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Post it notes.

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

For some reason I have post it notes everywhere. I never used them before. Then for some reason I bought a package of red, blue and yellow ones. Now I have notes stuck everywhere. It’s like they are replicating.

Anyway here are some of the things I have on my post it notes (that I plan on throwing away now):

  • Cap site brown school – that’s all that was there.  I guess I intended to find the internet address for it.  Well I’m still looking.
  • A note to make a “free stuff” category at Pictou County Links.com.  I may have done this already, I can’t remember.
  • Dr. Brock.com – I’m not sure why I had written that down.  I couldn’t find a website at that address.
  • Areogarden, getthegarden.com – I must have seen this one in a commercial.  It’s kinda cool, for growing herbs and bulbs.
  • CPP.ca – an insurance website that I must have been looking at.
  • Bigchipsforum.com – as usual I have no idea how I found this addy in the first place.  It’s a poker site that ranks other poker sites.

I’m just going to list the rest of the sites without any commentary:

Heard of Squidoo?

Tuesday, March 13th, 2007

Well I’ve been busy (at least by my standards) so I haven’t blogged in a while.  I have missed a few opportunities to blog about stuff.  Anyway I’m back to my blog again with something really cool for you to check out.  It’s called Squidoo.  It’s very new to me so I can’t tell you much about it, but I can show you what I’ve done with it.  I made two sites with squidoo, one about Pictou County websites and one about poker.  Check them out and make your own cool sites.  Squidoo calls them lenses.

Classifieds Instructions

Sunday, October 1st, 2006

I have added instructions on how to use the classifieds page to the main page of Pictou County Search.com.  At this point I’m not sure if people are having trouble because they are unfamiliar with the new site or if there is a problem with the site.  I actually hope that it is just the newness of the site.

New content is being added daily.

Too much competition.

Monday, September 25th, 2006

How many community portals does one county need?  I was doing some searching today to find new and interesting Pictou County stuff and found another new portal that is under construction.  So now if you want to find info on Pictou County you have more than a couple of choices.  Check these out:

  1. Pictou County Search.com – The best and most user friendly local portal in my opinion.  It’s very new and still needs some content, but go here first.
  2. Pictou County.com – Local directory with many community links.  Events, news, weather and more.  I think this is the longest running of the local sites and has all the info you need.
  3. Pictou County Links.com – A local links directory page with lots of local info.  Sites can be reviewed and rated by visitors.  Most popular sites show in left menu.  This site is very new and needs more content.
  4. Pictou County Search.ning.com – Hmmmm!?  I don’t even know what this is, but it’s showing up in the search engines a lot.  Looks good, but no content.  I’m almost thinking it’s something I did because of the Pictou County Search in the name.  I’ll have to check it out again later.
  5. Pictou County.ca – Here’s the newest one I found.  This site is under construction but will eventually have: town websites, classifieds, business directory, events calendar etc.  All the stuff you want in a local portal…that you can already find in most of the sites listed here.  I’m confused.  Another portal?
  6. Pictou County Connects – This is a big time portal with seemingly lots of money behind it.  You can see ad spots on the local TV channel and ads in the local paper.  There is a lot of info here.  However I think it could be a little more user friendly.  It also seems a little slow loading pages.
  7. TruroNS.com – Community portal for Truro, Nova Scotia.
  8. The Hawk Road – Community portal for Antigonish.
  9. Icon Village – Another portal.
  10. EZ Guide – And another portal.
  11. Home Town New Glasgow – And can you believe it?  Another portal.

I think I got them all.  Wow is there really room for that many portals for such a small area?  I guess we’ll find out.  Or at least I will being the admin for Pictou County Search.

Pictou County Search.com has been upgraded.

Sunday, September 17th, 2006

Just a quick note to anyone trying to find the classifieds page.  The page at Pictou County Search.com is now a full fledged portal and not just a free classifieds page.  The was a delay in switching the domain over to the new site.  The site has been unavailable for the last 24+ hours through the Pictou County Search.com domain.  You can however access the site from the .biz domain  http://www.pictoucountysearch.biz.

