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Grandma’s Revenge

Now there is apparently a new social network online. Usualbeings.com the best social network, or so it claims. I really did want to check it out, but was unable to get to their site. No matter what I tried, I continued to get the message “server not found”. According to the description I read, the site includes a games section as well as high def videos that don’t include any ads. The concept sounds very interesting. It may have just been one of those days for their server, unfortunately. If that is the case, I do hope they’re able to get their server issues fixed soon.

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Social Networking

It all began Friday afternoon.  My laptop had been somewhat sluggish for weeks, but I blamed it on all the online work I was doing, opening and closing of websites, fast paced website visits that I do with Entrecard on my other blog and just the siple fact that my laptop is getting older.  Everything was working normally when I set down my laptop and went into my sewing room to work on another project.  I came out an hour or so later, only to find that my laptop had “lost” its wireless connection.

I tried everything, but could not get the wireless to work.  The network setting simply said “not connected”.  I did a system restore, I did wireless network searches and would come up with “none available”.  This was odd because just about every house in our neighborhood has wireless and I usually see 5 or 6 of them when I do a network search, but this time I got nothing.  I became so frustrated that I finally handed the computer to my husband and asked him to take a look.  He then spent an hour or so doing what I had just done and he, like me, had no success.  I finally just went to bed.

Saturday morning I picked up the laptop to try again and found that I now had wireless service!  Somehow the computer had righted itself and was back online.  Everything worked smoothly, albeit slowly, all day with the exception of the Entrecard website and the entrecard widgets on any blogs I opened, including my own.  (I don’t currently use EC on this site).  I spent a good part of yesterday fighting with this, checking all my setting, ad blockers, security, everything I could think of and nothing helped.  I was even having problems with it on my desktop computer so wondered if perhaps it was a website issue.  I put out a call to other bloggers and found that no, it was something on my end.  I had no idea what it was and, out of frustration, again went to bed.

I  woke up in the middle of the night, unable to sleep.  I can’t relax when I know things aren’t working properly.  I decided to get up and take another look at it.  When I came out of the bedroom I noticed that my desktop computer was still running.  Usually, it goes into hibernation during the night.  I decided to shut it down completely, something I rarely do.  I then went in and picked up my laptop, turned it on and discovered that, not only was everything working, including Entrecard, but everything had picked up speed.  I worked on it for about an hour and then went back to bed, content.
The one thing my husband had done with the wireless network was to create a bridge.  I’ve never had that done before and am wondering if I now need to disconnect the bridge.  The desktop computer is still turned off, but I’m concerned that when I turn it back on, the “bridge” will cause problems again.  I guess the way to find out is to turn it on.

Anyway, for now, I’m back up and running, but very tired from lack of sleep!

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Technically Bruised

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Wordless Wednesday

Karen was recently interviewed at 5 Minutes For Mom and you can click here to read her interview. Be sure to check out one of her other blogs, My Opinion Counts where she shares her opinion on anything and everything!

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Meet My Sister

Why are keywords important? Well, if you’re not concerned with PR or rankings, they’re not. But for many business sites or bloggers who have monetized, rankings are very important and tied to their income. So yes, it’s important to have not only the best keywords, but those keywords need to be placed correctly in a natural setting. Relevant content with keywords placed naturally, will increase the weight given by the search engines.

Besides having great content on your own site, search engines are also looking for incoming links. Blogs can get incoming links by being linked to from other bloggers or by leaving valid comments on other blogs. Not all incoming links are equal however, links from authoritative pages will carry more weight. For example, links on a .edu site will carry more weight than a link on a .com site. One of the easiest ways to get these edu links is to use the services of EduTextLink. They create and maintain pages with over 25 .edu domains all built with SEO in mind.

EduTextLink advises on keywords to ensure businesses get the most bang out of their links once they are placed in content on a .edu site. They will write relevant content using the right amount of text links. The pages will then be monitored to ensure they get indexed, usually within a week.

If you are looking for .edu links, take a look at EduTextLink, the first company of its kind.

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Blogging With SEO in Mind

Simply head over to choose your item that you would like your photo displayed on and then leave a comment on the blog. Simple as that!

Good Luck!

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Fame Contest

I want to let anyone who may have left a comment know that I had almost 250 comments in my Akismet spam folder.  I realize that most, if not all of them, belong in the spam folder.  However, due to the large number, I did not take the time to go through them, rather, I simply deleted them.   If any of you did happen to leave me acomment and I deleted it, I apologize for that and hope you will leave me another.

I had a great time on my trip, but am glad to be back.  I am spending time attempting to get caught up.  This may take a couple of days!

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Akismet Spam Protection

Upon registering at Social Spark, I created my own profile. It’s very simple to do and the information provided allows both bloggers and advertisers to get a better sense of who I am as a blogger and what my blog is all about. The profile includes a description of yourself as well as your blog. It also includes items like your interests, and personal information. This helps other members find bloggers with similar interests and advertisers find bloggers who can promote their product. Click here to see my Social Spark profile.

SocialSpark is many things all rolled into one site. First of all, it’s a social community. Meet up with other bloggers, join in discussions on the forum boards. Support other bloggers by giving them “props” or thumbs up votes when you find a blog you like and add them to your Social Spark friends list. You can also send messages between members, an easy way to contact each other.

In addition to being a place to communicate with other bloggers, Social Spark is also a way for bloggers to earn money with their blogs by creating paid posts, and a way for advertisers to get buzz about their products via bloggers. It’s taking me a bit longer to learn my way around the site than I would like, I’m hoping to get better at it with practice. I also wish that when other members sent me friendship requests they weren’t just interested in increasing the number of friends they have. It can feel like a popularity contest. I try to create friendships with sites that are similar to mine or sites I enjoy visiting or have something in common with, but that’s just my personal choice.

If you’re looking for a great social community and a legitimate way to monetize your blog, you really should check out Social Spark.

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I’ll be be back on Monday! 

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I Will Be Checked Out