tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124624882011-08-04T07:45:21.142-04:00The former Blog of Lopico.com founder J.D. Amer.JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.comBlogger661100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1154010770260923012006-07-27T10:31:00.000-04:002006-07-27T10:32:50.273-04:00

I don't really use this blog anymore (now at jdamer.com), but if you happen to come across it, be sure to check out the new version of Lopico. Thanks.

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1140795972560942862006-02-24T10:43:00.000-05:002006-02-24T10:46:12.706-05:00

I switched to wordpress for my new blog jdamer.com - so this is probably the end of this blog. Now that I am no longer hand-coding XML, I will likely use that blog as my sole means of blogging.

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Lopromo should have launched by now, but it is being pushed back as I am considering a few more features and methods of implementation before it is launched. The design and feel of the site is great, but I'd rather push it back than launch it in a sub-par state. Part of the problem is that it's not as mainstream friendly as I'd like it to be. It seems that too often companies in the web2.0

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1139353803683519972006-02-07T17:57:00.000-05:002006-02-07T18:10:03.710-05:00

My interview for eHub was posted today. Thanks to Emily Chang for giving me the opportunity to share my thoughts on Lopico and the web in general. For eHub readers - I encourage you to leave feedback here on this blog, in your own blog, or through email to "info at lopico dot com." As I said in the interview I encourage criticism. When visiting Lopico I recommend checking out Akron to see how

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Much has been made lately of the end of the internet post. It's an interesting post, but seems to be a lot of speculation, and no one really seems to know for sure what is going on. First off, the quote from AT&T's Whiteacre is out of context, which is never very trustworthy, so keep that in mind as you read on. The Quote: "Why should they be allowed to use my pipes? The Internet can't be

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I downloaded IE7 Beta 2 Preview to my laptop today ( I will keep IE6 on my desktop for a while) and I must say that I like it, with one exception: it highjacks feedburner. As with this blog, many blogs allow readers to subscribe (easily) through feedburner. When you click on the feedburner counter in the right hand column you will be presented with a number of options for subscribing to this blog

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1138673006206275852006-01-30T20:58:00.000-05:002006-01-30T21:03:26.263-05:00

I've added a new city to Lopico. Anyone from Trenton, NJ that would like to add their favorite local businesses to the web's most user driven local directory, can now do so. This is just the first of 50 new cities that I plan to add over the next few months. Up next: Allentown, PA. technorati tags: lopico, new jersey

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1137976292159147912006-01-22T19:18:00.000-05:002006-01-22T19:31:32.176-05:00

Well I wouldn't say Lopico Lovers is off to an amazing start, but it's better than not having any reviews at all. So far 7 reviews have been posted in the 11 days that Lopico Lovers has been up. I wouldn't say that this is good, but at least a few people have followed the links to review a business. Of course, this is only beginning, and for right now, Lopico Lovers is not directly accessible

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On Lopico you could previously only do three things: 1. Find Great Businesses 2. Add businesses to Lopico Listings and 3. Vote for your favorites (because of this I often said that Lopico used the F.A.V.orite system). Now, there's a fourth: introducing "Lopico Lovers" the new way to review your favorite local businesses. Lopico lovers is distinct from other review programs in that it requires

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I now remember why I initially thought using Blogger rather than hosting my own blog was a good idea: Blogger is easy. The new blog jdamer.com is up, but not much is happening with it, because it is a little more of a pain (not much more) to blog the way I'm blogging over there. Not much of a pain, and I wouldn't mind doing it that way if I were a blogger, but I'm not. I'm a web developer that

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1135995925996184612005-12-30T21:15:00.000-05:002005-12-30T21:25:26.016-05:00

If you'd like - but I don't know why you would want to - you can take a sneak peak at my new blog. It is now "live" at jdamer.com. But it's not really a blog yet. For now it is a basic html document, in fact most of the links aren't even set up yet, and I've barely thought about CSS. I'm working with the open source project PowerBlog to adapt this look as my template for my new blog - it's

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1135704655946270742005-12-27T12:29:00.000-05:002005-12-27T12:30:55.963-05:00

