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Re: Technorati Link Exchange

RT Cunningham — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:08:57 -0000

Hi, I have you linked as a favorite now.

Re: I have a few Spock Invites to share

RT Cunningham — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:27:31 -0000

Thanks, Vinod! I could use an invite if for nothing more than to review the service. :-)

Re: How I made over $2 million with this blog (Scripting News)

RT Cunningham — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 07:46:23 -0000

I agree with most of your post, Dave. There are two types of blog publishers: Social and Search. Some cross over from one type to the other and back again, but each have a specific, targeted audience. Mr. Lyons was trying to be a search blogger while having a social blog. The two don't mix very well. AdSense works for search conversions very well and very poorly anything else. Had Mr. Lyons done his research early enough in the game, he would have saved himself a lot of headaches and used his blog for social marketing.

His article just makes him look like the typical marketing newbie and that's really sad.

Re: Could Just 1 Character Turn A 4 Day Old News Story Into A Front Page Digg?

RT Cunningham — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 05:53:57 -0000

Excellent post. I've similar things happen over and over again. All it takes is the right word, or punctuation mark, and they're all over it.

Re: Could Just 1 Character Turn A 4 Day Old News Story Into A Front Page Digg?

RT Cunningham — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 05:53:57 -0000

Excellent post. I've similar things happen over and over again. All it takes is the right word, or punctuation mark, and they're all over it.

Re: Multiple Reasons Why I Loathe Top Commenters Plugins

RT Cunningham — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:43:23 -0000

I agree with the sentiment of your loathing, but I can't completely agree. I use the plugin and have the top commenters wrapped in a scroll box. It does not reset every week, month, or year. I could not care less about what it does to my page rank, my traffic ranking, or whatever. In my own very humble opinion, anything I can do to boost others will eventually come back to me. Of course, I'm not into the SEO thing either.

Re: Multiple Reasons Why I Loathe Top Commenters Plugins

RT Cunningham — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:43:23 -0000

Re: A List Bloggers in Crystal Palaces Shouldn't Throw Stones

RT Cunningham — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 03:46:42 -0000

Great article, Andy. I love it when you call them out. I abhor the pompousness of some of the A-list bloggers.

Re: A List Bloggers in Crystal Palaces Shouldn't Throw Stones

RT Cunningham — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 03:46:42 -0000

Great article, Andy. I love it when you call them out. I abhor the pompousness of some of the A-list bloggers.

Re: Is Akismet a Spam Magnet? Plus a little on Trackbacks

RT Cunningham — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 16:13:26 -0000

Ummm, Andy, check the date you started your blog. You don't own a Delorian, do you?

Re: Is Akismet a Spam Magnet? Plus a little on Trackbacks

RT Cunningham — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 16:13:26 -0000

Ummm, Andy, check the date you started your blog. You don't own a Delorian, do you?

Re: Bloggers Choice Awards – Blog Awards Go Social

RT Cunningham — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 05:29:22 -0000

I got nominated for 3 of these things, but I'm too lazy to hack the URL to each one. It's not like I think I have a snowball's chance in winning anything anyway. It's the thought that counts.

Re: Bloggers Choice Awards – Blog Awards Go Social

RT Cunningham — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 05:29:22 -0000

I got nominated for 3 of these things, but I'm too lazy to hack the URL to each one. It's not like I think I have a snowball's chance in winning anything anyway. It's the thought that counts.

Re: Reciprocal Favoriting Gives Benefits & Adds Value

RT Cunningham — Tue, 01 May 2007 14:04:08 -0000

I thought I was long-winded. That, Andy, was one of your longest posts. It took me a while, even in Google Reader!

But it was good! :-)

Re: Reciprocal Favoriting Gives Benefits & Adds Value

RT Cunningham — Tue, 01 May 2007 14:04:08 -0000

I thought I was long-winded. That, Andy, was one of your longest posts. It took me a while, even in Google Reader!

But it was good! :-)

Re: Speed Linking Slow Linking

RT Cunningham — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 01:38:29 -0000

I speed link all the time, but it's not speedy at all, and I don't call it that.

Re: Speed Linking Slow Linking

RT Cunningham — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 01:38:29 -0000

I speed link all the time, but it's not speedy at all, and I don't call it that.

