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All tools listed below fall under the following criteria: - (1 of 131)

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:57:43 GMT

they are all useful for SEOs; they are all web-based (no desk-top ones or FireFox extensions so far); they are all free. If you know of any online SEO tools that were not mentioned here, please comment and I will update the post. I will do my best to continuously update the article to delete the tools that are no more available and add new ones. Ta... [Source: http://www.searchenginejournal.com]

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fujiyama on Feb 25, 2009 at 9:52 pm

I recommend this backlink checker. You can check backlinks and their popularity at ease.

Please try it.

How To Do Keyword Research For Non English Sites - (1 of 3)

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:54:07 GMT

01.14.2009 | Posted in: Google SEO Generally we all SEO know that how to do Keyword Research and Website Optimization for English Sites. So, today I want to share some information on how to do Keyword Research and Website Optimization for Non English Websites. Generally most of the people are using Google Keyword Suggestion Tool and Wordtracker for... [Source: http://www.searchenginecity.org]

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HK January 25th, 2009 at 1:43 pm

This is a good guide to do keywords research for other languages. Wonderful efforts by Gunjan.

Interesting SAC Art Packs Statistics, Figures and Downloads - (1 of 2)

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 01:18:18 GMT

Interesting SAC Art Packs Statistics, Figures and Downloads Posted on: 12/29/2008 02:11:00 AM I am still working on sorting through the Superior Art Creations (SAC) art packs and to make them easy accessible via the web (e.g. my web site and elsewhere). The sorting brings up some interesting facts about the art pack releases that I want to share wi... [Source: http://www.roysac.com]

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Time Warrior said...

I am a Demoscene musician -- and though I do have MP3 and OGG versions of my stuff (hell, some of my stuff is MP3 and OGG only because i made segments in Modplug Tracker and pieced them together in Audacity hehehe) -- Tracker Formats are still valid, useful, supported and otherwise still really damn cool :-)

If your mp3 conversion efforts are purely for compatibility reasons -- then you're wasting your time :-)

Most if not all module formats are fully supported under Microsoft Windows, Linux, Unix and MAC OSX.

Though I have no objection to anyone converting modules to MP3 or OGG -- I am merely saying that if your only reason for doing so is compatibility -- then your time might be better spent with the rest of the stuff in your art packs :-)

Sat Jan 24, 09:34:00 AM PST

Q&A: Jeff Molander on affiliate marketing | Econsultancy - (1 of 1)

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:21:36 GMT

[Source: http://econsultancy.com]

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Carsten Cumbrowski Silver

Owner at Cumbrowski.com

18 January 2009 03:21AM

Nice article Jeff. I missed it when it was published last year, but the subject is still up-to-date and the questions are pretty much the same today in January 2009 as they were in May 2008.

I started a long comment here, but then stopped and made my response part of an even longer blog post, which also talks about some other things as well.

See my response at

http://www.revenews.com/carstencumbrowski/affiliate-summit-west-2009-recap-and-the-issues-ahead-for-the-year-2009-and-beyond/

Cheers!

Carsten

Tag 3 auf der Affiliate Summit - (1 of 1)

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 01:54:34 GMT

[Source: http://www.affiliateboy.de]

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Carsten Cumbrowski Says:

Januar 17th, 2009 at 23:52

Hallo Markus,

Es war nett sich mit Dir in Vegas zu unterhalten. Ja, die Amis kochen auch nur mit Wasser und der Vorsprung in Affiliate Marketing is inzwischen dahin verzogen, wohin auch der Vorsprung der Deutschen in Sachen Wertarbeit und Qualitaet vor einigen Jahren hin verduftet ist :).

Now ein Tipp (neue Rechtschreibung hehe) fuer Leute, die es in naher Zukunft nicht schaffen werden mal rueber in die Staaten zu kommen in eigener Person… Ende Januar (28-29 Januar 2009) findet die virtuelle Internet Marketing tradeshow eComXpo statt. 100% on-line, Zugang kostenlos.

I werde eine Presentation fuer Merchants zum Thema Datafeeds geben. Es wird noch einige dutzend andere sessions and panels geben, welche auch kostenlos zugaenglich sind.

Neben Resources zu Affiliate Marketing, SEO, SEM and andere Online Marketing Themen, pflege ich ausserdem einen Internet Marketing Events Calendar auf meiner resources web site Cumbrowski.com

Der Link zum Kalendar ist

http://www.cumbrowski.com/events

Cheers!

Carsten

Determine upcoming Start Dates and Times for scheduled jobs for a specified period of time - (0 of 0)

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:46:59 GMT

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The Value of Branding During Times of Recession | ReveNews - (1 of 2)

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:48:31 GMT

[Source: http://www.revenews.com]

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Jeremy DAvis said:

Just so you know, they are not much better on the consumer side. I will never purchase another Gateway again, or at least not trust their warranty. I will probably purchase an extended warranty from Best Buy next time. It was never a question for them to fix my last laptop.

January 3rd, 2009 at 3:17 am

Interesting SAC Art Packs Statistics, Figures and Downloads - Part II - (1 of 1)

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:31:47 GMT

Interesting SAC Art Packs Statistics, Figures and Downloads - Part II Posted on: 12/30/2008 07:48:00 PM I posted yesterday Part I of my findings about the Superior Art Creations (SAC) Art Pack Releases. I was sorting today through the ANSI and ASCII releases and also uploaded all the music files converted to MP3 to Mediafire.com for download by any... [Source: http://www.roysac.com]

Added Dec 31, 2008

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INC Rules! Flame War ANSI Animation from 1992 - (1 of 1)

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:30:34 GMT

INC Rules! Flame War ANSI Animation from 1992 Posted on: 12/24/2008 04:32:00 PM Okay, I changed my mind. I wrote yesterday that it will be my last post during the holidays and here I am now, writing another post hehe. I did in the past already some sound-overs for ANSI animations, which come by default without any sound effects or music. I posted o... [Source: http://www.roysac.com]

Added Dec 31, 2008

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Gateway Sucks and Other Problems with PCs - (1 of 1)

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:28:39 GMT

Gateway Sucks and Other Problems with PCs Posted on: 12/23/2008 09:42:00 AM Hard words during holiday times you might think, but if some corporate Assholes try to ruin your holiday spirit, you might would feel the same as I do. To say it only in a few words: Never ever buy a Gateway Computer!. Gateway sucks and they screw you over with a smile in t... [Source: http://www.roysac.com]

Added Dec 31, 2008

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Scene Pixel Art Font Sets Collection - (1 of 1)

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:28:15 GMT

Scene Pixel Art Font Sets Collection Posted on: 12/20/2008 08:32:00 PM My last post was about legendary pixel art logos of the PC and Commodore Amiga scenes and the collection with over 25 sets of logo images that I created at my Flickr.com account to share them with everybody who is also interested in this stuff. I did now also uploaded my collect... [Source: http://www.roysac.com]

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YouTube, Twitter: Weapons in Israel's Info War<\/h1> - (1 of 1)

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:26:28 GMT

By Nathan Hodge<\/span> <\/a><\/span>December 30, 2008 | 1:47:01 PM<\/span>Categories: Info War<\/a>, Sabras<\/a> <\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/a>Days after sending aircraft to strike Hamas militants in Gaza, the Israeli government is launching a campaign to dominate the blogosphere. <\/p> Among other things, the Israeli military has started its own Y... [Source: http://blog.wired.com]

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"We hav 2 prtct R ctzens 2, ...." >> nice - using text speak while butchering the remaining peoples of a land you stole in the 1st place... very reverent indeed (sarc.)... and given the Bushistani response i an not surprised. From the persecuted to the persecutor - Israel's circle is complete.<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: <\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 11:32:58 AM<\/a><\/p>

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The Arabs live in the past

The Chinese live in the future

and America bought a bunch of worthless paper.<\/p>

anyways...

Is the Israeli Army ready for this incursion or what?

or are you going to talk yourselves out of it?<\/p>

a 40 Day war

but what is the end analysis

prey tel?

What is twitter and why is it so hot?<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: Steve Real<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 11:43:03 AM<\/a><\/p>

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I wonder what the criteria is for a youtube post being removed. I remember reading that AQ posts meant to help train fighters were removed, leading to their bootleg youtube a few months ago. Understandable, considering that information could be considered pretty dangerous.<\/p>

Meanwhile, the removed Isreali videos aren't exactly going to teach someone how to launch a laser guided missle, let alone where to find one.<\/p>

Even thoughthe AQ videos can be considered more 'dangerous to the public' since the lessons taught are considerably more practical to the average person, I'm glad we're seeing propaganda on both sides being removed. Maybe it's a tactic to avoid allegations that youtube takes sides, maybe it's just good taste. <\/p>

Thoughts anyone?<\/p>

-P.S. I understand that AQ and Isreal are not at war, so identifying them as "both sides" is a bit misleading, but the AQ instructional videos would seem to be useful assets to Gazans gearing up to defend their territory.<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: No Pants No Service<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 12:13:58 PM<\/a><\/p>

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@Render; You are so lame you should have been with J. Edgar Hoover. "All you terrorist supporters who are rooting openly for the destruction of Israel should be aware that Wired knows full well where you are posting from and that Wired will cooperate with any legitimate US government warrants and laws.

Thanks for your cooperation.<\/p>

ZAP,

R" War (,@Render), like your breath is Hell. Take your threats and put them where your lover bumps you.<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: ShaJ<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 12:17:16 PM<\/a><\/p>

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I was raised...reared to believe that Israel had some god-given right to exist no matter what. <\/p>

I know better now. I know that they a Terrorist Nation. And we - the USA - are sponsoring her terrorist activities...AND we are protecting her from sanctions...UN sanctions for her heinous crimes against humanity. <\/p>

http://theoddneighbor.blogspot.com/2006/08/for-murdered-children-of-qana.html<\/a><\/p>

cat<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: catnapping<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 12:23:33 PM<\/a><\/p>

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(catnapping)So the USA is squeaky clean when it comes to its behavior? What the hell is the USA doing in Iraq? Killing innocent children that's what. Look in the mirror before you speak you dumb f@#K!<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: FuriousD<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 12:48:55 PM<\/a><\/p>

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It's about time Israel responded to Iran/Hamas continued provocations. Glad to see they are using YouTube & Twitter. I hope they send in ground troops and decimate Hamas terrorists forever. The world will be a better place. Gaza will be a better place. You people who have been brainwashed against Israel are fools. Down with violent fundamentalist Islam. <\/p><\/div>

Posted by: fred<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 12:49:46 PM<\/a><\/p>

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Before moaning and b***ching about Israel:<\/p>

Imagine your town getting shelled for 8 years by terrorists targeting civilians. <\/p>

Tell me what you would do, and what you would expect your government to do. <\/p>

Sometimes we Americans take for granted our peaceful lives in suburbia. No exploding buses, no suicide bombers, no rockets. It ain't so in Israel.<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: Go Israel<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 12:50:01 PM<\/a><\/p>

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Excuse me, FuriousD, but I am not defending the USA...please note that we have been sponsoring Israel in her war crimes against Muslims. <\/p>

I also detest the invasion of Iraq...I detest our sponsorship of Death Squads in South American...the USA is now a Terrorist nation. I want Bush and Cheney (and all of their henchmen) to go to prison for their crimes. Millions have been murdered in their names. Millions. <\/p>

Our only hope is that Obama will guide the USA into the nation she could be...the nation she should be.<\/p>

but with the appointments of Emanuel and Clinton to such high offices, it becomes doubtful. These are both unapologetic neocons...racists...just like the Likuds in Israel...<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: Catnapping<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 1:00:34 PM<\/a><\/p>

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Now imagine that you don't have rightful ownership to the land, which your government stole from a farmer who did. The moaning and b***ching is about that. With that said, the US could stop the killing on both sides if they wanted; but they never do.<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: Riiiiiiiiight<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 1:05:04 PM<\/a><\/p>

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Is it just me who finds it weird that you can show videos of people murdering / dropping bombs on one another on youtube?<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: AI<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 1:25:12 PM<\/a><\/p>

