http://www.nickjwest.com/blog Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:45:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en News breaking about the tragedy in Washington State where Josh Powell kills his two sons in an apparent murder-suicide plot by blowing up the house with some type of home-made explosive. Why would a single? State Child Services employee be the only one present and why would anyone, knowing the volatility ... http://www.nickjwest.com/blog/159/wtf-washington-state-really-handing-over-kids-to-a-madman/ I like traditions, and I especially like traditions that I can incorporate or adopt as my own. New Years traditions are pretty basic with singing Auld Lang Syne and making a resolution so when I heard about the Irish tradition of 'First Foot' I was excited to quickly bring it ... http://www.nickjwest.com/blog/153/who-was-your-first-foot-visitor/ Authorship, or verifying the original author of an article or publication will go along way to reducing the benefits scrapers who often blindly scrape away your work will receive in Googles' index. Google with recent introduction of its authorship verification methods has begun tackling the issue head-on and I for one ... http://www.nickjwest.com/blog/148/google-tackles-authorship-head-on/ Year-end is a natural time to reflect on the past year or even past few years. Today I am doing exactly that and in doing so I came to the realization that I enjoy routine as much as I enjoy getting away from it all. I recently returned from a short-jaunt ... http://www.nickjwest.com/blog/141/the-little-things-in-life-add-up/ Google + or Google Plus is here to stay. And why wouldn't it with ease of use, cross posting and now with pages for businesses and other groups it makes sense to include it in your satellite of platforms and tracking products. There are a number of tutorials on setting up ... http://www.nickjwest.com/blog/138/google-plus-in-a-nutshell/ I'm a fan of numerology, and an event today made me pause like I usually do when coincidences stand out as boldly as today's Los Angeles earthquake. What was fascinating is that it registered 4.4 and occurred at exactly 4:04 am PDST. I know its just a coincidence but the fact ... http://www.nickjwest.com/blog/130/4-04-2010/ The weather, at least here in Utah has been mild this winter due to an El Nino pattern affecting the west. This has of course sent the winter weather, and all its glorious snow to go elsewhere this season, namely the Midwest and the eastern seaboard. My second home in ... http://www.nickjwest.com/blog/128/winters-last-blast-spring-has-sprung/ Google Apps is launching a billboard campaign in four major cities this week. What makes this ad campaign unique is that the billboards message changes once each day over the 30 day period. It's all in an effort to promote its Google Apps products, e-mail and the like. I have been ... http://www.nickjwest.com/blog/122/going-google/ Microsoft unveiled it's new or re-branded search or in their words "decision engine" today. At first glance, it's nothing more than "Live", with a new face. Are the results any different? I would wager that it depends on the nature of your search query. If your search involves commerce, products or ... http://www.nickjwest.com/blog/120/bing-there-it-is/ Using online advertising to generate traffic to your web property along with SEO, PPC, PPA and others is where most of your time is most likely spent marketing your websites. Using offline advertising however can be very rewarding. Unfortunately with the demise or temporary discontinuation of Google Print, T.V, and Google ... http://www.nickjwest.com/blog/115/using-offline-advertising-works-to-bring-results-online/