Oh the power of the internet… because of social media I have met and interacted with so many awesome, smart people. And I have made SO many new friends. One of those awesome friends is the fab Chris Curtis. I have had the pleasure of being a guest on Chris’s radio show, Tech Tuesday, a…
As a mother it is great to connect with other moms to exchange info, talk about the whoas of motherhood (yes.. there are some), get together for playdates, or even swap and sell baby items that we no longer need. The main problem with this is knowing who to trust. We all use the internet…
I told a friend last night that I was not “going black” today because I tend to stay out of political issues. However, that does not mean that I don’t have something to say about it. We live in the United States. *Supposedly* one of the big deals about this is that we have free…
Google Friend Connect (GFC) was the cute little box over there in the sidebar —–> that is similar to a Facebook LIKE box. GFC allows readers to ‘sign-in’ or join a blogging site. This basically just shows that they like you. And, they will see your blog listed in their account if they log into…
Do you remember when you had your first child (or 2) and you were very good about keeping track of milestones, etc. in the nice little book that you got at your baby shower? Well as time went on you probably made less and less entries. And poor child #3 did not have a book…
Customer support via social media is a big thing these days. There are several companies that have presences on Twitter, Facebook, and now even Google+. But, just because you have a presence on a social media site it does not mean that you should neglect your own business website. If a customer visits your website…
I did it a few days ago. It was super easy. Almost too easy. Once pages are setup, some have expressed difficulty in figuring out how to switch between your own profile and your page profile. I admit that they need to make this option more prominent. On your main page, there is a little…
With Christmas right around the corner a lot of us have shopping on the brain. And if you are anything like me you want to make sure that they get the best price on items that you are purchasing. I do a lot of online shopping because it it SO much easier than fighting crowds…
The hot topic right now is indeed back to school. My kids are in their 3rd week back. I just talked about needing to remember teachers, classes, field trips, gym dates, etc. Ugh! It is SO hard to keep up with 4 kids. It really is. And they are still young, but I keep thinking…
I am all about saving money on cable bills by watching online content. We have had a post before about LOVEFilM. It’s a great place to watch movies. Learn more below. LOVEFiLM is great. Not only do they have all the best titles and plenty of free movies online without downloading but their website…
Thank you to BING for sponsoring my writing today. To learn more about BING Shopping Rewards, click here. I was selected for this sponsorship by the Clever Girls Collective, which endorses Blog With Integrity, as I do. I have a confession. I LOVE to shop. But, in the past few years I have migrated from…
If you run a US business that sells tangible product, international shipping is probably your least favorite part of the process. Heck, even non-business owners usually dread going to the post office or local shipping office for US shipping! And, it is just as frustrating for consumers. As a matter of fact, just the other…
Some would not think that a browser for your phone is all that important. But if you are a geek, you realize that it is. I downloaded Firefox on my Evo a couple of days ago and it’s really nice. I recently switched back to using Firefox on Windows versus Google Chrome to see what…
Yes, I have UK readers. Quite a few actually. And just like here in the US, they use broadband internet too. The below article helps our UK friends shuffle through the broadband offerings. It’s a confusing world – saying that you want broadband is not in any ways enough as you need to decide…
All in one week Governor Quinn has abolished the death penalty, and gotten all us lowly little Amazon.com affiliates fired. Ugh. This is the 2nd “blog income” blow to me this week. You may have seen me tweet about the other. I may post about that soon. Anyway, it’s not like I was making a ton…
Ok. So this site and 1 other are now fully running on Hostgator. It took a couple of days for the move to complete. This is mostly because of DNS propagation. Yesterday half of the folks that visited littletechgirl.com were seeing the new site. The other half were still being pointed to the old site…
After about a year and a half on Hostmonster, I am switching over to Hostgator. Why? Well, although it’s been pretty stable over the past couple of months, Hostmonster has gone down quite a bit. I have dealt with DB errors on days when my site got hit hard, and complete outages for several hours….
I had the awesome opportunity to connect with a great company called StuffBuff.com. Stuff Buff allows you to shop for your favorite items from various vendors at great prices. And if you are a blogger, or run a website, it also allows you to integrate the Stuff It button right into your blog posts or sidebar to…
One of the main ways to make money on your blog is affiliate advertising. For quite a while Google was the main supplier of this type of advertising. Slowly other companies are bursting onto the scene providing ads. Clickbooth is one of these companies. Clickbooth CPC is a new way for publishers to gain affiliate marketing for your…
Yep, yet another thing on my list. But this is going to be fun! Have you heard of MomTV yet? No? Where have you been. MomTV is a great website where moms like me who think they have something to talk about can do so. It was created by Maria Bailey. So what is Tech…
A while ago I was ultra excited to read about the upcoming Hulu Plus and and I quickly signed up to be let into the preview. What I did not realize was that even for just the beta, you have to pay immediately! I mean, I would have kinda expected the beta to be free…
I have posted about Alexa before here and here. The “rumor” is supposedly the better your traffic gets, the more links coming in, and the more users with Alexa toolbars visiting your site, the lower your Alexa number should become. And while in other stats we want high numbers, on Alexa we shoot for low…
I am huge on online coupons, whenever I make the decision to buy something online the first thing I do is check to see if I can get a coupon. This especially goes for Dell. But, I used to upgrade my equipment quite often… like every 1-2 years. I have gotten better on computers, now…
Collecting data about users, shoppers, petitioners, etc. used to take some hassle. Hire a bunch of teens to stand in the mall and grab people as they walk by. Call homes and have people hang up on you (before the “Do Not Call List” was implemented), or spend money mailing printed surveys that no one…
I always have like 2-3 ideas for sites and domains floating around in my head. If it’s a good name, sometimes I will grab it up and let it sit until I do something with it. This used to not work out too well since domains were expensive. Now, it’s easy. Cheap domain names make…
FUJIFILM’s photo hosting site SeeHere.com is going to be official photo host of ChiTown Mom’s Nite Out. So bring your cameras, make sure that your memory cards are blanked and take pictures all night! Once the event ends I will send out a link to our album where you can view photos and upload yours if you…
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I occasionally like to share useful links on getting web hosting because someone is ALWAYS asking me about setting up sites. Doteasy.com is currently offering one year of free web hosting with a .com, .net, or .org domain registration for only $7.95. The hosting includes 100MB of storage, 1 gb data transfer, 10 email addresses,…
My curiosity of the web numbers continues. In my post What the heck is Alexa anyway? I described a bit about the purpose of caring about your Alexa number. I also mentioned complaints found around the web the the numbers are widely inaccurate so we should not put too much worry into them. Well, now…
As millions and millions of America’s prepare their income tax returns, tons of identity theft criminals are also getting busy looking for loopholes and carelessness so that they can gain information that helps them steal an unsuspecting victims identity. It’s important to protect yourself, especially at this time of year. Check out the below tips…