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(Catnapping) Fine... but when it comes down it, both sides are to blame in this conflict. Killing is killing. 2 wrongs don't make it right. And again when you get down to it blame the UK for all it's F-ing around in the middle east and the rest of the world.<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: FuriousD<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 1:27:37 PM<\/a><\/p>

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The US stands aside because of:

1. The Jewish Lobby

2. People like my Grandparents: hardcore Christians who harbour secret wet dreams about the Israeli conflict escalating into Armageddon; precipitating 'Christ's Return'.. Specifically in relation to Israel 'reaching the shores of the sea' which is apparently in some prophesy..<\/p>

Jeez!<\/p>

When will people grow up?<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: Hallo<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 1:32:24 PM<\/a><\/p>

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(catnapping) You are too ignorant to know what you are saying. I have lived in the Middle East, and I have lived in Europe, and I have lived in the Pacific islands. I have traveled Africa and Asia. Give me the good old USA any day, for the rest of my life.<\/p>

The USA is as good a country as you are a person. The best of yourself - is the best of the USA. That's what's wonderful about this place, like no other place on earth.<\/p>

Grow up, read some real history, instead of all the left-wing propaganda they call "news".<\/p>

GWB has made some mistakes in protecting us, but so did Abraham Lincoln. Go read about the Copperheads and what we all went through back then.<\/p>

Here's the real kicker - tell me one thing that our government has stopped you from doing, that you were doing before 9/11. If you can't, then you don't live in a 'terrorist nation'.<\/p>

Have a great life!<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: WatchDog<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 1:41:03 PM<\/a><\/p>

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Why is it that Israel hasn't just invaded Gaza and the West Bank and thrown all the Palestinians out. There is your peace. Make no mistake the Palestinians want all of Israel. So no matter how long Israel keeps peace treaties, the Palestinians will always do what they can to break them, then blame Israel. Lets face it, if the Palestinians did have control over the land of Israel they would just keep fighting with each other. So the only real solution for peace is to kick the Arabs out of Occupied Israel. And if the other Arab nations have a problem then we should let Israel invade those countries too. We have held back Israel for far too long! The arabs have no idea how much us Americans have been on their side. If we really are so evil as they say we are we would have already destroyed every arab nation and had our way. But we have been too nice to people that want nothing more than to destroy us. <\/p><\/div>

Posted by: Chris <\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 1:53:53 PM<\/a><\/p>

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@Go Israel<\/p>

Look up the history of NORAID and the other support groups which openly funded the IRA (and thus bombing campaigns in mainland UK). America was a massive supporter of terrorism far and wide until it suddenly became whiter than white on 9/11.<\/p>

Who was it helped the lunatics take over the asylum in Iran,Iraq, funded both sides during the 1980's Iran/Iraq war and has done nothing for global stability for 50 years....<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: armedwithanger<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 1:57:27 PM<\/a><\/p>

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What Israel is doing is phenomenal and compare that with my country, India is doing after the horrific terrorist attacks in Mumbai last month by Pakistani terrorists. We are simply talking :-(<\/p>

Israel is showing how future wars will be fought. Information management is so important. Go Israel Go.<\/p>

Best Wishes,<\/p>

Shinil.

@shinils on Twitter - http://twitter.com/shinils<\/a><\/p><\/div>

Posted by: Shinil Payamal<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 2:22:42 PM<\/a><\/p>

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I don't see American's or Israeli'sstrapping bombs to themselves and blowing up cildren and innocent civillians, or firing shoulder rockets from behind schools and then running away. Arabs involved in attacks against Israel are nothing but snivveling slimy cowards that make me sick. Long live Israel and USA<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: Ari Burton<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 2:37:41 PM<\/a><\/p>

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The only thing about this it is a one sided view of things, which most of the time turns out to be not the truth of things. Israel should let journalist into Gaza to show what is going on. For them to deny anything going in or out of Gaza ( news) is nothing but propaganda. The U.S. will only show pro Israel news. We never get the truth about this. <\/p><\/div>

Posted by: Nick<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 2:40:43 PM<\/a><\/p>

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It's more than a little appalling to consider what this reductionist information technology may be doing to already shortsighted political thinking to an immensely complex problem far easier to rally bloody passions than to peacefully solve.<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: Z<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 2:57:10 PM<\/a><\/p>

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This runs far beyond Twitter or YouTube. This is PR, Social Marketing and conversational engagement at it's best. Keeping a running tab of all of their efforts and channels here - http://jburg.typepad.com/future/2008/12/the-worlds-first-social-war.html<\/a><\/p><\/div>

Posted by: Jonathan Burg<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 3:02:04 PM<\/a><\/p>

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All hamas has to do is stop shooting rockets. The fact that after 8 years they dont get it is sadly the problem of the people in Gaza who voted for them.

President Mubarak put it best when he yesterday said "if you cant deal with the wolf, dont pull its tail" or in American - Mess with the bull and you get the horns.

What does Hamas want? What di they expect? There is no occupation anymore. Egypt isnt opening its border with Gaza, why not shoot rockets at Egypt? Same logic no?

Israel is doing what any other nation on earth would do - protect their people (finaly)<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: uberdork<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 3:23:46 PM<\/a><\/p>

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I find it strange that there is little mention that Israel announced warnings to Palestinian civilians to avoid areas that were under Hamas control, whereas Hamas has been launching rockets at the citizens of Israel for two weeks. A few days ago a bus stop was destroyed killing two people. <\/p>

Israel is destroying an organization that exists for the destruction of Israel and all Jews from the face of the planet, they are not randomly killing people as Hamas is, they are systematically destroying their enemies capability to govern, supply and coordinate attacks against them.<\/p>

For the love of fuck, just imagine what would happen if Mexican drug cartels started launching missiles at the Southern U.S. for two weeks without Mexico's government stopping it. We would be responding in a way that would make Israel's bombings look like a catfight. The only correction in analogy would be that the group attacking us would BE Mexico's government.<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: Yosho<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 3:49:08 PM<\/a><\/p>

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Damn Shaj, you really aren't that bright are you?<\/p>

Your homophobic insults speak to a large amount of projection. The prevalence of homosexual pedophilia and widespread abuse of women in Islamic controlled regions only strengthens that perception. I haven't threatened you, nor would I bother too, you are beneath contempt&and your IP is logged.<\/p>

HAVE A

BAD DAY,

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Posted by: Render<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 4:05:18 PM<\/a><\/p>

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Really now...<\/p>

Wouldn't all the Jew haters posting openly on Wired be much happier over at Stormfront or VNN?<\/p>

GET THE

BAN STICK,

R<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: Render<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 4:07:12 PM<\/a><\/p>

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I read a quote once, and it seems appropriate to the situation:<\/p>

If Hamas put down its weapons, there would be no more war. If Israel put down its weapons, there would be no more Israel.<\/p>

Chew on that, when you're trying to draw moral equivalencies.<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: Dave<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 4:31:16 PM<\/a><\/p>

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So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

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Posted by: ShaJ<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 5:11:11 PM<\/a><\/p>

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I do NOT agree with Hamas' tactics whatsoever, but Israel fails to (ever) deal with its problems with diplomacy. All great Israeli leaders have been assassinated. Now Israel has simply come full circle, from being the persecuted to being the persecutors. As a Jewish-American I find it SHAMEFUL that Israel deals with any and all diplomatic problems by simply throwing terror at them. I hate to say it (at the risk of all who will instantly flame me), but the whole world would be far better off if a multi-megaton weapon simply turned Israel and its neighbors into molten sand. It would be an end to war. Obviously this cannot and will not ever happen (despite what Israel insists) but if you think about it a sudden end to Middle East conflict would (ironically) mean peace in our time. Now that's just fu@%ed up, ain't it?<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: Doctorron<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 5:15:27 PM<\/a><\/p>

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(dave)--If Hamas puts down their weapons all of Palestine will be stolen--not just part of it!<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: Doctorron<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 5:17:37 PM<\/a><\/p>

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The more i see of what Israel does, the less sorry i feel about what the Germans did to them in WWII.<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: Brock<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 5:32:22 PM<\/a><\/p>

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Brock you are one sick twisted fucked.

and it was a politikal party called the Nazi's.

and this spy 'Ben-Ami Kadish' put let him rot in the hole.

Nobody spies on my boats.

I'm reading the fellas want to let him walk?

Is this true?

Nobody spies on my ships and gets away with it.

Make that old fuck pay!<\/p>

That's a an order

not a suggestion.

He would rot in my court...

if proven guilty.

Nobody spreads the secrets of our ships to anyone.<\/p>

come on fellas!

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Posted by: Steve Real<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 5:42:40 PM<\/a><\/p>

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Goebbels would be proud!<\/p>

He, too, knew how to use the high technology of his time to sell war crimes to the masses.<\/p>

In 2006 Lebanese friends of mine got their house bombed down by Israel, in their war against "Hezbollah." Thing is, my friends are not Hezbollah, and live in an area (Beirut) where there's never been any Hezbollah. But hey, keep repeating a lie long enough, and the masses will believe it. That's not high tech, but that's Goebbels' too.<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: NM<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 5:46:17 PM<\/a><\/p>

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ShaJ: Genesis does not excuse or explain your hatred. Try again.

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"Doctor"ron: Medina was once a Jewish city, can we have that back? If you are actually a practicing Jew, then the rest of us Jews already have a name for you - Kapo.

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This place is infested with neo-nazis and other Jew haters. E-mails pending to advertisers.

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Posted by: Render<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 6:22:26 PM<\/a><\/p>

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End the occupation of Israel, and fight the Islamic Resistance worldwide. <\/p>

Israel supporters, gather to demonstrate at Pro-Palestine rallies in your cities.<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: Michael<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 6:25:45 PM<\/a><\/p>

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weird.

violence (a result of hate) is allowed on YouTube, but sex (a result of love) is forbidden.<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: Canoro<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 7:19:50 PM<\/a><\/p>

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Sorry, I just don't believe anything coming from people who use modern military hardware, munitions and tactics against an unarmed civilian population. I don't believe anyone who apologizes or makes excuses for these monsters either. The media is owned by the war industry and all they give us is propaganda and lies. We have a new President committed to following the same foreign policy as his predecessor.

S.N.A.F.U.

Israel lost me with dropping bombs on people for the Holidays. They also lost me with Lebanon. Israel is an experiment that has failed horribly and threatens the world's economy (the economic crisis fueled by our war against Iraq for Israel) and the world's peace.<\/p>

If they cannot play nice, they need to go back home.<\/p>

They are not even trying to play nice.<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: rc<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 7:40:26 PM<\/a><\/p>

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This is the problem with using a religion, whether it's judaism, islam, christianity, or hinduism as justification for the existence of a nation. It's never going to end. The Israelis and Palestinians will just keep insisting 'my god is better than your god' without any real resolution. I think both sides are horribly at fault--yes, the Palestinians have the support of terrorists, but the Israelis won't allow them a standing army, so that's what happens--and the US is wrong to support Israel. They shouldn't be supporting anyone, but condemning both sides' actions. Like I said, religion is the worst justification for anything, because it has no middle ground. <\/p><\/div>

Posted by: Rose<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 8:28:09 PM<\/a><\/p>

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"What the hell is the USA doing in Iraq? Killing innocent children that's what."<\/p>

The U.S. and several other countries are helping rebuild the economic infrastructure, the security and police forces while the political situation in Iraq sorts itself out. The better question, why is Iran training people how to kill civilians, setting them up with money and sending them to Iraq?<\/p>

I don't agree with Israel's military response, but that does not change the primary question. Why did Hamas start launching rockets at civilians? <\/p>

What is the point of another "truce", or more accurately a hudna so they can rearm themselves, if they are just going to launch rockets afterwards? The current actions are on Hamas and Hamas alone.<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: Cog<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 8:33:12 PM<\/a><\/p>

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even if israel believes in eye-for-an-eye, tooth-for-a-tooth, Gaza killed a grand total of 11 people so far this year, while israel got 67 civilians at the last count. just stop when you're ahead, seriously. when israel is attacking targets and killing civilians too, it's no better than Hamas. Hamas claims it's only attacking targets too. what makes israel think it's better than hamas? it's not. its government just another terrorist organization, like the other one they're trying to overthrow. <\/p><\/div>

Posted by: LP<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 8:37:07 PM<\/a><\/p>

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give iran the nuke, when the middle east is glassy and shiny all problems will be solved.<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: Lycosid<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 8:44:36 PM<\/a><\/p>

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Israel is the face of Hitler. What is the difference from land to torture to killing, what is the difference? This has been systematically going on for over 60 years. Yeah right, God created this whole universe, sun, moon, trees, oceans, humans, etc., to see if a small group of people would listen and conquer some profane land for a certain amount of time and the world would end. Just makes me sick to my stomach that these people even exist. Israel is a terrorist nation, killing babies, children, mothers, grandparents for over 60 years, the USA is a sponsor of terror. Don't give up Hamas, don't give up!!! Palestinians YOU are in our prayers. Palestinian Christians YOU are in our prayers!<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: ISRAEL IS A TERRORIST GROUP<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 9:13:21 PM<\/a><\/p>

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"even if israel believes in eye-for-an-eye, tooth-for-a-tooth, Gaza killed a grand total of 11 people so far this year, while israel got 67 civilians at the last count."<\/p>

Look up disproportionate response in the dictionary. That neither condones or absolves Hamas from starting to launch military rockets at civilians. And while the response may be disproportionate, look at the number of secondary explosions in the IDF youtube videos referenced in this article. It is clear Hamas violated the Geneva Conventions many times over hiding rockets in the civilian infrastructure.

