I just switched my default search over to ODP/Dmoz and I am very pleased with the results. I did it on a lark just to see what having only human reviewed result coming up first would be like. I have to say I’m finding more interesting sites for my queries than I have

Lately I feel like the spit-bucket boy, accidentally caught in the middle of the ring between to prize fighters. Its not a place thats very comfortable to be in, for sure. Most of the problems IMO are based on mis-conceptions and confusion between the two directories. Some of it is real, but

Fathers Day has came and went. I did get to spend the day in a lazy boy, but unfortunately it was rocking my baby (2) who is sick with a bad stomach flu. Spent most of the weekend, sleepless and holding a bucket or feverish little boy. Today I seem to only

I put some polishing touches on a new ‘editing related’ website. Its going to eventually be the official home page for me, but most content at this point is just a fraternal mirror of my ODP editing site. You can check out the new site if you are interested by visiting: http://shadow575.home.comcast.net Its got a different design

Well I failed to avoid the nasty virus being spread around my house. Damn kids. High fever, sore throat, nasty cough, and congestion reigned last night. This morning is an Ibuprofen and decongestant morning. I am just trying to make it to Saturday without collapsing at my desk. I

Have you noticed more and more emails promising to submit your site to over 1000 directories for $50-$400? Well the truth of the matter is most directories they submit your site to are worthless. Sure this is arguable, but the fact of the matter is ask yourself what are you trying to accomplish with these

DMOZ.org - ‘Open Directory Project’ is consider the largest and most comprehensive human edited web directory. As of June 27, 2008 there are 4,594,647 websites listed with DMOZ.org. To submit you website is FREE, just to to DMOZ.org and search for a particular category that best describes your website, then click on “Suggest URL”. The

Here are some probably useless numbers regarding how my month panned out in June. It wasn’t an overtly productive month for me, but I was able to accomplish a few more things on my list. Editor Accounts I tried to focus on dealing with Editor issues such as new joins, reinstates, abuse, etc last month.

For the past couple of weeks, Buzzwords has been Number One on Google for the keyword ‘website copywriters’ (and number 3 or 4  for ‘website copywriting’).  I WAS ASKED RECENTLY HOW I ACHIEVED THIS.  The most accurate response would have to be: attention to detail. SEO (search engine optimization) copywriting is all about details.  There’s a lot of

The Smartest Guy in the Room… About me? I wish. Talking about my dad. Bob Jones - Graduated with a Math degree on GI bill after WWII. Could answer almost anything off the top of his head, or using one of a handful of sliderules he owned. Worked most of his life in Aeronautics Engineering, then finished