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1). Ball Bearings Are Flat – Another Myth Crushed What shape are ball bearings? They are shaped like a ball, as everyone knows, right? The funny thing about what everyone knows is that everyone can be wrong. For instance, everybody thinks that the America's Cup is an ocean-sailing race, and yet the Swiss managed to win the Cup. For those readers who are geographically-challenged, Swit... 2). CASE STUDY: How Website Monitoring Saved an Online Auto Parts Retailer PROBLEM: Customers complaining about site outages and slow site response times. Hosting company claiming that the problems had been resolved. Customers remaining dissatisfied. METHODOLOGY: External website monitoring on a page-by-page basis at one-minute intervals pinpointed the problems. SOLUTIONS: 3). Web Site and Network Stress Monitoring In today’s world, organizations are fast accepting the web and related applications as part of their overall business strategies. They understand that the Internet provides them with the potential to target a very focused set of customers spread across a very diverse geography. For a successful Internet presence, it is important that ... 4). 10 things you should be monitoring on your website 10 things you should be monitoring on your website By David Leonhardt Every business needs to know how it is doing. That's the idea behind exit surveys, customer feedback forms, suggestion boxes and other devices. Without feedback from the customer, monitoring inventory, expenses, revenue and other benchmarks, a bus... 5). That Undercover Vitamin There is a sly vitamin sneaking around town, wandering around your body under cover of your skin. This "vitamin" has a single purpose, although some researchers suspect he has ulterior motives. He goes by the inconspicuous handle of "D" – Vitamin D. 6). Stopping Bad Breath Bart "Pee-ew! You smell like a skunk soaking in sardine nectar for a week." OK, so I can be a little candid every now and then. It's not something I would say to Attila the Hun during a pre-battle pep rally. But it was not Attila the Hun standing in front of me. It was just my buddy Bart. "Pee-ew! You have bad breath." 7). Real Estate Investing with Demographic Reports Demographics and population trends influence almost every decision in modern life, from business planning to healthcare provisions, from education needs to fashion and style. Age, ethnicity, gender, income, mobility, employment, geography and other demographic factors determine the shape of our society. Real estate is no less affected ... 8). Vitamin Supplements in a Liquid World Every day, it seems like we are living in an increasingly liquid world. I'm not preaching against the evils of alcohol or for a new era of prohibition that will save us from sin and politicians. After all, water is also a liquid, and it rarely inflicts us with either sin or politicians. But we do expect everything to be excruciatingly ... 9). The Undercover Vitamin There is a secret vitamin in the neighborhood, wandering around your body under cover. This "vitamin" has just one single purpose, although some researchers believe he has ulterior motives. He goes by the inconspicuous codename of "D" – vitamin D. ... 10). Network Monitoring for Serious eCommerce In the real world, businesses come in every size, from self-employed entrepreneurs like me to mega malls like Wal-Mart. On the Internet, companies come in every size, too, from a stand-alone ebook sales page with webmaster and owner all in one, to 300 pound gorilla like Amazon, with over a million pages, who requires the entire populat... 11). There Should Be More to your SEO Consultant Than Rankings Perhaps one of the biggest misconceptions in SEO is that ranking at Google and Yahoo is all that counts in search engine optimization. Potential clients come to me with a single goal: "Get me a top-ten ranking at Google." Some will also mention MSN, and a few will rhyme off a list of search engines and want to rank well at the top 200 of them. 12). Get more than just a presence on the Internet The water purification salesman had been talking to us for what seemed like hours. During a lull in his monologue, I asked if he had a website. "Yes. In fact, we are the only independent distributors of this product who does," he proudly beamed. "So you get a lot of leads from the website, then?" I asked. "No,... 13). Monitoring the International Web One of the top website monitoring services in the world has announced that it's industry-leading network and website monitoring services can now be accessed in French, Spanish and German, as well as in the original English. Why this sudden interest in other languages? "Many people in the English-speaking world think there is only one I... 14). Testimonials for Business Success It's no secret that testimonials sell. Why should you believe me when I say my super-duper, new and improved, does-everything gizmo is the best of its kind? But if a celebrity puts her reputation on the line, or a real user gets all excited about how great my gizmo works for her, you are much more likely to trust the value of my product. 15). Kissing contains no javelchromopntheoremicherbicidic acid Every now and then a quarrel breaks out down at the barber shop, lines are drawn, challenges leveled and, with any luck, somebody walks out with very few blood stains. All over a seemingly innocent discussion: What is the greatest sport ever? Some say "football". Some say "baseball". Canadians say "hockey". The rest of the world says "... 16). What is web site monitoring all about? What is web site monitoring all about? Here is Carl's story: Carl returned to the office after a tough day of negotiations. He still was not sure if the crucial deal was on or off, but dinner would soon be waiting and he had just enough time left to check his emails and his phone messages. He had twelve phone messages, eve... 17). Three stress relief techniques There is good stress, and there is bad stress. Good stress is the type that propels a person to excel, to reach new heights or to complete a big project on time. And there is bad stress. Stress that comes from conflict or worries. Stress that keeps a person from sleeping and happiness. Stress that calls for relief. Here are three stres... 18). The 52 Top SEO Tips – here are 10 of them From the obvious to the "Hey-I-never-thought-of-that-great-idea-before", here are 10 of the top 52 tips on how to optimize your website for its turbo-charge rocket ride up the search engine rankings. Be bold. Use the <b> </b> tags around some of your keywords on each page. Do NOT use them everywhere the keyword ... 19). Three Inspirations for Happiness The following three inspirations were adapted from A Daily Dose of Happiness, and they represent three key ways to increase our happiness. 1. FORGIVING FOR HAPPINESS We like to think we are better than our friends below us in the food chain, such as the octopus and the snail. After all, we have love. We feel ...