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The Name Ranking Update: Two Weeks Later

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Previously, I stated that I wanted this site to at least rank well for my own name.  After finally figuring out the “headers already sent” issue with the All in One SEO plugin, I am back on track. (Open up all_in_one_seo_pack.php and go to the very bottom and delete those blank lines.)  I estimate that [...]




Three Days… Three Pounds

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

As day three comes to a close in our six-week challenge,  I have already lost three pounds.  By all means, I am not overweight at all.  I’m just unactive and I don’t eat right, period. So far my wife seems to be whipping my butt on this challenge.  She is being careful on what you [...]




Diet is DIE with a “T”

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

So my wife and I are starting the South Beach Diet.  On this diet, there is a two week period where you have to be very strict on what you eat.  No breads, no soda, no sugar… Already two days into this diet and I’m suffering from caffine and sugar withdrawls.  My wife and I [...]




Ranking For My Own Name

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

What’s more embarrasing that having a personal website and not ranking well for your own name?  Sadly Google shows this site as #117, Yahoo! at #4 and MSN at #1 for the term “Allan Collins”.  Although, it may be a little bit of a challenge to outrank all the sites for Max Allan Collins, the [...]




Starting Over With A Clean Slate

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

After putting up with a lousy blog design for my personal website, I have finally got the nerve to create something that is at least good to look at.  I hope to update my blog a little more frequently than just once every four months. I encourage you to subscribe to my rss feed to [...]




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