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Indiana Jones and the Google ranking Premium Content

By Kris Berg, Tuesday, July 15, 2008.

I accidentally used a keyword yesterday. I'm pretty sure I didn't accidentally use a meta tag, because I don't know what that is. But if I did, I'm sorry. I promise to clean it up. If I am not careful, I might find myself Googleable, and everyone will want to list their home with me! Or so, I'm told, they should.

My local paper runs a weekly column on real estate written by a local broker. It is a different broker each week and is usually the office manager, president or owner of one of the big boys. This week the article was devoted to blogging and the author chose to go with the Indiana Jones theme.  more...

Kitchen cabinets make great French doors

By Bill and Kevin Burnett, Tuesday, July 15, 2008.

Q: I removed my old kitchen cabinet doors and bought new ones -- natural maple, RTF -- via the Internet. I am happy with them, but I mistakenly bought two extra doors that are much too big and two doors that are barely too small. I can't return them. So here's what I want to do:  more...

Option ARM loans aren't all bad

By Tom Kelly, Tuesday, July 15, 2008.

The memory of a no-nonsense conversation, held more than a decade ago, hit home then and is vivid today.

"This probably would not be the loan for a person who planned on making just the minimum payment every month," said the Washington Mutual senior loan consultant. "It's a great program for borrowers who really might use the flexible payments, but if you stay with the minimum, you are absolutely going to owe more than you borrow."  more...

The road to killer Premium Content

By Marc Davison, Tuesday, July 15, 2008.

We've all read the O'Reilly manifesto. It's deep, comprehensive and defines how millions of people interact online. Most have no sense of what folksonomy, long tail, open source, and Ajax on Rails are or mean. Nevertheless, these things have changed the way they interact with each other forever.

Perhaps it is simple curiosity that propels most people into social engagement on the Web. Or the challenge of figuring out something new. Or maybe it's a desire to be part of a phenomenon.  more...