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Shopping for Father's Day with my son

It is hard to believe Father’s Day is next weekend. Somehow this year is flying by and since time stops for no one, the time to honor fathers is fast approaching. But seriously? It feels like we JUST celebrated Mother’s Day! Anyhow, when Walmart asked me to do something for Father’s day I was more than willing to oblige. My son is truly a daddy’s boy and I knew he’d enjoy the experience of shopping for his father.

Before I went to Arkansas to visit Walmart headquarters last week,  I asked my son if he wanted to shop for his dad. Not only did he say yes but he told me he wanted to buy his dad a tie. I have to admit I had no idea if Walmart actually carried ties because I rarely visit the men’s section because I’m a single mom and have no man in my life to shop for. I was pleasantly surprised when I checked the Walmart website and not only found ties but discovered that they are silk and reasonably priced at $10.00!

For clothing items I generally shop at but in this instance I wanted my son to choose the ties so with my fingers crossed in hopes that there would be a good selection, we took a visit to Walmart today. Not only did we find ties, but there was a selection of accessories that a dad would like. I admit the tie selection was fairly limited but my son immediately found what he was looking for - a purple tie! I suggested he choose an additional one for variety and we purchased the purple narrow tie and a blue regular sized tie.

Next we hit up the card section and my son chose a very nice card for his dad. Overall, I found the shopping experience effortless and we were quickly in and out of the store. Although my son’s father will be receiving the “traditional” gift of a tie this year for Father’s Day, I know he will pleased to learn that his son picked out the gift on his own and will proudly sport his gifts!

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Is ICEF violating co-location agreement?

Right now, ICEF Vista has volunteer parents cleaning up the Stoner Avenue Elementary School campus.While this might sound like a good thing, ICEF might be acting in violation of the co-location agreement with LAUSD and ICEF Vista Director Kristen Buczek should already knows this.
ICEF vista violates co-location agreement by having volunteer parent perform facilities duties
ICEF Vista Director Buczek having parents
perform facilities duties in violation of co-location contract
   At the June 5, Campus Co-location Committee meeting, Buczek specifically asked if she could have volunteer ICEF parents clean (i.e. perform facilities work) the campus.
   Ms. Buzcek was told that no she could not have parents volunteers perform facilities work since: 1) the co-location agreement clearly states that LAUSD is in charge of facilites on the entire campus including the charter's part of campus and 2) giving facilities work to volunteer parents would take away work from unionized LAUSD employees.
    However, today Ms Buzcek appeared to ignore the terms of the co-location agreement and the recommendation of the CCC and chose to use ICEF Vista parents to perform the work she was told they could not do.
ICEF Vista violated co-location agreement at Stoner Avenue Elementary
ICEF parent's truck parked on campus
 while parent performs facilities work
    Through the fence, I addressed Buzcek and asked what was going on. She said they were volunteer parents and "they are cleaning up..." before her words trailed off.
   I reminded her that she had already been told at the campus co-location committee meeting that parents could not perform facilities duties.  She quickly changed her tune and said that they were leaving and denied saying that they were cleaning.
   Fortunately, in the video I took of the interaction you can clearly hear her say "they are cleaning" and see her point to leaves on the ground. Plus, the parents are holding a broom, rake and trash can. One parent was later seen hauling trash bags full of pine needles.

   Wow, it appears that ICEF may be violating the terms of the co-location agreement.

Buckle your seatbelts and make sure your devices are full charged, this is going to be an awesome adventure in co-location!***

***post updated 9/4/2015 to remove potential defamatory language per cease and desist letter from ICEF's attorney.

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First successful combination of ECMO with cytokine removal therapy in cardiogenic septic shock: A case report

Bruenger F, Kizner L, Weile J, Morshuis M, Gummert JF
Heart and Diabetes Center (HDZ) North Rhine-Westphalia, Clinic for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany

This case study reports on a 39-year-old patient presenting at a hospital with fulminant ARDS and cardiogenic septic shock.

