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I still like this stock to the tune of 20,000 shares. Your fav, Cramer, said this about shippers:
Also, Cramer will be watching the shippers. "We get results from Diana Shipping (DSX)," said Cramer. "Now, we've hated these dry bulk carriers forever, but you know what? The Baltic Dry Freight index, which measures the day rates for dry bulk, has, I believe, put in a bottom, and while Diana isn't necessarily cheap and has already run up 23% for the year, I bet we'll like what we hear when it reports."
I think NMM is a superior investment compared to DSX, but I'm already up a few percent on it too ... not to mention a great divy. Shippers are a high operating leverage business .... lots of fixed assets .... so when revenues go higher, the money falls to the bottom line.
Ray858945 Best of luck with your Greek shipping line. But please consider these to balance your portfolio . SAN , a Spanish telephone company and BOC, Bank of Cyprus . These have great upside potential.
You are the one that likes ARR, so go and splurge.
NMM down a bit today(-1.2%) to 14.11.
NMM will be due to declare 4/22/13.
Its last dividend was for .4425(12.5%),
and imo, their dividend run appears to have started early.
I'm staying with NMM for the real div. run.
...and moving the board. :)
Like your choice. Look at VLCCF today. The shipping stocks look to be heating up again. And a buy today could easily be a double in a year if history is any indication.
Hey Ray,
I'm waiting to cash in on some AGNC and MTGE this week and will then look to join you guys for NMM's dividend run this quarter to possibly 15+.
The run looks to have started a tad early, so I hope I can get in under 14.
We'll see. :)
Good luck,
Hey Foxy ....
I look at this as a buy-and-hold stock - barring anything unexpected. I think that you could hold this for several years watching the PPS edging up and the divies rolling in. I wouldn't let a few pennies dissuade you from buying.
Not much of a Cramer fan, but I'm in NMM with you, Ray. Got in for $13.26 a few weeks ago with a position 95% smaller than yours :-)
Return ..
Nice ... better than me .... 13.35% yield for you. The PPS is wavering a little with all the commotion re Cypress, but it is irrelevant to NMM so just wait through it. At least, that's my plan.
I have the same .05 as you, return, lol. My DCIX shares got hammered though on declining shipping rates.


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- Fold in the blueberries with a spatula and be sure the batter is completely mixed.
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Mesh has successfully used AMD processors in the past, but the Mesh Matrix II 965 DX11 desktop PC's mighty 3.4GHz chip lacks the raw computational power of the Intel Core i5 and i7.
Mesh's Matrix II 965 is the only system in our chart to use an AMD processor. Its implementation of the Phenom II X4 965 has been very successful in previous issues, but this mighty 3.4GHz chip lacks the raw computational power of the Intel Core i5 and i7 processors, despite their slower clock speeds.
The cheaper processor and lower-spec DDR2 memory has enabled Mesh to add a better screen to the Matrix II 965, with only a relatively small drop in desktop performance. And its gaming results trail the Intel PCs by only the tiniest amounts.
In our tests, the Mesh Matrix II 965 lags behind the Intel-based PCs by around nine points in WorldBench 6. It's a measurable difference, but shouldn't be noticeable for most users.
Mesh has included an excellent 24in Iiyama E2407HDS display with the Matrix II 965. Like the Chillblast's BenQ, this monitor is capable of a full-HD 1080p resolution. And the extra couple of inches of screen space makes a difference in the readability of text and the gaming experience.
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Mesh has successfully used AMD processors in the past, but the Matrix II 965's mighty 3.4GHz chip lacks the raw computational power of the Intel Core i5 and i7.
Budget desktop PCs buying advice
Processor: The arrival of Intel's Core i5 750 has changed everything in this price range, bringing with it superb quad-core performance and support for DDR3 memory. Core i5 processors use new motherboards with a different CPU socket; buying one now puts you in a good position for future upgrades. If you're lucky, you may find a faster Core i7 8XX-series CPU at this price point.
Intel's Core 2 Duo E8600 was once king of this category and is still available, but there's no reason to choose it unless you find a fantastic deal. AMD's Phenom II X4 920, 940 and 965 also offer good value for money and quad-core performance, although they can't match the Core i5 in our tests.
