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Re: The end of the sitemap as we know it

twitter-20645226 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:08:28 -0000

As a big fan of Wordpress, I use two plugin solutions. Google XML Sitemaps to generate the sitemap and Dagon Design Sitemap Generator that generates a sitemap from the XML. Doing this, it's all automated.

I still have the link to the sitemap in the footer. More of a "double check" factor for the search bots.

Re: Linux and Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala

traffas — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:21:25 -0000

I honestly didn't try. I've never found value in the touchscreen functionality, so I didn't even touch the screen while it was running.

Re: Linux and Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala

Daniel — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:57:51 -0000

How did the touchscreen functionality work? I know that I could draw just fine with the stylus on my tx2 in Ubuntu 9.04 but the finger input didn't work.

Re: Upgrade from 32 bit Vista to 64 bit Windows 7 using custom install

twitter-20645226 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:29:25 -0000

indeed, the comments in this post, coupled with the Microsoft info, definitely parlay to "must use"... chalk it up to cost of early adoption?

while you're still in "microsoft fanboy" (your statement, i believe) mode, what do you think of win7? worth the upgrade?

Re: Upgrade from 32 bit Vista to 64 bit Windows 7 using custom install

traffas — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:24:45 -0000

I read that many times.

"Windows Easy Transfer is a free tool you can use to copy your information (but not programs) off your PC and then put them back after you install Windows 7."

...and...

"If you used Windows Easy Transfer..."

Words like "can use" and "if you used" led me to believe that it wasn't a requirement of a clean install since those passages were in the clean install section of the document. They should have said "must use" since that more accurately describes how to perform a custom install using an upgrade license.

Re: Upgrade from 32 bit Vista to 64 bit Windows 7 using custom install

twitter-20645226 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:15:16 -0000

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/get/...

Towards middle bottom of page: "How do I do a custom (clean) installation?" There the Windows Easy Transfer is discussed.

Aaron, thanks for the info and tips. I'm sure it will save me a large amount of time!

Re: Upgrade from 32 bit Vista to 64 bit Windows 7 using custom install

sr00t — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:00:32 -0000

Compatibility is tricky, Mr Spectre. did you try moving the paperclip up 2mm?

Re: Upgrade from 32 bit Vista to 64 bit Windows 7 using custom install

dreamnotoftoday — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:09:58 -0000

Bullshit it is. I poured three hours into my in-place 32-bit upgrade on my Lenovo X60 Tablet and didn't get past the compatibility screen.

$200 and this patch doesn't even work.

Re: Your website is more important than social networking

facebook-1654548913 — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:03:38 -0000

Brilliant. My one point of difference is while you are absolutely on target re: Facebook, LinkedIn etc., Twitter seems to have evolved into a different animal for two reasons: (1) It doesn't do as good a job of enabling interactive conversations that other people can easily follow, and (b) It can reach a much broader audience -- far beyond your followers. (I now see Twitter followers as almost irrelevant and don't do anything to add them.)

Those two Twitter traits are making it less personal by its nature, so people there now follow topics/hashes more than people, and that makes outright business promotion (e.g. auction announcements) more acceptable. If somebody's got a search set on #duluth, they don't much care about the poster, just whether it interests them.

Re: Auction Listing Specialist Certification not for auctioneers

Customer Support — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:20:19 -0000

We are the folks behind Auction Listing Employment Agency and we are here to help. We apologize for any confusion. Our Customer Support Specialists are available by phone and email to address any inquiries that you may have. We can be reached at 1-866-251-9132 or support@wahrsupport.com to meet your needs. Please don’t hesitate to contact us!

Thank You,
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Auction Listing Employment Agency

Re: Proxibid on Chrome

VictorianWillow — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:39:57 -0000

Hi. I just found your post about Javascript and Proxibid. I've been unable to bid on Proxibid ever since I got my new Mac with Leopard (10.5.8) OS. I've written to Proxibid, but they tell me it's an Apple problem or a javascript problem, but no suggestions.