Re: Top 32 Forms of Linking Payola

RT Cunningham — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 01:48:08 -0000

I try to let people know why certain blogs are being linked to up front. I don't know if that qualifies as full disclosure or not, but it's usually the first thing on one of those types of pages.

Honestly, I don't know how you could link to someone and not fall into one of those categories, even by accident. I probably fall under number 14 a lot, but I don't think it has anything to do with demonstrating authority.

Re: Top 32 Forms of Linking Payola

RT Cunningham — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 01:48:08 -0000

Re: Sam Casuncad – Unprofessional SEO?

RT Cunningham — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 13:08:25 -0000

I received the same spam. Knowing it wasn't the usual, I went and took a look. I'm with you, Andy. Everything this guy did was of dubious intent. I've blocked him off since then. I wonder if this guy realizes how much damage he did to his own future endeavors?

Re: Sam Casuncad – Unprofessional SEO?

RT Cunningham — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 13:08:25 -0000

Re: 29% Of Technorati Top 100 Never On Digg Home Page

RT Cunningham — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:43:50 -0000

I've made it to the front page of Digg before, but I'm nowhere near that top 100 list. I'd be lucky to be in the top 10,000. :-)

Re: 29% Of Technorati Top 100 Never On Digg Home Page

RT Cunningham — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:43:50 -0000

I've made it to the front page of Digg before, but I'm nowhere near that top 100 list. I'd be lucky to be in the top 10,000. :-)

Re: 29% Of Technorati Top 100 Never On Digg Home Page

RT Cunningham — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:25:35 -0000

Do not feed the trolls.

Re: 29% Of Technorati Top 100 Never On Digg Home Page

RT Cunningham — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:25:35 -0000

Do not feed the trolls.

Re: 29% Of Technorati Top 100 Never On Digg Home Page

RT Cunningham — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:40:49 -0000

That's a smart move. "she that must be obeyed" can make your life miserable really quick. I know this from personal experience. :-)

Re: 29% Of Technorati Top 100 Never On Digg Home Page

RT Cunningham — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:40:49 -0000

That's a smart move. "she that must be obeyed" can make your life miserable really quick. I know this from personal experience. :-)

Re: Why Blogs Suck

RT Cunningham — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:06:05 -0000

The only people that make any real money from blogging, and it's still a really low conversion rate, are the so-called a-list bloggers like Shoemoney and Problogger.

I'm afraid if people are blogging solely to make money, they're going to be sadly disappointed.

Re: Why Blogs Suck

RT Cunningham — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:06:05 -0000

Re: Why Blogs Suck

RT Cunningham — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:54:01 -0000

I think a better lead acquisition system is a social networks like BlogCatalog. I have gained more contacts and subscribers through BC than StumbleUpon even though I get ten times the traffic from SU. Perhaps it's because they're all bloggers like me.

Re: Why Blogs Suck

RT Cunningham — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:54:01 -0000

Re: Why Blogs Suck

RT Cunningham — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 13:19:01 -0000

I agree with everything you just wrote, Jack, and I couldn't have written it better if I tried. It's not the platform; it's the content. That and our ability to effectively communicate.

Re: Why Blogs Suck

RT Cunningham — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 13:19:01 -0000

I agree with everything you just wrote, Jack, and I couldn't have written it better if I tried. It's not the platform; it's the content. That and our ability to effectively communicate.

Re: Digg Favorites Slapped By Google

RT Cunningham — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:19:38 -0000

Google finally caught me. My blog slid from a 4 to a 3 today.

Re: Digg Favorites Slapped By Google

RT Cunningham — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:19:38 -0000

Google finally caught me. My blog slid from a 4 to a 3 today.

Re: Supporting Your Most Valued Communities Without WIIFM

RT Cunningham — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 04:07:50 -0000

Before my DSL service starting getting really lousy about 3 months ago, I was trying to be involved in several communities. Nowawdays, I only get about 6 hours of connectivity a day at the most. Hopefully, I'll have a new provider in January and be able to spend more time at them.

Other than senseless discussions, I think all of them have points of value, so why not support them?

