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Anyone with experience know best (read: cheapest) way to advertise on google, other search engines? -- nm - Gwaahjo Oct 23, 12:39 5
- Or getting our company site higher up with certain searches? -- nm - Gwaahjo Oct 23, 12:39 4
  - there are whole mailing lists and consulting is a huge market, but be warned, press to hard and you can be bounced to the bottom - zeitgeist Oct 23, 12:44
  - Use Google's own tips -- (link) - mara Oct 23, 12:42
  - If you can't afford SEO (which can be very expensive), it's a slow process that requires patience. - David Oct 23, 12:42 1
    - (And be sure to read the FAQs first. Otherwise, they'll get annoyed.) -- nm - David Oct 23, 12:43
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- This so seems not like a desire to go to work but more a serious need to have his ass kissed. -- (link) - Diva Oct 23, 12:42
- Welcome to Kansas City! -- nm - TFox Oct 23, 12:39 1
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so what percentage of the voting population would a candidate need to win to have a clear mandate? -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 23, 12:36 6
- Well, Bush claimed one with winning...52%? in 2004...so that is the GOP approved thresh-hold -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Oct 23, 12:51
- 60 -- nm - con_carne Oct 23, 12:40
- 55 -- nm - mara Oct 23, 12:39
- 102%. I'm not sure a clear mandate would even exist anymore. -- nm - TFox Oct 23, 12:37
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  - No, but there's Bush in '00 winning, and Bush in '04 winning - Reagen Oct 23, 12:40
snickers. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 23, 12:35 2
- Milky Way -- nm - eag Oct 23, 12:35 1
  - Mounds -- nm - CrankYanker Oct 23, 12:36
JackDawson, you never told us you were in Cairo over your vacation... -- (link) - znufrii wants pie Oct 23, 12:34
way cool site of the day for photogs: Tineye searches and indexes images, you upload yours and they find what sites are using it - zeitgeist Oct 23, 12:34 2
- That's sweet! -- nm - Mop Oct 23, 12:38
- They should make it link to flickr accounts, so I don't have to dupe images. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 12:35
Is that posts counter new? I likey. -- nm - TFox Oct 23, 12:33 3
- The one in the gray bar? No. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 23, 12:34 2
  - Apparently I need to lay of the quaaludes. -- nm - TFox Oct 23, 12:38 1
    - Why? This way you can "discover" it again tomorrow! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 23, 12:42
My new car! -- (link) - Danger Girl Oct 23, 12:32 [flickr] 16
- you must be a street racer! -- nm - Gwaahjo Oct 23, 12:40
- Stick is fun! I won't drive anything else. (and the color's not horrible!) n.m. - glory Oct 23, 12:40
- is it a 3? what model year? there's a door lock issue on some years. -- nm - loosilu Oct 23, 12:34 7
  - oh, right, the tennis ball hack -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 12:36 1
    - must google! -- nm - Danger Girl Oct 23, 12:36
  - i think it's a 2001. (it's an older car for sure.) - Danger Girl Oct 23, 12:36 4
    - Smart! Congrats! It's soooo nice not having a car payment! -- nm - CrankYanker Oct 23, 12:37
    - if it's a Mazda 3 make sure the door lock has been replaced. all 3s have a problem with it and the dealer should replace it free. -- (link) - loosilu Oct 23, 12:37
    - oh, and it's a protege. -- nm - Danger Girl Oct 23, 12:36 1
      - cool, you should be fine. -- nm - loosilu Oct 23, 12:37
- Where the sun hits it, it's sort of golden. -- nm - amylicious Oct 23, 12:34 1
  - i'll just *squint* at it a lot. -- nm - Danger Girl Oct 23, 12:34
- driving standard is fun, I think you'll love it. -- nm - loosilu Oct 23, 12:33
- My TTWife is learning to drive stick. - Spawn Oct 23, 12:33
- Take it on some sweet jumps. -- nm - Max Oct 23, 12:33
- Oh! Yeah, that's average. Decent car. Should be pretty reliable, although not as much as a Toyota. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 12:33
What the----! Where'd that RSS feed come from? -- nm - Mop Oct 23, 12:28 2
- There's two versions of the RSS feed, I think I explain them on the FAQ -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 12:31
- Bery's creative loins? -- nm - mara Oct 23, 12:29
ST Confession: I can't shoot guns in FPS shooter games very well at all. - Cuzzin Todd Oct 23, 12:27 8
- I had problems with it when I started playing Gears of War and Halo 3, because I'd only used a mouse before - Beryllium Oct 23, 12:29
- I really enjoy Wii for this reason. - Spawn Oct 23, 12:28 6
  - when I've used the Wii, I spent hours making Miis then I was done. -- nm - loosilu Oct 23, 12:41
  - I can see that - unfortunately I sold my Wii to my boss two days ago. Well fortunately really... - Cuzzin Todd Oct 23, 12:33 4
    - If other systems steal that tech, I am there. - Spawn Oct 23, 12:44
    - I love it--but I'm their target market. -- nm - amylicious Oct 23, 12:35 2
      - Oh, I think it's great for people that "don't play video games." My boss was reluctant to buy it for that reason but she is now addicted to bowling. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 23, 12:38 1
        