Memory: If fast processors speed up your PC, a large bank of memory stops it from slowing down. Get the most out of your CPU by including at least 4GB of RAM. You can get by with 2GB, but your PC will run more smoothly with 4GB.
Core i5-based PCs use DDR3 memory rather than DDR2, but there's no need to buy the chips in threes as you do with Core i7 systems.
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Display: Many PC manufacturers make sacrifices here to keep costs down; always try the monitor before you buy.
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A DVI or HDMI connector will provide a considerably better image than a VGA port, so look for a display with a digital input; if you want to connect additional devices you'll need at least two.
Finally, look for a good response rate: 8ms or below is fast enough for games.
Graphics cards: There's simply not room in the budget for a top-end graphics card at this price point, but you should still be able to find a decent model.
We test PCs using the four-year-old game Fear and Crysis, a far more demanding title. Although 50fps is enough to make a game playable, you can set your sights higher in this category - look for 80-100fps for decent gameplay.
Current pricing will limit you in this area, but ATI's Radeon HD 4890 and nVidia's GeForce GTX 260 both deliver great performance and value for money, making even cutting-edge games playable if you drop the resolution and settings a notch. AMD's HD 5770 is a slower card with today's games, but adds DirectX 11.0.
nVidia cards offer unique features, such as support for realistic object interactions in games supporting PhysX and the ability to display content in 3D when used with special glasses.
Power supply: A large PSU is less vital at this price point, but look for a model with a full set of SATA and PCI Express connectors to make later upgrades easier.
Sound card and speakers: You may find a budget sound card at this price, but most motherboards depend on a decent built-in audio chip that can handle six-channel sound. To get surround sound you'll need a 5.1-channel system (five speakers and a subwoofer). A 2.1-channel stereo system will be good enough for most users.
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Mesh Matrix II 965 DX11: Specs
- 3.4GHz AMD Phenom II X4 965
- Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
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- 24in Iiyama E2407HDS (0.27mm pixel pitch
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- 1GB PCI Express XFX ATI Radeon HD 5770 (games scores: Crysis [High/Very High] = 63/25fps
- Fear = 198fps)
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- one-year return-to-base warranty
- WorldBench 6 score: 127
Packed into a compact case, the Mesh Matrix II 965 is a good PC with some excellent features. Sound may be lacking, but it'll give you the best visual experience of the group if general speed isn't your top priority.


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WACO (May 21, 2014) Call it coincidence or an omen, but a large branch that fell from a tree Wednesday outside of the McLennan County Courthouse in downtown Waco came to rest just inches from a campaign sign for Republican attorney general candidate Dan Branch.
Branch, a state representative from Dallas, is in a runoff race against State Sen. Ken Paxton, R-McKinney, who's a Baylor University graduate and former Baylor student body president.
Branch holds degrees from Oklahoma Christian University and the SMU School of Law.
Early voting is now underway in the runoff.
Next Tuesday is election day.
A 15-to-20 mile south wind and the effects of the lingering drought probably contributed to the limb's collapse Wednesday.


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- As noted above, multiple lines of evidence ('total' evidence) are preferable to dependence upon a single datum or technique.
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- The claim that there is no analytic entailment from any natural property to any moral property is simply Hume's Law - a datum often supported through use of the open question argument.
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MIAMI � It�s not just the collection plate that�s getting passed around this fall at hundreds of mainly African-American and Latino churches in presidential battleground states and across the nation.
Exhorting congregations to register to vote, church leaders are distributing registration cards in the middle of services, and many are pledging caravans of �souls to the polls� to deliver the vote.
The stepped-up effort in many states is a response by activists worried that new election rules, from tougher photo identification requirements to fewer days of early voting, are unfairly targeting minority voters � specifically, African-Americans who tend to vote heavily for Democrats. Some leaders compare their registration and get-out-the-vote efforts to the racial struggle that led to the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
�In light of all this, we are saying just let our people vote,� said the Rev. Dawn Riley Duval, social justice minister at the Shorter Community A.M.E. Church in Denver. �The people are being oppressed by these measures. It has ignited a sense of urgency and collective power that we can take by engaging in the process.�
In key swing states such as Florida and Ohio, proponents of the new election rules deny they are aimed at suppressing the minority vote in hopes of helping Republicans win more races. Reasons for their enactment vary between rooting out fraud and purging ineligible voters to streamlining the voting process.