Re: Supporting Your Most Valued Communities Without WIIFM

RT Cunningham — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 04:07:50 -0000

Re: IzeaRanks & RealRank – How Many Lies Can You Tell Your Advertisers?

RT Cunningham — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:34:19 -0000

"It is true that Google might currently look on javascript from Izea as an indication of writing paid posts, but hopefully with Social Spark that will be cleared up."

Andy, I just had my blog reconsidered and restored to a PR4 a couple of days ago with the IZEA code in place. All of the old PPP posts are still there, just nofollowed (all are over 30 days old). This is clear indication that the IZEA script in place does not necessarily mean I'm writing paid posts.

Re: IzeaRanks & RealRank – How Many Lies Can You Tell Your Advertisers?

RT Cunningham — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:34:19 -0000

Re: IzeaRanks & RealRank – How Many Lies Can You Tell Your Advertisers?

RT Cunningham — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:16:39 -0000

Just the required ones for the advertiser, Andy. I didn't even look at the other links, if any.

Re: IzeaRanks & RealRank – How Many Lies Can You Tell Your Advertisers?

RT Cunningham — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:16:39 -0000

Just the required ones for the advertiser, Andy. I didn't even look at the other links, if any.

Re: Google PageRank Directory Clanger

RT Cunningham — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:17:08 -0000

The Google Directory, along with dmoz.org, lost relevancy a long time ago. Now, if the volunteer editors at dmoz.org were even moderately reliable at adding and removing entries, that wouldn't be the case.

It just confuses the heck out of me as to why Google uses the Open Directory Project in the first place. Anyway, a graph next to each entry, without displaying the actual number, is almost worthless. Is it a 4 or a 5, a 5 or a 6? Guessing by the appearance isn't nearly accurate enough.

Re: Google PageRank Directory Clanger

RT Cunningham — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:17:08 -0000

Re: Alexa Rating Changes?

RT Cunningham — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:58:45 -0000

I think their efforts to combat gaming has had a negative impact on everyone. And here I thought only my site had taken a dive.

Re: Alexa Rating Changes?

RT Cunningham — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:58:45 -0000

I think their efforts to combat gaming has had a negative impact on everyone. And here I thought only my site had taken a dive.

Re: WordPress.com Subdomain Spam With Tags?

RT Cunningham — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:02:46 -0000

I've spent more than 40 man-hours tagging over 1100 posts on my blog. I didn't do it for SEO. I did for it relevancy. Each tag represents a sub-topic on a post. If a person clicks one of the tags, they'll find related posts. I believe if it's used for anything else, it's a waste of time.

Re: WordPress.com Subdomain Spam With Tags?

RT Cunningham — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:02:46 -0000

Re: How often do you hear the same ‘blogging’ message?

RT Cunningham — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:32:17 -0000

Stopped by to scratchback as well as see what you have. Nice article. Accusations get hurled mainly by those without experience. Hot topics get written by so many people in a short span of time, there's bound to be overlaps, references, etc.

Imitation is flattery whereas pure plagiarism is not. People need to learn to distinguish between the two.

Re: Signatures. Having the last word on your comments.

RT Cunningham — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 02:12:13 -0000

Graham, the signature thing doesn't bother me, although I rarely do it. Something you may want to consider when leaving multiple comments on the same thread, is that the "calling card" doesn't need to be dropped each time, especially if the comments are within close proximity to each other.

Because then, it just looks like signature spam. Once per thread is ideal as far as I'm concerned.

Re: Heroes and Journeyman

RT Cunningham — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 03:07:19 -0000

If they'd quit bringing Katie J/Sackhoff in, the Bionic Woman might be better. Her character sucks.

Re: Battlestar Galactica prequel in the works?

RT Cunningham — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:30:45 -0000

I don't know about this. It had better be really good or it'll be the end of the BSG franchise.

Temple of Doom did well because no one knew (no one I knew knew or something like that) it was a prequel until after it came out.

The SW prequels were crap in my book.

Re: First photo of the ‘USS Enterprise’ from the new Star Trek movie

RT Cunningham — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:04:00 -0000

I take it this will be the first constitution class Enterprise (the one in Enterprise series wasn't).

I'm hoping for a good movie. Somehow, though, I kind of doubt it.

