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Whatever happened to 'Oldest Living Blogger'?......

By Ray on March 27, 2008 - 6:13pm

Oldest Living Blogger

My rating's been slipping drastically on Google lately, because I haven't been using my
old original nickname in my blogs. Maybe I'm vain, but a nice fat rating improves my disposition remarkably. I enjoy acceptance. But there's no 'free lunch', so if you want
the ratings, you have to earn them somehow, because nothing's forever.

So, Dear Google, reports of my demise are greatly exaggerated. I am, in fact, still very
much alive and kicking. Well, alive, anyway. Kicking isn't on the agenda just now, because
I'm recovering from some surgery to the old belly which involved four and a half hours on the operating table, and an incision eight and a half inches long from north to south. To the east and west of that, things are still more than a bit tender. But the good news is, I'm here
to be able to say so.

And if the Good Lord's willing and the creeks don't rise, I'll try to think up something
thought-provoking to write about, any day now. I can't promise you a scintillating essay
the likes of which Samantha is famous for, but I'll think of something - like for example,
why are some of the big eastern ISPs throttling back on their users' bandwidth allowances?
Is this a trend of the future? A scam to extract more money from us? Or what? If you can
find out, please add a comment here for the rest of us. And stay tuned, Folks...

Oldest Living Blogger

By Ray on March 27, 2008 - 5:58pm

Oldest Living Blogger

VancouverVibe.ca - Blog Launched, New Milestones

By naim786 on January 28, 2008 - 12:57pm

A couple of weeks ago I received some great feedback on a pet project a friend and I have taken on, VancouverVibe.ca, from a few members of Urban Vancouver. If you haven't come across it yet, VancouverVibe.ca is a user-contributed social news web-site, much like Digg, but focuses on Vancouver-specific content. We felt VancouverVibe would be a great forum for everyone from bloggers to musicians to small employers to further publicize their original content.

What we learned from the extensive feedback from members of this forum (as we take every opportunity to learn from this experience) is we need to enhance credibility and give the web-site a more personal feel. We've also started an advertising campaign on Facebook and on a local blog.

So, in that short time, and in large part thanks to the members of Urban Vancouver, we've:

  • Launched a new blog called TheCity: http://www.vancouvervibe.ca/blog
  • Added a Terms of Use Agreement to our Registration Page
  • Engaged new bloggers to submit their stories on the web-site
  • Attended Launch Party Vancouver 3 and intend to go to the Blogger Meet Up and Northern Voice
  • Surpassed 100 news stories and 50 members
  • Topped 1,400 unique visits in 2 weeks
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