Hamas started this round of violence by launching rockets at civilians. This entire situation is on Hamas and Hamas alone. If they didn't want violence, they would be at the table negotiating another "truce".<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: Cog<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 9:20:00 PM<\/a><\/p>

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I cannot believe what Im reading here. Lets get the situation clear.Israel is currently involved in a war with terrorists,people that are willing to blow themselvs up for the sake of killing woman and children of any faith other than theirs. They seek the distruction of america. This is their primary goal in life. They are clearly trying to attack civilians only. Israel on the other hand is merely trying to protect its citizens,who have been attacked for the last 8 months.I would like to know how you would react if Canada were to send missles our way,how you would react. Would you refrain from defending yourself because some civilians might suffer?<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: shawn<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 9:34:29 PM<\/a><\/p>

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Let all stop the hate for relegions. I thing that is an excuse that people when they want to do what israel just did in gazza. I can, beleive that Israel would send 80 f 16 war planes to fight Gassa where 1.50 Million people live . & don,t what is the percentage of hammas group , but israel kil more women, children, & old people & it will not accomplish any thing.<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: saM<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 9:47:57 PM<\/a><\/p>

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Posted by: wounsel<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 9:56:57 PM<\/a><\/p>

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You all need a little BBC in your lives. The war has never ended. Isreal is on a mission to take the head off the snake. They believe if they remove Hamas from gaza this will end. We are making the same Mistake in Iraq. We now pay the same people who tried to kill our people. Hamas will not die. They have taken a lesson from the IRA, Iraq and Afganastan. When we leave Iraq it will go to shit. We will not be able to keep the peace. They are just buying time. When Isreal enters GAZA they will see how the training grounds of IRAQ have taught Hamas how to deal with overwhelming force, one tank at a time. We have taught the terrorist more than Iran ever could. Do your homework people and wake the fuck up.<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: pooky<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 10:03:04 PM<\/a><\/p>

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am very sorry genocide of my muslim brothers, but allah is contorol every thing they will succeed insha allah every muslimperson in the wolrd must know that israel is the enamy of allah, and allah will be destroy <\/p><\/div>

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Posted by: Render<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 10:24:42 PM<\/a><\/p>

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It seems as if Israelis have managed to desensitize the world to consistent massacre of thousands of Palestinian and Lebanese civilians.

American media is trying hard to justify these horrifying violations of human Rights.

With all the destruction that Hitler caused no one has ever called him a terrorist. Aren't the similarities remarkable? Maybe Israel's; and Hitler's atrocities against humanity are far worse than the terrorism. <\/p>

How can Palestinians be rescued from this Holocaust?<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: Matt White<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 10:28:58 PM<\/a><\/p>

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Israel has put up with the Palestinian terrorist on their land far too long. Seems appropriate they should wipe them off the face of the earth. After all, no Arab nation will accept them on their land either.<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: Roger Ingram<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 10:31:04 PM<\/a><\/p>

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I think..the biggest problem is not arab in nation, but islam!!..

Since islam raised..arab became wild and liars!..we can see that not only to arab people, but to non arab too, such as : malaysians, pakistani, indonesia etc!.

this religion is full by lies and fake evidences, but because this religion has the strong brainwashed system so the most moslems cant see the reality :(.

they deny to their bloody hands, and they said its "peace"!..

Iam so sad looking at this people who get manipulated by fake ideas.

Islam has poisonus many people, they get tricked by this evil spirit!!<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: herman<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 10:31:20 PM<\/a><\/p>

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Israel has put up with the Palestinian terrorist on their land far too long. Seems appropriate they should wipe them off the face of the earth. After all, no Arab nation will accept them on their land either.<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: Roger Ingram<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 10:32:31 PM<\/a><\/p>

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Instead of believing in Mohamad that fell of a donkey in dessert with no witnesses,believe what the bible that was given in front of 600,000 people says about you in Genesis 16 verse 12.<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: shawn<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 10:34:51 PM<\/a><\/p>

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You defend the weak and the poor. You do not crush them in a vulgar display of power. For the sake of our world, the US must realize that it is not in our self interest to support Israel any longer.<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: Hilary Smith<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 11:14:30 PM<\/a><\/p>

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YouTube takes the right to remove anything from their own site that they want without the need to justify anything.<\/p>

Did anybody read their TOS? <\/p>

http://help.youtube.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer=57391&topic=10548<\/a><\/p>

They even delete your whole account without saying anything nor responding to inquiries, if they do not like your nose.<\/p>

http://www.searchenginejournal.com/youtube-support-%e2%80%93-not-existent%e2%80%a6-again/7180/<\/a><\/p>

But its always good to point out what their TOS statements mean in real life, because some folks might think that it is only about child porn and terrorism and stuff like that. It isn't!<\/p>

p.s. and your captcha check makes my IE browser crash. Now trying with Chrome.<\/p><\/div>

Posted by: Carsten Cumbrowski<\/span> | Dec 30, 2008 11:25:36 PM<\/a><\/p>

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Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:16:59 GMT

Outlook Express Email Folder Recovery without Losing Existing Hierarchy It happened to me a few days ago that Outlook Express suddenly did not show a bunch of email folders anymore. I freaked out at first, because I thought that the emails were lost, but I found out that this was not the case. The emails were still there, but the folder file, which... [Source: http://www.roysac.com]

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Doug said...

Hi - Trying to use ur info to get my OE folders back - but - cannot get the 'oeidentity.vbs' download to run - only gives me a msg about last used identity ??

Thu Dec 18, 11:51:00 AM PST

Doug said...

Thought I would be a bit more explicit in what I am trying to fix - signed into OE a few days ago to discover - all message in my Inbox that had been opened-gone!; all sub-folders of my Inbox containing read/filed emails (about 2 dozen)-gone!;folder People containing a dozen sub-folders with phone numbers, addresses and such of my friends-gone! Only thing remaining was unopened emails in my Inbox. I'm searching for a way to recover all this.

Thu Dec 18, 11:59:00 AM PST

Carsten a.k.a. Roy/SAC said...

Hi Doug,

Yeah, the script returns the value of the last used identity. That long and weird string is needed to find your OE folder on your hard disk (which is explained in more detail in my post).

This will help you to find out, if there are still files for the entire folders that are missing. Based on the the file-size of them (if they still exist), can you kind of guess, if emails (including emails in folders that are still there, but miss email messages) got lost entirely or just not accessible by OE and not shown for that reason.

Have a look at this web page. It provides some information to the problem that you described. It also refers to email recovery tools that I would have recommended also.

I bought myself a license for DBXtract. I had the same problem as you had about 2 years ago, which is different from the issue that I wrote about in this post. I purchased back then a tool called Advanced Outlook Express Recovery, which you can download (demo) and purchase ($49.95) at this website.

It worked alright, but the price was not so nice. I have not tried DBXtract for email recovery yet (never had that issue again) to be able to say, if it works as good or not. It certainly works well to extract intact emails.

I suggest to try DBXtract first and if the results are not satisfactory, try out the AOER demo and buy it, if it appears to be able to do the job.

I hope this helps you with your problem. Cheers!

Carsten

Fri Dec 19, 06:15:00 AM PST

How Cirque Du Soleil Shows Social Media Love | chrisbrogan.com - (1 of 30)

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:31:30 GMT

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30 Carsten Cumbrowski 12.19.08 at 8:29 am

I stumbled across this post because of a link in a post at Lee Odden's blog from a few weeks ago. Now I know why I couldn't get a hold of Jessica during Blog World Expo :)

Anyway, yeah, I am kind of a fan, you could say hehe. It's a personal passion and has nothing to do with online marketing really. Proof:

http://www.youtube.com/CirqueDuSoleilGuru

http://www.roysac.com/cirque

http://www.roysac.com/blog/labels/Cirque%20Du%20Soleil.html

Regarding the shows that I saw.. mmhh.. could we rephrase the question and ask which show I have seen more than once, just to keep the list shorter? ;)

There are running now six Cirque shows in Las Vegas, Mystere at the Treasure Island, "O" at the Bellagio, "Zumanity" at the New York, New York, "KA" at the MGM Grand, "The Beatles - Love" at the Mirage and "Criss Angel's Believe" at the Luxur. There will be soon a 7th show at the newly built "CityCenter", which has "Elvis Presley" as the main theme. There are rumors about another show for the Mandalay Bay, but those are just rumors at the moment.

If all that is still now enough, check out "Le Reve" at the Wynn. The show is similar in style and design as Cirque du Soleil shows, which should not surprise anymore once you leaned that the creator is former Cirque Du Soleil Director "Franco Dragone", who directed a large chunk of Cirque shows in the past (including "O" and "Mystere").

Soo.. that should be enough, even for the more frequent visitors to Las Vegas ;) For some sneak peeks of the shows, check out my YouTube channel that I referred to above.

Cheers!

Carsten

GeekCast 48: Steve Jobs is Sick of MacWorld - (0 of 0)

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:23:56 GMT

Posted in : Affiliate Marketing, Affiliate News, Affiliate Managers, Affiliate Resources, Twitter, Apple, WordPress, Facebook, TechCrunch, Steve Jobs, Disqus, IntenseDebate, iPod Touch, Jason Calacanis, bit.ly, TwitPwr, backtype, Carsten Cumbrowski, Luke Skywalker, MacWorld, Overstock, Patrick Byrne, TechSet Download audio file (geekcast48.mp3) Epi... [Source: http://www.affiliate-cashflow.net]

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MyBlogLog Needs to Wake Up Their Porn Problem | ReveNews - (1 of 9)

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:47:46 GMT

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mmo critic said:

Most people who promote any type of porn are spammers.

More porn = more spam

December 19th, 2008 at 2:03 am

Legendary Commodore AMIGA Pixel Art Logos - (1 of 1)

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:41:41 GMT

Legendary Commodore AMIGA Pixel Art Logos Posted on: 12/17/2008 12:38:00 AM I collected over the years pixel art of all kinds, especially from the Commodore AMIGA, the Commodore 64 and the PC (when people still "pixeled" there instead of "photoshop" everything). If you do not know what I mean, have a look at this post of mine about Perspective Proj... [Source: http://www.roysac.com]

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ANSI Animations Part Deux - (1 of 1)

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:30:55 GMT

ANSI Animations Part Deux Posted on: 12/15/2008 10:05:00 AM I posted in January a detailed post about what ANSI animation is, hence the "part deux" for the title of this post. If you want to know what ANSI animations are and how they are created, check out my previous post. I discovered some additional ANSI animations thanks to PabloView. ACiDView ... [Source: http://www.roysac.com]

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Image to Text Converters Review - (1 of 1)

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:30:46 GMT

Image to Text Converters Review Posted on: 12/12/2008 11:15:00 AM Using tools like Image to Text converters is against the ethics of any serious text artist, but they became pretty popular (and also more sophisticated) after ANSI and ASCII art almost faded away into the darkness of forgotten history. This popularity today is also the reason, why I ... [Source: http://www.roysac.com]

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Is Online Credit Card Fraud on the Rise? | ReveNews - (1 of 2)

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:15:30 GMT

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Carsten Cumbrowski said:

Amex & Discover's CID (Card ID)/Visa's CVV2/MC & EC's CVC2 was supposed to be never stored nor to be requested over the phone, but that didn't work out. Merchants should at least destroy that information, once the transaction went through. It is not required for refunds, disputes etc. You should also have received with the original transaction where the code was used, if it matched, not matched or wasn't possible to verify.

