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June 6, 2006 Issue no. 2176
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.....IN THIS DIGEST.....
==== CONTINUING =================
--== Pigeonrank ==--
~ Salem Kashou
"I paradoxically do less and get the same results."
--== Search Engines Finding Sites ==--
~ Viggie Bala
"...those who submit their websites in SE
seem to hit sandbox for months."
--== Image Formats ==--
~ Claudiu Spulber
"[AOLs] patents expired in 2004..."
==== BILLBOARD ===================
--== Mac vs PC [was: Ransomware] ==--
~ Mary Lee
~ Tom Aman
~ John Smart
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From: Salem Kashou
Subject: Pigeonrank
> to learn about Google's ranking methods.
- Tom Aman, LED 2175
I am with Tom, I think.
The idea of manipulating rank beyond content is overblown, uncertain
and, at the same time, less confusing.
Lately, it's seem lately like the most important part of getting
indexed is building a website. Once the site is put together, filled
with optimized text, links, images, tags (a talent you can acquire
in days, if not hours, or outsource), wait a bit, link a bit and
pray a lot. The rest is pretty much out of control.
The current circus of ideas -- submitting, working and doing this
for Yahoo and that for Google, and toolbars, and this method, and
that -- seems so complicated and unscientific (I before E except
after C?), that I have never really promoted anything beyond smart
use of HTML. The robots have taken over, build your site and update
often. The rest is spin.
Sorry if this seems simplified. But, as time goes by my talent
should be growing, however, I paradoxically do less and get the same
results. The result of that is more free time to read the digest.
Salem Kashou, Marketing Manager
ThePocketDiet.com
KangarooBrands.com
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From: Viggie Bala
Subject: Finding sites
> ... it is only a matter of a few days before the
> new domains start popping up on the search
> engines. I don't submit any sites anymore.
- Lew Vividere, LED 2175
> A few weeks later with still no changes made
> to the site I Googled my own name for other
> reasons and up came my three word site!
- Ian Faulkner, LED 2173
> The sandbox was where my site went to wait,
> wait, wait until the Googlistas decided that it
> wasn't one of those spam sites.
- Martha Retallick, LED 2173
Those who didn't submit their websites and / or didn't expect them
to come up in search results, find them appear in Search Results,
within days.
And those who submit their websites in SE seem to hit sandbox for
months.
Or is it just a normal thing in life? Like when you eagerly expect
something it takes more time to appear. :)
Viggie Bala
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From: Claudiu Spulber
Subject: Image formats
> GIF’s have a major downside... you *should* be
> giving some money to those lovely people at AOL.
- John Smart, LED 2175
I don't think this is the case anymore as those patents expired in
In case I'm wrong, does this apply to using animated GIFs on
websites (banners) or only to programs that create GIFs?
Regards,
Claudiu Spulber
==== BILLBOARD ===================================
From: Mary Lee
Subject: Mac vs PC [was: Ransomware]
> ... if you are really fed up with "hideous scams"
> of ransomware and with viruses, trojans and
> spyware, it may be time to consider a new OS.
- Michael Linehan, LED 2175
Mac vs. PC - Oh the old argument that gets everyones feathers
ruffled.
Many, many years ago I was one who bad mouthed Macs. Of course back
then they were unstable, the systems were very expensive and the
bomb showed up several times a day. But since the debut of the iMac
and the OSX operating system, all that changed.
I now own 2 iMacs, 1 iBook and 2 PC's. My macs are completely
trouble free. The 2 PC's which belong to my hubby and son are
nothing but trouble. We actually had one so eat up with viruses and
spyware we had to just trash it and get a new one. And yes we keep
spyware guard and virus protection on it. He just got hit with a new
one we could not get rid of. No one could get rid of it at the time
and it just kept propagating and adding more. At least once a week I
have to fix something on one of the PC's. Me, I carry on with my
macs with never a problem. They run fantastic, no spyware and
viruses, no freezing up & they were all MUCH cheaper than the PC's I
have.