Case presentation

  • A 39 year old male with a history of dilated idiopathic cardiomyopathy (LV-EF 20 %) was scheduled for regular ambulatory check up in the hospital from 2006 to 2012
  • Medical history included secondary pulmonary hypertension, mitral valve insufficiency grade II – III, chronic renal failure, hypothyroidism and nicotine- and anabolic abuse
  • A dual-chamber implantable cardioverter- defibrillator (ICD) was implanted already in 2006 and the patient was planned for heart transplant as from January 2007
  • In early January 2013 the patient had been at the HDZ Bad Oeynhausen for a 3-day routine check and presented one week later at an external hospital with complaints of dyspnea
  • After a short period of primary non-invasive ventilation the patient drastically deteriorated, was intubated and further ventilated mechanically
  • Subsequent chest X-ray confirmed massive bilateral infiltrates
  • Within several hours the patient developed a fulminant ARDS and cardiogenic septic shock
  • Implantation of a veno-arterial ECMO on site and transport back to HDZ
  • Patient developed an acute renal failure on top of his chronic renal insufficiency making CVVH necessary while the need for vasopressors increased drastically
  • Due to a global cardiac akinesia and high risk of intracardial thrombosis, decision was made for implantation of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) in combination with a right ECMO (rECMO) in exchange for the va-ECMO
  • Operation was carried out despite full-blown sepsis with poor post-operative clinical condition
  • As last resort decision, a CytoSorb hemoadsorption device was installed into the CVVH circuit

  • CytoSorb was installed into the CVVH circuit (AK200; Gambro)
  • Sessions were run on the first day as well as on day 2 and 4 after the operation over periods of 18 to 21 h each
  • Blood flow rates were between 155 ml/min and 240 ml/min
  • Anticoagulation was achieved using heparin, targeting a partial thromboplastin time (PTT) of 60 to 80, monitored every 4 h

  • Inflammatory markers (IL-6, CRP, PCT) as well as need for vasoactive substances (norepinephrine, epinephrine, vasopressin) were determined

  • With start of the CytoSorb therapy in combination with ECMO, inflammatory markers IL-6, procalcitonin, and CRP markedly decreased during treatment and continued to decrease further in the following days
  • Also vasopressors could be reduced significantly and were stopped during (for norepinephrine and vasopressin) and shortly after (for epinephrine) the last treatment
  • No negative effects on platelet count were observed
  • During the entire treatment period (4 days in total) the patient received Linezolid, Meropenem, Moxifloxacin, Voriconazol and Acyclovir as boluses with no adaptation of dose at any time

Patient Follow-Up

  • The rECMO was explanted 19 days and ventilation stopped 27 days after the treatment
  • For regeneration of the kidney the patient received CVVH for another 21 days and could be discharged from ICU 38 days and from the hospital 76 days after the last CytoSorb session with the LVAD Heartware system
  • The patient is still listed for transplantation

  • This is the first clinical case report in a patient treated with LVAD, rECMO, CVVH, and CytoSorb in a combined fashion
  • The combination was practical, technically feasible and highly beneficial for the patient
  • After commencement of CytoSorb treatment, the patient’s inflammatory status improved and vasopressor support could be reduced and tapered out
  • No adverse or any device-related side effects were documented during or after the treatment
  • Taken together, CytoSorb could be simply used in combination with ECMO, resulting in considerable benefits for the patient, thus representing a reasonable approach to improve survival in patients with several organ dysfunctions and the need for multiple organ
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Deal Or No Deal? Behind those discount offers.

cropped-dbFlav1.pngAs bloggers we love “deals” we love those “special offers” that allow us to feed a family of four for only R69. A few years ago I wrote an article on what the real cost of these deals are for the restaurant industry and how they effect both brand and bottom line. Here is a little insight into what is going on behind those deals.

I thought it was a good time to post it as Inc Magazine announced yesterday “The deals site Groupon is laying off 1,100 people and closing down operations in seven countries” (You can read the full article HERE)

This has been an exciting year and it has been quite a while since I put fingers to keys (used to say pen to paper in the old days) and I think I may have been waiting for something to stir my passion besides the terrible state of the restaurant industry. I do not wish to belabor the point except to say the dismal state of the industry has operators clutching at straws and throwing a fair amount of “Hail Mary” passes into the air…

Enter Groupon et al and all the promises of new customers, repeat business and full restaurants. Groupon and other local and international deal makers have proven to be wildly popular. What’s not to like? I can get a R500 massage for R199, I can get my hair done at a fraction of the price, learn to use all sorts of equipment and dine out at 60% off… Who wouldn’t like it?