In my last post: "New Service that I'd like to see in 2006," I may have overlooked Wink as the answer to this problem. Wink is ambitious, and IMHO a great idea, but needs momentum, which, judging by the amount of coverage it is receiving right now, will not be a problem. Unfortunately, momentum now is not as important as momentum once it starts working. I've been trying for a few days to sync

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Other than my new site (which I am working very hard on, and really think will be great) the web service that I'd like to see most in 2006, is a bookmark tracking aggregator.Every few days I check the number of times that Lopico has been bookmarked on del.icio.us, and sometimes Furl, but there are also a handful of other bookmarking sites such as yahoo myweb 2.0, de.lirio.us, clipmarks, and simpy

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1135367573350877612005-12-23T14:42:00.000-05:002005-12-23T14:52:53.366-05:00

The RSS standard logo: Mozilla started it, Microsoft has said it will adopt it, and now the rest of the world should soon follow suit. I joined in today by creating a new rss logo for Lopico as well as the new site and new blog that I am working on. I modified the logo slightly to keep the XML abbreviation for the benefit of those not yet familiar with the logo.If you want, you can grab the logo

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1135290968195768122005-12-22T17:34:00.000-05:002005-12-22T22:37:45.070-05:00

I haven't been blogging much lately, well I've been blogging my usual amount after a heightened amount of blogging, and there are good reasons. First I'm working on a lot of great things right now that are consuming the majority of my time. Some things that I'm working on:I've discovered a way to make Lopico up to 10x faster and I am implementing the changes. I'm finalizing some last (but

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This will be my last post about Flock until it is released. I've had some fun with Flock with but now I've pretty much switched back to firefox full time. It's an interesting concept, but not one with mainstream appeal. Nothing wrong with being niche. Overall Strengths:1. The blogging is great, especially the ease of tagging. Maybe it's pure coincidence, but my "web 2.0 picks" blog was by far one

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I just noticed that Yelp added a feature that allows businesses to put a Yelp link on their site. The link displays the businesses current star rating (which if you've read my posts in the past you know I'm not a fan of) and the number of reviews on Yelp for that business. Why am I blogging about this? Well, I've been thinking about doing something similar with Lopico, but also very different. I

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1134420787698909222005-12-12T15:41:00.000-05:002005-12-12T15:53:07.800-05:00

I just checked out the flock blog aggregate for the first time in a while, and one thing that I was surprised to see was a post scorning the name web 2.0. Not because the name web 2.0 is a fan favorite that no one scorns, but because another Flock blog has a graphic on the bottom that says "take back web 2.0." Clearly not intended to be taken as more than a play on Firefox's take back the web,

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1134257166991968002005-12-10T18:21:00.000-05:002005-12-10T18:26:16.510-05:00

One last note, I hate the new name of my blog, and seem to be stuck in trying to come up with a great name for my blog. I'm looking for one that is not a registered domain as I plan on moving out of blooger. Any Ideas?Still using Flock and posting much more. Sometimes I feel like I am talking to my self in a socially acceptable manner when I blog. I'm guessing that I will not get any responses.

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1134253089273236772005-12-10T16:55:00.000-05:002005-12-10T17:18:09.333-05:00

Del.icio.us just got picked up by Yahoo! and it really was my second favorite web 2.0 site, but there are many more great sites that people should try. This is just a short list of sites that I like, and most likely there are more I am forgetting:These are in no particular order:eHub - have to start here because this is the place where I picked most of these fromOdeo - best place for podcasting,

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Del.icio.us was bought by Yahoo! yesterday, and I'm upset about this. Not because I am against Yahoo!, I really like a lot of what Yahoo does and I've been using My Yahoo since about the day it came out. The only thing that I don't like about Yahoo is the amount of spam that I receive in my Yahoo inbox. I'm not Dvorak but I get very little spam in all of my email accounts with the exception of

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Yesterday I posted about Live Mail's 5 minutes of being as good as Gmail, and that is over as far as I'm concerned. My biggest complaint with live mail is the lack of RSS incorporation which Gmail just added. Live Mail still has a calendar which is great if you use it, but I don't, and I imagine that Google will soon have a competing service. I suggested RSS through live mail's feedback and I'm

