Author's articles

Real Estate Agent, the Web, & the Future

By Joel Walsh · 18 years ago

Will the internet do to real estate agents what it's done to travel agents? That question has incited fear among some in the real estate world. The recent launch of a do-it-yourself real estate website ...

Extended Automobile Warranty Coverage: 4 Myths of Buying an Extended Warranty from Dealers

By Joel Walsh · 18 years ago

Poor used car dealers. With consumers learning more and more about them from the internet, overcharging for the automobile itself isn't as easy as it used to be. Fortunately for the poor used car dealers, ...

Drug Rehab Center: Do You Need It?

By Abhilash Patel · 18 years ago

Do you have an addiction? The question shouldn't be hard to answer. There are fairly clear lines between an addiction and a casual behavior. According to substance abuse experts Chris and Pax Prentiss, founders of ...

Used Auto Warranty Warning: Beware Dealer-Issued Extended Auto Warranty Coverage

By Joel Walsh · 18 years ago

Buying a used car? You need an extended auto warranty to protect you from expensive surprises down the road. But be careful when your dealer tries to sell you used auto extended warranty coverage. Usually, ...

SEO Outbound Link Relevance

By Joel Walsh · 18 years ago

You know search engines evaluate a site based primarily on the links going to it (inbound links). The PageRank of the sites on which the inbound links are located, and the anchor text of the ...

VOIP Small Business/Home Business Advantage

By Joel Walsh · 18 years ago

Small businesses, home-based businesses, and self-employed individuals have been turning to internet telephone service (also called broadband phone or VOIP) in droves. What is the attraction? As a self-employed, telecommuting, small-business-owning freelance writer, I can ...

SEO Web Links: Directory Alternatives

By Joel Walsh · 18 years ago

If you were writing a textbook on SEO linking circa 2001, you almost certainly would have included a chapter on web directories. They used to be the primary way of actively acquiring one-way inbound links, ...

Wedding Planning on the Web

By Joel Walsh · 18 years ago

Planning a wedding? Whether you're a wedding planning pro or a do-it-yourself bride, I know one thing you don't: you aren't using the web enough. The web has become the dominant way to shop for ...

IT Networks: How to Argue for a Bigger Budget

By Joel Walsh · 19 years ago

IT network managers have to fight the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" mindset to win resources. With computer networks, that mindset is dangerously complacent. IT networks will keep pumping data until they die ...

Used Cars: "Certified" No Substitute for Extended Warranties

By Joel Walsh · 19 years ago

Thinking about a used car extended warranty? Nervous about what's under the hood? Used car dealers are feeling your pain all the way to the bank. In an ironic twist, "pre-owned vehicle" dealers have found ...

Web Content (Mass + Keywords) + Links = SEO

By Joel Walsh · 19 years ago

Of course, the whole goal of the search engines' ranking schemes is precisely to deliver good, relevant content to users. The mechanism for how search engines select and reward good, relevant content is essentially just ...

Is Now A Good Time To Sell Your Home?

By Joel Walsh · 19 years ago

If you own a home in a real estate boom market, you are probably richer now than you ever thought you could be–on paper. Even if your house is in a real estate market that's ...