Tag: Running

Over Optimization and the OOP – Does a Penalty Exist?

Posted on Jul.17, 2009, under Web Traffic No Comments

If you have questions about whether or not the Over-Optimization Penalty (OOP) exists or not, then you obviously haven’t pushed the limits enough with your own website optimization or organic SEO efforts to have experienced the joys of running into the OOP (Over-Optimization Penalty).
I’m sure you’re probably thinking: “prove it”. If that’s what you’re thinking, let me tell you about a specific example of what I call the Over-Optimization Penalty, or OOP:
Over-Optimization penalty because of too much anchor text. You [...]


What to Do Once You Are Infected with Spyware, Ad-ware or Viruses

Posted on Jul.12, 2009, under Computer and PC Tips No Comments

What to do once your PC is infected with spyware, ad-ware or viruses
So you’ve been running a virus program. Or you haven’t. (Check my previous article on keeping your computer at top speed by using Avast). Either way, your PC is now infected by spyware/ad-ware, or even worse, a virus. What DO you do?
The easiest method, is, of course, to format. Should you turn on your PC and the infestation is so bad (and some of them are) you need [...]


How To Troubleshoot DVD Drives Fast

Posted on Jul.04, 2009, under Computer and PC Tips No Comments

You really enjoy those dvd movies and games and the last thing you need or want is to experience problems with your dvd drive.
To prepare for the possibility of having your dvd drive leaving you out in the cold one morning,we will dicuss problems that may cause dvd failure as well as the procedures you should take to correct these problems.
As with all drives,be sure to double check the failure. If the dvd drive will not read the dvd,try running [...]


How to Change, Upgade or Remove an IDE Hard Drive

Posted on Jun.27, 2009, under Computer and PC Tips No Comments

Hard drives – Hard drives are a little more complicated. First off, you have to know what you want to do with the hard drive. By this, I mean either you want it set to either SLAVE or MASTER. If you want to boot from the hard drive (load windows or whatever other OS off it) then you want it to be your master. If you already have a master, and you want to use this as extra space, set [...]


How to Make More Money with Your Mambo 4.5.1 Site

Posted on Jun.13, 2009, under Web Traffic No Comments

For those of you who are not familiar with Mambo – it is an easy to use content management system that can be freely downloaded from http://www.mamboserver.com (You have to be familiar with php, ftp, mysql databses and such to be able to use it though!) It has loads of add-ons, modules, and templates that are available free for download. Because of the fact that it basically creates pages on the “fly” also loads very quickly and we all [...]


Reloading Windows XP

Posted on Jun.06, 2009, under Computer and PC Tips No Comments

If you have been running Windows XP for a couple of years or more you may find that it is not running quite as quickly and smoothly as it was when you did your first install. I am constantly ‘evaluating’ software and uninstalling and reinstalling beta software on my computer and have always gradually become more and more disappointed after nine months to a year with the performance of my PC. So I regularly do a backup and reinstall all [...]


How to Add or Remove an IDE ROM drive

Posted on Jun.04, 2009, under Computer and PC Tips No Comments

CD ROMS – If you’re adding or removing an internal cd-rom, dvd-rom, or just about any internal ROM that has an opening CD door, read on. Almost all IDE devices such as CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, etc. including burners and dvd burners are all installed or removed in the same fashion. If you’re removing your rom, first remove the scrues from both sides of the rom. Make sure both sides are removed or you won’t be able to get the device out. [...]


The 4 Keys to Great Website Promotion ? Helping Others with Friendly & Useful Services

Posted on May.18, 2009, under Web Traffic No Comments

With all the "How To" articles, and great advice available online today, great website promotion and running a successful online business still comes down to the simple act of providing great service and helping people with their concerns and/or problems. This article will give 4 key points in providing great website promotion.
1. Fantastic Customer Service
2. Upfront and Visible Contact Information and Support Services
3. Useful and Informative Content
4. Keep it Simple
Incredibly, myself included, we always seem to get carried away with [...]


Search Engine Spam

Posted on May.16, 2009, under Web Traffic No Comments

Running an online business relies to a greater or lesser extent on search engine traffic. Be this free search engine traffic or pay per click traffic your business still relies on the search engines to profit and survive.
There’s a problem. Actually let me rephrase that and say there’s always been a problem. Abusers. Some people have to take shortcuts to profit. No matter how straightforward it might be to actually do some work and then profit from this work they [...]


Free Software: How Not To Get More Than You Bargained For!

Posted on May.15, 2009, under Computer and PC Tips No Comments

I completed an experiment recently. I wanted to find out exactly what software I could get free on the Internet. My main focus was for software to include utilities and useful home business applications.
I completed various searches for free software and related keywords on the leading search engines.
What I found were thousands of web sites, proclaiming for you to be able to download software for free. Or at least a “try before you buy” basis.
What I found was stunning.
It seems [...]