Well it is that time of year again, the holidays. Every holiday season many people and organizations try to do something to help the needy. This year our friends over at TheTechLounge are doing something that no only helps the needy but also gives you something for your contribution. They have teamed with Toys for…
November Thoughts
Well November was once again another slow blogging month for me. Once again it is because of ThinkComputers, it is the holiday season so we are pumping out reviews like crazy. Also I have been working really hard on ThinkPenguins as well. I only managed to get out 10 blog posts this month, which is…
Soulja Boy Tell Em – Personal Branding Done Right
A few weeks ago a friend of mine sent me to a YouTube video of Soulja Boy. If you don’t know Soulja Boy is a 17 year old rapper. He is most known for the song Crank That, I’m sure most of you have heard it at least once. After watching the video my friend…
Tell-a-Friend WordPress Plugin
I have seen quite a few people using this plugin on their blog so I decided to check it out for myself. If you notice at the bottom of every post is a little Tell a Friend button. If you hover over it, it will bring up a box where users can tell a friend…
Checking Out Woopra
I received an e-mail a while ago asking me if I wanted to check out the Woopra beta. Having no clue what Woopra was I went on their website and discovered that it was web analytics software. Like most people I run Google Analytics on my sites for analytics and for the most part it…
ThinkPenguins Launched!
As I said in an earlier post I wanted to start a Penguins blog. I love hockey and I’ve been watching the Penguins play for as long as I can remember. So over the past weekend I got to work on it since the season has started. I stuck with the “Think” theme that I…
Seriously, Don’t Vote
Someone sent me this video on YouTube the other day. It is quite funny and definitely catches your attention. The video was made by Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way and was created to engage and inspire young people to register and vote in the upcoming election. The video includes appearances from Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Aniston, Kevin…
Check out HoopStick!
A couple of weeks ago I saw a tweet about a site called HoopStick.com, the tweet said 500GB hard drive for $5! I was like damn I know storage is cheap, but not that cheap! So I decided to check out the site, and it was setup like that of Woot, selling one product a…
3 Reasons Why Your Website Isn’t Making Money
It’s so funny how many people think you can just put a website up with a little bit of content slap some adsense on it and you will be making enough to living off of it. So many people assume that is how I make money online, when in reality adsense really does not make…
Become Part of the Community
One great way to bring traffic to your site or blog is to become part of the community that surrounds your site. Many people know me as Bob from BobBuskirk.com, Bob from ThinkComputers, Bob from Justin.tv, or just Bob Buskirk. The thing is whatever your site is about you want to become part of that…
The [ED]ition Contest!
Fellow blogger Ed Lau is having a contest, and has put together a pretty good list of prizes! We will get to them in a second! Ed’s blog is one of my favorites and is on my bookmark list (I don’t use a RSS reader). Over the past few months I have been reading his…
SEO 101: Page Titles
SEO is a word that you probably hear a lot. SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization, which basically means improving the traffic you get from search engines, or making your website show up higher in the search engine results. There are many things you can do to make your website more search engine friendly. One…
Should You Start a Blog?
People ask me all the time what is the easiest way to get started online. I usually tell them to start a blog. With services like Blogger and WordPress.com you can easily start a blog without any major knowledge of the internet or computers. Also bloggers are not a small group anymore, blogging has become…
Hulu Launches Fall Lineup
Last week Hulu announced their Fall Premier Linup. If you do not know Hulu is a website that offers free ad-supported streaming video of TV shows and movies from NBC, Fox, and others. The video quality is actually really good too, definitely better than YouTube quality. I found out about Hulu back when it was…
3 Things Every Website Should Have
When you are making a website there are things you should always have setup. Whether it’s a website or blog, whether is a professional site or just a personal blog. Last night I was going through in my mind the 3 things I think every website should have. There are many features you can add…