Well apparently some of the merchants aren’t too enamored with it and before you sign on the dotted line there are some things you need to consider. How do I know this? Well my consultations with restaurants and small businesses throughout South Africa have highlighted this point time and again.

On the upside there is the marketing shpeeeeeel you will surely be dealt:

We bring a lot more customers to your door… You certainly do get to attract more customers who were never going to visit you at your current prices the only problem is will they return when the price is back to “normal”?

We will advertise your business for you… granted this is a BIG PLUS! They have huge resources and data bases that few restaurants/businesses could reach on their own. So if you are doing this as a brand building exercise and the costs are right… Go for it!

We will help you move stock… great, just make sure it is stock you were not moving already! And try to ensure that moving all that stock isn’t actually costing you money.

We will help you build relationships… well not with a one-time deal but what if you could structure a deal that was rewarding if customers came back a few times in order to get the benefit of the deal?

We generate revenue… if you have a low cost or fixed cost business, this would be ideal. Let’s say you owned a bowling alley with fixed costs and overheads and a product that was not being depleted (besides a little extra maintenance) this would be fantastic. Maybe a hotel room or conference venue that was standing empty BUT if you are reading this, you may own a restaurant with HIGH input costs and possibly even turnover clauses with both your landlord and your franchisee… now things get a little tricky to say the least.

So even the upside appears to have a downside and I haven’t even mentioned the real problems you may anticipate.

But before I mention them, the first thing you really need to understand is exactly how a discount affects your profitability! For the purposes of this exercise I use the example of a restaurant and will do a simple calculation; assuming you do R10 000 worth of sales at a 40% cost of sale (here’s where I hope you know your cost of sale) and you have other expenses (rent, staff, gas, electricity etc.) that comes to 45% that would effectively mean that for Every R10 000 in turnover you are paying out R8 500 and retaining R1 500 for yourself. If I am erring at all I am erring on the generous side, quite a number of restaurants are retaining a LOT LESS)

Now if you did R10 000 worth of sales at a 55% discount (Round about what they will explain to you “works” as a deal), you will only receive R5 500 (LESS any charges that they add and I have it on good authority that this is between 20 and 50% and there is a processing fee too.) and it will still cost you R4 000 to produce the food, your overheads “may” reduce fractionally (let’s say a generous 10%) to R4 950. So the deal still cost you R8 950 and you got back R3 500 (if you are lucky)

This little marketing exercise ONLY cost you R5 450 per R10 000 turnover. Now the deal is over and you are waiting for all those customers to come back and enjoy your faire at the “normal price”. (Don’t hold your breath) Let’s say they all come streaming back (yeah right) you need to understand that at your current retention of 15% you will need to do an ADDITIONAL R36 333 in sales to make back the money you paid out to run the deal. Mark my words, I am no accountant or rocket scientist, BUT basic mathematics seems to be at work here.

Aren’t you glad I got all the GOOD NEWS out of the way first? Now let’s take a look at some “challenges” (Us marketing people hate to say PROBLEMS) you may encounter.

Deals are simply not good for your brand image! Now that you have offered that deal at a discount price how are you going to convince everyone that the meal/product/service is still great value at the old price? Have you been fleecing them all along? Will you be fleecing them now?

Deals don’t generate repeat business! Chances are you will never see those “new” customers again unless they have another voucher in their hand. Research in the US shows that about 19% of voucher users may become repeat customers, that means it takes a long time to recoup that “marketing spend”

Deals attract bargain hunters! The majority of users of these programs are “deal seekers” and bargain shoppers and this means there is a low spend per head and little chance of return. Then there is the problem that the more people that redeem the voucher the more it costs you for your marketing exercise, so be sure to put a limit on how many vouchers can be sold.

Deals are not profitable! Don’t wish to belabor this point but please ensure you have a clear grasp of exactly what is at stake here.

Of course there is one other point that they may not mention and that is the point of “breakage” Nope, that’s not what your waiters drop, that’s the term used in loyalty programs for deals not redeemed. Let’s say they sell 500 deals on your behalf but only 400 people arrive to redeem within the allotted time… They collect the money and only pay over for the redeemed vouchers (less there more than tiny commission) to you. So, unclaimed vouchers are in fact more valuable to them than the claimed ones.

