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================================================== The LED Digest Moderated Discussion List "Effective Online Advertising, Since 1997" Data > Information > Knowledge > Wisdom pair Networks: The LED's Web Host Hosting and Domain Reg. from a Trusted Leader pair.com for Hosting | pairNIC.com for Domains ================================================== List Moderator: Published by: Adam Audette LED Digest adam, led-digest.com http://www.led-digest.com .............................................. April 21, 2006 Issue no. 2144 .............................................. .....IN THIS DIGEST..... ==== NEW ======================== --== Duplicate Content ==-- <Moderator Comment> ==== BILLBOARD =================== --== Help with Backups ==-- ~ Abu Haider ~ James Miller ~ Tom Aman ======== NEW ===================================== <Moderator Comment> Since it's a slow period here I thought I'd chime in with some questions for you. I've been working on the LED site (www.led-digest.com) quite a bit lately. Things are coming together, but there's still a mountain to climb until we're ready to go live. Setting up the basic site navigation has taken the bulk of the last three weeks, and now I'm finally ready to start considering how the bulk of the content -- the main resource of the site -- should be organized. I'm dividing the content into two major sections, separated by sub-categories. Archives will be indexed by the year they were published, going back to 1997, and topics will be indexed in threaded format. You can see an example of the archived issues here: http://www.led-digest.com/content/section/5/55/ You can see an example of the indexed topics here: http://www.led-digest.com/content/section/8/54/ Please keep in mind that these sections are very much in progress and not ready for prime time. I foresee the topic section, for example, having at minimum 15 unique categories, and possibly much more than that. The question I have is this: since duplicate content is such a problem for Google (and no doubt other search engines) I've decided to include the meta tag "noindex, nofollow" for all the content under one of the sections of the site. This is because duplicates will be created when I archive both the complete issues and the threaded topics. So, LEDer, which section should be spidered, and which section should be blocked -- fhe complete issues or the threaded topics? I'm leaning towards allowing spidering for the complete issues, since this is the main objective of the LED Digest; the threaded topics are an added value. But my mind is not made up and I'd love to hear your thoughts. Additionally, I'm interested in hearing about other issues, problems, or fixes you've encountered with duplicate content. Thanks, Adam ==== BILLBOARD =================================== From: Abu Haider Subject: Backups > I have never backed up my hard drive and I know I really need > to. Sometimes I'll be working and the computer will freeze... - Sherry Faye Rodarmor, LED 2141 As it has been suggested already, external USB Drives, re-writable CDs and DVDs can be used for backup. If you have highspeed internet connection, you may also consider online File Storage services. There are many of them available. Box.net, for example, offers 1GB free space, and 5GB for $4.95 / month. Search google for 'free file storage' and you will find many similar services. Online storage has some added benefits. The files are accessible from anywhere with an internet connection. You may make some of your files accessible to everyone and some accessible to selected people. You don't need to worry about keeping your local backup safe from damage or disaster. Abu Haider www.dojolocator.com Directory of Martial Arts Schools. -------- new post - same topic -------- From: James Miller Subject: Backups One of my products is an automatic backup system, which copies all of your files to another drive or directory on a periodic basis. It has a web site at http://www.daisy.co.uk/AutoBackup/. >From the experience of this product and the stupid things my customers still do, I have some tips. 1. One of the real liabilities is Outlook. It creates massive .pst files and I've come across many customers, who have files well over a Gb. I archive mine regularly and keep it fairly small, but I'm seriously thinking of moving to an e-mail program, that stores each e-mail as a separate file. This would make everything a lot safer and much easier to backup and manage. 2. Increasingly, people are looking to do backups on Internet Servers. Bear in mind that disc space is getting a lot cheaper. 3. The real pain are laptops. I don't use one, as I consider them unsafe as they are too easily dropped or stolen. So I do all my demonstrations over the Internet on the clients PC. As to security of laptops, my son and I are working on a sensible security solution based on my software and a simple wi-fi link to a cheap PC permanently on broadband. 4. I would seriously look at Internet-based word processors and spreadsheet programs, as these should mean that backups are not your responsibility. James Miller Daisy Analysis www.daisy.co.uk -------- new post - same topic -------- From: Tom Aman Subject: Backups One consideration regarding backups is that, in most instances, it is not necessary to back up the entire hard disk(s). Assuming that you have legal copies of all your software, it can always be reinstalled so the only thing that really needs to be backed up is your data. I used to be annoyed using Windows when so many programs wanted to place my data in the My Documents folder. Then I realized that, if I allowed this whenever possible, I could back up most of my data by simply making regular backup copies of that folder. As a result of this realization, I have my system organized so that I can back up all of my data by backing only a few selected folders. This includes the My Documents folder as well as a few others (5 in all) that I created for specific purposes. Aside from these folders, I figured out where Outlook Express keeps its mailbox files, address book and rules files so I can back that up, as well as the critical files for a couple of other applications. The result of all this is that I can do a complete backup of my data in under an hour. So, I suggest, before just backing up your entire system, consider whether or not a data only backup will do and, if it will, then organize your system to make this a simple job. Tom Aman Aman Software http://www.cyberspyder.com ------------------------------------------------------- The LED Digest is sponsored by pair Networks: pair.com for Hosting | pairNIC.com for Domains © Copyright 1995-2006 Orange Wheel, LLC. All Rights Reserved. "Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance or a stranger." - Franklin P. Jones |