Do you have any suggestions to offer a Proxibidder going through withdrawals? :)
Thanks!
Robyn

Re: AuctionWally calls out eBay CEO

traffas — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:09:01 -0000

Hi, Craig. You'll find my review of the Auction Listing Specialist here. I don't know that it's a scam, but it definitely isn't for auctioneers. http://www.auctioneertech.com/auction-listing-s...

Re: AuctionWally calls out eBay CEO

craigprice — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:21:09 -0000

Does anybody know what a Auction List Specialist is? Are they affiliated with ebay?

Re: Amazon fail

traffas — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:41:58 -0000

I was using Opera 10 on Linux.

Re: Amazon fail

Name — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:39:50 -0000

What browser were you using?

Re: Google releases Chrome browser, slow for some

Name — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:59:41 -0000

oh and i tried the dns fix mentioned that made it worse. it is nice and light-looking but runs like its having a heart attack.

Re: Google releases Chrome browser, slow for some

Name — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:52:41 -0000

It started out fast a couple weeks ago and now at first load up it takes about4x longer to display a page than firefox. i didnt change anything or update it or mess with it just one day it took like 5 seconds to display my homepage-google and then it has stayed tha way ever since.firefox is instantaneous i run them both.

Re: Proxibid announces upcoming embedded bidding solution

twitter-57152502 — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:18:56 -0000

SWB-Consulting already offers a non-branded embedded flexible and fully customizable solution. Our new platform SAM 2 offers: inventory mgmt, invoice/consigner mgmt., user mgmt., auction lot mgmt., bidder registration, live auction clerking, assisted clerking, timed on line auctions and live audio video streaming....basically, there are options out there; feel to contact me at cbrand@swb-consulting.com to chat
http://www.swb-consulting.com/free_quote.html
Colleen Brand

Re: Dimdim is viable free WebEx or GoToMeeting alternative

Joshanderson — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:36:12 -0000

Those are very good tools, however, in many cases those platforms are used just to allow the team to review the same document together in real-time and "be on the same page".
The recently launched free site http://www.showdocument.com does exactly that, quickly show documents to friends and colleagues.
It allows web meeting and co-browsing on any document, user uploads a document and invites friends to view it with him live
All the participants in the session see each others' drawing, highlights, etc.

Josh

Re: Don’t penalize Internet buyers

Robert Mayo — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:03:56 -0000

The problem is that the fee is not as low a credit card fee.

When online auction providers charge fees that are two or three times the amount of the average credit card fee it puts the burden on someone.

The question is how to remain profitable. Charge the seller more? Charge the live bidder more? Charge everyone more? someone has to pay, and you have to live to sell another day.

My two cents,

Robert

Re: Don’t penalize Internet buyers

Peter Gehres — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:46:29 -0000

I agree 100%.

Re: Proxibid announces upcoming embedded bidding solution

Darron Meares — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:46:22 -0000

I could care less about it being branded or non-branded. The idea of having everything on your website (thereby reducing extra clicks or direction signs for bidders) is great. As John said, it may not be perfect for everyone but it is a good starting place.

Re: Google releases Chrome browser, slow for some

Avalon — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:32:29 -0000

I have been using it for a while however, in a amazing touch of irony, the most used pages that comes up when you open a new tab. If I try to open google from there it takes forever and just locks the entire browser. Other sites load just fine and google loads perfectly in other browsers.
I guess it is like that joke from some random TV show "If you google google you can break the internet."

Re: Strengths of Internet bidding

Aaron — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:45:35 -0000

The goal is to encourage bidders to bid when they see the listing, not wait until the auction is about to end. We use automatic extension to eliminate sniping and to make it clear that there isn't an incentive to bid at the end as opposed to the beginning. If they realize there isn't a benefit to waiting until the end, the chances are greater that they will bid earlier.

Re: Strengths of Internet bidding

Brandon Howe — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:40:15 -0000

I read this sentence several times, but never seemed to get it -

"We can never completely eliminate time from the equation, and the use of automatic extensions is a great way to ensure that time is less of a variable at the end of the auction, but Internet only auction that simply begins to end at a set time will reduce the perceived importance of an event and cause bidders to place greater trust – and greater bids – throughout the entire course of bidding."