Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Are all My Websites Successful?

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Barry Wheeler

After receiving several emails while away on vacation asking if all my websites are successful, I thought about the best way to answer this question.  This caused me to think about everything that I’ve done online and how one would deem a website successful. Is a website successful if it receives an enormous amount of traffic?  Is a website successful if it makes money?  Is … Continue reading →

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Image Leechers Impact Traffic Numbers

Posted on April 4, 2010 by Barry Wheeler

In January 2010 I noticed a major jump in my traffic numbers and there was nothing special going on with my site.  I had not done in link building, hadn’t had any big push on building traffic but still, traffic was up approximately 30 percent. What was causing this big jump in traffic?  Image leechers! People had found my site through Google Images and linked … Continue reading →

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Domain Registry of Canada Domain Slamming Scam

Posted on March 19, 2010 by Barry Wheeler

The Domain Registry of Canada is at it again. I previously blogged about the Domain Registry of Canada Scam and thought things  had grown quiet on this front.  Unfortunately, this unscrupulous company is back, sending notices to unsuspecting domain name holders carefully crafted “domain expiration” notices. The Domain Registry of Canada practices what is called domain slamming.  It is a practice where this company tricks … Continue reading →

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Social Networking Saves Christmas

Posted on December 30, 2009 by Barry Wheeler

Many businesses have looked to social networking to build relationships beneficial to growing their business.  There is no questioning the power of social networking when used to engage customers, build respect and trust within a market niche.  However, there is also many personal benefits of social networking as what happened with me this past year when social networking saved Christmas. Yes, social networking saved Christmas … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas from Newfoundland

Posted on December 25, 2009 by Barry Wheeler

Merry Christmas from my family here in Newfoundland, Canada. This year has been a very busy yet rewarding year for me professionally and personally.  After having a successful career in the information technology industry for over 25 years, I finally started several blogs, grew my online presence, experimented with SEO and released two free comprehensive guides all in the span of 12 months. With Christmas … Continue reading →

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Bell Expressvu 9241 Receiver Manual

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Barry Wheeler

Many people have emailed asking me where to find the Bell 9241 manual, apparently I rank #1 in Google for that search term.  Rather than responding to everyone individually about where the Bell 9241 manual is located, I thought I would simply do a post, and hope that this quick article would rank better than the original. If you are looking for the Bell 9241 … Continue reading →

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Corner Brook Classifieds Beta Testing

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Barry Wheeler

Corner Brook Classifieds, a new website that I’ve been working on for a few weekends is now in beta testing.  It’s a free classifieds ad site for the area in which I live and hopefully it will become a major part of the community. Yes, I do realize that the online classified ad niche is pretty saturated and dominated by a few larger players (i.e. Kijiji, Craig’s … Continue reading →

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Spirit of Hockey Leaves Newfoundland

Posted on July 26, 2009 by Barry Wheeler

Spirit of Hockey owners Brian and Elizabeth Urlacher have left Newfoundland after spending almost 3 weeks touring our province and completing many different photo shoots for their upcoming hockey fundraising calendars. After meeting these wonderful people through a chance encounter online, it was a sad day to see them leave.  Brian and Elizabeth are wonderful and passionate people that have spent hours giving back to … Continue reading →

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Bell Expressvu Receiver Lock Ups

Posted on July 26, 2009 by Barry Wheeler

Back some time ago I purchased a Bell Expressvu 6141 Receiver and turned it into a PVR by adding an external hard drive.  Things have been working great for 5 months and the family loves the functionality that it adds to our viewing options. However, this past weekend the receiver locked when my daughter had paused live TV.  It took me about 20 minutes to … Continue reading →

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Spirit of Hockey Visits Newfoundland

Posted on July 8, 2009 by Barry Wheeler

The power of social networking and the Internet to make connections is well known.  This week I have been entertaining two individuals – Brian and Elizabeth Urlacher, the driving force behind Spirit of Hockey. Brian and Elizabeth are professional photographers and are in Newfoundland shooting for their upcoming hockey fundraising calendar.   Their fundraising calendars are more than just calendars, they are amazing works of art.  … Continue reading →

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