NEVER JET HOT

Microsoft is coming out with a search engine with a different kind of algorithm which is apparently more oriented toward helping make decisions (As opposed to just looking up specific facts) They call it Bing.com - I'm sure the Crosby family is regretting having passed on that one. Wonder how long Microsoft has been sitting on that sweet and short domain name? It seems all the good domain names are taken or being sat on. This is how we wound up with TheRestlessMouse.com - It's ridiculously long. By the time people type in the domain name, they are sick of typing and too finger-pooped to order anything. But I digress. Hopefully BING* will take a large chunk out of the Google machine. They are getting to be a bit big for their britches. (* I believe that's an acronym; BING= Bill's Internet Navigation Gadget)

I wish I WISH we had googled "Wonder Hanger Rip Off" or some variation of that before buying some online - Total "double deal" order was supposed to be $19.99 plus S&H - Which turned out to be over $30 for a total of $51.78 If I had only looked I would have seen scores of complaints on the poor quality, excessive shipping, unauthorized credit card charges, and more! Being online retailers ourselves, I am ashamed and saddened by their thievery. I hope anyone reading this will spread the word, I am going to report it to the state attorney general and to whatever carrier brings it (If it even shows up) It's time for this hanger ripoff to come out of closet!

We finally had a google page rank of 1 for NoveltyTradingPost.com, now I see it has gone away. I have a few theories about what I may have done to cause them to punish this site, but you know what Google? You and I are through. I have a day job, I don't have to worry about making money on the novelty business, it's basically a hobby and a learning experience anyway. Getting tired of you and your little unexplained snits. Jeeves will show you the door.

I see Novelty Trading Post is #1 on the google search for "Lunchtime Spinner" However- I wonder if being #1 is a good idea - When I search for something at Google, I usually scroll down a little bit - For some reason I always suspect that the top few positions were outfits that were obsessed with SEO and more specifically, Google positioning... So they probably don't have their eye on the ball, which is great service and customer satisfaction.. What do you think? Discuss.

Gee, maybe somebody should write a book, "Easy ways out"... I way trying to find an easy way to do something or another, I forget what, the google suggestions drop-down stopped me in my tracks... "Easy ways to die"? "Easy ways to get high"? I was expecting more like "Easy ways to get better gas mileage" or "8 Easy ways to avoid Sarah Palin"... I am truly saddened that people have gone to Google in a (presumably fruitless) effort to ease their burdens... But remember folks, "this too shall pass".

Seems I only get "page one" google results for terms I can't use. Because of the random nature of this "blog", we wound up #4 for the Washington state city of "Hoquim" (Yeah I spelled it wrong.) Maybe I should have discussed "Seqium"? That's spelled wrong too, (I think) ... Poor spelling seems to be the key to success! Another time I was griping about people talking at the library, as of this morning this website is #1 for the search term "shushtime" - Gunna have to add that to my fauxcabulary.

If you google "John Everett": I'm not the guy with the Funeral Home, the Private Investigator (JohnEverettPI.com! How cool is that!) nor am I the real estate guy. I don't work at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics. (My "string theory" involves wondering why my shirt is unraveling) I'm not the photographer in Houston (Although I must say his work impresses me. Wonder if I could get a Doppleganger discount?) Didn't write a technical book about "Very Small Aperture Terminals" (Why don't they make the doors to the airport building bigger?) I'm not the 19 year old NYC comedian named John Everett with all the pretty girls flirting with him on his MySpace page, although we have a few things in common (I go off on rants sometimes, and I also do a fair Bill Cosby impression, although it's probably 20 years out of date and involves Jello pudding) Most certainly am not John Everett the Highwayman, Turnkey and Ale-House Kee...