        I still have trouble with the non-sports games. I kill *everything* in Lego Star Wars. - amylicious Oct 23, 12:43
Just so we're clear, 200 users at 100 page views daily (about 20 an hour of availibility) is 600k page views a month. That's significant traffic. -- nm - David Oct 23, 12:21 22
- there or here? -- nm - Epiphany Oct 23, 12:32 1
  - 200 registered users on ST. -- nm - Mop Oct 23, 12:34
- I'm not very familiar with Internet revenue models. Can page views equate to profit? - ty97 Oct 23, 12:31 1
  - It depends. Some ads pay per thousand page views while others (such as the one bery uses and intellitxt ads at BOP) pay per click through. - David Oct 23, 12:36
- Bandwidth - Available: 100GB, Used: 31.54GB (24.52 in / 7.02 out) - Beryllium Oct 23, 12:31 2
  - Damn, Dr Tron's a monster! -- nm - Mop Oct 23, 12:33 1
    - No, Dr Tron is a doctor. Tickertalkenstein is the monster! -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 12:37
- How long has ST been up? I've visited 2,513 times already, and that's just from work. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 23, 12:23 9
  - And the old talk.hsx.com/artists I visited 14,340 times. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 23, 12:25 7
    - ...how do you find this info out? -- nm - colin Oct 23, 12:25 6
      - Like this: -- (link) - Guigue Oct 23, 12:29 [Image]
      - In Firefox. Go to Tools >> Page Info >> click on "More" button. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 23, 12:26 4
        
        hmm... don't have firefox here.. - colin Oct 23, 12:38
        
        There is no "More". -- nm - Spawn Oct 23, 12:30 1
        
        *nods* -- nm - Don Homer Oct 23, 12:31
        
        (but you have to be on the page you're querying, of course.) -- nm - JaxSean Oct 23, 12:27
  - Then by God you need to berymander right now. -- nm - David Oct 23, 12:24
- Yup. Someone linked a support board message earlier, and that was the only page hit they have got from me. -- nm - Spawn Oct 23, 12:22 4
  - I made a few trades today, just to see what would happen. -- nm - amylicious Oct 23, 12:24 3
    - nmbAmy - Spawn Oct 23, 12:27 2
      - I'm VERY disappointed by the kink-factor in this private message. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 23, 12:41 1
        
