I have been learning more about SEO. Which is in short, how to get a website into the top search listings of google, yahoo, dogpile, etc. under specific keywords. There are easy/evil ways to get your website up faster in the ranks, which involve link spamming. These are things I will not be doing since I don’t want to get my site(s) banned. My goal is to do it the right way, which is going to take time and patience I’ve read. Here are some of the books that I have been reading to educate myself on the topic:

Google SEO Secrets 2006
Sybex Search Engine Optimization
SEO Made Easy by Brad Callen
SEO For Dummies

Also Some Sites:
http://www.wordtracker.com/
http://www.keyworddiscovery.com/
http://www.searchenginewatch.com/
http://www.bruceclay.com/
http://www.nielsen-netratings.com/
http://www.highrankings.com/

So, I finally got a website built for Market Motors. It took me about 2.5 months to build, with me working on it almost every evening after work. I’m pretty happy with it, and it feels like I have accomplished a great feat. Although, I did have to put other projects on hold while doing it, like the house. I wanted to get it done for Christmas so that I could give it to Mark. I’m hoping getting on the web will help with business. We aren’t doing bad by any means, but with todays average age of surfing the internet being 44, I figured it would be worth it. So for anyone shopping for a used car in the South Bend / Elkhart area in Indiana check out our website.

There is a Trojan horse that is targeting OSX that was found on some free porn sites. Pretty much go to a free porn site that requires you to download a codec to view the porn and it installs a trojan horse instead. After downloading the codec you are required to enter your root password which then grants the virus full access to your computer. So those foolishly thinking that macs are virus free, think again. Unfortunately, with more people buying macs more viruses will be written for the OS. Read here for more details.

Hell yeah! The infection Game type will be in the ranked playlist tomorrow! I have played this as custom gametype before, and it was a lot of fun. The only bad this is the game is over really quick, unless you can get your other teammates to hole up somewhere and defend. You can also get some pretty cool medals tomorrow that are only available in this game type. Read more on Bungie.net

“To celebrate the gustatory tendencies of the walking dead and to acknowledge All Hallows Eve, we’re launching a spooktacular, eerie-otic and cryptmongous playlist for 27 horror-filled hours, starting on October 31st at 12:01am and ending at 3:00am on November 1st—It is infection and it is the playlist of the Living Dead.” -Bungie

I ran across a good how to on installing leopard from a DMG file which is helpful if you don’t have a dual layer DVD burner. There are legal ways to obtain a copy of Leopard that comes in a .dmg file. These are spelled out in the how to. If you do have access to a dual layer DVD burner then just burn the stinkin’ image and install that way. This is not something an amateur should expect to do very easily. Read on for more details.

Well, engadget was sort of successful in this installation. I guess one could say that doing such a thing could be compared to sticking a Hemi into a Chevette. The motor fits, and still runs, but the suspension barely hold the front of the car up, and we can’t go past 30mph, oh and did I mention there are no brakes? It seems that they got it installed, but a lot of useful features such as the DVD player, just don’t work. The OS requires more than just a ATI Rage 128 video card, to do anything pretty. And unfortunately there are a lot of pretty things to see in 10.5. I myself, have pretty much the same computer that they tried the install on. It’s just running the original processor still, which is dual 450mhz G4s. It runs 10.4 just fine, and I’m happy with that. If anyone knows of a super cheap (free) G5 for sale, please let me know. The knew OS looks like it’s all there. Cheers!