My good friend Nick from Global Wrapps Franchising took the trouble to write to me and point out the following positive aspects of these programs. (And for this I am eternally grateful)

  • Excellent method to create awareness of a new brand or new location or new product range.
  • The ability to target a specific market segment. Those with internet access and credit cards.
  • It is up to the store owners & staff, to create return customers, by providing excellent service and quality.
  • Voucher users are usually big talkers/Facebookers/tweeters who tell everybody about their great deal thus spreading brand awareness.
  • All advertising costs money and the mathematics applies to all advertising campaigns. Compare the cost to running a radio campaign, TV ad or billboard. We know print ads are a waste of money and time. And the result of these campaigns are very hard to measure.

Undoubtedly nothing beats word of mouth advertising but Groupon style campaigns certainly have their place and that place is certainly ahead of print campaigns and for most small traders ahead of radio and TV.

Of course there are many instances where deals will work and I am not suggesting for a second that you dismiss them out of hand, but please go in with your eyes wide open not like Posie Bakery & Café in Portland Oregon (Visit for the details)

Groupon In Retrospect

Posted by Jessie on Sep 11, 2010 in Blog | 126 comments

Note: Unexpectedly, this blog post has spread through cyberspace like wildfire. And I will attempt to respond to each comment as it comes in, though it may take me a few days…

Before commenting on this blog post, please note that the purpose of this post was to explain to our loyal customers who visit our little cafe 1) why we would not be accepting Groupons after the expiration date, and 2) share with the consumer how Groupon works for the business, the actual percentage split between Groupon and the business, etc.

I take full responsibility for my decision, as you will read in the post below. Please do not attempt to interpret this post as me blaming Groupon or our customers for anything. I am merely sharing the experience. The decision to run a Groupon campaign was my own decision, and one I regret. Lesson learned.

And finally, our dear and loyal customer, Lucinda, was taken care of. She is the loyal customer that encouraged me to write this blog post, and for that I thank her.

For months I’ve been thinking about whether or not to write a blog post about Groupon, and sharing the kind of experience it has been for the business. I’ve been weighing the possible repercussions of such a candid post as well, but after today, and having to decline a longtime customer’s Groupon for being past the expiration date, she asked that I share with everyone the reality of Groupon.

Today one of our most loyal customers, Lucinda, came in and asked if she could use her Groupon that had expired the day before. I felt terrible, but I had to say no. I knew she was upset, and I wanted to explain, but there was a line, and it would take longer than the few seconds we had together there to share why I couldn’t. She came up to me later when there wasn’t a line to tell me that she was really disappointed, that she had been a longtime supporter of Posies through the Mamananda Group, and that this experience made her never want to come back. I knew she felt my declining was personal. So I explained to Lucinda, and now to all of you, how Groupon works for the businesses, and why it has been the single worst decision I have ever made as a business owner thus far…

I heard about Groupon in January of this year from a friend, and after doing my research, I thought the idea was pretty clever. I, the business owner, would offer a discount to the consumers utilizing Groupon’s social network, and we would get noticed by many who may never have seen us otherwise. A great marketing opportunity and way to increase future foot traffic! I assumed Groupon would take a percentage, but that it wouldn’t be that huge… maybe 5-10%? I spoke with John, a Groupon rep, and we started formulating the idea. He didn’t have to sell me on the concept, I understood and thought it was genius. Then we talked pricing. We were going to offer a $6 for $13 (pay $6 and get $13 worth of product) because John told me people really respond to deals that are over 50% discount. It wasn’t starting off as that great of a deal for us, but we kept talking. Then we talked the percentage split. John told me that when the consumer pays less than $10, Groupon usually takes 100% of the money. What?! He reassured me that most customers buy more than the $13, and that we would never have to advertise again after taking advantage of their network. In my mind I thought “false. You can never stop advertising as a business,” but out loud I said, “Ok, let me think about it.”

I hung up and thought it over. I called him back and said we would have to get at least 50% to cover our costs of product… to this day I don’t know why I thought even 50% would be a good deal for us. Maybe because I thought since we were covering our food costs. What I didn’t think clearly enough about was that that margin we mark-up is what covers all of our other costs… like staff, rent, utilities, etc. Our overhead is roughly $25,000/month, and this decision was about to make it so that we didn’t cover any of those other costs.

