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Echoing the remarks above:

One of the most important items to identify is how YOUR POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS search.

How YOU would search - simply doesn't matter.

Show your product to your friends, family, etc - and ask them: how would you search online for the products that I sell? (Note that the question doesn't include any keywords that would skew the results by saying "how would you look for brownies delivered to your home for sale online?" or some such)


Once you have a a few dozen, or hundred different combinations, here are a couple places for you to do some keyword research to help you determine the most desirable phrases:
https://adwords.google.co.uk/select/KeywordToolExternal

And after you narrow it down, this can be helpful:
Google Insights for Search


Two things to note:
1. Don't take the tools as "gospel". Some of the terms that Google may say get a lot of traffic - don't. And vice versa.
2. Use common sense. Just because the word "desserts" may be heavily searched - doesn't mean its a good term for you, because that keyword would include everyone from people wanting recipes, to people incorrectly spelling "desert".


In general, the shorter the phrase - the more competitive it is to achieve rankings.

Hope that helps.

I'm still using XP - and intend to leap frog over Vista without ever using it (beyond the occasional public terminal, etc).

My wife moved up to Windows 7 when it came out. While I haven't played around with much, it seems to be decent.


But, for now - am waiting for laptops to become commonly available with USB 3.0 ports before pulling the trigger on a purchase.

QFT.


If you are in the "safety" of your own home, and wanting to knock back a few, thats one thing. But operating heavy equipment while potentially intoxicated seems like a good recipe for disaster.

I think a great many persons would sign up to "work" that job for less pay - if they knew they could get hammered all day long while doing it.

Sounds like a decision made out of desperation - rather than trying to find alternative means of generating revenue.


I seriously doubt his effort will be successful.

Was looking at their website, and it mentions "Litespeed powered", followed by:
Up to 9 times faster than Apache hosting.
PHP performance up by over 50%
3 times faster than Apache in SSL.
Fully compatible with Apache websites.

(Googled it, and ended up here: LiteSpeed Web Server is the Best Platform for PHP Powered Sites )

I assume 301 redirects work alright in the .htaccess with it?

Is the speed increase noticeable?

Well, spending/buying is great (who doesn't love a good shopping spree?).

The problem happens when the bill comes due - which we've yet to see materialize.


Can't keep spending, borrowing, and spending more - without it coming back on you.


Reckon we'll find out one way or the other.

I've been following the story for a bit now. My buddy & I have had a friendly wager on who would "win" the battle:
He said Google was among the world's most powerful companies - and was inclined that they would prevail.

I chose China on the basis that even a relatively minor country can break a company if that is their intent because they get to call the shots and can limit the company's ability to conduct business in the first place (which is really the premise of this entire story).

I assume you've seen the story a couple months ago where Google (along with some other select companies) were attacked by China hackers:
Official Google Blog: A new approach to China

I recently made the transition from Microsoft Office over to Open Office - perhaps 2 or 3 months ago.

A relatively easy transition in general - as the layouts are aesthetically comparable for the most part.


Only complaint I have so far is Open Office seems to be a bit slower to open a file (perhaps an additional second or two) - not a huge deal.

I like it thus far.