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About Duplicate Content

Is Duplication a Problem? In two words? Yes and No. However, it's not as much of an issue as some people make it out to be. When Is Duplication a Bad Thing? Despite popular belief, not all duplication is bad . But when it is bad, it's really bad! For example, if you take someone el...

About Duplicate Content

Is Duplication a Problem? In two words? Yes and No. However, it's not as much of an issue as some people make it out to be. When Is Duplication a Bad Thing? Despite popular belief, not all duplication is bad . But when it is bad, it's really bad! For example, if you take someone e...

Seen that? - U.K. LOTTERY WINNER HEADS TO LAS VEGAS

... Tony Blair's government have been accused of dipping their fingers into lottery money, kept aside for good causes, to raise funds for controversial wind farms. The money went to a ...

US to pay $500 billion to service mega debt

Earlier this month, I did a blog entry warning of worse times ahead with the US debt hitting $12 trillion. Just how bad is it going to get? As the New York Times warns, the US is now facing waves of debt payments. Servicing that debt will exceed $700 billion a year in 2019, up from $202...

Twitter Marketing

Twitter is a phenomenon that is sweeping the globe. In the last year Twitter has seen membership growth well in excess of 1,500% as people swarm to use it and set up accounts. The basic premise of Twitter is that you post Tweets about what you are doing. The twist is that you only have 140 charact...

The war industry's victory: more tax to pay for Afghanistan

More evidence of the military's growing clout with reports here and here that Us lawmakers are proposing higher taxes to pay for sending more troops to Afghanistan. Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee has proposed an "additional income tax to the upper brackets, f...

Ten years is two lifetimes for an operating system

There is some pretty crazy, almost hysterical, stuff coming out in the wake of Google's Chrome OS source code release/preview. I got a good laugh (along with most readers, if the comments are any indication) over Randall Kennedy's "Why Chrome OS will fail -- Big Time" (Scoble, incidentally, conc...

Seen that? - Blogging Explained in Simple Terms

Blogging Explained in Simple Terms at The Search Engine Weblog By now, if you haven't heard of Blogging, you must be in a coma, seldom watch or listen to the news, or never use the internet. Bloggers are the newest and most popular 'authen...

Seen that? - I bumped my car

I bumped my car at Are you a beauty? ...and crashed the other one totally. Of course it wasn't my fault, the road was very slippery, partially covered with snow and ice, and the jerk in front of me just had to brake! I put my little foot light...

Hedge funds and brokers turn to poker

... solo occupations, you need a business plan and strategy for both, serious people seem to make good money, you need to understand how probability works and you need an element of luck. I would add ...

One in seven US home loans at risk of foreclosures

What chances of a US recovery? Don't hold your breath. As reported here , foreclosures will keep rising through 2010 and one in seven US home loans is now past due or in foreclosure. The quarterly delinquency measure is at its highest level since 1972. br />All up, just over 14% of US home l...

Seen that? - New Tool To Fight Comment Spam

New Tool To Fight Comment Spam at BlogWealth Comment spam is the bane of every blogger's existence. The more popular your blog gets, the more spam you'll be flooded with. Fear not! SixApart has introduced a new spam fighting tool for blogg...

你见过？ - 近期的基金发售和优惠营销

近期的基金发售和优惠营销 at Independent Money & Investment Guide 资料来自各家基金公司。 国投瑞银 国投瑞银基金公司宣布，该公司将联袂光大银行等代销机构开展旗下两绩优基金大规模持续营销活动。 活动期间，国投瑞银旗下景气基金和融华基金将于1月18日双双实施大额分红，其中景气基金将向全体基金持有人每10份基金份额派发红利10.593元，融华基金将向全体基金持有人每10份基金份额派发红利5.945元。进行收益分配后，两只基金份额净值归一。 紧随分红之后，...

Seen that? - Self-Employed have CPP Woes Bigger Problem is Income Taxes

Self-Employed have CPP Woes Bigger Problem is Income Taxes at Small Business Unplugged An editorial in the Edmonton Sun commented on the fact that the "Stephen Harper government is considering lowering the premiums we pay for the Canada Pensi...

