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Does Google Analytics Track Organic VS PPC Traffic From Other Networks? MSN / Yahoo

Requesting your Elite Advice:

These are the Traffic Sources stats for an affiliate campaign I’m running. I have paid for PPC traffic on MSN/Live and for some reason it’s showing up as “organic” traffic. Is this normal? I’m quite sure I’m really not getting 573 visits organically from MSN or I would be banking. Anybody have [...]

What Is A Roflcopter?

This is the definition of a roflcopter (as per whoever had the time to create this beautiful ASCII drawing):

…………………..__ …………
……<ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL>.
……………………| |………..
………………. __\||/____……
.\\……………|’-|–| .\\….\…..
..\ \_………..|–|—|..\\ ….\….
../ L \____,/——-\___\___\
.|LOL|————-O—– —-,\..
..\ L /______,—”———–, /…
../ /………….\_________ ,/….
.//………….____//___ __\\__/.

If that definition doesn’t answer the question, perhaps you can generate your own personal roflcopter after reading the following [...]

All The Cool People Are Voting. Are You?

I found this little tip on Tech Crunch and found it quite helpful, so heck, why wouldn’t you? Google has outdone themselves again by creating a very useful online platform for U.S. citizens to find out if they are registered to vote, and if not, how to get registered. Just go to Google’s Election Info [...]

TED Talks Featured Right Here! About the Featured Video.

TED is my new-found gold mine of information, inspiration, and jaw-dropping entertainment.

My Sincere Advice to You - Random Web Browser.
Take a few minutes of your time to check out the Featured Video here on my blog, or check out TED.com. I won’t bore you with my description, so I’ll just give a little excerpt [...]

And again, don’t install Magento on Dreamhost - not even 1.1.3

Dreamhost Doesn’t Play Well with Magento (Even Version 1.1.3)
You Would think that maybe I learned something when I posted the first time about this. Well, I thought I would try again. Since my last post, Magento had a series of updates. The current version being V 1.1.3. I figured that maybe there were some improvements [...]

Simple Helix Rocks! www.simplehelix.com

Just an update:
I said I would let you know how Simple Helix web Hosting handles Magento E-Commerce. It’s lightening fast! I was worried ($100 bucks isn’t just something you want to throw away), but it completely meets, and exceeds my expectations. I’m planning on upgrading from the personal account to the Enterprise Account. The Enterprise [...]

The Proper Way To Tell Your Mom The Bathroom Is Clean

1. Clean Bathroom
2. Double check to make sure the marker you use is permanent
3. Write Message

I thought it was funny. The whole reason I wrote this message is because she first wrote on the mirror a message that said “clean your bathroom” or something like that. I figured I would reply.
If you enjoyed this post, [...]

Indy Mogul - DIY Independent Film Making Podcast

Check these guys out! http://www.indymogul.com/ I’ve been interested in video editing and movie making for the past couple of years. I just stumbled across this website/podcast about a month ago. Their whole purpose is to educate amateur film makers. Your typical podcast episode will show the crew building some prop and then at the end, [...]

Area code required next year, even for local calls. - Qwest spokesman

I just finished reading this article and I’m pretty annoyed.
“On March 1 of 2009, you will be required to use the 801 before your phone number to complete even a call across the street,”  says a Qwest spokesman.
So apparently as of March 1, 2009 I’m going to have to dial 801 (or 385) before every [...]

New Technology Quote - Elite Advice

My previous post titled “Flying Cars? Are you serious?” talked about Moller International. As is stated in my post, this company is working on a car that is capable of flying. If you go to their website Moller.com, you will see the following quote in the bottom right hand corner.
“New Technology goes through three stages:
First, [...]