MeetUp (http://www.meetup.com/) is a real social networking site. By that I mean you use MeetUp to get in contact with people near you with shared interests and you actually meet up with them. Not that I was getting lonely in Dublin or anything– but I joined a MeetUp called – New and Not So New … Continue reading
Author Archives: Ann Treacy
Anagrams & Wikipedia Ban
Today you get two Bytes in one. Both are really just nibbles. Wikipedia bans people and IP blocks I wanted to post an addition to a Wikipedia article (http://www.wikipedia.org the big collective online encyclopedia) but I’m blocked. Actually I am not personally blocked but another eircom customer in my area has ruined it for us … Continue reading
Second Skype Update
I thought I would send a quick follow up on last week’s Byte based on some good questions and suggestions I received. Once you have a Skype number you can easily forward it to a landline or cell phone: http://skype.com/intl/en/allfeatures/callforwarding/ This is very convenient for the times that you aren’t going to be online. Bill … Continue reading
Skype Update
I think I wrote about Skype a few months ago – but I thought I’d write again now that I’ve been using it for 6 weeks. Skype (http://www.skype.com) is a phone service that lets you make cheap long distance phone calls through your computer. You need to sign up for an account a way to … Continue reading
SEO for PDFs
Thanks to Jan in Wisconsin for sending me an interesting article on search engines and PDFs. A few years ago most search engines did not track PDF documents. Most of them are smarter now. It’s still not the best way to go but there are plenty of times where PDF makes sense and I thought … Continue reading
Invitation to Free Webinars
OK today’s Byte is different. It’s an invitation to free webinars sponsored by the Blandin Foundation. In the spirit of full disclosure, I work with them but I thought that the webinars might be of interest to some readers. I am hoping to attend all 3. Blandin Broadband Pre-Conference Webinars http://www.blandinfoundation.org/BBConf07/webinars.html Join us for one … Continue reading
Web Site Links
Mostly Google likes web sites that are popular – and they define popularity by how many web sites link to a web site. So it used to be great to get links from everyone and anyone. Well that changed a while ago – maybe 2-3 years ago. Google still liked links – but they only … Continue reading
Fun Fall Kids Site
I just finished a fun web site for kids as part of the Eagle Nest Lodge web site. Eagle Nest Lodge is located near Grand Rapids (it’s really in Deer River) on Lake Winnie (aka Lake Winnibigoshish) and Lake Cutfoot Siouux. It’s a fun resort – especially for families with kids. It’s open through the … Continue reading
Dynamic URLs
Someone asked me last week about dynamically generated web pages and how they ranked with the search engines. Traditionally anything that was dynamically generated did not do well in the search engines; the big test is if your web pages have very long addresses and include symbols, especially a question mark or equal sign – … Continue reading
Wikia
Well I’m still in Dublin and my Internet access is still not stellar – so today I’m going to mention something I read in the newspaper over the weekend. Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org) founder, Jimmy Wales is building a search engine that is going to debut is December. Wikipedia is the popular community-written online encyclopedia. It has … Continue reading
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