Seen that? - Money talks: Health report cards do not improve patient care

Money talks: Health report cards do not improve patient care at Straightfromthedoc A recent study in JAMA suggests that "health report cards" do not improve patient care: To see if these report cards are effective, Dr. Louise Pilote, fro...

Seen that? - Dating Site Builders

Dating Site Builders at The Dating Weblog A good sign of worldwide acknowledgement of a certain type of business' success is when others try to sell it as a standard business opportunity. That happened even to dating sites. There are lots of b...

Students Take to Online Gambling to End Their Debts

Gambling advisory service GamCare has warned that students, in an effort to relieve their growing debts, are turning to online gambling and in particular poker . One US study has apparently found that 7.8% of students have a gambling problem, with some debts amounting to $30,000. The University o...

Firefox 3.6 Beta 3

• Firefox 3.6 Beta 3 • br.st! - The web based Twitter client with better tweetability. • The Google Phone Is Very Real. And It's Coming Soon • TypePad Micro • Early-stage Ventures & What They Need to Succeed | VentureMash • CONVOFLOW : harvest the conversations • The Google Phone ...

Why it's not easy being green

Yesterday, I did a blog entry on how policy makers were losing the battle to win public support on climate change because of what's been called Apocalypse Fatigue where people are so overloaded with warnings of terrible climate-induced disasters ahead that they just switch off. That might...

January Transfers Approach...

With the international break over and the Leagues ready to embark upon their run in to the January transfer window, the rumours continue to hot up. Atletico Madrid’s 21 year old Sergio Aguero could be heading to Chelsea now that their transfer ban has been overturned, a move that will see the Spa...

2012 原声：2012 the End of the World

• 2012 原声：2012 the End of the World • Supercar Manufacturer Zenvo Plans Three New Cars • Chrome 改变网页字体显示的脚本 • Shonen Jump: Lightning's New Weapon • Modifications to the Google Books Settlement • webOS 1.3.1 • Apple Crushes Clone Maker in Court • Apple Wins Like a Champ - Psysta...

Seen that? - Currency trading with Retirement money

Currency trading with Retirement money at The Hedge Funds Weblog I saw a story the other day , How Retirement Funds are looking into the world of Currency trading. And the thought behind it was, "Stocks and bonds are tied to the business cycl...

StarCraft II Expansions, Diablo III Coming in "Next Few Years"

• StarCraft II Expansions, Diablo III Coming in "Next Few Years" • Zoho Projects : Task Details and Overdue Milestones View • Shonen Jump: Lightning's New Weapon • The Confetti Machine Returns to NASDAQ • Motorola Droid Teardown Images! • Some thoughts on Twitters new ReTweet feature...

Get your game on, CIOs

McKinsey says it's "Time to raise the CIO's game" and I couldn't agree more. Don't get me wrong, I am as hesitant as ever to jump on the "this changes everything" bandwagon. I didn't buy into the "we don't need a business plan, we're on the Internet!" game that fueled the dot-com bubble, and I'm...

Taxpayers lose out on bank bailout

Neil Barofsky, the special inspector general for the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), otherwise known as the bank bailout or banking welfare program, has conceded that the program will result in a loss to taxpayers to the tune of tens of billions of dollars. Barofsky sa...

US unemployment to hit 13%

We've been hearing lots of commentators say that US unemployment will peak at around 10% and that the recession is over. But former Merrill Lynch economist David Rosenberg says unemployment will hit 13%, the highest since monthly records began in 1948. According to this report , Rosenb...

Is China about to collapse?

...ountry's leadership is on a treadmill. The Communist Party leaders have to keep pouring in stimulus money, which keeps inflating the bubble, just to protect their own positions. As The Telegraph's Ed...

More Rumours

We heard yesterday that 26 year old Dutch centre forward Klaas Jan Huntelaar (of Real Madrid and currently AC Milan fame) is going up for transfer come January, and, with a desire to play in England, clubs entering the bidding war for the £12 million-rated striker will be Chelsea, Liverpool and Birm...

Seen that? - How Much Is Your Blog Worth?

