FindItByMe.com

Alphabet Soup

noreply@blogger.com (John Graffio) — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:19:00 +0000

Is anybody interested in the world's languages? Good! I knew everyone would be. I found some interesting web sites pertaining to alphabets and ancient languages. There is even a font for...

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New Place Found for Free GIS Data

noreply@blogger.com (John Graffio) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:56:00 +0000

I found a new place to get OpenStreetMap data pre-compiled into nice country download units. It is at Cloudmade.com. You need to provide attribution if you use it, as it is available under the...

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North County Times

noreply@blogger.com (John Graffio) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:11:00 +0000

We are FindItByMe.com, a start-up Community Directory founded in Fallbrook, CA. We are looking for Area Specialists who know their community and would like to help their community and themselves at...

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Press Release

noreply@blogger.com (John Graffio) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:13:00 +0000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FindItByMe.com, Inc. is pleased to announce the availability of its beta version Community Access Directory at www.finditbyme.com. As the company’s founder I would like to...

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Letter and Offer to Chambers of Commerce

noreply@blogger.com (John Graffio) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:52:00 +0000

FindItByMe.com, Inc. is pleased to announce the availability of its Local Search Platform www.finditbyme.com. As the company’s founder I would like to point out that this is not just a local search...

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Picking up where...

noreply@blogger.com (John Graffio) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:15:00 +0000

I left off. The site is taking its final form. I'm liking the context based location search look and feel. Now to fix the categories and fill in the functionality for all the buttons that are...

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Page View Flea Markets

noreply@blogger.com (John Graffio) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:51:00 +0000

Search Engines 101 Series, Class #1 As I was going through my list of all the "local" search engines that have been cranked out and are still running, I finally realized something that was hiding in...

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The Search Economy and the Tower of Babel by John C. Dvorak

noreply@blogger.com (John Graffio) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:45:00 +0000

The Search Economy and the Tower of Babel Shared via AddThis My comments on the article: The Internet is a sea of digital dog-doo with a few islands of reasonably authoritative content. That will...

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Technorati

noreply@blogger.com (John Graffio) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:10:00 +0000

Technorati Profile

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Servers on the Move

noreply@blogger.com (John Graffio) — Fri, 01 May 2009 07:41:00 +0000

Yes...it always happens, even to the most innocent of us. Our web sites finally grow to the point where the kitchen table is no longer the best platform to operate a regional community resource. So...

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Local Search 100 (101 is for next time)...

noreply@blogger.com (John Graffio) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:46:00 +0000

This article concerns what I have observed about local search engines which now number in the low fifties. As I mentioned in my last blog, it's not local search if it's not authoritative. There are...

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It's Not Local Search if It's Not Authoritative

noreply@blogger.com (John Graffio) — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 11:31:00 +0000

I just found another local search engine that says it has 13 million listings for the US. In fact, you can buy a list for a state for a flat fee. I was tempted, but then I tried to see how the good...

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Beast Almost Slain

noreply@blogger.com (John Graffio) — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:31:00 +0000

Yikes! Category search is almost done, folks. I'm engineering in some pretty cool stuff, like "abc" and "def". I'll explain later when it works. But it will be like the system will give you choices...

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My God! It's full of stars!

noreply@blogger.com (John Graffio) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 07:10:00 +0000

We have a year to go before Jupiter turns into a star. But before that, I can promise you that maybe even this week, the new and improved FindItByMe.com will debut. It will have easy and fun category...

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Rooster Time

noreply@blogger.com (John Graffio) — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:24:00 +0000

Ok, I just had to let everyone know about my web site showcase that is being referenced all over the place. First of all, there is the actual case study on the GIZMOX web site and you can read it...

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Encyclopedia Blogtannica

noreply@blogger.com (John Graffio) — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 05:45:00 +0000

Remember the old days when the Encyclopedia Britannica was the authority on everything, and every family had a set of these important books? No? Ok, I'll take you back down memory lane. It used to be...

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Highway Hypnosis on your Monitor

noreply@blogger.com (John Graffio) — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:23:00 +0000

I've received a lot of good advice on how to make my search engine simple and easy to use. In fact, in a few short days you will see for yourself. But before you see that, I want you to think about...

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Press Release: FindItByMe.com Connects Collector with Artist

noreply@blogger.com (John Graffio) — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 10:52:00 +0000

It can now be reported that due to FindItByMe.com's increasing reach as a search engine, local Fallbrook, CA artist Drew Keys of Eagle Eye Fabrication has been commissioned by an anonymous collector...

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Sit anywhere you want...

noreply@blogger.com (John Graffio) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:28:00 +0000

How many of you have gone to a restaurant and heard that supposedly friendly phrase? Or have you heard the famous, "waddya want?!" from a surly proprietor? Or is it the icy look of indifference...

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How to Sell Cat Food

noreply@blogger.com (John Graffio) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:17:00 +0000

I had an interesting conversation with a local merchant not too long ago. I went there to talk about the benefits of our website www.finditbyme.com as it pertains to local search. While waiting for...

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Wild Places Spend Money

noreply@blogger.com (John Graffio) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:11:00 +0000

I was out driving in the desert yesterday, north on I-395. I noticed that Adelanto is getting more traffic signals, but I was lucky and made all the way through town on green lights. I then passed...

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And then there were seven!

noreply@blogger.com (John Graffio) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:23:00 +0000

Hello to One and All, There are now seven ways to search for something on www.finditbyme.com: 1. Name of the Listing (usually the business name) 2. Name of a street (this gives a listing of...

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Now on YouTube

noreply@blogger.com (John Graffio) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:29:00 +0000

Yes! You heard right... We now have an account on YouTube, so pretty soon you'll see some new material that will be pretty fun to watch. The address of the YouTube site is...

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Cool Stuff

noreply@blogger.com (John Graffio) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:57:00 +0000

Hello World! New stuff in the search engine, I call it HotLinks. Here is how it works: http://www.finditbyme.com/?EagleEyeFab What does that do? It does a redirect automatically to the Eagle Eye...

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It's 5:00 O'Clock. Where is your search engine?

noreply@blogger.com (John Graffio) — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 12:58:00 +0000

So what's new? Membership organizations (like Fallbrook Chamber) now have an active link under Memberships that shows all their members (if known). Clicking on the Members button will show all their...

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