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UPDATED for 2022:I switched to Backblaze because they claimed to offer unlimited data. But they won't let you backup anything in certain commonly used directories. If some of your programs store data in \program files\ or \program files (x86)\ or any of many other locations, you're SOL if/when you need to restore. Had I known … Continue reading iDrive security breach. Backblaze not much better.
AT&T just installed fiber to my house. It's fast. I get a steady 949 Mbps up and down. I had no complaints about the 160 Mbps/14 Mbps I was getting from Cox, but my inner geek couldn't say no to faster-for-the-same-price. The install was pretty smooth, but during the bumps, I would type nonsense URLs … Continue reading Redirector Browser Extension Takes You Where You Want to Go
Quick 2025 preamble: I penned this SEO rank vendor comparison nearly a decade ago. And I'm toiling at it again. (Rankinity, winner of last shootout, imploded recently.) Both my criteria and vendors' offerings have changed over time. Back then, I didn't care about SEO statistical weights, for instance. And preliminary research hints that many of … Continue reading Comparing Rank Tracking Software
I've blogged twice before about firing SEO/UX clients, but there are other reasons practitioner and client separate. What are some reasons to part ways? The best reason: "Dan, you helped us sell all the inventory. We're done. Thanks!" (Only happened once: Hawaii housing development) One of the most annoying reasons: "Some guy in a suit … Continue reading Ending an SEO/UX relationship
Wherein Dan talks himself into buying one via this arpeggiator pedal roundup/shootout. (Spoiler alert: I bought the Tararira.) What is an arpeggiator pedal? An arpeggiator is a sequencer. A sequencer plays a series of sounds based on a source and parameters set by you, the user/musician. In the case of an arpeggiator pedal, the “source” … Continue reading Guide: Comparing Arpeggiator Pedals
Dan has a new logo. Is it a duck? A vomiting Pac-Man? A bulls-eye? A pencil point? Answering a common question: What are title and description best practices? UPDATED for 2024. If you also want some metas 101 like, "Um what are they?!" There's an FAQ of sorts below the slightly headier stuff. Why do … Continue reading Meta Titles and Meta Descriptions Guide
This article is almost a decade old, but it's still relevant in 2025. Let's say your well-intentioned SEO maven hooked you up with well-optimized SEO landing pages, but they’re relatively orphaned. (Nobody’s linking to them much, not even you, from your own site.) Should you link to them from your site's other pages, like from … Continue reading SEO Intralinking Strategy
I found this story under a rock a while ago. (figuratively speaking) ...Which is fitting, because it's a tale of things hidden under a rock. (figuratively speaking) It starts on a farm My Granddaddy John grew up on a farm in Virginia. It was a big farm. It is possible that his family owned slaves … Continue reading WWII, Australia, Paintings, Families, Rocks
Somebody claiming to be Cameron Arballo from Works of Life called both my wife’s and sister’s places of employment and left threatening messages saying that he knows where she/we/I live, amongst other creepy things. I've never said anything about Mr Arballo. I'd only heard of him in comments other people left in response to the … Continue reading Seriously Beware of Collectibles with Causes / Works of Life
Update: 7/1/2017 If you use CheapoDrugs.com, stop. If you put any faith in the CIPA, stop. Neither of these organizations take cybersecurity seriously. I don't consider them good stewards of your or my personal information. Neither organization will address evidence of a breach. ...The CIPA at least gave me lip service for a while, before … Continue reading CheapoDrugs.com Database Hacked?
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