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Some Mornings you just wake up with an idea. This morning I woke up thinking about the Lopico homepage, and within an hour or so I had a new homepage. I would classify this as an intermediate step to the next new version of the Lopico homepage. Part of what I like about Lopico is the freedom that I have to play with the look and feel of it and the ability to change things so quickly. If you read

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1134072218877444152005-12-08T14:42:00.000-05:002005-12-08T15:06:01.576-05:00

With the exception of people that are paid to blog, who has time for it? I know that I don't. But if you look at my blogs compared to frequent bloggers, mine tend to be on the long side. I'm going to try to blog more often with shorter blogs.Beta Blog preview...I'm involved in beta testing a handful of services right now, and would like to blog about these. This would include Flock, the browser

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1133744162839583862005-12-04T19:40:00.000-05:002005-12-04T19:56:02.856-05:00

Now that this is my blog and no longer the Lopico blog there are going to be and have been a few changes.Changes that I've Made: I changed the title to reflect the new scope of the blog I added a Lopico button on the side bar as well as a feedburner counter You can now subscribe to this blog by clicking the feedburner icon Lopico news is now available at Lopico News What to expect from this

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I said it was likely and now it's done. I have now created the new Lopico News section on Lopico called Loblogo, available at http://www.lopico.com/news/

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Everything is now updated. It's been updated for a while now, but I haven't really had time to post. Overall, being Cool site of the Day was a great experience, which produced hundreds of new listings. Thanks to all who contributed and voted for Lopico. Ranking My rank wasn't the highest, it was pretty average at 5.332. I'm pretty happy with this considering Lopico is a directory of business

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Yesterday Lopico was cool site of the day. It was a great day for Lopico with a great response to the site! Thanks to all for your contributions.PATIENCE PLEASEDue to the enormous response Lopico is a little backlogged, some additions have started showing up, but it's likely that most of yesterdays updates will not be processed for 48+ hours. I'll post when this is finished.Again thanks to all

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1133231647274141132005-11-28T21:23:00.000-05:002005-11-29T00:02:18.546-05:00

Today is the Day! I'm pleased to announce that Lopico is Cool Site of the Day today. My hope is that people add content rather than just voting. It is an honor to be Cool Site of the Day, but to really get the full effect of Lopico you need to come back. First time visitors should come back tomorrow or later this week to see that the content that they've added is online. I'd also suggest

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1132444382733079942005-11-19T18:50:00.000-05:002005-11-19T18:53:02.733-05:00

The progress that I'm making on Lopico Lovers is great. I really think that I am creating a review system that is more helpful than others currently available. It will be helpful not only to consumers, but also to business owners. On the off chance that someone reading this would like to be a beta tester of the review program email me at beta@lopico.com, and I'll see what we can do.As always:

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1132444224488191782005-11-19T18:49:00.000-05:002005-11-19T18:50:24.486-05:00

Lopico is going to be Cool Site of the Day in the next few weeks, I'm not sure how much I am allowed to say about this until it actually happens, so I'll let you know when the day comes.

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Just a couple of quick updates for the few that happen to read this. First, I added a tour that is accesible directly from the homepage. To me Lopico is very easy to use, and I obviously know what it is about. However, this is not true for all of my site visitors, so in the interest of making things better and easier for all, it has some quick take aways in an easy to read format. Most of the

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1131311354918404432005-11-06T16:05:00.000-05:002005-11-06T16:09:14.930-05:00

Joining in on the SuprGlu bandwagon, I created a SuprGlu page today. SuprGlu is a cool service that lets you combine your own personal feeds into one page >> although seemingly you would be able to add feeds from others as well.My page contains my del.icio.us, this blog, and my last.fm account which I started yesterday. All three sites del.icio.us, suprglu, and last.fm are worth checking out and

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1131246575206189402005-11-05T21:44:00.000-05:002005-11-05T22:12:08.540-05:00

Okay... that's a strange title, but it all refers to some things happening with Lopico right now. First Mobile: I just started creating a mobile friendly version of Lopico, but only for the Akron area. It's not like traditional Lopico, it does not have voting or ability to add favorites. Lopico mobile simply lists the businesses listed on Lopico for quick access to phone numbers and addresses.

