http://techcurtain.com Notes From Behind the Tech Curtain Sun, 20 Dec 2009 05:52:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is one of very few legitimate programs for making money on the internet. http://techcurtain.com/2009/12/simple-sites-big-profits/ http://techcurtain.com/2009/08/support-net-neutrality/ Netbooks are small, netbooks are cheap, so why are netbooks being treated like the proverbial "red headed stepson at the family picnic" these days? I am not sure exactly why. If you don't like them, and don't want one for yourself, why not just keep quiet about them and let ... http://techcurtain.com/2009/07/netbooks-why-so-many-haters/ // Last night I spent a good bit of time looking over a few pages of the ever controversial John Chow's blog, particularly his list of the major adsense money makers. Today I went back, hoping to look at the info again, and it had vanished! After being once banished ... http://techcurtain.com/2009/07/where-did-john-chow-go/ Mike McDonald of Web Pro News recently wrote a "grouch piece" about netbooks. It was titled: "Netbooks: Moving in Right Next Door to Useless" He offered the same old arguments about how useless these diminutive devices are but nothing really new. My response was typical of many others, and went something like this: "Netbooks ... http://techcurtain.com/2009/07/netbooks-link-bait-and-traffic-bait/ I have been helping a few small businesses with their website problems lately. Many of the problems I encountered were not the result of bad webmasters, but of bad hosting. In 3 recent cases, my answer to the bewildered business owner was simply to change hosts. When a brick and mortar ... http://techcurtain.com/2009/03/web-hosting-providers-realistic-web-hosting/ Search and Design Does Design Influence Placement? I have been seeing advertisements for web site developers who create some very nice sites. They have lots of pretty designs, lots of bells and whistles, splash and flash, the trouble is, you can't find them in an Internet search with any search engine ... http://techcurtain.com/2009/02/search-and-design-does-design-influence-placement/ Getting Found And Getting Paid There are two issues when marketing on or through the internet. The issue of getting found, and the issue of getting results. Fortunately, the two are compatible. A lot of people, even those with websites, don't think that the internet is a viable tool for selling. This ... http://techcurtain.com/2009/02/getting-found-and-getting-paid/ If you want more contacts, the best way is through the internet. Internet contacts, who find your business on local searches, are usually ready to get serious about buying. The internet has surpassed newspapers, and radio, and will pass TV by 2012 as the way people learn about businesses. The best ... http://techcurtain.com/2008/12/organic-local-search-results/ Top Widget Manufacturers Press Congress For Bailout! Well, of course I am just joking, at least I think I am. It wouldn't surprise me much. It isn't any more of a stretch than the auto makers asking taxpayers for a few billion, or the banks who got a few billion of ... http://techcurtain.com/2008/11/top-widget-manufacturers-press-congress-for-bailout/