Non-Domain Related

I Love Nola

Just returned from my trip to New Orleans. While I think three days is long enough to be down there (especially the French Quarter), I had a great time. Dinner last night at Arnaud’s was amazing, and it was fantastic being down there with great friends and my Dad.
I need a bit more time to recover from the Hurricanes, bourbon, tequila, Purple Haze and other unmentionables, but I will be back to normal tomorrow. I even wrote a blog post on the flight, so it will be easier to get back to the groove.
Thanks to everyone who wrote emails and posted comments. See you tomorrow!

SHOW ME YOUR……. Domains!

I won’t be blogging, moderating comments, or responding to emails for the next few days, as I am headed down to New Orleans for my bachelor party. I will be back on Sunday night, and I should be back to normal by Monday.
In the meantime, feel free to use the links on the right hand side while I am out of town.

Mining the Long Tail

I am in the process of developing a debt-related mini-site. I am writing the articles for it and would like some keyword research related to debt so I can mine the long tail and dominate the long (but high paying) keywords. I want to target some low hanging fruit keywords that others may not notice. The competition will be less, and my site will hopefully rank higher.
Can anyone recommend a place to get a large list of keywords for a good price?

Looking for a Custom WordPress Template

I am looking to have a custom (or customized) WordPress template built for me. I have about 5 domain names I would like to develop and monetize, and I would like to do it using 6-10 articles each using the WordPress platform. Since I am not very good with the technical aspect of web development, I would like someone to build a single WP template for me along with 5 custom headers for each domain name (nothing really fancy).
The template will have an Adsense skyscraper running on the sidebar of the main template, and each article will have a square Adsense box next to the article. There will also be another Adsense banner underneath the comment section of each article. I will provide the Adsense codes, and I would like the actual Adsense boxes to match the look and feel of the template. Additionally, the template will have SEO plugins and other valuable plugins included to make optimization as easy as possible.
If you are able to do this, please drop me a note with the approximate charge and timing for the template and headers.

Traveling South Again Today

I will be traveling south again today. Will be back up and running by Monday.

Not Just Newspapers, TV Suffering, Too

Most of the stories I’ve heard about the standard mainstream outlets losing ad revenue to the Internet seem to be focused on newspapers. An article in the Boston Globe this morning would indicate that television stations, even beloved and trusted stations, are losing out to the Internet as well.
To most Boston sports fans, the name Bob Lobel strikes a cord. I haven’t watched Boston news frequently over the past couple of years, but I can still hear Lobel’s voice in the back of my head, either doing to pre/post game for the Pats or Sox. Today’s Globe article announces that Lobel, who has been with arguably the most popular and well-known television station in Boston (WBZ TV 4), will be leaving as a result of a “workforce reduction.”
According to the article in the Boston Globe:

The station, like other media outlets across the country, is facing increasing pressure to cut costs as it grapples with declining ad revenues and viewership. On Monday, the station announced plans to reduce its overall workforce of 220 by 10 percent.

While I am sure Lobel will be scooped up by another local network because of his well-liked persona, his leaving WBZ shows that newspapers aren’t the only media outlet affected by the dominance of the Internet.

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