How Much Is Your Blog Worth? at BlogWealth Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Tomislav ForgoEver wonder how much your blog might be worth? Now you can find out. Stop by the Business Opportunities Weblog and plug your blog's url into their special ...

Seen that? - Joining a Gym

Joining a Gym at Daily Power Walk The decision to join a gym can be quite daunting if you haven't worked out for a while. You really want to start training and get healthier but you want a Fairy come with her magic wand and get you fit and bea...

你见过？ - 通过邮政储蓄可以买到基金

通过邮政储蓄可以买到基金 at Independent Money & Investment Guide 基金等金融产品有望在不久之后销售到中国广袤的农村，这个蓝图肯定会令许多人兴奋不已。 2007年第一只新发基金昨天开始发行，也就只之前Min Wu在文中提到过的，首只由外方基金经理管理的基金：中欧新趋势。投资者可能在更多的地方能看到这家基金宣传材料，因为中欧新趋势股票型基金的销售渠道之一，是刚挂牌不久的邮储银行，也就是此前的邮政储蓄。 邮政储蓄在2006年也代销过一只基金，那是国家邮政总...

Seen that? - Make your laptop fashionable too

Make your laptop fashionable too at Busy with Style I say, down with the ugly nylon black laptop bags! If your work is unthinkable to perform without the use of a computer, and a laptop to be exact, than you absolutely must dress it with taste too...

Seen that? - An Annuity Primer

An Annuity Primer at The Personal Finance Weblog The SEC has a a quick primer on annuities. As the boomer generation focuses more attention on income streams this product will be even more prevalent. [...] Read More Quick Primer on t...

Happy 5th Birthday, Firefox!

• Happy 5th Birthday, Firefox! • Half-empty or half-full? East Germany two decades later • For 'Avatar', a Huge Budget Supported by Many Players • NASCAR 赛场，居然用 Chinook helicopter 来运 Chevy Camaro Pace Car • "Firefox Goes Mobile" Winner Announced, Plus a New Design Challenge! • Colorf...

Most Americans to depend on government for handouts

To fix the unemployment problem, economist Paul Krugman suggests the US Government bring in a WPA (Works Progress Administration) -type program, the same sort of approach that was adopted in the New Deal. The problem with that, as Zubin Jelveh, says in the New Republic is that people t...

Seen that? - Lights, camera, action!

...39;ve wanted to pick up a decent SLR camera for the hiking trail for some time now, and besides the money, the only thing really stopping me is wondering how [...] Read More ...

Seen that? - Big Sur Bonanza #2

...trouble and the US government had to bail it out with tens of billions of dollars of taxpayers' money, but Thain continued to lavish himself with payments and luxuries. The Daily Beast reports tha...

Seen that? - Baseball Betting Scandal Hits Taiwan

Baseball Betting Scandal Hits Taiwan at The Gambling Weblog Taiwan is once again going through a baseball betting scandal as police are looking into game fixing allegations in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL), detaining 10 suspects ...

Goldman Sachs and God

Hard to go past this interview with Goldman Sachs boss Lloyd Blankfein in The Times where he claims bankers are doing "God's work". "We’re very important," Blankfein says. "We help companies to grow by helping them to raise capital. Companies that grow create wealth. This, in turn, allows ...

Seen that? - Earthship Enterprise

Earthship Enterprise at Wandalust New Mexico company Earthship Biotecture specialises in creating environmentally friendly, solar and thermodynamically powered homes, called Earthships. "The Earthship is a completely independent globally orie...

Firefox Portable 3.5.5 简体中文版

• Firefox Portable 3.5.5 简体中文版 • Nero 9 Lite 9.4.12.708 *Free* • Giz Explains: Android, and How It Will Take Over the World • DROID ERIS by HTC Debuts with Verizon Wireless with HTC Sense Experience and an Ultra-Attractive $99.99 Price • Tech titans meet in secret to plug SSL hole • ...

Seen that? - Napkin Folding

Napkin Folding at White Lace Wedding A beautiful folded napkin adds a perfect, elegant finishing touch to a reception table - and is a great way to dress up your table without much extra cost! There are a number of different folding options, and t...