Against my husband’s advice, I decided to do it knowing how many other businesses I admired had utilized Groupon. We were featured on March 9th and sold nearly 1,000 Groupons. When I talked to Lucinda today, she asked if there was a cap on how many were sold to help protect the business from too much loss, and the simple answer is, no. When you sign up for Groupon, you are agreeing to sell as many as get sold… and why would Groupon want it any other way? They get half of the earnings.

We were bombarded the first weekend after our feature because our feature had come out a month late, and unfortunately coincided with the Kenton Library’s grand opening. Over the six months that the Groupon is valid, we met many, many wonderful new customers, and were so happy to have them join the Posies family. At the same time we met many, many terrible Groupon customers… customers that didn’t follow the Groupon rules and used multiple Groupons for single transactions, and argued with you about it with disgusted looks on their faces, or who tipped based on what they owed (10% of $0 is zero dollars, so tossing in a dime was them being generous). Or how about the lady that came in the day of Groupon (though you’re not technically allowed to use them until the day after) and asked for the Groupon discount without an actual Groupon in hand because she preferred to give us all $6 rather than half of it to Groupon. While the idea is noble, this causes mass confusion among the staff and makes it seem that without commitment, anyone should be able to get anything off of our menu for 50% off.

After three months of Groupons coming through the door, I started to see the results really hurting us financially. There came a time when we literally could not make payroll because at that point in time we had lost nearly $8,000 with our Groupon campaign. We literally had to take $8,000 out of our personal savings to cover payroll and rent that month. It was sickening, especially after our sales had been rising. Sure, maybe thinking of it as just marketing may seem justified, but anyone that knows me well knows that I would never pay more than $100 for advertising, much less $8,000, because I don’t believe that regular advertising had much return on investment at all. So the experience jaded me, and the interactions with the few bad Groupon customers we had jaded our staff. After all of this, I find myself not even willing to buy Groupons because I know how it could hurt a business (side note: service industry businesses do quite well with features like this because it is just the cost of time – you are not paying for a product for resale. Resale, in my opinion, get hit the hardest).

In short, to dear Lucinda and anyone else that comes in with a Groupon in hand, please know that our respectful decline of your coupon is not personal. It’s because we cannot afford to lose any more money on this terrible decision I made, and the only saving grace we had was an expiration date.

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  1. What an interesting read. Thank you for taking the time to put it into perspective. I am astounded at what I have read. Really great food for thought.

    • Thank you Celeste, there is certainly more to it than meets the eye. Groupon did set up a meeting with me and try and get me to recount this article but they failed. I will post their response too out of fairness.

  2. I must admit I had often thought of these things when I took advantage of this kind of deal myself… I was quite conflicted about getting a stay in a five star boutique hotel for a fraction of the usual cost, knowing I probably wouldn’t ever stay there again without the discount – but consoled myself that the room would have been empty anyway – although I see the difference between that and the business you were in.
    I don’t think I would use this kind of service if I were running a business like that!

    • Thank you Leigh, yes there is certainly a place for it. Leisure activities etc where the product is not used once only. We all love a bargain, I just recommend to people that they take a little time to explore all angles of the deal.

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The Best WordPress permalink structure for Optimal SEO and Performance

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WordPress permalink structure is perhaps the most debated issue be it in WordPress specific forums or on other blogs. Earlier at DailyBlogging I had kept the permalink structure to /%year%/%month%/%date%/%postname%. But after a week or two I changed that to /%category%/%postname%/.

The reasons were pretty logical for this change. First: I seldom used to post daily because there was hardly any use of posting tons of post everyday when there is no one to read them. So having a date specific permalink was nothing short of a blogging suicide.

Second: I liked the inclusion of the category slug as it provides another keyword in addition to the post slug. I used to the Dean’s permalink migration plugin to setup a 301 redirect from the old permalink structure to the new one.

Now I’m on the verge of launching another blog, this time though specifically to cover Android related news and updates. So while setting up the blog I was again put into a fix by this permalink structure thing.

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The best WordPress permalink structure ?

To overcome this though scenario it was necessary to read what the experts are saying about an optimal WordPress permalink structure.