Re: Technorati Is Ridiculous

RT Cunningham — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:07:12 -0000

Yes, Technorati has some problems. One of them is that their database will only let you add 200 favorites -- I had over 500 before they put the limitation into effect.

I gained 50 links one day (and they were valid) and watched them disappear in two days, without reason. I don't know what Technorati's problems are, and I really don't care -- I only look once a day if that much. At once time, though, I actually used it to see what my favorite blogs were up to -- but that doesn't seem to be up-to-date most of the time either nowadays.

Re: Post-strike TV series production news

RT Cunningham — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:32:56 -0000

The one I'll miss, because I don't think it's coming back, is Journeyman. Ratings be damned!

Re: Shaq arrives in Phoenix, promises a ring

RT Cunningham — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:40:00 -0000

Yep, that's one big guy.

Re: FOX decides not to promote ‘The Happening’

RT Cunningham — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:46:20 -0000

I really wanted to see the teaser. Anything would be better than some of the junk I've seen recently.

Re: M. Night’s “The Happening” teaser

RT Cunningham — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:49:05 -0000

I didn't see "Lady in the Water". I'll have to umm acquire it so that I can see if it's as bad as everyone says.

Re: FOX decides not to promote ‘The Happening’

RT Cunningham — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:05:10 -0000

Okay, I just saw the teaser. It was disturbing. Maybe I'll be better off NOT seeing the movie.

Re: Most overrated science fiction show?

RT Cunningham — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:48:07 -0000

Okay, I admit it, I can't even think of voting on a poll like this. BSG and Heroes are the only two of them that I've seen. Compared to what I have available to me (here in the Philippines), nothing I get a chance to see is overrated.

Re: FOX decides not to promote ‘The Happening’

RT Cunningham — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:40:47 -0000

http://the-happening--trailer.blogspot.com/2008...

Re: Most overrated science fiction show?

RT Cunningham — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:23:26 -0000

Aw, Frank, I can do better than that. I! Finally! Figured! Out! How! To! Punctuate! Kirk! Speeches!

Re: Josh Brolin - The New Terminator?

RT Cunningham — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:14:44 -0000

I see Josh Brolin as John Connor and Christian Bale as The Terminator, but it could easily be the other way around. The film isn't scheduled for completion until 2009, so a lot of things could change.

Re: Roy Scheider 1932-2008

RT Cunningham — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:07:57 -0000

Wow, I didn't know he was that old. How could you forget about "Blue Thunder" which also starred Malcom McDowell? You know, "Follow my leader." The TV show Airwolf wouldn't have been made if it hadn't been for that movie.

Re: ‘Jaws’ star Roy Scheider dies at age 75

RT Cunningham — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:17:30 -0000

And what about "Blue Thunder" dangit!?! He was awesome.

Re: Roy Scheider 1932-2008

RT Cunningham — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:13:09 -0000

I didn't say I *liked* Airwolf (Jan Michael Vincent sucked to no end) and I can't believe it lasted as long as it did. But the theme was catchy and I have it on my PC somewhere (but with the wrong filename so I'll probably never find it again).

Re: My Technorati Favorites Exchange Program

RT Cunningham — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:58:05 -0000

I have you added and linked you up in the post on my site. Thanks for stopping by!

Re: New Plugin Ideas for WordPress

RT Cunningham — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 03:42:40 -0000

There's a category filter plugin that works, but is overkill for what I would want it for. I want to filter any articles from my feed within specific categories only. This is to prevent things like sponsored posts from making it to the feed. It could be based on category or on a trigger string within the content itself.

Re: FoxTab Brings Aero Experience To Tab Switching In Firefox

RT Cunningham — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:11:31 -0000

As much as I like the virtual windows thing (first seen in Linux), I think it's just so much eye candy. I much prefer using the standard alt-tab combination to quickly flip through tabs. I don't keep enough tabs open (with only 512KB on this PC) to even need tab switching in Firefox.

Re: Blogger Unleashed: Honest, Straightforward Advocate

RT Cunningham — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:19:08 -0000

Hi, Victor is one of my many online friends. I also cut my teeth on the C64 (and then C128 later) before hopping onto the Internet before it was called the Internet. Unfortunately, I was in military at the time, so I didn't have the luxury of time to spend doing the things he did.