        Dude. I already posted about her robe getting to me this morning. - Spawn Oct 23, 12:49
Use HSX as a verb and an adjective. -- nm - Mop Oct 23, 12:17 4
- I got HSXed up by my HSXy Secret Stalker -- nm - Jammed Uzi Oct 23, 12:25
- HSX is totally HSXed right now. - Cuzzin Todd Oct 23, 12:17 2
  - HSX is Comcastic. -- nm - colin Oct 23, 12:23
  - Kid, your face is HSX. -- nm - amylicious Oct 23, 12:23
On HSX when I asked my "who reviews what" question, somebody wanted me to review hsx. - ceregon Oct 23, 12:16 2
- how bout by the former CEO of Boo.com - zeitgeist Oct 23, 12:40
- "The HSX upgrade not reviewed by Max Keiser" -- nm - Spawn Oct 23, 12:19
Check out the lead on 538 right now. Stunning. Has Diebold diversified into polling now? -- (link) - Mop Oct 23, 12:15 1
- That's great. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 23, 12:22
uh wow. Recently deceased Austrian far-right leader (and Nazi sympathizer) Jorg Haider was having an affair with his male deputy. -- (link) - Reagen Oct 23, 12:15 5
- Rohm would be proud. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 23, 12:18 4
  - It's like scandal bingo. -- nm - Reagen Oct 23, 12:21 3
    - "Man...Woman...Child...Animal?" -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 23, 12:32 1
      - Oh... and don't forget alien. -- nm - Jammed Uzi Oct 23, 12:37
    - LOL. L4 -- nm - Jammed Uzi Oct 23, 12:26
okay Don, I have lots of honorable mentions and things I like, but if forced to choose, here are my most fave RB downloads - crash davis Oct 23, 12:14
I love getting comments at Flickr! Thanks, CQ! (photo linked for the curious) -- (link) - mara Oct 23, 12:12 [flickr]
Gotta love a pretty-boy politician who's slogan is "A perfect fit." -- (link) - Mop Oct 23, 12:10 2
- He's pretty? -- nm - Reagen Oct 23, 12:11 1
  - Sure. That smile, that haircut. He's got that clean-cut golly-gee country-boy look. -- nm - Mop Oct 23, 12:16
"Not since the 9/11 attacks has ther been a greater disappointment to the American people... " - CovingtonCat Oct 23, 12:07 18
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  - yikes, did not even think of that. -- nm - loosilu Oct 23, 12:38
- "a poster" that isn't one of the 100 of us on TT? I thought we were the only crazy ones who didn't like it. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 23, 12:12 5
  - Most of the hater posts I saw were from people unknown to me from the boards - pretty clear it's almost universally reviled. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 23, 12:16 3
    - I've been flagging people that like the site as offensive.. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 23, 12:17 2
      - I haven't been to the site since yesterday morning. - Cuzzin Todd Oct 23, 12:23
      - Ooh, I'll have to try that. Oh wait, that will take too much time to find anyone. -- nm - CovingtonCat Oct 23, 12:19
  - Most replies to my post were from people whose usernames I don't recognize.. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 23, 12:15
- I compared it to apartheid and fat people at the gym in the poll on my profile. - TFox Oct 23, 12:10
- I'm not sure "disappointing" is the word that comes to mind about 9/11. -- nm - Reagen Oct 23, 12:10
- HSX is Hitler. -- nm - Mop Oct 23, 12:09
- referring to TT? yikes. -- nm - loosilu Oct 23, 12:08 6
  - nmbLoosilu - CovingtonCat Oct 23, 12:12
  - I doubt if it's about TT specifically, but the HSX site in general. -- nm - mara Oct 23, 12:11 2
    - Oh. It makes perfect sense, then. - Spawn Oct 23, 12:14 1
      - I forgot about that til just now. - TFox Oct 23, 12:15
  - The hyperbole is getting a little deep around there. -- nm - TaurusII Oct 23, 12:09 1
    - Deeper than... what? - Cuzzin Todd Oct 23, 12:15
Also in Rock Band news: The good news - the 20 free downloads are coming in two weeks. -- (link) - Reagen Oct 23, 11:57 9
- Billboard just ran a thing about how this is the new way to promote bands. -- nm - amylicious Oct 23, 12:04
- Wow, that's impressive. -- nm - Shaun Oct 23, 12:00
- Can you post the list? Blocked here. -- nm - TFox Oct 23, 11:58 5
  - inside - Reagen Oct 23, 11:59 4
    - Underoath is probably the most "famous" band in there. - TFox Oct 23, 12:00 3
      - I've heard of but not from The Chevelles and Thenewno2. -- nm - Reagen Oct 23, 12:00 2
        
        I've also heard of The Chevelles. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 23, 12:03 1
        