After going through some 4-5 posts from reputed SEO experts and bloggers I was left with 3 logical options.

  1. Combination of post-id and post name.
  2. Only post name.
  3. Category name with the post slug.

I know you would argue on the exclusion of the popular permalink structure [/%year%/%month%/%date%/%postname%/]. The counter argument is really simple i.e. that particular permalink structure would just make you posts URLs that bit longer.

Also if you don’t post in bulk (daily) then this strurture if of hardly any use. Moreover it makes your old posts look literally OLD.

So which permalink structure would you choose ? SEO and performance wise all the three are equally optimal (as you’ll find them in the below sections). Lets go into the details and see if we could come up with a definite pick.

Performance issues with permalinks

There is a lot of talk about not using the /%category%/%postname%/ permalink structure just because it causes some performance issues. I must say that, all such talks are ridiculous. It would’ve made sense if you were using a WordPress version below 3.3.

The problem with the inclusion of category in post URLs was that our database used to query between the category slugs and the main pages (as both as text fields). For example if your post URL was then the database would initiate a query to find out if the slug privacy is a category name or a page.

In WordPress 3.3 this issue no longer remains a definitive problem as they’ve added some special parameters to differentiate between page slugs and category names.

Otto, one of the core contributors in the WordPress development team confirms it on his blog when he says:

In August 2011, thanks to highly valuable input from Andy Skelton which gave me a critical insight needed to make it work, and with Jon Cave and Mark Jaquith doing testing (read: breaking my patches over and over again), I was able to create a patch which fixed the problem (note: my final patch was slightly over-complicated, Jon Cave later patched it again to simplify some of the handling). This patch is now in WordPress 3.3.

Even if you feel there is a mild performance issue with certain permalink structures then install the W3 Total cache plugin and enable the Page cache feature.

The SEO factor

Now you would ask, why is the /%post_id%/%postname%/ permalink structure still used (so widely) on news breaking blogs & sites ? The simple answer is that, earlier Google’s algorithm demanded blog post URLs to have 3 numerics in it so as to feature them in Google News.

But now Google has provided an alternative in the form of News sitemaps to feature blogs & sites in their news section. The reason why popular blogs are not wiling to change the permalink structure now is because, some of them fear a temporary drop in search engine traffic.

So there is no SEO related issue with any of these permalink structures. If I was you I wouldn’t have chosen the /%post_id%/%postname%/ structure. What is the use of lengthening our post URLs when we know that a post-id provides nothing exceptional ?

A counter view on using the combination of category name & post name could be that, your posts are actually put inside a virtual directory (i.e. under the specific parent category) and then served. But again that is a popular myth as most search engines give equal priority to all the URLs present in your blog.

Matt Cutts view on WordPress permalink structures

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So if I were to suggest a permalink structure then it would surely be one among-st, a plain post name [/%postname%/] or category slug with the post name [/%category%/%postname%/]. Notice the trailing slash.

Which permalink structure do you prefer on your blog(s) ?

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    Hi there Mani, I used to use /%category%/%postname%/ On all of my WordPress blogs for around two years by On my newest blog I have opted to use the /%postname%/ structure. I think it looks nicer like Matt said in the video. I really think it has anything to do with Seo.

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    nice article ….. i m using /%category%/%postname%/ permalink…is it good for seo

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    I tend to recommend only postname to bloggers who are starting out and still “feeling out the water” These are bloggers that are prone to change topic and categories later, something that is a BIG hassle to do if you use the category slug. However, for little micro niche sites, designed for SEO only, then category/postname is a stronger bet… for the reason you listed… its one more keyword in the URL.

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      I do agree with you kimberly. I have a quick question for you. Right now i am using .html in my permalink and now i want to remove this .html from all my post and pages but do not know the exact process and also little bit worried about SEO as these URLs are already submitted to others blog and social bookmarking sites. waiting for your kind attention on this issue

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    Thanks for this useful post!! I’m using that post name structure

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    Nicely researched Mani… Getting these details right is what builds a strong foundation for a blog, especially regarding SEO.I set my blog as the /%postname%/ structure, both for elegance and readability, and, perhaps more importantly, to have absolute control of keywords in the URL. In each post, I edit the URL to suit whatever keyword or words I may be targeting.I don’t buy the argument that adding categories allows for an extra keyword – if you want that extra keyword, simply add it to the post name manually. The more unlimited you are, the better you can customize the URL to suit long tailed keywords.It’s not the only ranking factor of course, but it certainly makes a difference, and as Kim pointed out, changing categories becomes a headache if the slugs have categories in them too…

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    I only use year and postname for permalink. The year gives a little sense of the recency.

