Lowlande Web Design

Yesterday I got a call from the Yellow Page rep.  If you're a business owner, you get these twice a year, maybe more.  The rep was trying to sell me on online advertising with Yellowpages.com, and as he was running through his script, he rattled off a unbelievable statistic.  He said 32% of all searches in the Triangle were done on Yellowpages.com.  

I had to laugh.  32%?, I said, You've got to be kidding.  No, he said, and then continued by saying that it was an independent statistic, not one taken by Bell South.  He said the name of the surveying company, but I don't remember.  Not that it matters; I'm pretty sure whoever came up with that statistic had to do some serious massaging to get a number like 32%.  I told him that I keep stats on all my websites, and if I saw that 32% of the referring links on my clients sites came from Yellowpages.com, I'd be calling him. 

I got this from a friend on Facebook, I had to repost it.  Hilarious!

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I've decided I'm ditching Godaddy.com.  After years of recommending them to clients, I finally came to the conclusion that my loyalty is outweighed by my need to vote with my pocketbook. 

Why Bob? Do you really need to say "Viewer Discretion Advised" to advertise your personal blog, "Straight talk from Go Daddy's CEO & Founder".   I mean, what does that say about you, that you are a straight shootin' CEO who gets down to business or that you shoot from the hip?  Ewww, I can't click on your link because I really don't want to know.  

Actually, I haven't wanted to know for a while.  I've been ignoring all those ads about enhancement, and Danica Patrick, who should be a role model for women, but who is prostituting herself to be your spokesmodel.  I used to tell my clients, "Yeah, I know the ads are cheesy.  But it's an easy service to use."  You know what?  So is Register.com, and my old nemesis of registrars, Network Solutions.  Both offer domain names at comparable prices, and I don't have to pretend not to see their ads.  

Sorry, Go Daddy.  I'd like to say you've been good to me, but actually, you're just old.  And there's other fish in the sea.  

Hope everyone had a great Halloween!  I got a great Halloween surprise, I got an up-close-and-personal encounter with a Great Horned Owl.

I volunteer for the American Wildlife Refuge, a non-profit organization that rehabilitates and refuges injured raptors.  A raptor, in case you don't know is a bird of prey that kills its food with it's feet, like an eagle, hawk or owl.  I'm licensed to handle and temporarily possess raptors.  I discover raptor rehab in college, and I've pursued it ever since. 

Hubble keeps on sending us ever more incredible views of our universe.  This image is of NGC 3603 - a nebula of brilliant blue-white stars in the Milky Way. The blue color is from the oxygen content of the stars as they burn.  The red color is the gas and dust in the nebula that the stars are formed from.  The radiation from the stars makes the gas glow red.  Note the red giant in the upper left-hand corner.

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