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Google’s Free 411 Service

Google has a new service that can help you get rid of the 411 charges from your mobile provider. From their site:

Google’s new 411 service is free, fast and easy to use. Give it a try now and see how simple it is to find and connect with local businesses for free.


For more info on the service, go here .

Kayak.com

Might be the single best travel booking engine out there. It searches all of the airlines and travel sites instantly . . .

http://www.kayak.com/

Phone Codes

http://www.yashy.com/star.codes.html

Reddit Hot Posts

Random SD Related Sites

DRINK/HAPPY HOUR/DOWNTOWN

Princess Pub
http://www.princesspubandgrille.com/San_Diego_happy_hour_Princess.htm

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DRINK/BEACHES

Cane’s Bar & Grill
http://www.canesbarandgrill.com/

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OUTDOORS/PARKS:

County of San Diego
http://www.co.san-diego.ca.us/parks/

Old Town State Park
http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=663

Cleveland Naitonal Forest
http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/cleveland/

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OUTDOORS/CAMPING

County of San Diego
http://www.sdcounty.ca.gov/parks/camping/camping.html

SanDiegoNorth.com
http://www.sandiegonorth.com/camping.asp

Santee Lakes
http://www.santeelakes.com/Campground/campinghome.htm
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GOLFING

City of San Diego
http://www.sandiego.gov/park-and-recreation/golf/index.shtml

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PLAY/KIDS

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PLAY/LAKES

Lake Cuyamaca
http://www.lakecuyamaca.org/

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PLAY/FISHING

SDFish.com
http://www.sdfish.com/

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LEARN/DANCING

Tango
http://members.cox.net/tangosandiego/

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INTERACT/NETWORKING

San Diego Netowrking Events
http://www.thompsonrose.com/newsletter/

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EAT/BUFFETS/SEAFOOD

Todai
http://www.todaisandiego.com/

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SAVE/COUPONS

Where2Eat
http://where2eat.com/restaurant_coupons.htm

SDRO.com
http://www.sdro.com/coup.htm

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DRINKS/WINE

Local Wine Events
http://www.localwineevents.com/San-Diego-Wine/

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DRINK/NORTH COUNTY

Belly Up Tavern
http://www.bellyup.com/club.html

EAT/HILLCREST

Crush
http://www.crushsd.com/

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PLAY/NEAR SAN DIEGO/MEXICO

San Felipe
http://www.sanfelipe.com.mx/

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PLAY/NEAR SAN DIEGO/CATALINA ISLAND

Catalina
http://www.catalina.com/main.html

Catalina Express
http://www.catalinaexpress.com/

Catalina Flyer
http://www.catalinainfo.com/

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PLAY/NEAR SAN DIEGO/

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http://www.boomersparks.com/parks/sandiego/

http://sandiegoblog.com/

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/

Keyword Analysis Procedure

1. Determine revenue/per action and profit/per action

2. Build list of possible keywords

3. Choose a keyword from the list and check it’s volume keyword using the Overture suggestion tool:

http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/

* Each number here should be multiplied by 5 to get the overall volume for the Intrenet.

2. Check the PageRank of top listed sites at Google:

http://www.seochat.com/?tool=7&option=com_seotools&hl=en

Plesk FAQ

Q. What is the directory path for the log file at the domain level?
A. If you are hosting with a Plesk control panel and using analysis software that needs to crunch the log files locally, use this path to find your log files:

/home/httpd/vhosts/[domainname]/statistics/logs/

Q. What is the path to Webalizer Stats within Plesk?
A. http://www.hoopnetting.com/plesk-stat/webstat/


Q. What applications come with the Plesk Application Pack?

A. Most of the applications are open source and reliable releases. You can get a preview of the bundled software here.

Test first with PPC and then create your SEO strategy…

Before you invest money in SEO, links or any other form of online marketing, I strongly recommend that you first spend some time buying Google Adwords for your site and track the conversion-to-sales-or-signup ratio of various keywords (you can also use Yahoo Search Marketing).

Once you know what percentage of visitors for each keyword will end up as customers, and how much money you make (on average) from each customer, you can then accurately determine exactly what you can afford to spend for each visitor, and you’ll know which keywords result in visitors that convert to customers, and which ones are just a waste of time.

The amazingly accurate marketing data you can get almost instantly and inexpensively with Pay-Per-Click campaigns is something you could not have bought for any amount of money 5 or 10 years ago.

There is a famous quote attributed to John Wanamaker: “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half.”

Using Google or Yahoo PPC you can give a pretty good idea of what will work and what won’t before you spend and/or waste any money.

Link Value Principal

Based upon work with our Internet Marketing firm’s client base, I’ve discovered that creating content and links on an existing domain far outweighs the benefit of creating a new site - even if the site’s content is more relevant.

When targeting a new keyword remember that it makes more sense to generate a new directory/page on an existing site (Site A) with good PageRank than it does to create a completely new domain and site (Site B).

Even the eventual links from Site B to Site A aren’t worth the credit Site A will get for having deep links.