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How To Determine Which Keywords To Optimize on Existing Page

Lately, I started asking myself, what is the formula for the way I choose keywords to optimize for on an existing page? To help people understand this concept better, I have written out an example. The actual equations are bolded, but this analysis should be read normally or you will miss important pieces of information.

I retrieve all of the search engine keyword ranking data, for example I rank in the 7th position for keyword Bake and in the 3rd position for keyword Able.… read more “How To Determine Which Keywords To Optimize on Existing Page”

Direct Loan Servicing Center Garbage

One more sign of government inefficiency: The Direct Loan Servicing Center through dl.ed.gov sends me an automatic email on a monthly basis to remind me to pay my loan bill. For the last THREE months the email has contained the WRONG links. I have tried to email them back several times, but there is no easy contact method.… read more “Direct Loan Servicing Center Garbage”

Grand Theft Auto in Real Life

Some kid played way to much Grand Theft Auto video games as a kid and decided to go out and make it happen in real life. Perhaps we should regulate video games? Or perhaps people should stop taking old pictures and accusing a video game of causing them.

Computers About to Conquer the World

I have been eyeing computer and robot technologies lately and I think SkyNet and our friend the Terminator are going to pay us earthly folks a visit sometime soon:

Here is an article on the military coming out with a computer that is twice as fast as the previous fastest computer ever… this baby can process more than one quadrillion calculations per second.… read more “Computers About to Conquer the World”

Creepiest Old World Painting

Take a look at the oil painting below. Seems pretty standard, eh? Now look at the close-up below. WTF?!?!?!

World's creepiest old world painting

Too Many Expenses

I have spent far too much money in the last month on going out to restaurants, bars and clubs. I also spent money on various other ridiculous crap. Here is my analysis of the $1200 of stuff I have spent my money on lately. I need to be a lot wiser with the spending…. this doesn’t even include my grocery shopping at Costco which runs me a freaking grand a month.… read more “Too Many Expenses”

Best New Song- Flobots: Handlebars

The band Flobots has come out with the best new song I have heard in quite some time. The song is named Handlebars by the Flobots and I strongly recommend that you listen to it. Here is a link to the band’s myspace. I love their lyrics and am really impressed by this song… it’s been a long time since a new song has grabbed me where it counts and made me listen.… read more “Best New Song- Flobots: Handlebars”