The expiration date information is pretty much worthless in electronic card processing, because it is actually not verified (a expiration date in the future is all that is needed to pass through, with no flags raised by processors and card issuers if it does not match the actual expiration date printed on the card)

The Address Verification Service (AVS) is usually bundled with the Card ID (cost/way of processing/activation), thus it does not hurt to check if the billing zip code (5 digit zip only) matched the credit card account holders zip code, at least for US customers. I don't recommend the use of the street address verification option (separate from zip code verification), because the service requires that the street address entered by the customer in the billing information is spelled EXACTLY like the street address in the AVS validation record of the card issuer, which is supposed to match the way the street address is printed on the users credit card statement. This is not always the case, I experienced it first hand. Keep in mind that street address can be spelled differently in almost every case. e.g. "1234 NORTH 1ST STREET", might be spelled "1234 N. 1ST St." or "1234 N First St" or… …you get the picture.

You can also check, if you had orders in the past with the same shipping address (also the billing address can be checked). People often let stuff ship to their office or work place. You can have the customer indicate that. It helps with your refinement of your detection patterns and it is also a useful information if you are using FedEx or UPS to ship your products. Both carriers allow the specification, if the recipients address is a business or a home address and process shipments differently according to this info, which not only could impact your shipping rates, but also the delivery times by the carriers.

As Larisa already stated, there are also services (provided by most credit card processors and independent third parties) that run the credit card information and/or shipping information against database with reported fraud cases in the past and also do those risk level evaluation based on the factors stated above and by Larisa as well.

Additional Information to how to protect your infrastructure and Website can be found at WeSecure.net. Also check out the PCI DSS (Payment Card Issuers Data Security Standard).

December 10th, 2008 at 8:23 am

Affiliate Marketing is NOT … | ReveNews - (4 of 6)

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:52:55 GMT

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Pat Grady said:

the pixel "problem" isn't. technologically speaking, tracking two channels with the same pixel (or with two separate pixels), within the same network is a very easy task. so let's not water this down with imagined difficulties.

waiting for, or even expecting, today's large trusted third parties to develop technological answers to the real needs of merchants is however, foolish. being unwilling to police bad, i'm quite certain they won't step up with tools that allow the merchant to measure, stratify and classify the various shades. which is why i suggested making the best of what exists, as it is, and as it will be.

"opportunistic clever pragmatism", my buzz phrase for the coming new year.

December 9th, 2008 at 9:52 am

Carsten Cumbrowski said:

So you are basically saying that affiliates should be the ones pushing advertisers to move forward and use the existing technology to implement what I proposed, even if it would require from the advertiser some extra administration and management work, to then pressure the large "trusted" third parties to implement tools that would eliminate those extra work, right?

The problem is that this never worked, except once (CJ LMI), because it requires that affiliates stick together and organize and put they money where their mouth is, which would be literally the case in this instance and thus unlikely to happen.

Affiliates (at large) tend to have a big mouth in public, but are reluctant to back it up, especially if they do behind closed doors what they publicly denounce, because money does not smell like shit, even if was shit that was making them that money*

*rough translation of a German saying, which is rooted in Roman history, when Emperor Vespasian illustrated to his son Titus that a taxation of public lavatories generates money that does not smell like a lavatory

Well, back to square one, I guess. It doesn't get any easier anytime soon, doesn't it?

December 10th, 2008 at 6:19 am

Pat Grady said:

Nope, you didn't understand my post at all, please re-read it. I agree that most affiliates don't put their money where there mouth often is. I advocated a method that's efficient for the merchants, for their own sake. One that properly rewards those adding the most value, again, because it's of prime interest to the merchant themself. Further, my suggestion requires less work and resources, because it only "spends" them where it matters - anyone involved in managing programs (whether inhouse or contracted) knows that an aff program improperly stratified is a huge time suck. and lastly, i said that trying to pressure the large networks to change or provide tools is pointless and will fail, as it has for years - the merchant however, can use what exists today in an optimum way, without needing anybody to change, or wasting time trying to effect the same.

I look forward to seeing you in Vegas at Affiliate Summit next month.

December 10th, 2008 at 11:27 am

Carsten Cumbrowski said:

Nicely said Pat. I agree with you, but you overestimate the sophistication of the average merchant a little bit. Its up to the affiliates to educate the merchants, because nobody else does it, including the trusted third parties.

See you in Vegas.

December 11th, 2008 at 3:50 pm

Is Display Advertising Worthwhile In A Down Economy? | ReveNews - (2 of 12)

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:49:59 GMT

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Carsten Cumbrowski said:

I have to take the side of Matt here. The multiple touch point analytics is still in its infancy and mostly large advertisers only are doing something with this today.

I blogged about this subject here at ReveNews.com about a year ago btw.

The user simply seeing an Ad a number of times at the right time and right frequency has impact on the conversion down the line at direct response campaigns. Studies have shown that too many or too frequent exposures also can have negative impact on conversion further down in the funnel.

People except certain kind of advertisers to advertise at certain places in order to demonstrate their status within an industry. People see the ads and might not react on them (e.g. click or even convert), but if the ads were not there at all, the person who is ready to buy might not considers that company as much as he would have, if the appearance of an advertisement by that company at a major portal in the niche wouldn't have reinforced the status of the advertiser as one of the leaders in the space.

The same psychology is going on when it comes to buying paid ad positions in the search results, even if you are already ranking no.1 organically for a certain keyword, including your brand.

December 7th, 2008 at 1:41 am

Peter Figueredo said:

Very relevant stats on how Display can positively impact SEO http://bit.ly/4uIW6s

December 9th, 2008 at 9:55 am

Here at Hoggworks Studios, we take the making of puppets very seriously. We put a lot of effort into... - (7 of 40)

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:21:16 GMT

We want to look back and see not just a progression, but such a stark progression that our previous work never reflects what we're capable of now. As we look online at the work of other puppeteers, surfing here and there, from the Muppet Central Forums to Puppet Hub to Flickr searches, we stumble upon some really great work, and some work that is b... [Source: http://www.hoggworks.com]

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the real slim shady

you just sound like a bitter old windbag dude. I've worked with people like you in a different profession, literally been the person who just walzed right in and did a job other people felt like they went through hell to learn and be great at. The trouble was, a lot of those people weren't that great. As a self taught artist I brought raw talent to the equasion and ended up making an excellent career out of it, all along the way recognizing people like you and your perchant for bitterness and harsh jealousy. A bit of advice? Just do what you do and stay focused on your craft, a and don't begrudge other's success. It makes you look like a douche.

Dec 04, 2008 @ 10:07 pm

maddy

Bragging about your immense raw talent and displaying your own penchant for thoughtless generalisation - as well as your inability to spell 'waltzed', 'penchant' and 'equation' - on the other hand, does not make you look like a douche *at all*.

Brian is self-taught in both of his professions, and is quite successful in both (certainly enough so that he doesn't need to brag about his 'success' in another man's blog).

Also, "bitter old windbag"? He's 31. We've been doing this for two years. We're not exactly old pros at the profession whining about the crazy new kids and reminiscing about how great everything was back in the day when we were kings of the industry.

Dec 05, 2008 @ 8:18 am

the real slim shady

uh, right. mis-spelling shit on a blog definitely invalidates any salient points, automatically. Moving on.

The bottom line, to me, is that your boy just isn't funny or entertaining, which to me, is the point anyone web-surfing who comes across this ridiculous little feud, is going to walk away with. That he thinks that he's qualitatively 'better' then other people using puppets, only serves to highlight the obvious. The net effect of your "artistry", albeit more technically adept, comes across as flaacid. IMO you could learn some things from those you criticize. That's one mis-speller's opinion. Sorry.

Dec 07, 2008 @ 9:16 am

Brian Hogg

Mis-spelling definitely doesn't invalidate salient points made, no, however it DOES suggest a lack of consideration in making said points. And if you're not going to take the time to make sure your points are being conveyed accurately in terms of spelling and grammar, many people (though certainly not all) will wonder how much effort went into the points in the first place. That's not a thing specific to you, of course; it's an across-the-board thing, I think.

As to your point, however, my being funny and/or entertaining is a completely subjective consideration, and I fully realize that. What to one person is gold is, to another person, complete crap, and the reverse is true. I know that there are many people who would look at the puppetry I pointed to and say (as you seem to be) that they're worlds above what we're putting out, and that's fine. I understand that. What I'm doing here is expressing my opinion about the approach to the craft. I think a person should take all aspects of the craft seriously. This is, I should hasten to point out, advice you yourself offered in your first comment, and it is, though you seemed to miss it, the point of the blog post.

It's interesting that you would suggest that my suggesting I'm qualitatively better (which I'm not; I'm simply saying that I'm being thoughtful and considered about the puppetry, and that said thoughtfulness is a positive quality, one that others should seek), especially considering the implication there is that because I say I am better, I'm not, as though the claim negates itself. I say this is interesting because in your previous post you displayed all of the bravado and ego you accused me of, and by the logic you yourself just put down, you have proved yourself to not be better than those other people.

As to your earlier point, hey, just because you get through schooling doesn't mean that you're any good in a creative sense; the minimum is that it means you were good enough to get through school. (If you're talking about a task that requires schooling; judging by your e-mail and your handle, I'm guessing you're a DJ or a Rapper, and while there are music theory classes, and degrees one can take for music and playing instruments, there aren't, to my knowledge, and degreed courses in scratching, DJing, or rapping [not that this implies you don't need to know things to be a good DJ or rapper, as I know that you do; I only mean to say that there's no formal route that I'm aware of])

Also, there's no jealousy in my post. As I've asked before, why would I be jealous of another person's success? What does it matter to me if these people are successful, if anyone is? What matters to me is that I do the best that I can. I personally believe you should give your all, and take it seriously. I don't think that a person succeeding more than me (and I can generate, happily, a long list of people who are well more successful than I) is cause to begrudge them anything. I feel, in fact, quite the opposite: when I come across people who are more skilled than I, who are more creative, and who have had greater successes, it inspires me to do better myself. I want to rise to the challenge that their success and their abilities represent, because I want to be as good as this person or that person. There is absolutely no jealousy to be found.

As to your "raw talent" comment, I will say this: Aptitude is a good thing, and should be nourished. The thing that transforms aptitude (which seems to be the thing you mean when you say raw talent) into talent is effort. To become good at anything, work is required. Natural genius is a myth. Certainly, there are people who can pick up new skills easily, and I would occasionally flatter myself to consider me one of those people, but the reality is that you become good through concerted effort. When I decided to make a puppet show (dotBoom), I had no knowledge of how to build puppets, how to build the sets, how to film, direct, or edit video. I don't think I'm a good puppeteer because I have a website and I say "I'm a puppeteer!" I became a good puppeteer because of a year and a half of consistent, concerted effort. I did the work, built dozens of puppets in a short time, each time trying consciously to learn from the mistakes of each build, so that I could get better. This is the same with every other aspect of the process: the first episodes of the show aren't great in comparison to the latter, but that's because I continually strived to get better. The kicker is, of course, that I didn't get as good as I wanted to, because I will never get as good as I want to, because I will always want to be better than I am.

If you are a respected professional, sir, it's not because you had some aptitude for the task. That aptitude could certainly get you the initial bit of attention from folks, but it's what came next, the effort you doubtless put in to get better, that would earn you continued attention, and solidify respect - or fear - of your peers.

