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Today was a relaxing day, and I enjoyed it very much. It wasn’t that different from other days, but had some nice surprises, and I was around good people. Here is a little run down: It was a great day, and I wanted to write and remember it. 😊 I hope that if you read this, you…
If you ask some of the great business leaders of our time, and times past, what made them so successful (?), you will find very often their success was rooted in their ability to find people that were good at something, and then help match them with people who needed something. When it comes to…
When a site reaches a large size over time, it is very easy to accumulate lots of dead links. For example, on a forum, users may include links in their posts that become obsolete over time. So over time there is an increasing number of external links to resources that: I think there is reason…
My wise grandfather told me that it is easy in the good times, but it is the people that can keep their wits in the down times that will do the best in business and in life. As we are heading into a time when many feel a recession is on the way, and the…
Thanks to a new report from Web-directories.ws, it is possible to see that the directory industry is still going strong. Sometimes as we see certain directories get penalized or lose pagerank, there can be a perception that the directory industry is losing ground. Fortunately, the numbers tell a much different story: It’s true that some directories…
I find so often people ask questions related to how they can quickly “optimize” their site to rank highly. And what is also very common is people get so involved in ranking quickly that they make mistakes that actually lead to a lower ranking. In the answers I see to people’s posts, the recommendations usually…
I first heard the song watching a ballroom dance couple from Italy dancing a Waltz to it. The dance was so beautiful because it was enhanced by the song. At the time I had no idea about the origin of the song. Then I was browsing at Barnes and Nobles and listening to some different…
I’ve never seen anything like it. There is smoke throughout the city. You walk outside and the visability is very low. For me it is causing my throat to swell up and a cough that won’t go away. There is a fire down in South Georgia that has been burning for over 1 month now…
I just had a nice, relaxing epsom salt bath. It really does wonders in making the body feel better. I never really knew much about what it does, so I researched it a little. They actually have an Epsom Salt Council. 😁Who’d have guessed? I found these benefits: http://www.epsomsaltcouncil.org/health_benefits.htm So if you are feeling stressed, try…