Anyway, I stopped by to check out your "do follow" status and to add your blog to my list. Thanks.

RT Cunningham's last blog post..Make Retarded Search Engines Work For You

Re: The Root of Happiness

RT Cunningham — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:24:30 -0000

My second stop. I've already been to Alohateam. I'll be back.

RT Cunningham's last blog post..Comment King/Queen Award For The Week Ending On April 19, 2008

Re: KeywordLuv and Do Follow

RT Cunningham — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 06:34:44 -0000

Awesome, Simon! I've added this blog to my list. Sorry it took so long...

Re: 20 + Sets of Free Royalty Free Icons

RT Cunningham — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:52:32 -0000

I am so going to steal, er... I mean use a lot of these icons for some upcoming posts. I spotted the Iron Man set right away... my favorite Marvel Comics superhero (after Spidey of course)...

Re: Generic Comment Spam

RT Cunningham — Tue, 26 May 2009 00:11:49 -0000

Sorry, Simon, I couldn't resist. Anyway, I found a good halfway point that takes more effort on the part of comment spammers to get worthwhile links. Consequently, the spam has been reduced by an incredible amount while those in the know can still get great backlinks. My latest "nofollow" post, which you already commented on, leaks it out if anyone takes the time to read the post.

Re: Arizona Coffee - Site of the Week

RT Cunningham — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:16:07 -0000

As much as I drink coffee, I stay away from the expense of the coffee shops. Besides, I make a mean cup of mocha (or cappuccino) right here at home. :-)

Re: Tigopedia 1.0

RT Cunningham — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:59:43 -0000

Great theme and I've already customized a couple of things on mine. One thing. The theme (before customizing) does not validate as XHTML transitional.

Re: How To Become Your Own Wireless Internet Service Provider

RT Cunningham — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:30:00 -0000

I'm in the Philippines with a DSL connection that's pretty slow compared to the kind in America and the UK. I'm afraid that a mesh network, of any kind, would eat up what little bandwidth I get from the provider. Once they bring Internet cable into my neighborhood, now that would be a different story.

I'll have to research to find out my initial cost, but I would be the only "ISP" in my barangay (subdivision/multiple neighborhoods).

Re: Ultimate Technorati Faves Exchange

RT Cunningham — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:54:40 -0000

I have you added and linked you up in the post on my site. Thanks for stopping by, Garry!

Re: Technorati Most Faved List

RT Cunningham — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:18:47 -0000

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Re: Make Money Online With $100 Google Adsense Each Month

RT Cunningham — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:58:19 -0000

That pingback was from a splog. Not a good example of what you're talking about.

Re: Make Money Online Using MyBlogLog

RT Cunningham — Tue, 01 May 2007 14:29:04 -0000

Hehe, Matt is crazy. My PR on both MyBlogLog pages are 4 and 3 (member/community). I don't think I'm in any position to make a bargain.

Re: Blog Knowledge IQ Test

RT Cunningham — Thu, 17 May 2007 03:15:58 -0000

Good quiz! I know the answer to all of them, of course. Which one has people stumped? #6? The answer is blogger. Simple. :-)

Re: David Cooley aka Cyber Coder Is Jealous

RT Cunningham — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:34:08 -0000

Well, at least you have a tag cloud. I'm still working my way through over a thousand posts and putting on tags and it's a long process. I won't put up a tag cloud until I'm through.

Re: David Cooley aka Cyber Coder Is Jealous

RT Cunningham — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:09:09 -0000

Okay, I did it, but EGADS! The default tag cloud widget looks horrible. I'll have to find something else.

Re: David Cooley aka Cyber Coder Is Jealous

RT Cunningham — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:26:36 -0000

The html is okay, but I'll still check out the link. I say horrible because I spent a lot of time with the CSS and padding and so forth. The default widget doesn't follow the styling, so I'll be using the cloud within a custom widget. Thanks!