To echo my wife's comments, you'd do well to find out a bit about me before concluding that you know the entire history of me. I am a person who is nearly entirely self-taught, and who does indeed do well because of the skills I've picked up on my own. I am a respected web developer, despite any degrees or accreditation (and have taught and written a book on my points of expertise), and the puppetry has been all self-taught (such as anyone can be self-taught, I suppose; if you read a book on a subject and become better informed, you are informing yourself, certainly, but you can also say that the author is educating you). If the point was not made clearly enough in my post or in my follow-up comments, allow me to correct the oversight:

I do not for a moment think that formal education or standard accreditation is the only mark of professionalism or quality. Being a person who has neither of those things, it would be disingenuous in the extreme of me to hold such a view, to let myself through the doors before closing them behind me. Most of my peers have been self-taught, and I respect them greatly. Why do I respect them? Because they put the effort in to become knowledgeable, to become experts in their field. That's the thing that earns respect, and that's the thing that is the delineation, from my perspective. What this post was about was the apparent cultural trend in which people show up and are expected to be given the same level of consideration as those who have been giving their all for years, irrespective of their level of effort, and the disturbing trend to give said people that level of respect. In the course of illustrating a trend, I'm going to point to examples of it, in order to strengthen my case. As I say, I don't think you need a degree to be respected, but you DO need to put in the effort. You need to take it seriously.

This isn't about jealous, sir. This is about professional pride. I respect the crafts, and I don't think it's too high a standard to ask other people to respect it, too.

Dec 07, 2008 @ 10:25 am

the real slim shady

I think you protest way too much, Shakespeare. People who let themselves be derailed by putting down others aren't professionals, they're insecure. And IMO, they're taking things way too seriously. Not everyone has to walk your walk, your way. There's room for all different flavors and permutations. My hope for you is that you don't end up being internet puppetry's Kanye West. I have no beef here.

I'm not concerned with the books you've written, nor do I seek a debate. This pissing contest is yours alone. My words were meant as positive advice, but it's clear you believe you're coming from a righteous place. So be it.

One final note. Did it ever dawn on you that this other guy doesn't give a shit about being a puppeteer? That in fact his gig might be something else entirely?

Peace.

Dec 07, 2008 @ 11:28 am

Brian Hogg

It's hard to consider what you're writing as positive advice when said advice begins with "you just sound like a bitter old windbag dude."

I never said everyone had to do as I do. I went out of my way to point to it being how I personally feel; why does that point seem to be so elusive? This is how I feel, and it's why I was talking about it. I'm not sure what you mean about being puppetry's Kanye West. I assume you're referring to his coming on stage during an awards show to complain that he didn't win because his video cost a million, right? I ask because he's also been involved with the Jim Henson Company, and there's some form of Kanye West puppet show coming out.

My mentioning the book was to highlight that I was self-taught and did well, and so think that there's nothing wrong with being self-taught (as seemed to be your opinion, based on your response defending your own position as a self-taught wunderkind).

It has dawned on me that he doesn't care, yes, and I do realize that many of Mr. Feldman's fans don't care, either. What I did in the original post was point to specific people to make a general point. It's not about Mr. Feldman in particular, it's about the trend that he somewhat seems to represent, in general.

That doesn't seem a very difficult point to get: I take this seriously, and think others should too. I don't think this because I believe there's only one path to being good or worthwhile, I think this because when you take the thing seriously, the end product is better.

Dec 07, 2008 @ 11:40 am

the real slim shady

I'm willing to bet your sparring partner at 1938 media takes his craft very seriously - but he's a comedian first. Jimi and Dylan were both horrible singers, technically speaking, yet they were successful in music. South Park's cartooning and animation style is downright primitive, yet… hm, are you starting to connect the dots at all?

Dec 07, 2008 @ 12:06 pm

10/10/2008 03:04:00 PM - (5 of 5)

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 06:45:36 GMT

How to Download Videos from YouTube I do a some video stuff and have multiple YouTube accounts (and tons of accounts for other video sharing web sites). I even have one just for the content related to this blog and web site, my YouTube account SACReleases here. Because of my activities in that area I am getting from time to time personal emails fro... [Source: http://www.roysac.com]

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Michael Hayden said...

oh great...!!!Then i will try to download the youtube videos..So hope this is the usable articles for video addicts...$$

Mon Oct 13, 04:23:00 AM PDT

Carsten a.k.a. Roy/SAC said...

It should Michael.. it provides the various options and covers the whole range from occasional downloading to video addiction.

Since I fall into the latter category, I am using the stream rippers (Jaksta and WM Recorder) in combination with converters. Jaksta has a converter build in, which is nice, but there are converters that are doing a better job and are faster.

I also use the Realplayer plug-in and Greasemonkey scripts with FireFox. Those come in handy to download the MP4 version of the video at YouTube, if you call the Video detail page with the additional URL parameter &fmt=18 hehe.

Mon Oct 13, 09:35:00 AM PDT

SinnerG said...

You could also use videokeeper.net to download either the mp4 OR the flv file + it can download from other video sites as well.

The bookmarklet makes it dead-easy to use as well! :)

Wed Oct 29, 03:59:00 PM PDT

Anonymous said...

I discovered another great YouTube video downloader http://metatuber.com

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11/23/2008 08:17:00 PM - (1 of 1)

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 06:43:58 GMT

VNV Nation's Illusion, Online Video and Ronan Harris I mentioned it on several occasions that the VNV Nation, a British EBM/Industrial act, is my favorite band for several years now. Several things happened to me recently, which are related to VNV Nation and interesting enough to write about them publicly, so here we go. A Coincidental Marriage Mad... [Source: http://www.roysac.com]

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11/26/2008 03:47:00 PM - (1 of 1)

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 06:43:42 GMT

Negative Feedback for Criss Angel's and Cirque du Soleil's 'Believe' I was surprised a lot when the first comments for the new Cirque du Soleil show "Criss Angel - Believe" were made at preview videos of the show at my YouTube.com channel "CirqueDuSoleilGuru" and also at previous posts of mine about the show here at my blog. I cannot recall any ins... [Source: http://www.roysac.com]

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11/26/2008 04:50:00 PM - (1 of 1)

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Cirque Du Soleil: 20 Years Under the Sun - A Book Review In case that you missed it. I created a book review video in October for the book "Cirque Du Soleil: 20 Years Under the Sun - An Authorized History" (Hardcover) by Tony Babinski (Author), Kristian Manchester (Contributor). I also uploaded this video review to Amazon.com, which is shown on the... [Source: http://www.roysac.com]

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Cirque du Soleil Delirium Encore - (1 of 1)

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:51:07 GMT

Cirque du Soleil Delirium Encore Posted on: 10/17/2008 12:47:00 PM I was with my parents and my sister who are currently visiting me here in California at the movies on Wednesday evening. We are usually not much of movie goers and prefer watching movies and other stuff from the comfort of our own homes. However, there was something special that mad... [Source: http://www.roysac.com]

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Is SEO Hampering Your Site's Usability? | ReveNews - (1 of 9)

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 06:42:29 GMT

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David Leonhardt said:

Going forward, usability will actually be a key factor in search engine rankings, so it will become part of SEO. That's the idea behind "sticky SEO".

December 4th, 2008 at 11:04 am

LinkShare's Contextual Targeted Merchandiser Web Services API - Easy Links | ReveNews - (1 of 1)

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randy bragg said:

This is a nice article, thanks for the tips…..

December 6th, 2008 at 5:51 pm

Net Neutrality Not Neutered | ReveNews - (2 of 2)

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eBranchOffice.com said:

Thank you for posting this. The monopoly media companies want to maintain a situation like television where they control what channels can be seen. An open digital world is really cramping their monopoly preferences.

December 7th, 2008 at 12:03 am

Carsten Cumbrowski said:

Great post and excellent research Brad.

It is simple as this:

If you give control over who can when access which information or if certain information are accessible at all, into the hands of an non-democratic entity (e.g. corporation where majority votes by employees don't mean anything last time I checked), guess what you get …

So unless you want to eliminate the real freedom that the Internet made possible, you better be for Net Neutrality.

To get an idea how it looks like, if you got it all wrong, just look at Copyright and traditional media today. Copyright restricts creativity and is often used (not intentionally necessarily, but as a side effect) to control distribution and availability of content and information.

That's literally censorship and if control is consolidated far enough, then you can do really funny things, such as rewriting history and oppress people, by using partial truth and manipulated images to sell convenient lies to them.

Okay, social media turns this brave new world up site down and the majority of the population into criminals, but this whole mess is not sorted out yet. … well, different subject, but somewhat related

December 7th, 2008 at 1:24 am

Debunking Social Media Lies - (10 of 10)

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 22:02:06 GMT

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Long Copy Sales Copywriter Says:

November 26th, 2008 at 8:41 pm

Great video Colin have fun on the trailer. : D

Oliver Says:

November 26th, 2008 at 9:10 pm

Are you saying that youtube video ratings, Diggs, comment and rating of HubPage.com and the likes will no longer make any difference whatsover in terms of rankings those pages?

Steven O. Says:

November 26th, 2008 at 9:37 pm

Colin,

So if you start those conversations correctly (as you describe in your post) and your site gets backlinks as a result of those conversations, won't those backlinks be useless because of the fact that those conversations still took place in Twitter, etc.??

If Google is going to discount backlinks from Twitter and others because of their potential for abuse of manipulation, they're going to discount those links regardless of the nature of the conversation within which that backlink took place.

In other words, Google is not going to have a human being manually check the Twitter backlink page to see if the backlink occured as a result of a profound discussion or a spammy discussion.

So what I'm getting at is:

Isn't the location of the backlink more important than the surrounding content of the backlink??

Thanks in advance!

~Steve

Dave P. Says:

November 26th, 2008 at 9:38 pm

Colin,

Thanks for your video on sharing your insights about social media and written blog post about creating conversations in that media.

Question for you:

What are the top ways that you have learned to stimulate conversation in the social media world and how do you continue to engage others in an ongoing conversation?

Keep up the great work,

- Dave

Ruby Says:

November 26th, 2008 at 9:41 pm

What about the conversations that are started on a person's social media site? Isn't that the idea of using social media? Start a conversation on Myspace or Linkedin and get people to your website from there?

How will this work then? How do you suggest we use the social networks?

Thanks, Ruby

Jack Humphrey Says:

November 26th, 2008 at 10:07 pm

Yes - social sites are for conversation and links to get the people you develop a relationship with over to your site.

The SEO value of any given average link from social sites really means nothing. Used to. Not anymore.

Anywhere on the web that is currently being abused for SEO will be rendered impotent for that purpose once Google finds it out.

Links are for traffic. Any SEO value should be considered purely a nice side effect of a proper social marketing campaign.

Nick Says:

November 26th, 2008 at 11:24 pm

I've been reading a lot lately about using blog networks like Article Underground and Linkvana to point links to your site. Do you feel that these types of servies are…

Safe to use or worth the cost?

I've seen a lot of info for both sides of this argument. Just wondering what your thoughts are.

Andrew Says:

November 27th, 2008 at 3:52 am

Is it any surprise what google does? Social media has come of age, it is used widely and it is a great tool to get to know people and to get a message across. Every social media account like twitter, facebook, myspace is much depending on who follow you.

These accounts are great way to keep a conversation, to follow and to make other people aware of what you think is important. Even so google will stop listing these micro-posts, they still we be of value. People who read them, will follow along, click the link or/and make posts elsewhere.

Starting a conversation on a social media and get people to respond on your blog or even better blog about you on there blog is now the aim? Colin, how do you get people to write a post on there blog instead of adding a comment on your blog?