But to some African-American leaders like the Rev. F.E. Perry, a Cleveland-based bishop in Ohio�s Church of God in Christ, it�s as if the 1960s barriers to black civil rights have returned all over again.
�We�ve come too far to sit idly by and watch that happen,� Perry said. �We want to get souls to the polls. Whatever it takes to get them there, that�s what we�re going to do.�
With national public opinion surveys showing a close race between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney, even a few votes either way in a state such as Florida � a mere 537 votes decided the 2000 contest between Republican George W. Bush and Democrat Al Gore � could prove decisive. In 2008, Obama won 95 percent of black voters and is likely to get an overwhelming majority again. He also won among Latinos, a rapidly growing constituency that also tilts heavily toward the Democrat in polls this year.
But any loss of votes would sting.
To be sure, not all clergy are encouraging their flocks to turn out on Election Day: Some black pastors are telling their congregations to stay home, seeing no good presidential choice between a Mormon candidate and one who supports gay marriage. The pastors say their congregants are asking how a true Christian could back same-sex marriage, as Obama did in May. As for Romney, the first Mormon nominee from a major party, some congregants are questioning the theology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its former ban on men of African descent in the priesthood.
Those pastors, however, are in the minority.
Many Democrats see a pattern of partisanship in many of the new election laws, which they contend are intended to hinder minority turnout and boost the prospects of GOP candidates.
�I pray it�s not politics, but I don�t know. It doesn�t look like anything other than politics,� said the Rev. Richard Dunn, pastor at Faith Community Baptist Church in Miami.
One organization, the faith-based PICO National Network, staged a �Let My People Vote Sunday� in September in which about 300 churches around the country held voter registration drives during services and recruited churchgoers to go out and register even more people. The goal was to sign up around 75,000 people, PICO policy director Gordon Whitman said.
�People are stopping in the middle of worship to have people pull out the registration forms and fill them out. It�s about the church saying, �We are going to participate in this process,�� Whitman said.
In many states with early voting, the Sunday before Election Day in 2008 was a church-based political event in which minority congregations went en masse to polling places and cast their ballots. That year in Florida, 33.2 percent of all African-American voters and 23.6 percent of Latino voters cast ballots on that final Sunday, according to the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University.
In Ohio in 2008, Whitman said about 100,000 people voted during the last weekend before the election. A new Ohio law would have cut off early voting on the Friday before the election, but a federal judge declared it unconstitutional because some groups such as military personnel were exempted. The state is appealing that ruling.
This year in Florida, a new election law eliminated early voting on that last Sunday, although there is a Sunday for early voting about a week and a half earlier. Dunn, the Miami pastor, said he expects most churches will shift to that earlier day, which falls on Oct. 28 this year.
�Sunday in the African-American tradition is one of the biggest days historically in our community,� he said. �You have large numbers of people who go to church. Pastors aren�t saying who to vote for, but they are saying, �This is souls to the polls day.��
Florida�s law was also challenged in federal court, but a judge ruled in September there wasn�t enough proof that the change would harm African-Americans� right to vote. The judge also noted that, unlike the previous law, the new rules required at least one Sunday for early voting.
Meanwhile, from the pulpit, some churches are even using a litany that calls upon congregations to remember the fight to obtain the vote as well as other civil rights. One such script distributed by PICO (it stands for People Improving Communities by Organizing) mentions the Rev. Martin Luther King, the bloody march in Selma, Ala., and many other civil rights milestones.
�We remember thousands of little towns where countless, unnamed ancestors stood in their dignity to cast a ballot,� the script says. �In 2012 we will not be silent or denied the right to vote. For we have come too far by faith.�
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I would like to show a menu with icons with text below every icon in Android.
The menu should fill the entire activity, like the launcher menu. For example:
I want the user to choose from a set of options (static options) with icons.
