The Net

4 Diggs In 2 Days = Mega Traffic

When you’re on a roll, it’s hard to stop sometimes. After pulling off two Diggs yesterday, I repeated the performance with two more today – one of them to this very blog! I have to thank Stephen for submitting my Lexus 460 post to Digg. I also like to thank any readers who may have Dugg the story as well. […]

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The Net

How Digg Works

How Stuff Works has posted a very interesting article on how Digg works. Not only do they get into the history of how Digg came about but they also give an inside look at Digg’s technology framework. For a Web site that receives more than 200 million page views a month (April 2006), Digg’s technology framework is pretty streamlined. As […]

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The Net

You Know You’ve Been Dugg When

You check your recent visitors by referrals stat and Digg.com is all you see! It’s like this for page 2, 3, 4 and 5 as well. As I write this post there are currently over 2,000 people logged onto The TechZone to read this story. Today is a record for me. I managed to get two stories to the Digg […]

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Investing

Risk Is A 4 Letter Word

If I were to ask you which investment is more risky; real estate or stock market, which would you say? The majority of people I have spoken to over the years say the stock market is more risky. No doubt this is due to a general lack of experience or knowledge of the stock market, while nearly everyone has experience […]

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Cars

Great Parking Job! Did You Do It?

I was reading this month’s issue of Car & Driver and it had a preview of the new Lexus LS460. This is Lexus’s new flagship luxury sedan. It’s filled with every imaginable amenity known to man, including a reclining back seat that gives massages. What really caught my eye was automatic parallel parking system. Yes! This car can park itself! […]

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The Net Videos

Google AdWords Abuse

I came across this video on Stephen’s blog, who came across it on Tyler’s blog, who came across it on YouTube, so now it’s on my blog. There has been a recent explosion in abuse of AdWords, Google’s PPC (pay per click) advertising platform. It is apparent that the techniques do not follow Google’s own clear guidelines. Unfortunately, users and […]

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Business The Net

If You Thought You Saw Google Ads

If you thought you just saw a Google ad on this blog you were not dreaming. I am testing out a new Google AdSense template for WordPress. Call AdSense-Deluxe WordPress Plugin the little piece of software allows you to easily add Google AdSense or Yahoo Publisher Network (YPN) ads to your WordPress posts. The plugin is extremely easy to install […]

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