Re: David Cooley aka Cyber Coder Is Jealous

RT Cunningham — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:37:41 -0000

Thanks. I'm using widgets because FTP'ing changes from here is difficult -- DSL connectivity being bad for hours per day. Besides, I figured them out and even wrote one of my own. Prior to that, it was all hard coded (still there in the sidebar.php file), but I kind of like being able to move things without having to deal with the FTP problems.

That is, of course, until I'm able to change providers (crossing my fingers for January).

Re: John Chow Is Getting Fat!

RT Cunningham — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:45:18 -0000

You can hide fat on other parts of the body with loose clothing, but a fat face never lies.

Re: Blogosphere Donates Over $3000 To A Blogger In Need

RT Cunningham — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:40:14 -0000

The response on this was, in one word, overwhelming.

Re: Blogosphere Donates Over $3000 To A Blogger In Need

RT Cunningham — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:42:59 -0000

Hi Garry,

There isn't any controversy at Blogger Unleashed, except maybe in the mind of Mike. Vic is brutal, untamed, and tells the truth to those that don't want to hear it. His words are laced with colorful metaphors, and that makes him unique. He doesn't care what people think of him as long as they listen to the message. I've been reading his blog since he started it, and sometimes it's difficult to read, but the advice he gives out is solid as a rock.

You've seen some of my blog reviews. Short, and to the point. Vic's blog, however, would take me days.

Re: Blogosphere Donates Over $3000 To A Blogger In Need

RT Cunningham — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 08:41:55 -0000

This story has been dugg (by me). Prepare for the wrath of the diggers.

Re: Blogosphere Donates Over $3000 To A Blogger In Need

RT Cunningham — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:54:49 -0000

Oops, a minor correction. January 22 instead of February 22. My brain is fried.

Re: Why Do You Love and Love To Hate Google?

RT Cunningham — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:04:17 -0000

Garry: "I am confused, can someone throw me a bone and explain?" How about NO, Garry! (LMAO) I was one of the ones who bitched (but not very loudly) because I knew it would draw traffic. How's that for a reason?

Collin: Shoemoney is a self-admitted liar. He throws those numbers out to confuse you. Those numbers may be true for a socially popular blog like his, but you have to look at the total volume of traffic he's using as the base figure. I can tell you right now, my main blog, which isn't monetized well at all, still gets 80% of the traffic from Google.

Re: Why Do You Love and Love To Hate Google?

RT Cunningham — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:08:41 -0000

â€œI am confused, can someone throw me a bone and explain?â€ How about NO, Garry! (LMAO) I was one of the ones who bitched (but not very loudly) because I knew it would draw traffic. Howâ€™s that for a reason?

The first part was a reference to Dr. Evil, "throw me a bone". The second part was that I never got upset. I was curious and read the guidelines (that have long since been changed) AFTER I was penalized. Then I wrote scathing stuff because I knew people would come by and read it. They did. Yeah, I got dropped to a PR of 0, but I've since been reconsidered and put back up to a 4.

Part of the reason some people dropped by a point is because a lot of the links pointing to them dropped in value, and they didn't consider that part of the equation. I think it's the only reason a lot of my healthy pages are still sitting at 4 instead of being higher.

Re: Does Changing Your Domain Name IP Address Effect SEO?

RT Cunningham — Sun, 18 May 2008 09:56:29 -0000

Other than maintaining the web site at two locations pending the completion of DNS propagation, there is a factor to consider, which I'll get to in a moment. During the move, you have to keep the old location active but I would suggest turning off comments with a note in the comments section next to the form. Propagation can take up to a week, regardless of what you've been told. Propagation is fast in most places, but can take much longer in "third-world locations". 4-5 days is not unusual here in the Philippines.

Before you accept an IP address, check the many blocking lists. If your IP address, or range of IP addresses, is on any one of them it can definitely affect SEO and in the worst possible way, especially from the tech-savvy people. I found out, the hard way, that many of the IP address ranges here in the Philippines are on blocking lists. During a brief period where I used a web host here, my traffic dwindled to a trickle. Some of the other readers might laugh because you're dealing with the U.S., but there are a LOT of blocked IP addresses in the U.S.