I was thinking about a grid view with buttons or images, but how to get the text in without burning them into the icons (translation later on)?


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Samir Nasri netted twice as Manchester City beat Chelsea 5-3 in the second match of the English clubs' end-of-season trip to the United States.
Ashley Barnes is set for an extended period on the sidelines after tests revealed his hamstring injury was more serious than originally thought.
Fantasy owners will have to look elsewhere for an attack-oriented left-back after defender Aaron Cresswell suffered a knee injury.
The Argentina Football Federation [AFA] have confirmed that West Ham playmaker Manuel Lanzini has been ruled out of this summer's Olympic Games after suffering a knee injury during last week's warm-up game against Colombia.
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Erik Lamela, looking to fend off a potential challenge to his spot in the line-up, scored Spurs' lone goal in their 2-1 loss to Juventus on Tuesday.
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The 2nd Annual Bad Ass SEO Guest Blogging Contest Is Here!
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September is here and that means two things for the Gulf Coast—hurricanes and football. And since hurricanes are so depressing, let's talk football (although football has been quite depressing the last decade for Houstonians).
So I'm sitting here watching the 4th preseason game for the Houston Texans and suddenly I have this epiphany—football…SEO…they aren't all that different. A successful football team shares quite a bit in common with a worthwhile SEO firm. Let me show you what I mean.
They have experienced management in place
Ever heard of a first year coach taking his team to the Super Bowl? Not likely. Coaching a team to the highest level of the game takes years of experience. It also takes being surrounded with the right people. Just look at Houston—Gary Kubiak seems to be a good enough coach, but his defensive coordinator sucked. Now he has Wade Phillips on his side and the preseason has looked pretty solid (besides tonight's game).
Now let's apply this to the world of SEO. As you probably know, rookie SEO "coaches" are popping up all over the place. But can they deliver the results of an SEO with years of experience? The fact is, you find the right guy with the right experience then you can rest assured he's going to boost your rankings.
The underdog may be your best option
Look at the Packers last year. Who thought they'd win it all at the onset of the season? Not me. And even in the Super Bowl, most people thought Pittsburgh was going to hand their butts to them. Wrong again! It's good business to go with the underdog (just ask Vegas).
Now let's look at SEOs. You have the big marketing companies that you can go to for the supposed big results. And you can wind up with an even bigger hole in your wallet. Or you can choose an underdog, a smaller SEO organization, and take your chances. Hey I did it. And I've seen nothing but positive results.
They have multiple players producing outstanding stats
How often do you hear of a winning team only having one player putting up good stats? Not usually. Instead, the best teams usually have multiple pieces producing winning results. Compare this to SEO. The SEO company you really want isn't going to push everything aside in hopes for a single high ranking keyword. Instead, they are going to produce results across the board. They'll start with your highest ranking, produce quick results, and then move on to the next. And you can see proof of these reports through their free SEO report.
Here's to a great season
I'm excited to watch some football this season. This is also my first year to play fantasy, so I have some added interest. I'm also excited to watch my SEO guy produce results and bring me more traffic.
Here's to a great 2011 season!
5 Steps to Pleasing the Panda in Under 2 Hours
Are you still struggling to regain your pre-Panda traffic levels? Then following these five steps may be just what you need to get back on track:
Understand That The Panda is a Different Kind of Animal
Many of Google's big algorithmic changes are related to off-page elements. When a site is impacted by one of these changes, they can commonly fix it by attracting more quality links. From holding a blog contest to putting real effort into guest blogging, there are plenty of ways to tackle this challenge.
But the Panda update does not fit into this mold. This change is about the content and structure of your website. It's also different because any changes you make may not have an immediate impact on your rankings. Although Google has rolled out at least 5 versions of Panda, it can take some time for any changes you make to be registered.
The good news is while you may have to wait for any changes you implement to sway Google's opinion of your site, the improvements themselves don't have to take a long time to make.
Find Where People are Leaving
Although there are shortcomings to using bounce rate as a metric, it can provide valuable insight into areas of your site that are falling short.
You should pull up your analytics data and sort your content by bounce rate. For your pages with the highest bounce rate, you need to ask yourself whether or not people should be leaving that page.
