years of SEO Experience?

How much SEO experience can someone legitimately claim? What about experience as an “industry leader” in SEO? Does anyone wonder about numbers that strain the possiblities of reality?

Google Software Updater – Trojan or Virus Part Deux

Not too long ago, I complained about Microsoft’s Seaport Enhanced Search Tool which is set to run automatically on startup and keep running all of the time by default.  This application provides the dubious function of checking for new updates or configuration files for a search enhancement that no one asked to be installed.  Instead, … Read more

How To Block Phone Numbers On Comcast Voice Service

Use Comcast’s phone service?  If so, you can block incoming calls by their caller ID number so that telemarketers, charities, and even bill collectors who use one of the loopholes to get around the Do Not Call list stop bothering you. While the feature isn’t heavily advertised, my understanding is that it is available for … Read more

Comodo Anti-Virus and Firewall

After experimenting with various anti-virus and firewall software lately, I’ve settled on using Comodo Internet Security for my home office network for now. This all started when I actually caught a virus on my PC.  I never did find out exactly what it was or where it came from, but I had numerous programs that … Read more

The Shortest Distance Between Any Two Points Is

A straight line. I was perusing my web logs and noticed that no fewer than 6 people ended up here recently while looking for the answer to that question.  I’m not sure how they get here, surely there are better search results.  But, nonetheless, I aim to please. The shortest distance between any two points … Read more

How the nofollow tag makes search results worse

A few years ago, Google used its muscle within the search engine world, and on the Internet in general to push through the acceptance of a new concept regarding links to webpages. Google implemented, and the other major search engines followed, a system where any link tagged with the attribute “nofollow” would not count as … Read more