Re: How To Speed Up Your WordPress Blog

RT Cunningham — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 07:52:32 -0000

I took the time to go back and read your other post, the one with the pissing match. :-)

I learned your lesson the hard way when I was changing hosts. Too many "ooh aah" plugins don't help anything at all in the long run. The majority of my widgets contain static links -- no database queries. It makes loading, even with out the super cache running, much faster than before. I have the super cache on standby when traffic goes crazy, but I don't use it otherwise.

I recently created 4 niche blogs and only 2 plugins each affect the front ends. They're lightning fast and without any caching.

Re: Are Backlinks Over-Rated?

RT Cunningham — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:13:46 -0000

Excellent points, Garry. Prior to the beginning of this year, I didn't focus on anything at all really, other than general backlinks to my main blog. After spending quite a bit of time experimenting with different techniques since then, I'm convinced that there are two ways to go and you pointed them out.

The biggest boost to my traffic started on July 14th when I started targeting the long tail keywords. I still go after the holy grail and main keyword, but it's a long building process because the competition is extremely tough. My traffic doubled and will continue to grow as I mine the long tail.

I'm also convinced that more than a few quality backlinks to a specific page are a complete waste of time. I would gestimate between 5 and 10 will do the trick, I generally go with 5 targeted backlinks and let evolution as well as the good feed scrapers take care of the rest.

The goal is really to rank on the first page of every search engine for multiple long tail keywords. I think it pays off better in the long run.

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Re: Ultimate Technorati Faves Exchange

RT Cunningham — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:54:40 -0000

I have you added and linked you up in the post on my site. Thanks for stopping by, Garry!

Re: Technorati Most Faved List

RT Cunningham — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:18:47 -0000

Re: Make Money Online With $100 Google Adsense Each Month

RT Cunningham — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:58:19 -0000

That pingback was from a splog. Not a good example of what you're talking about.

Re: Make Money Online Using MyBlogLog

RT Cunningham — Tue, 01 May 2007 14:29:04 -0000

Hehe, Matt is crazy. My PR on both MyBlogLog pages are 4 and 3 (member/community). I don't think I'm in any position to make a bargain.

Re: Blog Knowledge IQ Test

RT Cunningham — Thu, 17 May 2007 03:15:58 -0000

Good quiz! I know the answer to all of them, of course. Which one has people stumped? #6? The answer is blogger. Simple. :-)

Re: David Cooley aka Cyber Coder Is Jealous

RT Cunningham — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:34:08 -0000

Well, at least you have a tag cloud. I'm still working my way through over a thousand posts and putting on tags and it's a long process. I won't put up a tag cloud until I'm through.

Re: David Cooley aka Cyber Coder Is Jealous

RT Cunningham — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:09:09 -0000

Okay, I did it, but EGADS! The default tag cloud widget looks horrible. I'll have to find something else.

Re: David Cooley aka Cyber Coder Is Jealous

RT Cunningham — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:26:36 -0000

Re: David Cooley aka Cyber Coder Is Jealous

RT Cunningham — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:37:41 -0000

Re: John Chow Is Getting Fat!

RT Cunningham — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:45:18 -0000

You can hide fat on other parts of the body with loose clothing, but a fat face never lies.

Re: Blogosphere Donates Over $3000 To A Blogger In Need

RT Cunningham — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:40:14 -0000

The response on this was, in one word, overwhelming.

Re: Blogosphere Donates Over $3000 To A Blogger In Need

RT Cunningham — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:42:59 -0000

Re: Blogosphere Donates Over $3000 To A Blogger In Need

RT Cunningham — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 08:41:55 -0000

This story has been dugg (by me). Prepare for the wrath of the diggers.

Re: Blogosphere Donates Over $3000 To A Blogger In Need

RT Cunningham — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:54:49 -0000

Oops, a minor correction. January 22 instead of February 22. My brain is fried.

Re: Why Do You Love and Love To Hate Google?

RT Cunningham — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:04:17 -0000

Re: Why Do You Love and Love To Hate Google?

RT Cunningham — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:08:41 -0000

Re: Does Changing Your Domain Name IP Address Effect SEO?

RT Cunningham — Sun, 18 May 2008 09:56:29 -0000

Re: How To Speed Up Your WordPress Blog

RT Cunningham — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 07:52:32 -0000

Re: Are Backlinks Over-Rated?

RT Cunningham — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:13:46 -0000