For example, a landing page that sends visitors to a third-party payment processor probably won't have a low bounce rate. However, if it's an article or blog post, you want people to engage with it and then continue exploring your site.
Bring in Visitors with the Right Headline
A strong headline is an extremely powerful tool. In addition to including your keyword phrase so Google knows what a page is about, you want to grab searchers' attention when they see your listing on a SERP.
In addition to not being dull, you also want to ensure your page delivers what the headline promises. If you have a killer headline but lackluster content, people are going to hit the back button, which is not something Google wants to see.
By sharpening the headlines of your worst performers and adding any needed polish to the content of those pages, you can provide users with a top notch experience.
Add Related Links
Have you ever gone to Wikipedia to look up a single fact, only to then glance at your clock and realize you've been on the site for over half an hour?
The reason it's so easy to get sucked into Wikipedia is the site does an excellent job of interlinking. You should do the same with your own content. One reason people may be quickly leaving your blog posts or articles is because you don't give them anywhere interesting to go.
Look at your pages that are performing the worst and make them more interesting by adding relevant links in their body or at the end. If you're using WordPress, the Related Posts plugin can help make this change extremely easy to implement.
Add Relevant Videos
There's no value into pulling a bunch of random videos onto your site. However, a video that relates to the topic of a post or article can make that content much more engaging.
By browsing around YouTube for just a few minutes, you should be able to find at least a couple of videos that will increase visitors' engagement with your content.
If you or your clients were impacted by Panda but have since recovered, let us know what change(s) were most effective!
Which Seinfeld Character Are You When You Blog?
After all of these years, I still challenge anyone and everyone to find a show that can trump Seinfeld in overall awesomeness. Smart, funny, easy to connect with and understand—Seinfeld is everything you wish your blog was. That said, I got to thinking about the characters on the show and what they'd be like as bloggers. Here are a few of the best and the worst. Which one best describes you?
- Jerry—Sure every Seinfeld character was funny in his own way. And honestly, I don't think Jerry was the funniest character at all. However, funny was (and still is) his business and he has a knack for taking mundane topics and talking about them in a way that they haven't yet been addressed. Of course, this sometimes led him to get hung up on issues that didn't really matter, but let's call that a minor character flaw. Overall, I'm thinking Jerry would make quite the blogger.
- George—Liar. Self-loather. Sloth. Largely unemployed. Completely unlikable. Yet he's probably the most adored Seinfeld character amongst diehard fans. A George Costanza blogger would be one who BS's his way through just about everything. He's a good writer, but can we really trust anything he says? Whatever it takes to get someone to buy a product or click an ad.
- Kramer—Some bloggers just write about the strangest things they can come up with. Except they aren't "trying too hard." They're just downright quirky. A Kramer blogger is a fun but not so deep read. And chances are, he's going to get super lucky and win a blog contest.
- Newman—Completely unlikable, yet irreplaceable. Newman makes his sole mission to instigate at every turn. As a blogger, he would garner a large audience by pissing people off. People would love to hate and comment nonstop.
- The Soup Nazi—Some bloggers just have no patience for those who don't share their opinions. This blogger either heavily moderate their comments or else he constantly get in fights in them. But his words command your attention, so you keep reading his blog. And if the Soup Nazi was a forum moderator, you'd be watching your every word because you'd get banned.
- David Puddy—Let's face it—Puddy was stupid. If he was a blogger, bottom line he'd suck. If you're a Puddy blogger, you might have a few fans like Elaine who like you for, well, some reason or another. But do yourself a favor and quit. Disclaimer: When I say Puddy is stupid, I don't mean I don't like his character. He was hilarious. Just dumb in a typical paint-my-body-and-go-to-a-football-game kind of way.
- The Maestro—Was there ever a Seinfeld character more pretentious than this guy? Remember how he insisted that everyone call him the Maestro, even Elaine? The Maestro made everyone around him feel like they weren't as good as him. And who likes that guy? Certainly not blog readers.
I'd like to think I'm a Jerry blogger. But sometimes I can come off as a Maestro blogger. Which one are you? And what Seinfeld characters should I have included here that I didn't? Tell me all about it in the comments.
