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The Stockmarket Can Tell the Future… and it says eBay's Going Down!

aspkin — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:24:03 +0000

As most of the eBay sellers on this site know, every time eBay makes a change to their website thinking it will help buyers and sellers, it actually has the opposite effect and screws everyone. This morning as I'm watching the stock market, I happened to look at eBay share prices and it actually reached an all time low yesterday of 13.69 from a 52 week high of 35.12. And I'm reading comments of shareholders as they predict the doom of eBay, and how they're getting out while they can. Read eBay Inc discussions.

I don't think eBay is going anywhere anytime soon, but less and less people are wanting to buy or sell on eBay now. If you're making all your money from eBay you would be wise to start looking for alternative means to sale your products. As I always say don't put all your eggs in one basket. If you don't have your own website already, it's time to get to work.

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aspkin — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 08:23:40 +0000

LOL..

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Quick Tip on Finding .edu Blogs for Backlinks

aspkin — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 09:45:49 +0000

Simply Google this:

site:.edu inurl:blog "post a comment" -"comments closed" -"you must be logged in" "eBay"

Your search results will come up with .edu blogs that allow you to post comments that are based on eBay. It's good for finding those gold mine .edu backlinks us webmasters need. Use the Google toolbar to semi automate posting and to check Page Rank and you should find your self some gold mine .edu backlinks!

Change "eBay" to whatever keyword you need.

You're welcome!

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Don't Vote!

aspkin — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 05:16:48 +0000

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To Make Your Day Better

aspkin — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:45:47 +0000

*Warning! Not for Children.. or People that get offended easily!

I wanted to make a meaningful post, but I'm hungry and don't have 30 minutes.

Suffer through it!

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Starting a Blog From Scratch

aspkin — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:46:34 +0000

A daunting task I know, so how does one do it? You buy a domain, get your hosting setup, install WordPress… now what?

For me, I don't have the time to start writing in a new blog everyday. I hardly have the time to write in this one. So what I do is either buy articles from the DigitalPoint forums or I find content that is free but not in the search engines already. You want to use unique content because search engines do not like duplicate content and they will penalize you for it. Then I use WordPress to schedule articles to be posted in the future. I can schedule hundreds of post to be published days, weeks, months or even years a head a time. That saves me time and I don't have to worry about the blog for the most part.

Then I start creating backlinks. A member of the eBay Suspension forum has been working on a list of sites that give you free dofollow backlinks. Go through the list and start creating backlinks for your site using the keywords you want to rank for in search engines.

That's all there is to it. Add unique content often, and create a lot backlinks. Easy right?

Here are my stats for a blog I started a little over two weeks ago. It's a brand new blog with only a couple backlinks and about 20 articles so far.

I plan to scheduel 1-2 articles a day to be posted and create more backlinks as time goes by. It seems to be going in the right direction for just being 19 days old.

And remember for long term success on the internet, having your own website is one of the best ways to go. Good luck!

Also read: How to Generate Search Engine Traffic - SEO Tips

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Stubborn As A Mule

aspkin — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:49:31 +0000

A Mule: No sorry, Kevin Bacon wasn’t in Footloose.
Guy: What!?, of course he was.
A Mule: No he wasn’t, you lose.
Guy: Of course he was, he was the star.
A Mule: Nope, you’re wrong. Look it up.
Guy: I don’t have to look it up, it’s common knowledge…
A Mule: Nope..
Guy: he was on the cover…
A Mule: Nope…
Guy: of People Magazine
A Mule: Nope..
Guy: when the movie…
A Mule: No…
Guy: Everyone knows…
A Mule: No
Guy: that….
A Mule: No!..
Guy: Kevin Bacon..
A Mule: NO!
Guy: was the star…
A Mule: NO!
Guy: in Footloose..
A Mule: NO!
Guy: It was a huge movie,…
A Mule: NO!
Guy: he was the lead.
A Mule: NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! HeeHaw! HeeHaw! HeeHaw!

Yes… I was bored.

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Ebay Makes Two Acquisitions and Cuts Existing Workforce By 10% - Wired

aspkin — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:25:02 +0000

Ebay has decided to lay off 1,000 employees which is a 10% cut from it’s existing number of employees. Besides cutting employee numbers eBay today also announced the acquisition of two new businesses : Bill Me Later (for $820 Million in Cash and $125 Million in Options) and two online classified sites based in Denmark for approximately $390 million.

While never an easy decision to make, these reductions will help improve our operations and strengthen our ability to continue investing in growth,

said John Donahue, eBay Inc.’s president and CEO.

Bill Me Later will work in conjunction with eBay’s Pay Pal, and the classified sites, dba.dk and bilbasen.dk, will help them expand in Europe, says Donahue.

View the full EBAY chart at Wikinvest

A report in Barron's last month described the business as "deteriorating," and rumored that the company might cut up to 1,500 employees.

The rumors also say that eBay is trying to sell StumbleUpon which they acquired for a whooping $75 million in 2007. With all the recent changes it sure looks like a possibility.

Please follow the link to read eBay’s announcement regarding employee layoffs and their recent acquisitions : Official announcement.

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New Poker Strategy Working?

aspkin — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 06:38:27 +0000

If you've read any of my previous Poker post, you would see I have been having ups and down with the game. I Recently moved to Las Vegas to try my luck at Professional Poker. Right now I'm considered a Semi-Pro because I have a working job, and play Poker part time. My new strategy involves the the Pro look. Before I would walk in the poker room looking like a Vegas tourist, and I'm sure other players would think of me as a Donkey, a weak player. I consider my self a tight player, which is bad if there are a lot of aggressive players out there. Usually the aggressive player has all the money, but sometimes they get caught. Anyways, the pro look, what is the pro look?

Some go for the Cowboy Jesus look:

Some show you the Poker stare:

Others Just Play in what they woke up with:

So what I did was combine the Cowboy look, with the Poker stare and just woke up let's put on some gold chains look into:

(Yes I suck at Photoshop)

And you know what? It seems to be working for me. No I don't look like the above, but I have dressed more professional and I got a new pair of spiffy sunglasses. I've yet to lose the past week!

So is it all in the Look? I don't know, but for me it's been working, let's see how long it last.

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