Too Many Blogs.

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006

Recently I wrote a post to one of my three blogs about how I had too many blogs to look after and how I would like to get rid of one.  Well I didn’t get rid of one, I actually gained one.  That’s right four blogs now.

The new blog belongs to the Halifax Nova Scotia Portal.  So I need to do a daily post on that blog to help promote the Portal.  That’s in addition to my daily posts here to help promote Pictou County Search.  And all of this just when my traffic seems to be dropping off for the classifieds.  I have to step up the promotions for the classifieds plus I need more traffic to Pictou County Links.

I was hoping all of these related sites would boost traffic for the others.  That may still happen, but I will need to work at some other things to boost my exposure.  One will probably have to be improving the quality of my blog articles.  I would love to have better quality posts, but I’m not really a writer.  I’m going to do my best to become a better writer though.  It can only help.

As for getting rid of one of my blogs – it may need to happen, I just have to decide which one.

1999 FORD WINDSTAR LX VAN for sale in Woodburn, NS

Friday, August 18th, 2006

Today’s featured post at Pictou County Search.com:

Automobiles|1999 FORD WINDSTAR LX VAN|Seven passenger, four spd auto with od, power w,l, vents,doors, mirrors. New front rotors and pads, new tires, recent mvi, fully inspected by reputable auto repair shop. Milage 141,000 km.

I also have some interesting news for the hundreds of people that read this blog (not!). I have just become the new Portal Director for http://halifaxnovascotiaonline.com/.  What a great opportunity.  At this point I am still waiting for a password to get access to the back office.  Also the site is getting an upgrade even though it looks great right now.  So If you’re one of the hundreds that read this blog give it a quick look.

PC Bargain Hunter

Tuesday, August 1st, 2006

PC-Bargain-Hunter.com is my newest site in my quest to make the web smaller.  It’s an Ebay and Clickbank marketplace shopping site.  So since I haven’t made a list in a while here’s today’s list.

Cool info about PC-Bargain-Hunter.com:

  • You can shop for Ebay items from a site that you can trust.  PC Bargain Hunter is in association with Pictou County Search and Pictou County Links.
  • Use the misspelling tool to find cool deals on misspelled items.  The bids may be lower because they were harder to find with misspelled titles.
  • You are supporting local business when you use PC Bargain Hunter.
  • PC could stand for Personal Computer or Pictou County.
  • There are so many possibilities with Ebay that I haven’t discovered yet.

Pictou County Links Directory

Tuesday, July 18th, 2006

The new Pictou County Links Directory is now live. It will take a while for me to learn the back office, but it works fine and is ready to add new links. Also I am in the process of downloading a new template. I hope to have this added today but there is no telling for sure. With any luck you may never know the difference between the old and the new.

Some features of the new directory.

  1. Visitors can rate listings
  2. Visitors can send reports to admins on broken/cheating/etc listings
  3. Site search – simple and advanced
  4. View newest listings, most popular and top rated listings from each category

Labrador puppies for sale in Hazel Glen, Nova Scotia

Friday, July 7th, 2006

Business is booming for those involved in the Pets & Supplies niche. At least it seems so. It’s one of the busiest categories at Pictou County Search.com. That being said, here is today’s featured ad:

Pets & Supplies|Labrador puppies for Sale|Born July 2. 5 yellow (3 female, 2 male) and 4 black (3 female, 1 male). Ready to go on Aug 12. $350, first needles and deworming included.

For contact info please visit the Pets & Supplies category of Pictou County Search.com. As always your help is requested in getting the word out about our classifieds page. Although it is the most popular online, local classifieds site for Pictou County and area, it is free. So please refer the site to your friends and relatives.

I do spend about $10/month on advertising through Google, but I still need to get more local traffic to the site. The site has had more that 43 thousand hits in the last year and it’s ranked in the world’s top 3 million sites according to Alexa. This new blog should help a bit and so should the Pictou County Links page.