How to Make Your SERP Listings More Attractive to Searchers
On Friday, Search Engine Land confirmed that Google is testing frames for search options and results. If this becomes a permanent change, it will give searchers even more control over finding exactly what they want.
Because of Google's push towards giving users even more control over searches and the fact that SERP CTR can influence your rankings, it's more important than ever to ensure your SERP listings are as appealing as possible.
To accomplish this important goal, here are effective options you can implement today:
Have a page that includes reviews? What about dates? Since Google supports 5 different microformats, you should be able to incorporate this option on quite a few of your pages.
Because microformats can add rich details like stars or dates directly to your SERP listings, they can make your listings stand out from others and attract clicks from interested searchers.
Google +1
SEO Effect did a study in June to determine the impact of the Google +1 button. In addition to their other findings, the study determined that "the Google +1 button saw a 20% increase in rankings which led to a corresponding lift in Clickthrough rate (CTR)."
Even though the exact measurements of this study are likely far from perfect, the bottom line is it's well worth taking the time to install this Google feature on your blog or site.
Include a Price
While this won't apply to every page of your website, it is relevant for listings tied to products or services. If a page is showcasing something that a visitor can purchase, include the price in your title or description tag.
Although including a price in your title tag can provide the biggest boost, there is a potential downside. According to RedFly Marketing, "if you're not the cheapest, your CTR will suffer." To minimize the potential for this problem, you probably want to stick with including the price in the description.
Entice Searchers to Click
Your title tag isn't only for including a relevant keyword phrase. It's also the perfect opportunity for you to entice searchers to click.
You should put the same amount of effort into writing a title for each page of your website as you would for writing a blog post or newspaper article title.
If you don't have much experience writing persuasive titles, Copyblogger has a great crash course that will show you how to craft juicy ones for your SERP listings.
Surviving the Blogging Hangover
So we talked about BWI (for those just no joining us, that's "blogging while intoxicated")—but what about what follows? You know, the blogging hangover.
Everyone's experienced it. You wake up early in the morning and force yourself out of bed. You wince as you plop down in front of your computer and turn on the screen. Forced to shield your eyes from the piercing light, you groan as you face the reality—what the hell are you going to write about this morning? And furthermore, how the hell are you going to get rid of this pounding headache?
Yep, you have it. After a night of overindulging in BWI bliss and having the best post of your life, you're facing the blogging hangover. Now what?
Blogging Hangover Cures
- Rehydrate—Anyone who has ever drank too much knows that the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning is get a big glass of water (or as I like to do, stick my head under the faucet). Well, similarly, when you're dealing with that blogging hangover, you need to rehydrate. In this case, that means you need to pull up your favorite blogs and pour through them. The more you refill yourself with good content, the more likely you are to suddenly have a great idea for your next post.
- Eat something greasy—The only good thing about a hangover is it gives you a great excuse to eat something terrible for you. What's better than that giant, greasy burger to calm your twisted, churning stomach? So what does this mean for blogging hangover cures? Same thing. Take a break and go get something to eat! Give your mind a minute to clear and give your brain some fuel. It's much harder to think of a topic for your next post if your stomach is growling. Your brain just can't focus.
- Pour yourself another—As a last resort, or just for the true alcoholic, if all else fails you can always hit the bottle again. Another drink the day after will quench that hangover in no time. Of course it will also lead to BWI again. But hey, if the BWI leads to another hilarious, engaging post…does it really matter?
- Go back to bed—If all else fails, give up and go back to bed. Look, sometimes your hangover just isn't going away until you sleep all the way through it. And sometimes, no matter what you do and how hard you stare at your screen, you just aren't going to come up with anything good. If you continue to sit there, the only thing that will come of it is a really crappy post. Do yourself a favor and go sleep it off. Try again tomorrow.
I'm writing this at 5 AM. So glad I'm not dealing with a blogging hangover today. But then again, I wasn't engaging in BWI last night. I try to keep that to the weekend as much as possible so I can get up early and get to work.
What about you guys? Anyone suffering from a blogging hangover? How do you guys handle it?
