Why do people read blogs? Well there are a few different reasons, the number one being that they get some value from reading your blog. If this is the case, then pray tell how does reading a log add value to your blog? Before reading logs or gather statistics first figure out why you are gathering these statistics, how exactly are they going to help you produce better content that adds more value to lives of your consumers. Then and only then begin reading or looking at logs, because logs and statistics have a bad way of manipulating your ego and instead of being an activity of adding value to the lives of your consumers it becomes an ego-stroking activity at which point you will lose users. There are obviously exceptions to this, if you're Brad Pitt or George Clooney, then your blogging can be an ego stroking activity, bar that your blog is about adding value to your consumers... Forget that and they will leave and you will no longer have any readers.

Some great tips for writing a resume.

• One page only, period.
• Write everything with active verbs.
• List everything positive that you can think of about past positions, and use the best.
• Be concrete.
• Assert your abilities strongly right at the top, but be sure they’re backed up by the concrete achievements that follow.
• Lead off with home runs.
• Leave accurate and professional contact info.

Ask.com has been making a number of flimsy moves in order to keeps it relevance which is horrible as it is, at a measly 3-4%. In order to combat this they've tried an advertising campaign and the television route. In the end they're simply burying themselves quicker. They even had a populist move saying that they were going to be protecting users privacy, etc. The move was carried by a few news outlets, but it failed to really catch on.

It seems that someone got the idea from scalpers that it's a good idea to try to scalp ad-words. Buy up all the popular ad-words then resell them at an inflated cost; or that's my read on what this guy is doing. Yes Game Theory says it works, so do the sweaty, shady guys hanging outside concerts -- it's no big discovery.

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