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1129675972838383282005-10-18T18:38:00.000-04:002005-10-18T18:52:52.846-04:00

There are too many things happening on the web right now, but at the same time nothing. Web 2.0 really feels like Web 1.0 did at first, the technologies are there they just need refining. Unlike web 1.0 we actually have the infrastructure to support the internet this time. And we have big players trying to enhance that infrastructure (Google's wireless foray and Ebay's Skype purchase), so

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1128288296491605702005-10-02T17:20:00.000-04:002005-10-02T17:24:56.496-04:00

Just a quick note... I added an express submit tool for business owners to add detailed informaiton about their business. It's available directly from the homepage. I put it under the business resources section on the homepage to distinguish it from general business submission done by regular site visitors which only requires putting in the name of your favorite business.

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1128276609200066472005-10-02T14:11:00.000-04:002005-10-02T14:10:09.216-04:00

Well September was a very good month for Lopico and also a very interesting one.I've already commented on September a few times so I don't really feel saying anything more would add any value. There still are a few PR things that I started in September but won't come into effect until sometime in October, so hopefully October will be a great month as well.The numbers for September were great,

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September 27th is the official birthday of Lopico, the site wasn't officially launched in content form until December 31, but this is the official day that Lopico was created. Between September 27 and December 31 Lopico just had a coming soon page available with a form to "make sure your business is included," you can check it out using the way back machine but most of the images have been taken

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1127612078982424762005-09-25T00:34:00.000-04:002005-09-25T18:10:53.456-04:00

This will be the first time that I have spent an entire blog about something other than Lopico. But this is the most blogworthy site I've come across (other than lopico). Del.icio.us, is going to change the internet. People talk about del.icio.us as a way to track trends, but it's potential is far beyond that. It's a way to start trends and it's a whole new way (or hopefully will be soon) to

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1127262584808025792005-09-20T23:29:00.000-04:002005-09-20T20:29:44.813-04:00

1. I had a comment posted in BusinessWeek this week, regarding my feelings on Google. 2. Friendlypop.com is gone. Strictly a business decision to terminate it, I still think that it is a great idea, it just wasn't right for me right now.3. I launched a new site today (though it's still under construction) achrun.org, it's not for everyone it's going to be Akron focused.4. I made a change to the

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1125845835217354772005-09-04T13:33:00.000-04:002005-09-04T10:57:15.253-04:00

When the dust settled I was very happy with the new look of Lopico, however this does not mean that I am finished redesigning. I just updated my hope page from an SEO (search engine optimization) perspective, but would also like to update the way it looks - not much of a change but a change none the less. Some of the most important changes that I have recently made to my homepage include

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1125179031407217772005-08-27T17:34:00.000-04:002005-08-31T21:43:07.676-04:00

My new site friendlypop.com has just launched. This site is more for web developers than anything else, I think that this is going to be an interesting project and hopefully one that is successful for me. If not I'm not too concerned, like Lopico this did not take much for me to create and launch, and my costs should be very low for this site.Friendlypop is primarily a resource for web developers

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1124899957864231642005-08-24T11:49:00.000-04:002005-08-26T12:35:00.766-04:00

The roll-out of my redesigned site has begun. Unfortunately, I'm already thinking of ways to change and improve upon it. However, unlike previous design changes I am planning to go ahead with this one 100% before changing again.Some new features:Easier navigation thanks to a top row of buttons that allow users to quickly change category - rather than having to revert to the city page. Help page/

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Hopefully this one will be short, but they almost never are.I am really impressed with Google lately. As much as I hate to say, I am. There new features in AdWords are really great an helpful. I've often talked negatively about Goog before but, I must say my search for other advertising outlets combined with their new features really makes me appreciate Google. Google now does three things right

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July was an interesting and productive month and hopefully August will continue the trend. While certain indicators would suggest a decline for Lopico, the most important numbers are steadily increasing. To me these numbers are the number of additions and votes that I receive and site revenue. I'm not going to give away too much information, but it was a strong month, with Chicago, IL leading the

