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When I got back home last night I received an odd e-mail from my hosting company with the subject line “Account WILL Be Suspended Urgent Response Required”. Of course, I’ve had numerous chats with my hosting company for help and support so I already knew this e-mail was legit. But I was very curious on what I did wrong to potentially get my account suspended.
As you know, you should always abide by their rules and regulations because they can delete your entire site(s) if you break any of their TOS without even warning you. I’m just lucky they notified me because it looks like a company filed a copyright infringement claim against one of my sites. Well, technically, it was one single post that was apparently ranked second for a popular search term.
My hosting company doesn’t automatically take sides but just like any other claim they have to take it extremely serious. And I’m taking this pretty serious as well and cooperating. They never accused me of anything but when it comes to legal stuff they obviously have to take things seriously.
What cell phone should I get? There’s no trick to this question and this post probably won’t help you too much unless you’re looking for a new cell phone or possibly a new cell phone carrier in 2010. But since I’m in need of a new cell phone, I figured I would ask you guys for your opinions. Hey, you help me and I try to help you guys, right? 
Matter of fact, if I end up choosing a phone you recommend, I’ll give you a 125×125 ad spot for one month FREE. But keep reading for details…
What Cell Phone Should I Get?
It seems as though I’ve been getting pickier and pickier on my decisions as the years go by. And that’s not just cell phones, it’s a lot of things. But here are the main things I’m looking for in a cell phone: internet access to surf any webpage anywhere I go, camera, video camera, text and the ability to actually talk on the cell phone.
More recently, I’ve been attracted to touchscreen features but for some reason I don’t want an iPhone. On top of that, if I talk on the phone, my greasy face will be pressed up against it. Though, the Android or something equivalent seems to catch my attention.
Below are just a couple of choices I managed pick out that caught my attention.
I’m a little late but I actually just noticed this earlier last week. There was a pagerank update 2010 that was apparently done on New Year’s and we’re all seeing it now. Of course, I’m always mentioning that pagerank means nothing and pagerank is useless and so on but some of you guys like to live and die by it.
Currently, DatMoney is still a PR0 on this update and I’m perfectly fine with that. I checked most of my keyword rankings and nothing has drastically changed. I may have moved up a position or down one but all and all, it seems as though I’m still ranking just fine in Google. That’s all I care for and that’s all you guys should really care for too.
Some people assume things about how valuable pagerank is but in actuality, you don’t need one to get ranked on the first page of a popular keyword. If that were the case, a lot of smaller blogs would outrank just about everyone!
One of my sites is a PR4 and ever since the new pagerank update, I swear I’m getting ranked and indexed worse than I was before. I see a lot of my posts getting ranked 10-15 when previously it was in the top 5. Also, I noticed that instead of my posts getting indexed within a day (or two), it seems as though it takes about a week on average now.
Shoot, I rather have a PR0 and have my posts indexed within a day than a PR4 and having it index a week later! I guess that’s just an example that pagerank is basically useless.
It’s pretty useless similar to this post. I just figure some of you guys like to know when Google updates their pageranks and stuff so I figured I’d mention it. Though, most of the time I’m just bashing how worthless a pagerank really is and how unimportant it is when it comes to getting traffic or making money online.
Anyways, how did you guys do on this pagerank update?
Is anyone attending the Affiliate Summit 2010 that is taking place in Las Vegas? Well, it starts this weekend and I heard it’s going to be a blast. Unfortunately, I will not be attending (again) because I have other responsibilities. Though, who wouldn’t want to go to Sin City?
I’ve had plenty of chances to go to previous Affiliate Summits particularly the one that was held in Boston, where I currently live. The unfortunate part is I don’t plan ahead too often and there’s a reason behind that. Most of the time when I plan far in advance, those same plans just collapse and nothing goes right.
On top of that, I have a busy schedule to begin with. Remember I still work full-time at my day job as well as try to keep up with all my online stuff. And of course, I try to balance that out with somewhat of a social life to keep myself sane.
But if you have never been to an Affiliate Summit, such as myself, then I heard you’re missing out. Every single time a new summit comes around the number of attendees just continue to increase. And since this time around it’s going to be held at Las Vegas, I would assume that they will have even more people attending.
I heard they have a lot of events that sound interesting enough to join. This year, in particular, they are going to have a charity poker event on top of the expo halls, interviews, dinners, etc. I’m sure you guys know that I’m a big poker fan and I’ll play when I have a chance. Unfortunately, I haven’t had as much time to go dedicate myself to playing poker as of late.
Besides going to Las Vegas, enjoying the scenery and events, the other primary reason why I would go is the simple fact of networking and finally getting a chance to meet a bunch of other online entrepreneurs. I’ve been networking more and more and it’s always nice meeting people, learning new things as well as teaching.
Plus, meeting people in person is completely different from meeting online. They will actually get a chance to see who you are, talk to you and get to know you. I’m a goofy/funny guy who almost always has a smile on my face and if there are some people like me, it’s always good to see who that person is behind the computer screen.
Anyways, are any of you guys attending the Affiliate Summit West 2010 or have you ever attended one before? Let me know and I’d be interested in your experience with it.
So, I’ve run into various places in which you get paid for your ideas but to me, it’s all on an honor system and believe it or not, a lot of people are not honest.
There are plenty of websites like this. The very first one I ran into was a website in which you come up with domain name ideas for potential clients and if your domain name idea gets picked, you get paid.
The one I noticed most recently was on Sitepoint. They have a new section on their website entitled “Name My Thingy” in which people post what they are looking for and you guys come up with the idea and get paid for it. The thing I’m not a big fan of is the simple fact that you really have no way to prove an “idea” is yours.
Of course, you can go through the whole legal system, create a blueprint of your idea and get it copyrighted but then again, who really wants to go through all that hassle to get paid a few dollars? A few hundreds? Okay, if it were thousands, then I would definitely consider getting my “idea” copyrighted.