Seen that? - Internet marketing made simple-and cheap!

Internet marketing made simple-and cheap! at BootStrapMe It doesn't cost a lot to get involved in e-commerce, as any good bootstrapper knows. This weekend I attended a (wince) free Internet marketing seminar at the Zollinger Art Center on the ...

Unemployment and the failed stimulus

Back in January, US unemployment was sitting at 7.2% and commentators were saying a stimulus package would fix everything. It hasn't. The latest appalling figures show that US unemployment has hit 10.2%, a 26-year high. Worse still, the total unemployment figure including people who have ei...

Apple Announces Over 100,000 Apps Now Available on the App Store

• Apple Announces Over 100,000 Apps Now Available on the App Store • Tumblr 开始限制每天上传图片的容量了 • 35 million netbooks to ship in 2009 • 4 Ways News Organizations are Using Twitter Lists • Personal Droid Data Will Cost $30, Even With Exchange • Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 NAS • Amazon aff...

Waiting for the crash

Just a few days ago was the 80th anniversary of the stock market crash. October 29, 1929, or "Black Tuesday" was the day that resulted in banks collapsing and the once-roaring US economy sinking into the Great Depression. As we think back to the worst stock market collapse ever, it might be ...

Seen that? - Blog Sold for $25 Million

Blog Sold for $25 Million at BlogWealth copyright infoYes that's right...someone sold their blog for $25 million! The blog, Ars Technica, has been around for 10 years and has over 4 million unique visitors a month. It was bought by media giant...

Seen that? - Michelle Wie Blows Another Sony Open

Michelle Wie Blows Another Sony Open at Eagle Par Birdie Courtesy: AP Michelle Wie struggled in the first round of the Sony Open in Hawaii on Thursday and had to claw and fight to a closing 78. She struggled in round two and finished with 76. She ...

你见过？ - 上投摩根：家庭的现金管理

上投摩根：家庭的现金管理 at Independent Money & Investment Guide 图片来自金博会，后面的Logo是上投摩根，但前面这头"牛"，却是华夏基金的。 上投摩根在新近印制的理财手册中提到了家庭的现金管理。其中提到： 通常来说，一个家庭的预留现金，应该是6个月左右的生活费，对于有贷款的人，再预留2-3个月的贷款。这一部分的现金管理，可以在手头略留一部分现金备用，另外的大部分，可以放在货币市场基金中。 在此之上，医疗保障不足，或近期又重大开支...

Seen that? - House Cleaning Business, Cheap Way to Start Earning Big

House Cleaning Business, Cheap Way to Start Earning Big at Home Based Business You don't need to have much money to start a lasting profitable home business. Those in the residential house cleaning services business would surely agree. If you ...

Rafa - "I Don't Have To Win A Trophy"

What a difference a week makes. After having romped to victory over bitterest rivals Man Utd at Anfield, somewhat taking the heat off “in-the-firing-line” manager Benitez, Liverpool have themselves imploded in dramatic fashion against a team in the Premier League which, it must be said, don’t do mu...

Someone Else to Run Your Errands? Time is Money...

© Micah Maziar Time management is a valuable skill that can translate into money saved or earned. Lifehacker had an interesting piece a few weeks ago on a time-saving service. The article actually mentions four services that will carry out your tasks for you: RunMyErrands , DoM...

Infonetics: VoIP Providers Earning Billions

According to a recent report from Infonetics Research , revenue from VoIP worldwide reached $20.7 billion in the last six months alone. That's billion, with a b... "Residential VoIP services remain healthy, comprising the majority of worldwide VoIP services revenue, and subscribers...

Seen that? - Consider flats

Consider flats at Busy with Style I'm a sucker for high heels, as any other woman I don't feel properly dressed up if my feet are not in an elegant pair of pumps. But, since I have to move swiftly around the office, and often go outside to...

Seen that? - July 1 GST/HST Drops to 6% from 7%

July 1 GST/HST Drops to 6% from 7% at Small Business Unplugged On July 1st, 2006, the goods and services tax (GST) rate will be lowered from 7% to 6%. This also means that the harmonized sales tax (HST) rate will be reduced from 15% to 14% in New ...

