Monthly Archives: April 2009

Twitter is Over Capacity – Too Many Tweets

Posted on April 6, 2009 by Barry Wheeler

How popular is Twitter?  If the error message Twitter is over Capacity is any indication Twitter is probably one of the busiest sites on the Internet right now. With many of the popular social networking and social media sites, there are very few times that I can remember experiencing an “outage” brought on by traffic.  However, the shear growth in popularity of Twitter has resulted in … Continue reading →

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Microsoft BrowseRank vs Google PageRank

Posted on April 6, 2009 by Barry Wheeler

BrowseRank is a proposed method for determining the importance of a particular webpage.  Proposed by a group of Microsoft researchers, BrowseRank counters traditional methods of determining page importance.  By examining user factors such as the number of visits, time spent on a particular site or page, and interaction with the site, this new method of ranking pages is seen to be more reliable. Barry WheelerBarry … Continue reading →

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Links from High PR Domains, The Value of Inner Page Links

Posted on April 5, 2009 by Barry Wheeler

Free High PR Links from Inner Pages of Authority Sites are some of the most sought links.  Links from authority sites implies a strong trust from those sites and can provide a major boost for search engine optimization (SEO) purposes.  Links from authority sites can provide a strong ranking in SERPS. There has been an ongoing debate over obtaining backlinks on High PR domains at … Continue reading →

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Acer Aspire Restore Failed Reason 0xa000000e

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Barry Wheeler

My son’s Acer Aspire Laptop was having trouble.  With a corrupt hard drive and his final exams just a few weeks away, I started the process of restoring from his Acer Aspire System Restore DVDs that we had built when he had gotten his laptop for Christmas 2007. Restore Failed – Reason 0xa000000e.  Not a good sign at 10:00 pm at night.  My first thought … Continue reading →

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Expressvu (Bell) 9241 / 9242 HD PVR Plus Receivers – External Hard Drive Options

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Barry Wheeler

In a previous article I blogged about adding an external hard drive to a Bell Expressvu 6141 receiver.  In several emails I have been asked about adding an external hard drive to a Bell Expressvu 9242 HD PVR Plus Receiver.  Several readers have written: Is it possible to add an external hard drive to a Bell Expressvu 9242 HD PVR Plus Receiver using the same … Continue reading →

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Google PageRank Update Happening – But Does it Mean Anything?

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Barry Wheeler

Google is updating its PageRank.  This site has jumped from a Google PageRank (PR) of zero to a PR3.  But does this change in PageRank mean anything? PageRank is a numeric value that Google assigns to web pages based on its perceived importance.  Traditionally, Google PageRank was determined purely on the number of links that a page had from external sites.  However, as the Google … Continue reading →

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