        They are the only one I have heard of. -- nm - Spawn Oct 23, 12:06
- In Guitar Hero II some of the no-name band songs were actually pretty good; maybe a few these will surprise us with their greatness. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 23, 11:58
I want a "Who would you switch teams for?" poll that gay STers would answer. -- nm - Mop Oct 23, 11:56 1
- Jennifer! - Jax si Oct 23, 11:58
Best. Campaign Rally Chant. Ever. -- (link) - znufrii Oct 23, 11:53 3
- "More people will come if you say there's punch and pie!" -- nm - Reagen Oct 23, 12:01 1
  - *adds this to the list of stuff to get for his election night party* -- nm - znufrii wants pie Oct 23, 12:02
- Better than "String him up!" -- nm - Mop Oct 23, 11:59
The Democratic candidate for US Senator of Nebraska is HOT! -- (link) - Dano School Musical 3 Oct 23, 11:53 [Image] 10
- and has a great serial killer vibe -- (link) - ty97 Oct 23, 12:34
- Scott and Dano make a Porno -- nm - budice Oct 23, 12:10
- Good golly, I'd switch for him! - Mitt Romney Oct 23, 12:03
- he's not Marty O'Malley. -- nm - loosilu Oct 23, 11:54
- Senate Musical 2 -- nm - Max Oct 23, 11:54
- He looks like he spends a lot of time in airport restrooms. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 23, 11:53 4
  - Which ones!? -- nm - Dano School Musical 3 Oct 23, 11:55 2
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      - Maybe DH just things that the senator has IBS -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 11:58
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Waiter, I'd like an order of brown with a side of Mazda, please. -- nm - zork Oct 23, 11:53
I'm still amazed that there seems to be 3 presidential polls for PA every day but just a couple per week for FL. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 23, 11:52 1
- old people are slow. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 11:54
Extremely disappointed with the level of McCain's (and Palin's) rhetoric on NBC Nightly News last night. If that's all they've got left, so long. - Mop Oct 23, 11:52 12
- Chuck Todd said you could tell among staffers that they are bone tires and almost dejected. - Remlik Oct 23, 12:02 6
  - Well sure. The wheels are coming off. -- (link) - Reagen Oct 23, 12:09 2
    - "The Websense category 'user-defined' is filtered." wtf is that supposed to mean? -- nm - Don Homer Oct 23, 12:12 1
      - It means the person who controls Websense settings can create a category to include anything he wants. (As opposed to category criteria that come with - mara Oct 23, 12:22
  - Grandpa/granddaughter chemistry is hard to fake. -- nm - Spawn Oct 23, 12:09
  - That's the kind of stuff they're not supposed to say until after the election. -- nm - Mop Oct 23, 12:06 1
    - I thought that was odd as well. He's pretty good about not doing that kind of thing.... - Remlik Oct 23, 12:09
- they are no longer running to win, they are running to prevent a landslide -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Oct 23, 11:54 4
  - Seems more like they should be running to escape a landslide. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 11:55 3
    - Is it too late for them to drop out? -- nm - Mop Oct 23, 11:57 2
      - What's this, now? - Mitt Romney Oct 23, 12:00
      - We Want Pie! We Want Pie! -- nm - znufrii Oct 23, 11:58
For Rock Band players: what are your favorite downloadable tracks? -- nm - Don Homer Oct 23, 11:49 12
- Buddy Holly, The Police and The Cars tracks, She Sells Sanctuary, The Darkest of Hillside Thickets, Nirvana, interstate Love Song, QotSA -- nm - Reagen Oct 23, 11:55 2
  - If there was a way for me to give you El Scorcho, I'd do it -- nm - crash davis Oct 23, 11:58 1
    - I have it. It's good, just not as fun as Buddy Holly. -- nm - Reagen Oct 23, 11:59
- Maps, but they may not love them like I love them. -- nm - Max Oct 23, 11:52 1
  - That album is so so fantastic. -- nm - TFox Oct 23, 11:53
- the Oasis tunes were a big hit with T, Motley Crue for D, and a variety for c -- nm - crash davis Oct 23, 11:52 6
  - Variety such as...? I was very tempted by Live Forever. Such a great song. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 23, 11:55 5
    - Interstate Love Song, Nearly Lost You, gosh, there is a whole bunch I like, I'd have to go out and look at what we have -- nm - crash davis Oct 23, 11:57 4
      - Here's the list -- (link) - Reagen Oct 23, 11:58 3
        
        wasn't Today by the Smashing Pumpkins a download? or was it a regular song on RB2? -- nm - crash davis Oct 23, 12:10 2
        
        It's included on the disc. One of the first ones you can play. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 23, 12:12 1
        
        crap - I misposted - my list is above -- nm - crash davis Oct 23, 12:17
The HSX system signs off as "Enjoy your new freedom!". - Beryllium Oct 23, 11:48

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