Nevada Estate Planning Attorney
By TLS | January 24, 2008
I recieved a call a few days ago from an attorney’s office looking for someone to do some web design and SEO work for them. They are interested in optimizing their website for the keyword phrase “Nevada estate planning attorney.” Naturally, I was interested in the job, so gave them my ballpark pricing and encouraged them to call me back after shopping around. Who knows if they’ll call me back, but I hope they do. After looking at their site I think there is a lot that can be done to improve their placement in search engines. It would be a fun project. My Nevada law firm SEO clients thus far have focused primarily in other areas. This would be my first Nevada estate planning attorney. The only caveat I made them aware of is that I won’t do SEO work that competes with my existing customers. If you’re out there and you read this, give me a call so I can help you with your Nevada estate planning attorney website!
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Nevada Caucus Experience
By TLS | January 20, 2008
Yesterday I had the chance to go to the Nevada Caucuses. It was the first time I’d ever attended a caucus. It was an interesting experience and I’m glad I went. I was one of only three attendees from my precinct. We were combined in a room with another precinct. That group had 34 attendees.
I thought being at the caucus was a great experience and I felt proud to do my civic duty! I had previously read the article on Ron Paul’s website about the Republican caucus in chaos, so I was expecting to see this first-hand. There were some hiccups along the way, but overall it went pretty smoothly. This is basically how it went down:
- + I arrived at the caucus location (a high school) at about 8:30 AM. The first thing I noticed were that there were dozens of signs posted out front in support of John McCain (probably 20-30 signs). I saw a handful of signs for Ron Paul and exactly two signs for Mitt Romney. I saw no signs for Mike Huckabee, Fred Thompson, or Rudy Giuliani.
- + I went to the school cafeteria to find a board with a map on one side that showed the city carved up into precincts and a list of precincts and their assigned rooms on the other.
- + I found my way to room 824 where there were a few people waiting and took a seat.
- + By 9:00 AM the room was full. There were a total of 37 people in attendance.
- + The caucus chair that oversaw our precinct was not aware that two precincts were represented. She had to go find the packet related to one of the parties.
- + Before voting the caucus chair invited the caucus members to give a one-minute speech in favor of their candidate of choice. The first person to stand was a pastor. He gave his opinion that we should vote for a candidate with good moral values, someone that believes in the Bible as the only scripture, someone that believes in the true Gospel. He warned us not to be fooled by good-looking, slick-tongued, imposters. Quite obviously, this gentlemen was pro-Huckabee and was trying to bash Mitt Romney without coming right out with it. Following his remarks, several people spoke about the need for a strong military and were in support of John McCain. One person pleaded on behalf of Fred Thompson, claiming he was the only candidate with a truly conservative platform. A few people expressed concern about the economy and the need for a quality leader with executive experience - they were in favor of Mitt Romney.
- + We next elected delegates to the Clark County Republican Party Convention. My precinct could have up to four. There were only three of us there, so we all volunteered. The other precinct could have up to eleven. Eleven people volunteered and they added a few alternates. The chair asked if anyone wanted to challenge a delegate for the spot. If anyone did want to challenge then there would be an election. There were no challenges, so the delegates stood as is. We all completed the necessary paperwork and turned it in.
- + At voting time, we discovered that the packets for our precincts did not contain ballots. We ended up finding a pad of paper and writing the name of the candidate we supported on it. After all the votes were in they were counted and stored in the packets.
Results of the contest were as follows (37 total votes cast):
Romney: 25
McCain: 8
Thompson: 2
Paul: 1
Huckabee: 1
I later learned that Mitt Romney won the caucus by a 40% margin. Ron Paul came in second. I was glad with the outcome as I think Romney is the best man for the job. But regardless of the outcome it was a great experience. I’m looking forward to attending the Clark County Republican Party Convention on February 22-23.
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Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Master
By TLS | January 18, 2008
Whoo hoo! I scored a 90% on the SEOMoz.org SEO Expert Quiz. That was a fun SEO quiz. I was happy with my performance and learned a few things by taking it as well. There are never any guarantees when it comes to performing SEO services on any given site, but it’s nice to know that what I believe to be the right way to do website SEO was somewhat validated by taking this quiz.
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Holy Shift!
By TLS | January 13, 2008
This is an excellent slide show. I have often expressed my frustration with the state of education in the Unites States today. We could be in serious trouble in the future unless something is done about it NOW. The following slide show is thought provoking and almost alarming. I don’t know about you, but I want my children to be prepared to compete in the New World.
Some highlights:
- The 25% of the population of China with the highest IQs is greater than the total population of North America
- China will soon be the number one English-speaking country in the world
- In 2002, Nintendo spent $140,000,000 on research and development…
- The U.S. Government spent 1/2 that amount on research and innovation in education
- and many more
I think it’s wonderful that China, India and other countries are so technically focused. I just hope the youth of America can rise to the challenge and keep up, if not lead the technical advances of the future.
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Web 2.0
By TLS | January 13, 2008
As I was browsing news, blog sites, and other sites today I started to reflect on the state of the web today. Over 2 years ago the term “Web 2.0″ was coined. Web 2.0 was supposed to be a new generation of the World Wide Web. How far have we come? In my view we have come a long way. You almost cannot find a plain HTML website anymore. Just about every site is employing some sort of Web 2.0, whether that be blogging software like this site, or slick services, social networks, or the ability to rate and give feedback to products and services rendered.
I found an interesting slide show of Web 2.0 posted over a year ago that is still relevant. Check it out below:
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