So often when someone lists one of their sites for sale, they mention the number of backlinks it has. The number of backlinks a site has does impact its ranking in the search engines and would appear to be a important factor in valuing a website. After a little research, I will continue to seek [...]

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, Everyone was scurrying about like a mouse. Amid shouts of “Keep Out!”, “Don’t Look!”, and “Go Away!” Came the distinctive sounds of paper ripping, tape stretching, and the cry of oh for the love of Pete, will the glue please dry! Cries of Where’s the [...]

Yes, this is a bit outside what I usually talk about; but these sorts of folks need to be stopped. I was checking the visitor and referral logs for several of my websites. When I kept seeing the same site appearing in sites with a wide variety of topics, I thought I should see what [...]

I haven’t talked about Crafty Tips in a while and thought it was time to share some of what’s been happening. I continue to be honored by the numerous talented craftspeople and artisans who ask to be part of my site. We’ve finally broken through the 300 mark for listings and now have 200 categories.

On a webmaster forum that I frequent, a service provider brought to the forum a question regarding his SEO services and his client’s unwillingness to pay after the services were completed. Apparently, the client believes that he paid for the process and the provider believes the payment was only for the results; in this case [...]

On a somewhat wild hair, we went to a small town in Kentucky to see their Christmas parade. The candy flew by the handfuls and the children thoroughly enjoyed themselves despite the cold and windy conditions. Hats, gloves, and multiple layers of clothing were certainly a requirement – many families were even wrapped in blankets [...]