How I Doubled a Site's Speed in Under 10 Minutes
Recently, a friend asked me to take a quick look at his site. My friend wanted to know if there was any way he could speed up his site.
Before logging into his WordPress Dashboard to browse around, I used Who.is to look up what company is hosting his site. Although I discovered it's a hosting company with a reputation for being slow, I knew he didn't want to deal with moving to a new host.
I used WebSitePulse to run an initial speed test. After verifying his site's response time was on the slower end of the spectrum, I logged into his WP Dashboard.
I decided to see how many plugins he was running. I was shocked to discover he had over 40 active plugins!
At first, I couldn't even imagine how he had taken the time to install and activate this many plugins. However, a quick email to him revealed that his website had been built by a "professional WP development company."
In reality, this company justified jacking up its price by doing a mass installation and activation of a bunch of unnecessary plugins.
Since I was helping my friend as a quick favor, it didn't make sense for me to manually review each and every plugin. Instead, I decided to go for the low hanging fruit.
How to Use Firebug to Identify Slow WordPress Plugins
To identify the main culprits, I fired up Firebug in Firefox. I proceeded to:
- Click the Net tab
- Load his website
- Because no data showed up, I reloaded his website
Reloading the website gave me a visual breakdown of how long each element of his site took to load.
As I expected, there were several elements that took a significant amount of time to load. Specifically, I was able to match each of the three slowest elements to a plugin.
After deactivating those plugins, I ran a second speed test. The result? My friend's site loaded twice as fast.
If you're wondering which plugins were responsible, they were:
- Zemanta
- ShareThis
- Sphere
If you think one or more plugins are bogging down your site, you can use this method to test and resolve your issue in less than ten minutes.
Buzzed Blogging is Drunk Blogging (How to Write a Blog Post That People Will Remember)
I have a confession to make. I have an ice cold Shiner Bohemian Black Lager sitting next to me as I type this. Sure it's no Shiner Bock, which happens to be my favorite beer in the world, but it's a pretty solid beer—Shiner's #2 selling beer, to be exact. But anyway, I'm drinking this beer as I blog in remembrance of a post I read a year ago, "Why You Should Blog Drunk." It was part of The "Bad Ass" SEO Guest Blogging Contest. In fact, it was posted on this very blog.
If you go back and read the post, it wasn't actually advocating drunken blogging. Instead, it was a metaphor for how the no B.S. in-your-face-who-cares-what-you-think attitude you get after two too many drinks would serve you well as you blog.
But what can I say? I tend to take things quite literally. Excuse me a minute while I go grab another beer.
An Idea That Sticks with You
However, the fact that I'm actually drinking as I blog about a post based on drinking and blogging isn't really the main theme here (albeit it is certainly an interesting little side thread).
What I'd really like to focus on here is why I still remember that post a year later. And I bet I'm not the only one that remembers it.
Now I haven't actually spoken to Gerald about how much traffic that post got, but it did get well over 100 tweets. So I'm going to guess it was pretty successful. The question is—why? What did Jennifer Van Iderstyne, the author of the post, do to make it so memorable?
To be honest with you, I haven't really thought it out yet. But as soon as I get another beer I'm going to dive into it and figure it all out. Excuse me for a second.
Why "Why You Should Blog Drunk" Was Such an Awesome Post
Okay, where was I? Oh yes, what was so good about that post… okay let's start from the beginning:
- The Title Caught My Attention There are lots of good titles out there. And it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that the catchier the title, the more people will want to read it. But in this case, the title isn't just catchy. It's different. And not only is it different, but the whole "Why You SHOULD Blog Drunk Thing" made me think Wow, how in the world are they going to argue in favor of this?! See, if the title had been "Why You Should NOT Blog Drunk," then I wouldn't have been as intrigued. Of course you shouldn't blog drunk. Any rational human being would agree. Instead, she took the opposite of the obvious answer and made it work. That's skillzzz.