Andrew

Michael Rytter Says:

November 27th, 2008 at 8:57 am

Does this mean that hosted blogs themselves will lose their juice? For example, my wife put two "hosted" blogs up last week, one on Wordpress.com, and one on Lumberjocks.com

Her two blogs ranked on page #1 of Google for all our major keywords within a hour or two of making the apropriate LSI'd posts… for example, we rank #1 on page 1 of Google with double indented listings for both: spalted maple guitar tops, AND, spalted guitar tops,(via the lumberjocks host), and got positions #3,(spalted maple guitar tops) and #4 and #6 (for spalted guitar tops) on Google page #1 with the Wordpress.com host. (Look for "woodturnersupply" in the urls)

Granted, the competition was quite light for those ones, but we also got some more competitive ones. For: guitar tops, (with 13,500,000 competing results), we got #8 on Google's page #1, which I thought wasn't to bad. Maple pen blanks got #8 on page 1, competition was about 114,000…we didn't push for the double listing, though this was ripe for it and we could have got it easily.

It is now a week later, and we still have all those rankings. (And many more that I didn't want to bore you with).

Are you telling me we won't be able to get away with this anymore? BUMMER! I will really miss this. Have to find something else to occupy our time with, LOL! Maybe wander up to Promontory and cut down some more maple trees….

Carsten Cumbrowski Says:

November 27th, 2008 at 10:01 pm

Hey Colin,

Long time no see/talk/chat/email

Most links from social media sites are nofollow'ed anyway, especially the profile links. I put up links on social media sites all the time, where they let me, but not because of any SEO value, if I get any, fine, added bonus, but I don't want to duplicate everything all the time (usually manually) and rather link to pages to learn more, if another user is interested in it. I also use links in the meta data of social media content (e.g. video descriptions) to point to more in depth information about what you just watched on the social media web site.

Anyhow…

Discounting any link from social media sites would be stupid though and I wouldn't expect Google to be that stupid, actually. Social Media sites are often used for tapping into the social media site's traffic and vast reach… kind of like a doorway page (oh, I should not have said this word hehe). Anyhow, if social media content gets social media, aehm attention… such has votes, comments, views, ratings, inbound links itself etc. The source of this content should be given some credits, if it can be determined (via a link for example, within or around the content (meta data) or the users profile).

For example. If you are a guy how creates videos and puts them up on YouTube about a subject, which are watched by many users and receives a lot of positive rating and maybe also tons of comments, who links from his videos and/or his profile to his website about the same subject, then you can assume that his website is kind of an authority as well. It's not like that he forgot everything when he created his website having a brief moment where he became a genius and put the content together for YouTube.

Anyhow.. I would still like to have a glimpse at what you came up with. It's probably not a revelation, but for sure interesting and/or fascinating for sure You still have my email address, I hope hehe.

Cheers!

Carsten

SQL Server Forums - Job Execution Dates-Times Calculation (Past & Fut) - (14 of 14)

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:34:34 GMT

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Posted - 05/24/2008 : 19:35:33

Carsten -- Oddly enough, you describe the very same thing I need. Were you able to make any progress since you first posted your question?

Bill

Posted - 05/26/2008 : 09:22:57

quote:

Originally posted by billsox

Carsten -- Oddly enough, you describe the very same thing I need. Were you able to make any progress since you first posted your question?

Bill

Hi Bill,

Nope.... I posted it here, at SQLSeverCentral and at Expert-Exchange. I had at least some responses at the other places, which helped me to refine my explanation of the problem, but didn't got much answers to solve the problem. I also emailed two editors who write for SQL Server Magazine. Both did not even respond to my email :(. Not very nice.

It is good to know that I am not the only one who came across this. I became self employed since then and do not have to worry about the issue. I would still like to find an answer, just to help my former employer out and because I refuse to believe that there is nothing out there that tackles the issue.

If you should come across something, let me know. I will do the same in return.

Cheers!

Carsten Cumbrowski

http://www.sqlhunt.com/

Edited by - Cumbrowski.com on 05/26/2008 09:24:57

Posted - 05/26/2008 : 16:23:02

Will do. I'm surprised to hear how little response you got. I guess we're in a small minority of folks that need to know how to calculate past and future job execution dates/times. I tried to see how Microsoft calculates the "next_run_date" and "next_run_time" fields in the sp_help_job stored procedure. But it looks like it calls an extended stored procedure which calls a .dll file to perform the calculations. A dead end, as far as I'm concerned. I think I'm faced with either creating a much less elegant solution (which I'm dreading) or learning how the experts manage bitmapping and devising my own solution. Either way, I'll need some good luck!

If anyone else can help us solve this dilemma, please post! Many thanks in advance.

Bill

Posted - 05/26/2008 : 18:20:03

quote:

Originally posted by billsox

Will do. I'm surprised to hear how little response you got. I guess we're in a small minority of folks that need to know how to calculate past and future job execution dates/times. I tried to see how Microsoft calculates the "next_run_date" and "next_run_time" fields in the sp_help_job stored procedure. But it looks like it calls an extended stored procedure which calls a .dll file to perform the calculations. A dead end, as far as I'm concerned. I think I'm faced with either creating a much less elegant solution (which I'm dreading) or learning how the experts manage bitmapping and devising my own solution. Either way, I'll need some good luck!

If anyone else can help us solve this dilemma, please post! Many thanks in advance.

Bill

Hi Bill,

If you know T-SQL well and able to write stored procedures and user defined functions, you could write it yourself. Its a lot to program though.

I even offered money for somebody to write it. Not enough though. $100 and the author remains the resell rights. Fair deal for a student or a guy from india to do it in his spare time. I provided already everything that is needed to figure it out and write the code. I have some more in a word document, if you are interested. You can shoot me an email.

My contact information are available here

http://www.cumbrowski.com/contact

I have it in Word 2007 format, but can save it in a different format, if you don't have Office 2007.

Cheers!

Carsten Cumbrowski

http://www.sqlhunt.com/

Posted - 05/26/2008 : 18:26:27

Hi Bill,

Here are the links to the SQL Server Central and Experts-Exchange discussions. Just FYI. Maybe some of the comments are useful to you.

I think you need a full account for the Experts-Exchange details.

I can paste the stuff into a document as well, if you do not have an account and cannot access the full content.

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic378529-149-1.aspx

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_22393535.html

Cheers!

Carsten Cumbrowski

http://www.sqlhunt.com/

Posted - 11/18/2008 : 10:17:13

I know this is an old topic, so apologies if you have already found the solution. I stumbled across this topic whilst trying to figure out a different issue. However, I have a function in place that I believe should give you the required results. Unfortunately I do not have the original source bookmarked and as a result I am unable to give credit to the original "author".

Run the following against your msdb to create a user function. When calling the function you will need to suplpy the start & end date/time for your required period.

USE [msdb]

GO

/****** Object: UserDefinedFunction [dbo].[udfGetScheduleTimes] Script Date: 11/18/2008 15:14:58 ******/

SET ANSI_NULLS ON

GO

SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON

GO

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[udfGetScheduleTimes]

(

@startDate DATETIME,

@endDate DATETIME

)

RETURNS @t TABLE (

scheduleID INT NOT NULL,

serverName SYSNAME NOT NULL,

jobName SYSNAME NOT NULL,

jobDescription NVARCHAR(512) NOT NULL,

scheduleName SYSNAME NOT NULL,

categoryName SYSNAME NOT NULL,

infoDate DATETIME NOT NULL,

startTime DATETIME NOT NULL,

endTime DATETIME NOT NULL,

jobEnabled INT NOT NULL,

scheduleEnabled INT NOT NULL)

AS

BEGIN

-- Create a tally table. If you already have one of your own please use that instead.

DECLARE @tallyNumbers TABLE

(

num SMALLINT PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED

)

DECLARE @index SMALLINT

SET @index = 1

WHILE @index <= 8640

BEGIN

INSERT @tallyNumbers

(

num

)

VALUES (

@index

)

SET @index = @index + 1

END

-- Create a staging table for jobschedules

DECLARE @jobSchedules TABLE

(

rowID INT IDENTITY(1, 1) PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED,

serverName SYSNAME NOT NULL,

jobName SYSNAME NOT NULL,

jobDescription NVARCHAR(512) NOT NULL,

scheduleName SYSNAME NOT NULL,

scheduleID INT NOT NULL,

categoryName SYSNAME NOT NULL,

freq_type INT NOT NULL,

freq_interval INT NOT NULL,

freq_subday_type INT NOT NULL,

freq_subday_interval INT NOT NULL,

freq_relative_interval INT NOT NULL,

freq_recurrence_factor INT NOT NULL,

startDate DATETIME NOT NULL,

startTime DATETIME NOT NULL,

endDate DATETIME NOT NULL,

endTime DATETIME NOT NULL,

jobEnabled INT NOT NULL,

scheduleEnabled INT NOT NULL

)

-- Popoulate the staging table for JobSchedules with SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008

INSERT @JobSchedules

(

serverName,

jobName,

jobDescription,

scheduleName,

scheduleID,

categoryName,

freq_type,

freq_interval,

freq_subday_type,

freq_subday_interval,

freq_relative_interval,

freq_recurrence_factor,

startDate,

startTime,

endDate,

endTime,

jobEnabled,

scheduleEnabled

)

SELECT srv.srvname,

sj.name,

COALESCE(sj.description, ''),

ss.name,

ss.schedule_id,

sc.name,

ss.freq_type,

ss.freq_interval,

ss.freq_subday_type,

ss.freq_subday_interval,

ss.freq_relative_interval,

ss.freq_recurrence_factor,

COALESCE(STR(ss.active_start_date, 8), CONVERT(CHAR(8), GETDATE(), 112)),

STUFF(STUFF(REPLACE(STR(ss.active_start_time, 6), ' ', '0'), 3, 0, ':'), 6, 0, ':'),

STR(ss.active_end_date, 8),

STUFF(STUFF(REPLACE(STR(ss.active_end_time, 6), ' ', '0'), 3, 0, ':'), 6, 0, ':'),

sj.enabled,

ss.enabled

FROM msdb..sysschedules AS ss

INNER JOIN msdb..sysjobschedules AS sjs ON sjs.schedule_id = ss.schedule_id

INNER JOIN msdb..sysjobs AS sj ON sj.job_id = sjs.job_id

INNER JOIN sys.sysservers AS srv ON srv.srvid = sj.originating_server_id

INNER JOIN msdb..syscategories AS sc ON sc.category_id = sj.category_id

WHERE ss.freq_type IN (1, 4, 8, 16, 32)

ORDER BY srv.srvname,

sj.name,

ss.name

-- Deal with first, second, third, fourth and last occurence

DECLARE @tempStart DATETIME,

@tempEnd DATETIME

SELECT @tempStart = DATEADD(MONTH, DATEDIFF(MONTH, '19000101', @startDate), '19000101'),

@TempEnd = DATEADD(MONTH, DATEDIFF(MONTH, '18991231', @endDate), '18991231')

DECLARE @dayInformation TABLE

(

infoDate DATETIME PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED,

weekdayName VARCHAR(9) NOT NULL,

statusCode INT NOT NULL,

lastDay TINYINT DEFAULT 0

)

WHILE @tempStart <= @tempEnd

BEGIN

INSERT @dayInformation

(

infoDate,

weekdayName,

statusCode

)

SELECT @tempStart,

DATENAME(WEEKDAY, @tempStart),

CASE

WHEN DATEPART(DAY, @tempStart) BETWEEN 1 AND 7 THEN 1

WHEN DATEPART(DAY, @tempStart) BETWEEN 8 AND 14 THEN 2

WHEN DATEPART(DAY, @tempStart) BETWEEN 15 AND 21 THEN 4

WHEN DATEPART(DAY, @tempStart) BETWEEN 22 AND 28 THEN 8

ELSE 0

END

SET @tempStart = DATEADD(DAY, 1, @tempStart)

END

UPDATE di

SET di.statusCode = di.statusCode + 16

FROM @dayInformation AS di

INNER JOIN (

SELECT DATEDIFF(MONTH, '19000101', infoDate) AS theMonth,

DATEPART(DAY, MAX(infoDate)) - 6 AS theDay

FROM @dayInformation

GROUP BY DATEDIFF(MONTH, '19000101', infoDate)

) AS x ON x.theMonth = DATEDIFF(MONTH, '19000101', di.infoDate)

WHERE DATEPART(DAY, di.infoDate) >= x.theDay

UPDATE di

SET di.lastDay = 16

FROM @dayInformation AS di

INNER JOIN (

SELECT DATEDIFF(MONTH, '19000101', infoDate) AS theMonth,

MAX(infoDate) AS theDay

FROM @dayInformation

GROUP BY DATEDIFF(MONTH, '19000101', infoDate)

