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Let’s talk SEO and domain names September 1, 2010 7:50 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Technology
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Say for more than half a decade (really its been a decade) Cathy has blogged as DomesticPsychology.com and she has. Let’s say on a whim she decides she would rather be blogging as CathyMcCaughan.com (in reality she hasn’t..this is simply a working example). Currently http://CathyMcCaughan.com forwards to http://domesticpsychology.com/. To complicate things, let’s say they are registered at 2 different registrars so DNS is handled by two different organizations.

Many options exist for moving a domain name. What is the best way to make http://cathymccaughan.com/ the primary url for Cathy’s website instead of http://domesticpsychology.com/ without losing the search engine rankings or readership and without creating broken links?

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Design Coding – Rapper explains my world April 16, 2008 6:44 pm

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : HTML, Programming, Software, Standards, Technology
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m0serious you are my hero!

Please, I beg you. If you ask people to make a website for you or if you are an artist/designer that gives templates to a scripter or coder, watch this video all the way!

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New Google Adsense Terms and Conditions February 29, 2008 9:49 pm

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Publishing, Software, Technology, Touchy Subjects
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If you use Adsense, you will need to agree to new terms and conditions by March 25, 2008. I post these mainly to remind myself to re-read them to make sure I am following the rules.

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Need input from SEO/copyright experts October 16, 2007 3:33 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Blog, Publishing
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Hello world of Search Engine Optimization! The content thieves are frustrating. But does having someone reprint the first few sentences of a post and link back to you really hurt? What does it do for pagerank? Isn’t it simply a qualified link back to Reality Me? For example, hawaii-vacations.expert-travel-help.info has reprinted Darren’s prize list. Should I really care? Is it worth the fight?

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You have 3.5 hours for a chance at one of 24 prizes October 4, 2007 8:41 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Contest, Of Interest
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Problogger has announced its next round of prizes. Before Noon (EST), write a blog entry with a "blogging" "tip" then post the link to your entry in the Problogger comments with a note on which prize you would prefer. Only one entry per person and it has to be new material.

As a reminder, once you win a prize in the $54,000 giveaway, you cannot win again. Make sure the 24 prizes are appealing to you!

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Problogger’s 4th giveaway is listed October 3, 2007 9:53 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Contest, Of Interest
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Problogger‘s Birthday Bash has announced its fourth prize. You could win TWO 20-inch FlatronWide L206WU USB-based monitors provided by DisplayLink by creating a post and linking back to the kickoff post then going to the DisplayLink post and adding a comment with your link and the word DisplayLink below it (case is important!).

http://realityme.net/2007/10/03/probloggers-4th-giveaway-is-listed/
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Remember, once you win a prize, you cannot win any others so make sure you are entering for prizes you want.

These monitors are USB monitors and some people have expressed concern that lag due to limitations of USB speed could make these monitors less than adequate for gaming. This video by ndíyo shows some great potential for these monitors. I found it very exciting! Of course, Engadget has some words.

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Problogger’s 2nd giveaway is up October 2, 2007 4:51 pm

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Contest, Of Interest
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Darren Rowse is giving away $54,000 in prizes. The 2nd giveaway has been posted.

The first 500 people to go to SeekZap at this special ProBlogger submission link will receive a free premium directory listing ($50 value) for their site/blog! [Source]

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Get a piece of $54,000 this week! October 2, 2007 9:57 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Contest, Of Interest
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Darren Rowse of Prologger fame is giving away USD$54,000 in celebration of Prologger’s birthday. Subscribe to the feed to be informed. The first giveaway was posted an hour ago. It is 12 copies (to 12 people) of Aaron Wall’s SEO Book ($79 value). Simply comment "I love SEO!""I LOVE SEO!" on Lara Kulpa‘s post The First Giveaway Begins within the next 6 hours.

UPDATE: Laura points out that case is important. Pay attention to the details and follow instructions to a T bloggers!

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