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For me the web started around 1997 when I received my free dial-up Internet account from my university when I started undergraduate studies.
It appears some people were a bit quicker than I was…
The 100 oldest currently registered .com domain names
1. 15-Mar-1985 SYMBOLICS.COM
2. 24-Apr-1985 BBN.COM
3. 24-May-1985 THINK.COM
4. 11-Jul-1985 MCC.COM
5. 30-Sep-1985 DEC.COM
6. 07-Nov-1985 … Read the rest of this entry »
The new vBulletin powered forums are back!
Yaro’s Internet Business & Blogging Forums
I’m still getting used to the new forum system but I think vBulletin is going to impress me. With all the plug-ins available it reminds me a lot of WordPress, which is awesome (all the great free WordPress plug-ins being a major reason why) and although … Read the rest of this entry »
If you are like me you send out email newsletters on a regular basis. I only use text based email newsletters and I always need to format the width by using character spacing restrictions. You can read why I do this in my article – Formatting Email Newsletters – Should You use Plain Text or HTML?
In that article … Read the rest of this entry »
This is a little off topic but it’s too cool not to post it.
Back when I used to play Magic: The Gathering as a teenager the company behind the game went to all kinds of trouble to legitimize it as a real sport. I’m not sure if they were the first to do it, but they coined the … Read the rest of this entry »
This is a little off topic but it’s too cool not to post it.
Back when I used to play Magic: The Gathering as a teenager the company behind the game went to all kinds of trouble to legitimize it as a real sport. I’m not sure if they were the first to do it, but they coined the … Read the rest of this entry »
I’m living in a new rental in Toronto for the first time on my own in this fair city, as opposed to living with family as I usually do when in anada. So far I have opted not to have a television since cable access seems to be the only way to get any good channels here and I … Read the rest of this entry »
Last week I headed out to a bunch of industry specific social gatherings in Toronto that all happened to fall on the same week. I attended the monthly Third Tuesday social media meetup, the Mesh/B5 blogger meetup and the second Toronto Mastermind group meeting, which was organized by the people from in and around Toronto who are all in … Read the rest of this entry »
Last month I purchased a new bed here in Toronto from Sleep Country, a retailer that was recommended to me by my family. Sleep Country has a reputation for good service and as my aunt told me – “They even assemble the bed for you!” – which is nice.
I’ve just received a little note in the mail, … Read the rest of this entry »
I’m reading more and more about the not-for-profit business sector lately and I suspect at some point down the track that may be where I put the greater part of my business energy towards.
Jon from Art of Money posted a great write up about Micro Lending and the Decline of Poverty in Bangladesh after watching an interview with … Read the rest of this entry »
As you can tell if you click the forums link on this site the forum has been down for a day now and was down recently before that. The problem has been hackers. Once the second hack was done I decided that I may as well take this opportunity to switch the forum from the Invision Board system to … Read the rest of this entry »
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It’s been a few months since the last show but I have been itching to do a podcast and Mike Filsaime’s report, The Death of Internet Marketing (aff), stirred a lot of thoughts in my mind, which I decided to brain-dump into a solo podcast episode for all to enjoy.… Read the rest of this entry »
Cut straight to the chase – Download the free report Death of Internet Marketing by Mike Filsaime (aff).
Fresh from reports about the death of AdSense, and Internet business manifestos, and final chapters and life after AdSense and product launches and endless free reports and information on how to make money online … Read the rest of this entry »
Wow, this is interesting however I don’t know what is the best way to approach the situation so perhaps you can help me, in fact I really think you are the best person (people) to offer feedback since ultimately it’s you I care about and I believe this situation could damage our relationship if I went down this path.… Read the rest of this entry »
Since Text-Link-Ads.com (aff) makes up a significant proportion of my regular income I have to say I am happy to see them acquired by MediaWiz – I think – as long as things keep moving forward, which I expect they will.
We are excited to announce that Text Link Ads Inc will be joining forces with MediaWhiz. This will
I’m not entirely sure why, but for some reason it excites me when I read other bloggers talk about how much they earn. It must be something to do with the “I can do it too” factor that gets me motivated.
To keep the trend running I’ve decided to report back some of my results working online as well … Read the rest of this entry »
Here’s a strategy for launching a buzzing forum from day one – create an uber-popular blog first, then launch a forum and bring your existing blog audience over to it.
Steve Pavlina has done just that launching his brand new Personal Development for Smart People Forums. He’s already reported explosive traffic growth at the forums and as I … Read the rest of this entry »
An interesting blog post at the Christopher Knight driven Ezine Articles Blog describes how they have recently changed their “benefits list” removing the key SEO related benefits of article marketing. Instead they are now focusing on promoting the raw traffic pulling power of EzineArticles.com itself, regardless of whether your article is syndicated to other places or not. Simply put, … Read the rest of this entry »
Review of SEOBook by Aaron Wall
Search Engine Optimization Book by Aaron Wall (SEOBook.com)
Name: SEOBook by Aaron Wall
URL: www.seobook.com
Purpose: Search Engine Optimization education
I’ve meant to complete a review … Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Simmons and his wife Sheena Lindahl of Extreme Entrepreneurship Education Corporation have been selected in the BusinessWeek Online top 25 young entrepreneurs and need your vote.
You can read their profile page and then vote for them online.
Michael was one of the first young entrepreneur bloggers I connected with online and in fact we almost have the … Read the rest of this entry »
