Category Archives: Reference

Google Lengthens Snippets, But The Meta Description Still Important

3/25/2009 – 12:33 pm

So recently Google officially released longer snippets on search results. There has been some chatter about this depreciating the value of the meta description. I have to play spoiler here and say I disagree.
The extended snippet stuff is great for long tail queries, like the many that I do when looking for programming information. Yet [...]

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How the Economy Went So Bad So Fast

2/17/2009 – 11:01 am

i really appreciate the Frontline investigative programs and tonight they’ll be airing ‘Inside The Meltdown’. from what i understand it should give some insights to the people (Paulson, Bernanke, Geithner) who pull the strings and some of the very very serious decisions that were made recently regarding the health of our American economy, in particular [...]

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Trillion, it’s the new Billion

2/11/2009 – 12:31 am

have you noticed that the word “trillion” is well on it’s way to being the most used word in 2009? trillion, trillion, trillion. the word “billion” is getting tossed around a lot too lately, but poor measly “million” is slipping into the small time. i thought i was poor when a million bucks seemed like [...]

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How to Profit & Prosper During a Recession or Depression

1/21/2009 – 2:17 pm

if you think the US economy is on the road to recovery anytime soon then this post isn’t for you.
for the rest of us, i want to recommend a couple of really good books. Peter Schiff, who was Ron Paul’s economic advisor during his Presidential campaign, was right about the credit, mortgage, currency crisis that [...]

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How to Pitch an Angel Investor (and how not to)

1/15/2009 – 2:29 pm

so a friend recently turned me on to a tv show that’s been running for a couple of years now on the BBC called Dragons Den. it’s awesome. i wish i had known about it sooner. basically it’s a group of successful wealthy business men and women who are currently occupied primarily with angel investing. [...]

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