I run everything I need for my business on them. The full Adobe CS2
Suite, Microsoft Office and MUCH more. On the odd occasion there
will be a piece of software I cannot find a Mac equivalent of, but
that is very seldom. In fact these days it is very rare. If I had
the choice between $500 for a Mac or a free PC, I would pay the
money for the Mac. That is how big of a pain a PC is compared to Mac.
Once you Mac you'll never go back!
Mary Lee
Dinner and a Murder
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From: Tom Aman
Subject: Mac vs PC
Usually a person can avoid these problems by running good anti-virus
and anti-adware software at all times. Also, the choice of OS is
often dictated by a lot of factors that are outside the control of
the chooser.
For example, I would have a hard time creating software to run under
Windows if I was using a Mac. If the rest of a company / department
uses a PC, it is hard for one group to opt for Mac and, if they do,
it may result in serious problems.
I was involved in a project in this situation, the created software
ran great on the Mac and did everything required, but for the rest
of the Windows based organization, it was useless. A lot of money
was thus wasted because the head of the group with the Macs never
considered that the software could not be used outside of his group
(he resigned over this).
Sometimes the deciding factor as to which computer is as simple as a
support question, not the professional tech support from the Tech
Support group, Apple, Microsoft or whoever, but rather the
convenient support available from son / friend / neighbor who can
easily answer all of the "how do I ..." type questions, making the
best choice in that instance the computer with which that support
person is most familiar, be it Mac or PC.
> THE VIRUS MYTH "All these Windows troubles are
> because Windows is so popular." No -
I disagree. It *is* because Windows is so popular. Much of the
malware is aimed at Windows users, not the servers. However, I
expect the main reason is that, because Windows is so popular, more
individuals are familiar with the internals of the Windows OS and
thus more individuals know how to do bad things with it.
> THE COST MYTH: It's crucial to compare
> ability for ability ...
True, but it depends on what you want to do. My son, who works in
graphics and uses both Mac and PC (high powered dual processor
systems in both cases) for his job, tells me his main complaint with
Mac is the lack of choice for some of the hardware upgrades - too
often the Mac board is only available from Apple at one price while
for the PC the equivalent tends to be available from many suppliers
with a lot more choices in capabilities. It becomes doubly annoying
to find that the higher price Mac board is sometimes the same as the
PC board but uses different firmware (and maybe has a special jumper
connection or two). He has even managed to convert boards from one
machine to run on the other.
> THE SOFTWARE MYTH: There is almost nothing
> a business owner would want to do that cannot
> be done on a Mac, sometimes better.
Yes and no. For normal business applications (word processing,
spreadsheets, etc.) as well as a lot of other things, you can use
either a Mac or PC. And with the Windows emulations, you can run
much PC software on a Mac but you will often pay a severe
performance penalty, depending on the program. But there are cases
where the Mac cannot compete (and vice versa). Refering to my son's
job, while he finds the Mac better for most of the graphics work and
preparing jobs for print, there are some process where the
equivalent (in speed, memory, etc.) PC will run circles around it
for the same job - luckily he has both at work and can simply move
the files to the most suitable machine.
But all that aside, Mac is better for some things, PC is better for
others. The PC is more general purpose and can be more easily
adapted for specific situations. But what it really comes down to,
in the end, is that one is not really better that the other and a
person should pick the best machine to match the job requirements
and the particular computing environment.
Tom Aman
Aman Software
Home of CyberSpyder Link Test
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From: John Smart
Subject: Mac vs PC
I’m rather FOND OF MY Mac. It looks cute, and it is pretty darn
fast. Built on a Linux base (OSX is a Unix based OS) it has
protection against viruses because everything (even memory usage) is
assigned to an owner it is much harder for viruses to grab admin
memory of files (not impossible, but MUCH harder).
I love the current Mac adverts on TV they all make me smile,
except for one. This lovely idea that Macs never crash and PC’s
always do. My XP Pro PC (home built) has not crashed in 8 months. My
Mac crashes (on average) twice a week. When it is working, it is
working faster maybe better than my XP box, but the no crash
theory in my experience is a complete myth.
I hope it becomes more stable I would like to emigrate to Macland
in the future
John Smart
InternetDesign.com - A Human Touch in a Digital World
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