) AS x ON x.theMonth = DATEDIFF(MONTH, '19000101', di.infoDate)

WHERE di.infoDate = x.theDay

UPDATE @dayInformation

SET lastDay = DATEPART(DAY, infoDate)

WHERE DATEPART(DAY, infoDate) BETWEEN 1 AND 4

-- Stage all individual schedule times

DECLARE @scheduleTimes TABLE

(

rowID INT NOT NULL,

infoDate DATETIME NOT NULL,

startTime DATETIME NOT NULL,

endTime DATETIME NOT NULL,

waitSeconds INT DEFAULT 0

)

-- Insert one time only schedules

INSERT @scheduleTimes

(

rowID,

infoDate,

startTime,

endTime

)

SELECT rowID,

startDate,

startTime,

endTime

FROM @jobSchedules

WHERE freq_type = 1

AND startDate >= @StartDate

AND startDate <= @EndDate

-- Insert daily schedules

INSERT @scheduleTimes

(

rowID,

infoDate,

startTime,

endTime,

waitSeconds

)

SELECT js.rowID,

di.infoDate,

js.startTime,

js.endTime,

CASE js.freq_subday_type

WHEN 1 THEN 0

WHEN 2 THEN js.freq_subday_interval

WHEN 4 THEN 60 * js.freq_subday_interval

WHEN 8 THEN 3600 * js.freq_subday_interval

END

FROM @jobSchedules AS js

INNER JOIN @dayInformation AS di ON di.infoDate >= @startDate

AND di.infoDate <= @endDate

WHERE js.freq_type = 4

AND DATEDIFF(DAY, js.startDate, di.infoDate) % js.freq_interval = 0

-- Insert weekly schedules

INSERT @scheduleTimes

(

rowID,

infoDate,

startTime,

endTime,

waitSeconds

)

SELECT js.rowID,

di.infoDate,

js.startTime,

js.endTime,

CASE js.freq_subday_type

WHEN 1 THEN 0

WHEN 2 THEN js.freq_subday_interval

WHEN 4 THEN 60 * js.freq_subday_interval

WHEN 8 THEN 3600 * js.freq_subday_interval

END

FROM @jobSchedules AS js

INNER JOIN @dayInformation AS di ON di.infoDate >= @startDate

AND di.infoDate <= @endDate

WHERE js.freq_type = 8

AND 1 = CASE

WHEN js.freq_interval & 1 = 1 AND di.weekdayName = 'Sunday' THEN 1

WHEN js.freq_interval & 2 = 2 AND di.weekdayName = 'Monday' THEN 1

WHEN js.freq_interval & 4 = 4 AND di.weekdayName = 'Tuesday' THEN 1

WHEN js.freq_interval & 8 = 8 AND di.weekdayName = 'Wednesday' THEN 1

WHEN js.freq_interval & 16 = 16 AND di.weekdayName = 'Thursday' THEN 1

WHEN js.freq_interval & 32 = 32 AND di.weekdayName = 'Friday' THEN 1

WHEN js.freq_interval & 64 = 64 AND di.weekdayName = 'Saturday' THEN 1

ELSE 0

END

AND (DATEDIFF(DAY, js.startDate, di.infoDate) / 7) % js.freq_recurrence_factor = 0

-- Insert monthly schedules

INSERT @scheduleTimes

(

rowID,

infoDate,

startTime,

endTime,

waitSeconds

)

SELECT js.rowID,

di.infoDate,

js.startTime,

js.endTime,

CASE js.freq_subday_type

WHEN 1 THEN 0

WHEN 2 THEN js.freq_subday_interval

WHEN 4 THEN 60 * js.freq_subday_interval

WHEN 8 THEN 3600 * js.freq_subday_interval

END

FROM @jobSchedules AS js

INNER JOIN @dayInformation AS di ON di.infoDate >= @startDate

AND di.infoDate <= @endDate

WHERE js.freq_type = 16

AND DATEPART(DAY, di.infoDate) = js.freq_interval

AND DATEDIFF(MONTH, js.startDate, di.infoDate) % js.freq_recurrence_factor = 0

-- Insert monthly relative schedules

INSERT @scheduleTimes

(

rowID,

infoDate,

startTime,

endTime,

waitSeconds

)

SELECT js.rowID,

di.infoDate,

js.startTime,

js.endTime,

CASE js.freq_subday_type

WHEN 1 THEN 0

WHEN 2 THEN js.freq_subday_interval

WHEN 4 THEN 60 * js.freq_subday_interval

WHEN 8 THEN 3600 * js.freq_subday_interval

END

FROM @jobSchedules AS js

INNER JOIN @dayInformation AS di ON di.infoDate >= @startDate

AND di.infoDate <= @endDate

WHERE js.freq_type = 32

AND 1 = CASE

WHEN js.freq_interval = 1 AND di.weekdayName = 'Sunday' THEN 1

WHEN js.freq_interval = 2 AND di.weekdayName = 'Monday' THEN 1

WHEN js.freq_interval = 3 AND di.weekdayName = 'Tuesday' THEN 1

WHEN js.freq_interval = 4 AND di.weekdayName = 'Wednesday' THEN 1

WHEN js.freq_interval = 5 AND di.weekdayName = 'Thursday' THEN 1

WHEN js.freq_interval = 6 AND di.weekdayName = 'Friday' THEN 1

WHEN js.freq_interval = 7 AND di.weekdayName = 'Saturday' THEN 1

WHEN js.freq_interval = 8 AND js.freq_relative_interval = di.lastDay THEN 1

WHEN js.freq_interval = 9 AND di.weekdayName NOT IN ('Sunday', 'Saturday') THEN 1

WHEN js.freq_interval = 10 AND di.weekdayName IN ('Sunday', 'Saturday') THEN 1

ELSE 0

END

AND di.statusCode & js.freq_relative_interval = js.freq_relative_interval

AND DATEDIFF(MONTH, js.startDate, di.infoDate) % js.freq_recurrence_factor = 0

-- Get the daily recurring schedule times

INSERT @scheduleTimes

(

rowID,

infoDate,

startTime,

endTime,

waitSeconds

)

SELECT st.rowID,

st.infoDate,

DATEADD(SECOND, tn.num * st.waitSeconds, st.startTime),

st.endTime,

st.waitSeconds

FROM @scheduleTimes AS st

CROSS JOIN @tallyNumbers AS tn

WHERE tn.num * st.waitSeconds <= DATEDIFF(SECOND, st.startTime, st.endTime)

AND st.waitSeconds > 0

-- Present the result

INSERT @t (scheduleID,

serverName,

jobName,

jobDescription,

scheduleName,

categoryName,

infoDate,

startTime,

endTime,

jobEnabled,

scheduleEnabled)

SELECT js.scheduleID,

js.serverName,

js.jobName,

js.jobDescription,

js.scheduleName,

js.categoryName,

st.infoDate,

st.startTime,

st.endTime,

js.jobEnabled,

js.scheduleEnabled

FROM @scheduleTimes AS st

INNER JOIN @jobSchedules AS js ON js.rowID = st.rowID

WHERE js.jobEnabled = 1

AND js.scheduleEnabled = 1

RETURN

END

Hope this is of use to you.

Regards,

Simon

Posted - 11/19/2008 : 03:10:02

quote:

Originally posted by SHardy

I know this is an old topic, so apologies if you have already found the solution. I stumbled across this topic whilst trying to figure out a different issue. However, I have a function in place that I believe should give you the required results. Unfortunately I do not have the original source bookmarked and as a result I am unable to give credit to the original "author".

Hi Simon,

thanks a lot for the code. I glimpsed over it and it seems exactly to do what I was looking for, or at least close enough that it would only require some minor tweaking.

I never got an answer anywhere so there are no apologies necessary for posting one late. :)

This is a thread that explains a problem in great detail, but remained without a useful answer. There are several threads, which have the same fate. People who have the problem and find this thread today will be glad, because it actually helps them.

The problem did not go away with SQL 2005 or SQL 2008 either, from what I can tell, so its also not obsolete at all.

Cheers!

Carsten Cumbrowski

MS SQL Server Resources Meta Search Engine

http://www.sqlhunt.com/

Posted - 11/19/2008 : 03:46:05

SHardy, If you are going to ripp off my blog post, please post a link instead to this blog entry

http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/peterl/archive/2008/10/10/Keep-track-of-all-your-jobs-schedules.aspx

E 12°55'05.63"

N 56°04'39.26"

Posted - 11/19/2008 : 05:35:13

Peso, I did not intentionally "rip off" your blog post. In fact, before posting, I did do quite a bit of Google-ing to try and find it so as to post the link and properly credit you. Unfortunately, I was unably to find it & could not remember what I had originally searched for to find your blog entry in the first place.

Hence my comment "Unfortunately I do not have the original source bookmarked and as a result I am unable to give credit to the original 'author'".

I made no attempt to pass it off as my own work, and made it quite clear that I had found the solution elsewhere.

However, as you are reading this topic, I would like to take the opportunity to thank you for that particular piece of code, and is was absolutely spot on for what I required. TBH, I was getting in a bit of a mess with some of the schedule options. Hopefully the OP and billsox will find your work just as useful.

Regards,

Simon

Posted - 11/19/2008 : 05:37:54

No worries. This guy is worse. Much worse

http://forums.asp.net/p/1339487/2754586.aspx

EDIT: Wow! 100 dollars for that piece of code?

E 12°55'05.63"

N 56°04'39.26"

Edited by - Peso on 11/19/2008 05:40:13

Posted - 11/19/2008 : 08:23:01

Sorry Peso, but this is at least partly your own fault for not including your name in comments at the top of the code.

If they removed your credit before posting the code, that would be clearly wrong. But they may just be copying code they got from you a long time ago and may not know where the original source was.

If it is not practically useful, then it is practically useless.

Posted - 11/19/2008 : 08:25:55

October 10, 2008 is not that long ago.

But I do get your point!

EDIT: Blog post is edited to include source url

E 12°55'05.63"

N 56°04'39.26"

Edited by - Peso on 11/19/2008 08:34:37

Posted - 11/19/2008 : 11:39:18

quote:

Originally posted by Peso

No worries. This guy is worse. Much worse

http://forums.asp.net/p/1339487/2754586.aspx

EDIT: Wow! 100 dollars for that piece of code?

E 12°55'05.63"

N 56°04'39.26"

That signature in the post seems very familiar to me within sqlteam forums.

Posted - 11/24/2008 : 17:31:49

Peso, adding a URL to the blog post or at least the blog itself would be smart too. You could remove parts of the extended documentation from the source code and make it available via a special blog post. The main code then simply includes a link to it. That keeps the code lean and clean, has a reference to an extended documentation and refers to the source by doing it.

Simon mentioned that he wanted to give credits, but was not able to find the source anymore.

What I find interesting is the fact that you Peso found out about the posting of the script and solution so quickly after it was posted here and SQLServerCentral, while the original threads with the open problem remained unanswered for good 1 1/2 years. A simple link to your blog post with the script a few weeks earlier would have been nice, but didn't happen.

Now credits were given properly, even enhancements suggested at the other forum, plus Simon apologized, so everybody should be happy now :)

Cheers! and no hard feelings.

Carsten Cumbrowski

MS SQL Server Resources Meta Search Engine

http://www.sqlhunt.com/

Recover from Microsoft Outlook Express Startup Error/ Folders - (4 of 4)

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:20:01 GMT

February 19, 2007 at 3:14 am · Filed under How To, Tech Buzz Couple of days back, one of my colleagues was complaining that somebody deleted all her email. She had a fairly large inbox as compared to most user but now there were only 2,3 folders and some 3 GB of emails were missing. We googled, tried different things, including creating a new outlo... [Source: http://asifiqbal.com]

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Herb Goldschmidt said,

May 21, 2007 @ 2:53 am

Thank you! You've saved me hours of anxiety! I'd just like to add that the "folders.dbx" may be marked as in-use, so you might need to log out and back in again to free it up.