- The Metaphor Wasn't Forced or Trite Metaphors are hit or miss. And when it comes to blogging, a field that is flooded with a few really good writers, a lot of decent or average writers, and a BLEEP LOAD of really terrible writers…well let's just say you get a lot of crappy metaphors. And these crappy metaphors can be broken into two categories. Either they are really forced and try to compare two things that are absolutely not related (I'm trying to write a post comparing the Houston Texans to copywriting on my personal blog but haven't figured out how to avoid this pitfall yet). Or the metaphor will be so overused that I want to kill myself halfway through the post. Example? Eh, don't want to call anyone out. You know what I mean. But this post… comparing blogging to drinking. Wow. And not just the act of drinking, but the mindsets you run through as you progress through a drunken night. I'm serious—it's genius.
- It gave me something I could use that I hadn't already read or thought about How often do you feel like you're reading the same old crap over and over and over. Seriously, go to one of those sites like SERPd.com and come back and try and tell me that half the stuff isn't just the same BLEEP, different BLEEPhole. Hey, even I myself am guilty of this. You are too. After all, it's difficult to come up with completely original themes every time you blog.
But those posts we all do from time to time that don't really offer anything new—they don't resonate with people. They don't stick with you. They're just filler to meet a quota. You know, getting that link you want so bad.
Don't shout me down because I'm telling the truth.
How Would You Grade This Post?
Okay, I'd say that about covers it. Now let's take what I've determined makes a sticky post and apply it to what I just wrote. Did I succeed in creating a memorable post? Or did I feed you the same ol' BLEEP?
Comment and let me know while I go grab another Shiner.
Should You Have Someone Writing Your Blogs for You?
Among other things, I do business blogging (ghost blogging). And it never ceases to amaze me how many peers and potential clients and just random people have never even heard of ghost blogging. In fact, a recent client asked me "can you even do that?" when I told her I could take over her blogs for her and build her reputation as an expert by tagging her name on each of them.
It gets funnier. I was contacted a while back by a writer who wanted to do some work for my agency. While I'm not actively looking for writers, I did talk with them about what sort of work I do, and what kind I might consider using another writer for. Read more >>
To Outsource or Not to Outsource? That Is the Content Question (Among Others)
So I subscribe to lots of email lists. And I mean lots. Do I ever buy anything from them? Nope. So why do I do it? To get ideas. All sorts of them. Marketing ideas, ideas on what NOT to do, product offering ideas, even article and blog ideas. In fact, I got the idea for this post from another I just read.
Now before we go any further, understand this: I don't mean to say you should rip off someone else's content by any means. Instead, you should look for something that strikes a chord with you and use that as a spring board for your post. And that's exactly what's happening here.
Last night I was going through email and clicked a link that took me to a post entitled Google Thinks Article Marketing SUCKS. Since one of the key pieces of my business is writing articles for article syndicators, the author had my full attention.
Of course, the topic is nothing new. SEO guys have been arguing back and forth about the value of article syndication for quite some time. But since the whole PANDA deal (debacle?), the debate seems to have heated up a few degrees. Read more >>


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This is one of three large spiral paintings and is related to a number of smaller spiral works. Frost has incorporated discs and spirals, evoking the sun, into his paintings since the 1950s. Here, the title stands for Red, Black and White for Arizona. Frost made this painting following a trip to the United States and the letter A also refers to his son, Adrian, who was with him in the Arizona desert. Frost has commented 'I found the desert not as I believed it to be... Arizona was full of cacti in bloom, with spirals of colour everywhere; it was a totally different excitement that I hadn't experienced before.'
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I was just testing Output Caching in the RC build of ASP.NET MVC 3.
Somehow, it is not honoring the VaryByParam property (or rather, I am not sure I understand what is going on):
public ActionResult View(UserViewCommand command) {
Here, UserViewCommand has a property called slug which is used to look up a User from the database.
This is my OutputCache declaration:
[HttpGet, OutputCache(Duration = 2000, VaryByParam = "None")]
However, when I try and hit the Action method using different 'slug' values (by manupulating the URL), instead of serving wrong data (which I am trying to force by design), it is instead invoking the action method.
So for example (in order of invocation)
/user/view/abc -> Invokes action method with slug = abc /user/view/abc -> Action method not invoked /user/view/xyz -> Invokes action method again with slug = xyz! Was it not supposed to come out of the cache because VaryByParam = none?
Also, what is the recommended way of OutputCaching in such a situation? (example above)