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The tool I was talking about in my previous post can be found here: http://www.mcdar.net/dance/index.php
It allows you to check your Google rankings across mutiple Google data centers. They usually all match (for the most part) unless an algorithm change is underway…
Read More about DataCenters Here
Looks like we have a bit of a Google rankings update underway.
This one is not treating me well. I hope things are not done shuffling yet or I am going to take a bit hit in profits for awhile.
I am confident I can recover from this set back. It has happened before (google dropping certain keyword rankings for some of my sites) and I always have managed to crawl back. Nevertheless, these setbacks suck (sorry to be blunt).
To bad Google is not as easy to rank well in as MSN search. MSN brings in very little traffic compared to Google for comparable keyword rankings…
This reminds me of a nice tool I’ll post about shortly which helps monitoring rankings across different Google datacenters….
Not that you are probably interested but in both weeks two and three, both my fantasy football team leagues have gone 4 -0 so now I am sitting at 4-2 on both. Told you I was not worried 
Well, in the first week of Fantasy Football, my teams didnt do so great. I am in two leagues and I went 0-2 in both!
If you are not sure what fantasy football is, visit this Google link:
I am in two money leagues (you make money if you win or make the playoffs) and I did win of my the leagues a couple years ago. I am not to worried about this year really. I think I have two great teams and just had some pretty bad luck week 1. My QB Daunte Culpepper really had a bad first week, but I dont expect that to continue.
My Roster for one of the leagues (16 teams playing)
Jake Plummer QB
J.J. Arrington RB
LaDainian Tomlinson RB
Chad Johnson WR
Justin McCareins
Ben Watson
John Kasay
Jacksonville Jaguars DEF
Eli Manning QB
Eric Shelton RB
Marion Barber RB
Larry Johnson RB
Chris Chambers WR
David Patten WR
Antonio Gates TE
Rian Lindell K
Seattle Seahawks DEF
I’ll post my second team later (which I think is a bit better). Wish me better luck next week!
How’s this for a crazy idea?
As a few of you know, I have been getting pretty involved in the stock market as of the last several months. It’s been a volatile market this year. Currently, I am quite pleased with how I am doing. As long as I am not losing money in a not so great market then I am fairly pleased. I am up a decent amount on a few of my stocks. Of course, you don’t really make or lose anything until you sell them (based on what I have “sold,” I am only slightly above even). It has been a nice few days as of late (though they say that Sept is one of the worst month for stocks).
On another note, my wife and I have been looking into a new vehicle. I decided that (as of right now) that I can only buy a vehicle (or another expensive “wants” (not needs) based on the gains I make from the stock market. I can multiple the (sold) gains by two in order to base the vehicle price I can purchase. For example, lets say I make 5k in the stock market this year. I could then purchase a “want” for 10K (not nearly enough to buy the vehicle I would want). If I make 25k in profits from the stock market over the next couple years (should I be so extremely lucky) I could spend up to $50k (of course the only thing I could want at that price would be a vehicle). I am thinking very optimistic in these examples and realize things could go in the downward direction.
I am not rich yet (based on what I consider rich), but it is true that the rich get richer by building more assets than liabilities. A vehicle is not an asset. It may add to your net worth, but it is one that depreciates not appreciates (like most homes do).
Anyway, just some ideas I was thinking about. Who knows how soon I will change my mind. I guess it depends how the well the stock market does over the next year or so and in that case, disregard this post! 
If I’m losing money, it’s probably not a good time to buy more liabilities…