Herb

pligg.com said,

May 28, 2007 @ 6:18 am

going public Â» Tech Buzz…

Couple of days back, one of my colleagues was complaining that somebody deleted all her email. She had a fairly large inbox as compared to most user but now there were only 2,3 folders and some 3 GB of emails were missing. We googled, tried different t…

Ricky hwang said,

May 26, 2008 @ 1:49 pm

Thanks for your answer….

Thanks so much….. i tried many times and then i saw your good answer.

Asif said,

May 27, 2008 @ 5:36 am

Ricky, I am glad it helped

Search Engines and the Most Popular Search Terms - (1 of 13)

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:51:34 GMT

When you walk into the lobby of Building 42 at the Googleplex, you can see a display that shows you queries entered into the search engine at any one time. It's a mesmerizing sight, and I found myself wondering about the people and motivations behind some of the search terms I saw flowing down the screen. Imagine that instead of seeing one query at... [Source: http://www.seobythesea.com]

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1 new comment, out of 13. Last comment found Nov 05, 2008.

steve responds: November 5th, 2008 at 1:01 am

Hi Bill,

Your blog is very nice. Good style of writing.

Have You Ever Lost It All ? - (1 of 106)

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:08:09 GMT

By Jeremy Schoemaker 88 comments We are headed for some wicked hard times. Some of us are already feeling the sting. Some of you are just getting out of college with a monster load of debt and are going to have a hard time finding a job. Some of you are going to lose your jobs and be out of work for quite a bit of time. Some of you are about to hit... [Source: http://www.shoemoney.com]

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cmmdtp said on November 2nd, 2008 at 5:53 pm

I totally agree with shoe. Just a couple of months ago I was laid off from work and when I got home and lookied in the mailbox there was a letter from DMV telling me they were pulling my driver's license due to my vision problems.

Now I had no job and no way to get to a job if I had one! Two weeks later my wife was also laid off from her job! Now both of us had no income but the mortgage, car payment and other bills kept on coming.

Oh yeh, no medical insurance either now and I am diabetic depending on insulin.

Well, I picked myself up and started getting serious about working from home since I had no other choice now. It is now two months after being laid off and I am doing okay working from home. I got serious about my webdesign hobby and started picking up new clients. I also am helping a guy with his ebay auctions and doing a little telemarketing from home for a local business.

Still struggling…but I discovered that I really can stay home and make some money. It took hitting rock bottom to finally see the light!

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Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:26:56 GMT

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1 new comment, out of 5. Last comment found Oct 21, 2008.

Carsten Cumbrowski said:

Thanks for the response Ian. I am sure that Jonathan is as pleased as I am to hear about your LSTrans web services and Media Optimization Reports.

Please keep us in the loop, because that is stuff worthwhile to blog about and what is not only interesting for advertisers, but publishers as well.

Those features are optional to advertisers and publishers who would like to use it cannot influence advertisers in their decision to implement it or not, if they don't know of its existence and how it has to be implemented (to help the advertiser with it or provide tips and suggestions).

I am looking forward talking to you later this week. Cheers!

October 21st, 2008 at 1:56 pm

Ways I Role In Vegas - (1 of 70)

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:41:46 GMT

By Jeremy Schoemaker 10 comments As I am flying to las vegas I was just thinking today I have probably been to vegas 30 times in the last 5 years and stayed at many different hotels There are basically 4 ways I roll in Vegas. When I go with my wife: My wife works super hard and gets very little vacation. When we goto Vegas I spare no expense. I usu... [Source: http://www.shoemoney.com]

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Downloadic said on October 19th, 2008 at 8:17 pm

I cant go vacation because of business.

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Using Search Engines Instead of the Address Bar to Navigate - (2 of 26)

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:26:22 GMT

Friday, July 18th, 2008; -- Roderick Ioerger | Marhsall Kirkpatrick of Read Write Web makes a supposition that may be inherently incorrect. A huge number of people online don't know the difference between their browser's address bar and search bar. Let's keep that in perspective. What will it take for them to learn? That particular point has create... [Source: http://www.marketingpilgrim.com]

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Использование поисковика вместо Address Bar для навигации at InoSEO.com Says:

October 20th, 2008 at 3:41 pm

[...] http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/07/using-search-engines-instead-o f-the-address-bar-to-navigate…. [...]

Jood Says:

October 20th, 2008 at 5:28 pm

This is hell on campaigns with un-indexed URLs for landing pages. If we have a free gift offer on a dark page that we intentionally keep away from the search engines, we end up with scores of users writing to us to complain that they can't get to the address in the mailer they received. We've even had legal threats, claiming we were pulling a bait-and-switch.

In reality, it was a user who couldn't figure out the difference between a search engine and the address bar. It's amazing.

When you should Drop an Advertiser | ReveNews - (3 of 19)

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 02:13:30 GMT

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Added Oct 15, 2008

3 new comments, out of 19. Last comment found Oct 17, 2008.

Carsten Cumbrowski said:

Pat, I have to admit that I did not look at all details about the Hydra network due to the lack of time. I have my whole family from Germany here, but I don't want to use that as a cheap excuse. I only want to say that I did not dive knee deep into the Hydra issue. What I am missing to make strong statements like you want me to make are information and statements from all involved players. I still miss any comment from Vista Print. If there is any, please let me know. The merchant is supposed to be the victim as well, even more so than its affiliates, because they lost (lose) more than just commissions on some orders like their affiliates. They pay commission on a lot more transactions.

If the merchant does not consider this expense theft, then it changes the game significantely. I am saying this, because there are merchants who accept knowingly this extra expense is exchange for traffic and sales at all cost. That can be a profitable excercise for everybody involved (except the clean affiliates of that merchant), if product margins are high enough to still make profits after all those expenses.

That is the reason why I still call it grey, because I have to assume that Hydra did what they did in consensus with the advertiser. It still looks black from an affiliate point of view, but it does not require adware to make it look black for an affiliate. I have always a bad feeling in my stomach, if I think about all the business that I bring to my partners that is not tracked and where I do not get a penny in commissions for. Some industries are more affected by this than others though. I see it mostly for the stuff that I do outside of paid search, but that is a different topic all by itself.

Now my point is that I believe that hunting down and researching all those cases is energy that could be much better spent on a different approach at the whole thing, the promotion of good players and the specification and discussion of the specification of what best practices actually are, the work on industry standards and communication channels, the establishment of an arbitration mechanism where conflicts between the different parties in this industry can be resolved as an option before legal actions are taken, which are costly and more time intensive.

This will help everybody. You can spend today all your time and energy on cases like the Hydra Network/Vista Print one and what are you going to do after that? The next case of unethical behavior by somebody else, after that the next one and so on and so forth. This will never end, because new bad players will enter the market and the industry continues to stay as it is today. The only thing you accomplish is the creation of a "trophy" list with bad players you exposed and maybe even put out of business. This is a waste of time in my opinion and the only thing gained by it, is an ego boost and a moment where you feel better, because justice was served, only to fall back into all this crap to start all over from where you left off before.

Does this make sense?

October 17th, 2008 at 6:05 pm

Carsten Cumbrowski said:

Sorry.. I feel the need to say a bit more here (that's what you get for calling me out, I guess )

This hunting down of bad players is nothing more than a witch hunt and the hunters in a witch hunt tend to become not much different from their prey, because that is what you need to do in order to become a good hunter.

You have to know your prey, what it does, what it thinks, what it feels.

As I also pointed out already, is all this very vulnerable for corruption and manipulation. It also tends to bring out the worst in people. It encourages and leverages denunciation, betrayal and black mail. That's not very nice stuff to build your foundation upon. Look at the Paid Links issue and Google and you will see what I am talking about. I don't want to trigger Godwin's law here, but we all know that those principles are the seed and heart of societies that ended in world conflict and genocide.

That's why I don't like it. And there are alternatives. It is not like that you have to go through all this nasty stuff in order to change things… you probably know that I was raised in East Germany. They tried to teach me, that the only way to change things are radical revolutions with a lot of ugly stuff that you must endure and do in order to achieve the ultimate goal where everything will be good and nobody will have to suffer ever again. That is a myth… a persistent one I might add.

The alternative is the PRO approach. Do the right thing yourself, encourage others to do the same thing and highlight individuals and entities that were going the extra mile without being forced to do so, but because they thought that it would be the right thing to do.

People in the grey area will have to make a choice eventually, because they exclude themselves from the rest of the people. That will hurt them at their bottom line. Playing snake and planting mistrust and fear won't work, because it is not the foundation where this approach is based on in order to work. Nobody will force anybody to JOIN or to follow. Actually things like active involvement, improvement and enhancement are much more rewarding than just following the pack. Also the questioning of the what is being done and considered good today, because this might not be the case today as it was in the past when it became broadly accepted.

Gee, I sound like a preacher man. Funny to say that from myself, considering that I am not religious myself at all.

October 17th, 2008 at 6:32 pm

Carsten Cumbrowski said:

p.s. I am no leader, I just have a head to think for myself and no fear to say out loud what I really think.

Some call it being blunt, others call it stupid, but I just call it "being the real me, no fake, no acting."

It's also not as hard as some people think it is.

It also has an advantage, which is hard to beat … … it's natural and feels right. I encourage anybody to try it for themselves. Maybe you get a kick out of it too.

You have to accept the consequences of it of course, the good and the bad. But you do not have to worry about the bad ones, since the good ones should be overwhelmingly exceed the bad ones, except if you are an asshole… by heart

October 17th, 2008 at 6:44 pm

I'm Going to Work for Google - (1 of 62)

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:08:36 GMT

I know this will come as a shock to many of you, but I've accepted a position working for Google effective September 1, 2008. After 5 years of full time independence as a Competitive Webmaster and SEO Consultant, and after building out hundreds of web sites for my own publishing network and a collection of trusted clients, I'll be signing on with T... [Source: http://www.johnon.com]

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Andoo Says:

October 13th, 2008 at 1:00 am

:-) Thanks for this one, great!

Update: The JumpTap keyword tool appears to have been discontinued on the AT&T site, as they're now ... - (2 of 5)

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:34:41 GMT

In an earlier post I mentioned that the Jumptap Mobile Keyword Tool can be used to find mobile keywords from AT&T's MEdia Net Mobile Content Search Engine. However, because you can't directly link to the tool, and the AT&T DevCentral site is not exactly intuitive, more than one user has been unable to locate the tool. With sympathy, I present these... [Source: http://www.brysonmeunier.com]

Added Oct 06, 2008

2 new comments, out of 5. Last comment found Oct 08, 2008.

Carsten Cumbrowski - October 06, 2008 @ 09:35 AM

The research tool is not there anymore. The page in your screen shot also looks different. They also changed the labels in the navigation. It's now simply called "Submit Your Mobile Site". Consumer Applications > Mobile Marketing Kit > Best Practices > Creating a WAP Mobile Website http://developer.att.com/developer/index.jsp?page=goToMarketArticle&id=24100181 is the only page that I found on their site that even mentions the keyword research tool, but it has no link to it. :( They might found your article in SMS and/or this page and were not very pleased. Mhhh..

Bryson Meunier - October 08, 2008 @ 04:31 PM

Hi Carsten. Thanks for your comments. As I mentioned in the update, the Jumptap mobile keyword tool was removed once AT&T partnered with Yahoo! for mobile search: "Update: The JumpTap keyword tool appears to have been discontinued on the AT&T site, as they're now partnering with Yahoo! for mobile search. The information in this post is no longer accurate. In the future I will be doing a post on mobile keyword research to help take the place of the tool." I believe it was removed prior to the article publication, though that would be flattering if my complaints about the location of the tool had something to do with its removal. :)

We wanted to advise anyone who uses Google Toolbar Custom Buttons or Google Gadgets and is consideri... - (0 of 0)

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:51:20 GMT

There are many who will not give Microsoft kudos that they deserve. I know for many it is hard, for whatever historical beef they have, but the truth is Microsoft really does deserve a pat on the back for a "job well done". There is still lots of work to do, though and it's not all rainbows and lollipops. There is one area that makes me concerned a... [Source: http://www.mark8t.com]

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