Seen that? - Sustainable Development for the Future

Sustainable Development for the Future at Audeamus - How dare we... (From National Curriculum) Just a round up of sustainable development news as I clean out my backlog of items here today. *PricewaterhouseCoopers has identified six trends that w...

Seen that? - BIG SUR BONANZA #3

...trouble and the US government had to bail it out with tens of billions of dollars of taxpayers' money, but Thain continued to lavish himself with payments and luxuries. The Daily Beast reports tha...

Virtual Goods Becoming Real Money

The Virtual Goods Summit 2009 wrapped up on Friday. The short story is simple: virtual goods are becoming big money. Virtual goods in games and social apps have taken off and revenues are expected to hit $1 billion in 2009. The summit focused on "the emerging market opportunity for virtual goods a...

$1.26 billion: PepsiCo pays the price of not turning up to court

An extraordinary case where two men who claim PepsiCo stole their idea to sell bottled water and sued the snack and drink maker and won a $1.26 billion judgment last month after the company didn't respond. As the National Law Journal reports, PepsiCo says it was not notified about the case ...

Is Sarah Palin worth $100,000?

Sarah Palin seems to have tickets on herself. Iowa Republicans who wanted to entice her to one of their banquets as a guest speaker are now wincing after discovering she is charging them $100,000 for the privilege of her appearance. As Politico.com reports, Iowa Republicans don't usually s...

Seen that? - Outsourcing to Africa

Outsourcing to Africa at The Outsourcing Weblog Source: www.outsourcingnetwork.netAfrica is trying to make a name for itself in the global offshore outsourcing marketplace. As with other locations in the world, the citizens of the African continen...

Too big to fail is too dumb

The US government is moving on financial firms that are "too big to fail" and where the government has no choice but to "rescue" them when they get into trouble. Its plan is to make it easier for the government to seize control. The Financial Stability Improvement Act needs to be consi...

League Action

Score-lines from the weekend’s football included a 2-2 draw between West Ham and Arsenal at Upton Park, ahead of Arsenal’s rather more bitter London derby this weekend against Tottenham Hotspur. Chelsea trounced Blackburn Rovers 5-0 after a defeat against Aston Villa the week before which keeps the...

Pay Yourself First

© kevindooley It's a basic truth for all personal finance: pay yourself first . Get Rich Slowly had one of the best explanations of this practice I've read in a while. One of the oldest rules of personal finance is the simple admonition to pay yourself first. All the money books tell...

Obama Focusing on Small Business?

...nks. Of course, credit is a big part of the picture being discussed. Since the banks aren't loaning money, maybe the government can... ...

Promoting Yourself: It Can Get You Fired

© Gauldo Personal branding guru Dan Schawbel had an insightful piece recently on how things you can do to promote yourself can also get you fired. Branding has become very personal these days and the relationship we have with our companies is changing very fast, so I think it’s impor...

Obama and Google: a love story

One of the little observed forces in the economy is the love affair between President Obama and Google. For insights into this star-struck relationship, check this report in Fortune . From the time of his visit to the Googleplex during the presidential campaign, to him echoing Google's posi...

Seen that? - Phishing attacks primer for consumers

Phishing attacks primer for consumers at The Social Networking Weblog Spam, viruses, worms and Trojans cause a lot of trouble when they show up in your inbox, and are easily detected (usually) by anti-virus software. Now comes Phishing, a wolf in ...

CIOs trust Microsoft over Google by two to one

The statement in the title requires some additional explanation, as most such claims do. First, the sample size of the polling data is far too small and self-selected for any meaningful result... twelve out of ninety of the TechRepublic's CIO Jury panel (even had all ninety replied it might not hav...

Turning Your Idea into a Business

© egor.gribanov Women Entrepreneur has a good piece recently on how to turn your idea into a business. Lots of people have brilliant ideas for great gadgets, gizmos or thingamabobs, but only a handful end up getting their new products to market. We spoke to a few hardy women entrepren...