Increase Your Webpage's Visibility, maybe?

Increasing your page's visibility on the web

There are literally billions of webpages out there in cyberspace - who knows if anyone ever even sees your page? I have found places where, although there's no guarantee, you can add your url to the index of a couple of Major Search Engines.

Google: submit your URL to Yahoo!

Like I said, there's no guarantee that these search engines will add the submitted URL's to their index, but it only takes a few seconds so its definitely worth a try!

HTML Beginner Basics...

Make your text stand out using HTML!

I have a friend who recently started blogging and she asked me how to make her words bold. Here are a couple of quick HTML text formatting basics:

Bold text...
Example: <b>my bold text</b>
Preview: my bold text

Italics...
Example: <i>my italicized text</i>
Preview: my italicized text

Bold and Italicized
Example: <i><b>my bold, italicized text</i></b>
Preview: my bold, italicized text

Happy Birthday to hard drives!

Happy Birthday to hard drives!

The hard drive which was invented by IBM debuted 50 years ago today! Today, there have been nearly 2 billion units manufactured and this year, around 450 million units will be made. The cost of 1GB of space today is about fifty cents - amazing, huh? Especially considering that leasing hard drive space 50 years ago cost thousands and you only got a few MB of space.

Technology marches on...

9-11 News

I found a website that has news from 9/11 and the years after called http://www.september11news.com

The site of News Archives of the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks on the World Trade Center in NYC and the Pentagon in Washington says it is the Internet's #1 Resource for September 11th, 2001 News and there's a ton of information on the website including archived news, photos, graphics, images, webs, and newspapers. This is probably a good place to start if researching 9/11, terrorism, etc since the information is already in one place.

Never forget...

Switchboard.com

Do you ever get calls on you home or cell phone and wonder who the heck is calling this late? What did they want? Who are they? Or, maybe you have a questionable charge on you phone bill and don't know why or who the call was made to or who might have made the call? You can lookup phone numbers at Switchboard using the reverse lookup "Search by phone number," feature, which allows you to enter only the phone number then will display the results of your inquiry along with any other available info like name, address, etc.

Drive-by Downloads

Drive-by Dowloads can occur without the user even knowing they've occurred. A drive-by download is a program that is automatically downloaded to your computer without even needing your permission. A drive-by download is installed invisibly to the user and it can occur from simply visiting a website. Sometimes drive-by downloads are installed during another application's install. You need to review your computer's security settings to be sure that they are robust enough to ward off drive-by downloads, otherwise, it may be possible for drive-by downloads to infest your pc without you knowing they even exist...