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1122339880509541372005-07-25T20:53:00.000-04:002005-07-25T21:04:40.516-04:00

This isn't going to be fair, but I'm going to shoot from the hip. Day one (or should I say morning one) of site targeting was a disaster for me. I started with a low budget (which this probably isn't for) because I've had strong success playing low budgets on AdWords before; low budgets are a big part of its appeal. But that was CPC and this is CPM. I one glaring mistake: I was not selective in

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1122250156719154962005-07-24T19:43:00.000-04:002005-07-24T20:09:16.726-04:00

Not that any one reads this, but I have made a few changes to Lopico in the past day or so. I changed the title tag so that it is more of a reflection of what Lopico is about than just the name of the site. In my redesign all the title tags (well almost) are being updated. Why you ask? Well if you've read this far and didn't say "title tag, what's that?" then you probably already know the

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1121637257206228582005-07-17T17:31:00.000-04:002005-07-17T17:54:17.213-04:00

In response to a comment on my last post I thought I should explain why I blog and why I say so much. First of all I blog because it generates traffic. People come here read my blog (maybe) and visit a link to lopico.Secondly it gives a Lopico visitor a little more insight into what Lopico is all about. I think that when people read that I'm a one man outfit who's self taught in his programming

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1120015807029935472005-06-28T23:25:00.000-04:002005-06-28T23:30:07.036-04:00

Lopico just got some great new additions in San Jose, check them out if you like.San Jose - AmericanSan Jose - MediterraneanSan Jose - PizzaSan Jose - BookstoreI'm always happy when I get multiple new additions, it gives me hope.The more you add the better we get.

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1119659214415628352005-06-24T19:45:00.000-04:002005-06-24T20:26:54.426-04:00

These Lopico blogs are becoming fewer and farther between, that may not be a bad thing. I had a major breakthrough the other day, but unfortunately I don't have the knowledge to make it a reality. That more than anything has been the most frustrating thing about this whole process. Starting Lopico has been great and a wonderful learning experience, but not having the technological background that

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1118355952331256512005-06-09T18:11:00.000-04:002005-06-09T18:25:52.336-04:00

Well, things are starting to get a little more interesting. I have to say that looking at my May numbers in a realistic perspective, Lopico is still very unknown. But, I am still happy with the numbers because my Monthly advertising budget is less than what most pay on a daily basis. Also I've been able to get some people to buy into the Lopico system. I'm starting to get votes and additions on a

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It's been awhile since my last blog, I've been focusing all my time on my redesign, I need to get it right, I want it to be the final redesign for at least a year. I'm making great progress, in my opinion, but I can't skimp on quality just to have a newer version online. May was my best month so far in terms of page views as well as new business additions, and will now serve as my benchmark

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A few random thoughts for the day...First off I've been getting a decent amount of traffic to my Las Vegas pages, but very little input. I think the reason for this is fairly obvious and part of the problem with Lopico in its current state. Las Vegas is a tourist town, so for the most part people don't know what the best is, so when they come to Lopico most likely they just want to use the find

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1115991437737109232005-05-13T09:22:00.000-04:002005-05-13T09:37:50.096-04:00

Google is the only major search engine not listing lopico, however, today it seems that it is one small step closer to listing LOPICO. One page is listed - Personal Training in Kansas City, MO. Unfortunately this page still has the original design. Why only this page? I have no idea. But it's a start, and I think it's a good sign. Other major search engines such as Yahoo! and MSN have listings of

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I find it very funny that this blog now is the top listing in a Google search for LOPICO. Where is the actual LOPICO? On page 3 without a description. It is because of this that I am actually thinking about joining a link exchange. If you've read my past posts (which you haven't) you know that I am very against link exchanges, but seeing as 1) Google is the wal-mart of search 2) I have very

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1115750475501575502005-05-10T17:23:00.000-04:002005-05-10T14:41:15.513-04:00

