Mr Blogmeister

Netscape Browser Set to Die a Quiet Death
Netscape, the browser that started it all, is going to go the way of the DoDo bird on February 1, 2008. AOL, the party responsible for the continued availability of the Netscape branded browser has announced that they are pulling the plug of further development on that date. (…)

I Have Finally Upgraded to WordPress and Semiologic Pro 5.0
Its been sometime since my last post. Vacations and some other necessary diversions have occupied an inordinate amount of my time. But all is well and I have finally upgraded this website to Semiologic Pro 5.0 with the included tweaked version of WordPress 2.3.1. (…)

The Woes of WordPress 2.3
WordPress 2.3 has been out seventeen days now and I still haven’t upgraded this or any of my other websites. WordPress 2.3 broke a lot of the plugins that are used in the Semiologic Pro theme.
I use Semiologic Pro exclusively and am waiting for either the plugins themselves to be revised, or for WordPress to be tweaked to allow some of the features that are exclusive to Semiologic Pro. (…)

WordPress 2.3 to be Introduced Monday
On Monday, perhaps one of the most anticipated versions of WordPress is going to hit the streets. (…)

Adsense Competitive Ads Filter
I am a retired Land Surveyor and I have a Land Surveying website set up wth Adsense Ads running in the right sidebar. I have recently noticed a few 7 and 10 cent clicks, so decided to see who was advertising on my site. (…)

Importance of Page Position in Google Search
I was reading a post on another blog where the author was bragging that she had achieved a page one listing when one of her key words was used to initiate the search. Checking out her claim, her site was listed at number 5 in a field of 12500 pages containing her search term. (…)

Internet Marketers - A Clarification
My post of a few days ago where I was critical of Internet Marketers has invoked some criticism, and upon review from the prospective of a reader, deserves some clarification. My comment should have been more specifically leveled to those people who create splogs, using other bloggers material for the sole purpose of monitizing using Adsense or YPN. While there are certainly other actions which I do not approve, the splogger was my main target
I consider myself an Internet marketer, and like the majority of Internet marketeers, do not use scraped material for my posts. So the previously posted article does not apply to them, or to me. I am sorry for any misunderstanding and welcome your comments. (…)

Working with Internet Marketers
Kickass Web Design has a post about working for Internet Marketers where they state:

These are the people who think they’re going to get rich off the Internet by creating sites full of affiliate links, reprinted articles written by others (who also call themselves “internet marketers”) and huge blocks of Adsense ads cunningly designed so that it’s almost impossible to distinguish the ads from “real” links. (…)

Today I Finally Did It
After months of being continually reminded that a download was ready, I finally allowed Adobe to update Reader 8. I hate Adobe Reader. I hate the splash screen I hate the delay in getting to a screen where I can actually use the program. And I hate the reboot that is required after every update. (…)

Websites Upgraded with Semiologic 4.3.2 and WordPress 2.2.1
I have just recently finished upgrading all of my websites to the newest version of the Semiologic Pro theme, along with the installation of the latest version of WordPress. (…)

Is Cha Cha Search a Serious Search Contender
After a national promotion of their Search engine which relied upon the interaction of live search guides which included spots on Good Morning America, it now appears that the interest and the promotion has all but disappeared.
The website and the search engine now emphasize searchs using the search box, with only a small notice that a live guide is available to assist. (…)

DRM Group Pledges to Fight Digg Rebels
After a series of events on Tuesday, initiated by the publication of a software key that would unlock the copy protection on some high-definition DVDs, the DRM Group, an entertainment industry-backed consortium which developed the protection threatened legal action. (…)

Accessing the Internet When Browser is Locked Up
Have you ever been at a location where you couldn’t bring up the browser on the computer? FireFox and IE were both blocked or frozen and you couldn’t get on the internet for important business or personal reasons.. (…)

Website Revisions and Upgrade to Semiologic 4.2.9
i have again made some revisions to the website, upgrading to Semiologic 4.2.9. There are not many changes apparent in the revisions since 4.22, so up until now, I did not feel the need to upgrade. (…)

Google PageRank Back Up
There has been considerable discussion of the one to 2 point reduction in the Google PageRank over the pst 10 days or so. (…)

WordPress 2.1 Released Today
Just 7 days after the release of security update 2.0.7, the WordPress.org Community announces the release of the much anticipated 2.1 “Ella” edition named for jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald. I have been using WordPress since 1.5 and I’ve found each update to be better than the last. (…)

NetBank Ends QuickPost
I wrote earlier about NetBank’s QuickPost service and problems that I had in using the service. (…)

Change of Registrar to 1and1
I have been a relatively happy customer of GoDaddy for some time. I’ve built up a collection of 48 domains, all hosted by them. (…)

Specialized Google Search Engine
Google recently introduced the ability of anyone to create a highly specialized Custom Search Engine that reflects your own knowledge and interests. (…)

Pulling the Plug on GoDaddy CashParking
After nearly 2 months of the CashParking experiment described here and here, I pulled the plug. After an expenditure of $7.98, I realized an income of 21 cents. (…)