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2008
Okay, jumping up on my soapbox today. For those of you who actually 'get' this, please forgive my rant in advance!We have a feature here on ActiveRain. It's called the "Referral Exchange." It's one of the primary tabs, right there at the top of your AR page. It's for the expressed purpose of pass...
04/30/2008
This coming weekend is the final opportunity for you to dig up the ever illusive, yet delectable, Razor Clam! If you've never ventured out to the coast to try your hand at capturing these evasive shellfish, you're in for quite a treat! Not only are they fun to catch, but you'll find them incredib...
04/29/2008
I'll keep this one short and to the point (okay, so maybe I'll just try hard)"Is Your Blog Lop-Sided?" By that, I mean, "What are you writing about? Who are you writing to? Who is your target audience?"I suppose a more foundational question would be, "Why are You here on ActiveRain?"Please, don't...
04/27/2008
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Okay, so one of the questions I'm constantly asked is, "Which Social Networks are the best? Which ones are really worth my time investment, and will benefit my business?"Well, in my humble opinion, it just depends. Yeah, I know. Sounds like a cop-out, right? But it's true. Just as no two people a...
04/25/2008
Well, it's time once again for this weeks edition of "ActiveRain Community Guidelines Re-Visited" where we're going through each of the guidelines, one by one, and expanding on their meaning. This weeks guideline is perhaps one of the most important, and often, the one most violated: Respect copy...
04/24/2008
The nice folks at Craigslist recently announced that they're seriously contemplating limiting the use of HTML on their platform. Here's their statement:"We're contemplating limiting HTML in classified ads to a specific list of tags.""Unfortunately, much of the HTML in postings these days is used ...
04/16/2008
They say that a picture is worth a 1000 words. Well, if that's the case, then Trulia just cornered the Word market!In their continuing efforts to become the Real Estate "Go-To" site, Trulia has recently partnered with Internet Goliath, Google, in implementing their 'Street View' application. Goog...
04/08/2008