I had to leave Thursday for a medical conference. The Internet at the hotels was awful. I haven't been on WA much because of that. I didn't want to go on Thursday. It was my daughter's birthday Thursday. I would have much rather been hanging with her. I would have rather stayed home and worked on my blog this weekend. Played cards with friends on Friday. Golfing Saturday. And - I have been enjoying the last 7 weeks NOT talking about sickness and health and air purifiers. I used to BE sick

After I published my last blog, I was doing keyword research for the next one. I use Jaaxy and another keyword software I have owned since 2008 - it's called Market Samurai and that is where these snapshots come from. I labeled each metric with a brief explanation of what it is measuring. I was checking out my own blog in comparison to some others and noticed my http:// is ranking differently than the https:// I crossed out my domain because that is irrelevant here - just that the numbers ar

I have heard, read, and seen with my own eyes - that google is giving more clout to longer posts. I am seeing some 4,000 word posts rank #1 when the rest of their numbers don't look that great - the only thing pushing them up is word count. I am aiming for 2,000 words - good content. Not rambling. At least I hope. How long are your blog posts? (on your personal sites - I am not talking about here in WA)

My husband laughs at me because I have 15 browsers open with 4 tabs each - actually - it's the other way around. I have 4 browsers with 15 tabs each. Anything over 15 is too much because they don't fit in the browser without scrolling right and left. Do you open lots of tabs when you work? I use a PC and I right click and open links in a new tab, finish the page I'm on and wind up with 5 more to look at. Some are useful and some are not. If I don't find it relevant, I can just close the tab