I now have 50 pages with mamma.com ads. I put them on each state page, so for the most part if you want to get into LOPICO you have to see one of the ads. But I will be changing that, I'm going to try mamma for one month and then I'm done with it. I am not happy at all with their ads. Primarily because they're not relevant and because they include pop-ups. I hate pop-ups, and you have to have

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1115593871599991772005-05-08T18:55:00.000-04:002005-05-08T19:11:11.610-04:00

I signed up for mamma's ad program for publishers, I really like some of the features of it, but we'll see what happens once I get the codes and put the ads into my site. I think I'll use mamma on 185 pages, actually I'll be giving these ads better visibility than my google ads, but my google ads will still cover the majority of my pages, I think I have google ads on approximately 11745 pages. I

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1115523765550002922005-05-07T23:30:00.000-04:002005-05-07T23:42:45.563-04:00

I've decided to create a new site to handle all of my advertising. I'm in the process of creating it still so I'm not going to put up the url yet. I want to make it a sub domain, but I'm still having a little trouble with that. My other option is to run it a completely separate site which I might do. The problem with running it as a subdomain, is that the domain name then freezes and as long as

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1115332219805478772005-05-05T18:20:00.000-04:002005-05-05T18:30:19.810-04:00

Today's been a fairly uneventful day in the life of a young internet entreprenuer. I've been looking into advertising with mamma.com, and I'm really begining to think that it's a better way for me to go than adsense. I'm not saying that it's better than adsense, I'm not saying mamma is better than google, but for my purposes it seems to make sense. First and foremost they address the click

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1115252995544465912005-05-04T20:17:00.000-04:002005-05-04T20:33:37.226-04:00

Well another day of highs and lows. First my #1 computer, the one with most of our information, had a hardware problem. This is a real let-down, because it just got fixed about a week ago. But I've now got a pretty reliable back-up, this is the type of thing you hate to be experienced in, but I'm learning to deal with this issue. Unfortunately, this is probably going to push the redesign back a

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1115163306072637452005-05-03T19:00:00.000-04:002005-05-04T20:34:17.556-04:00

Well good or bad my goal is to talk about the website creation process. Yesterday was an interesting day for a couple of reasons. First I learned about the creation of a robots.txt file, thanks mainly to the website scrubtheweb.com. It's a search but also is a promotional site. I used it for its free app that checks a page for robot webcrawler suitability. Helpful, because I didn't have a

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1114909360710228622005-04-30T20:40:00.000-04:002005-04-30T21:02:40.713-04:00

Well I just had my first addition to Sacramento, CA a restaurant called Esquire. I think it's about time, I've had 37 visitors to my site from my Sacramento adwords ad. Truthfully not a whole lot, but I've only had the ad running for about a week. Also, I don't spend very much on advertising because, I can't, I don't really have any money to be spending. All things considered I've been fairly

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1114823996150589862005-04-29T21:08:00.000-04:002005-04-29T21:19:56.150-04:00

In this process of creating this site, I've had some success at getting people to add their favorite places but mainly only in restaurants and mainly only in two cities. I'll get an occasional vet in Dallas or hardware store in Sacramento, but mainly the focus has been restaurants in Akron, OH and Tucson, AZ. This is very curios, not Akron, but Tucson. I guess I understand that restaurants are

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1114726820315828182005-04-28T18:07:00.000-04:002005-04-28T18:20:20.316-04:00

This is sort of a self-interested question, or at least answer, the answer is yes, or at least if I'm right it will be. LOPICO has had two main problems in its short four month history. First is traffic. While we've had a few thousand visitors, that's still not enough to really be anything, or to really matter yet. The second problem comes from those visitors that have visited the site, they

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1114641973944332252005-04-27T18:43:00.000-04:002005-04-27T18:46:13.946-04:00

LOPICO is continuing our update, that about half of our 135 cities have already received. We're addressing some of the design issues and trying to make LOPICO easier to use. We had a slight set back but we're not back to 100% so the updates should be complete in the next few weeks.

JDAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216694503032075438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462488.post-1114556614117560442005-04-26T22:00:00.000-04:002005-04-27T18:47:15.370-04:00

Welcome to the LOPICO blog. The Official blog of LOPICO.COM. What is LOPICO? See For Yourself.

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