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    Nice post…
    I will always go for &postname% for normal blogs and if I intend to submit it to Google news, I will use Post id.

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    I use the year and month in my permalink, mainly because I converted from Blogger to WordPress. I have been thinking about changing over to just using the post name, but haven’t done so. There are some good plugins that make the switch easy as they will handle the redirect for me, so I may do so in the near future.

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    Nice post. I think /post-name/ is the best permalink structure.

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    I use Post name as the permalink structure. Really great SEO tip!

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    @mani bro Google still need a three digt number to include article in Google news.

    So the best Permalinks for your blog is :
    /%category%/%postname%/%post_id%/ if targeted to Google news

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      Sorry my mistake didn’t read full article.It is not necessary to include 3 digit numbers in your permalink but we have either make manually or install a plugin to make news sitemap.

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        Yes, the third point clearly states the use of news sitemaps to avoid the 3-digit permalink rule. Since many of us already use Yoast’s WordPress SEO plugin the News sitemap gets added automatically.

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    Thanks for sharing…But I think /%category%/%postname%/ is better for SEO, which is also make better WordPress experience.

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    thanks for the permalinks structure.I am going to use it on my blog

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    Thanks for this Info.. I also using permalink like /year/month/post-name/ but now i’m going to change my blog permalink, This post will help me lot…

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    POSTNAME can have canonical issue so category/postname can be better approach to avoid that issue.

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    I use /%category%/%postname%/ permalink, This permalink i think best for seo

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    Thanks Mani.. I Use /%category%/%postname%/ for my blog permalinks

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    Thanks Mr Mani…after long consideration, I finally use the /%category%/%postname%/ permalink, I imitate your blog permalink

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    Really nice post, i have used /%category%/%postname%/%post_id%/ for my permalink structure

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    well, i have used %postname% fo a long time ago, but maybe i will try for %category%/%postname%
    thanks a lot mr. mani

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    thank for Links…now Am Change My permalink to /%category%/%postname%/..

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    i am using /%year%/%date%/%postname%……and may b thats the reason why m not having good trafic on my site….
    i will change its soon……

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    I use %postname% that’s it. But now I want to add the category slug.. %category%/%postname%
    How can I do this without losing the ranking of each posts in the search engine?

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    Nice post Mani! Earlier i was using postname slug only on many blogs. But i in my new blogs i would definately use /%category%/%postname%/ . You pointed right, i have seen many blogs having category slug getting more heights in search engines. One question if we use /%category%/%postname%/%postid% wouldn’t it be more better as it will increase performance and increase response time??

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    hey man the above mentioned plugin is not available in wordpress directory can you upload your copy somewhere?

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    Kiran,are you looking for this plugin

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    i mean Dean’s permalink migration plugin i can’t find it in the wordpress repository

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    I think that plugin is no more or deleted.
    By the way you can try this plugin:

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    I always used the day & name but am going through a website consolidation and am going to post-name only. My reason is simple.. quite a few themes have sliders and other features that only allow posts, not pages, to be listed.

    I want to use those for main site content – ie: on the menu as a page and in the featured content. I can control the slug, so a post called, “About” can be my about page – just as easily as a page “About”.

    Other than that, the difference between the two impacting page rank is negligible. Good content, good titles, and decent meta data are much more important.

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    very nice man. you give very useful and comfortable tips for absolutely new user. thanks a lot my boss! and go ahead

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    Thanks for share, It’s realy useful

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    guys i have a website with name. (link removed)

    i am getting some problem with permalink

    my permalinks are showing to google like this.

    Is any one have any clue? How can i fix this?

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      I just checked the site index of your site on Google, it appears perfectly to me. Recheck.

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        yes, but i checked with statepress and there i can see how people are redirecting to my website. Can you please tell me how you you check the index of my website in google?

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          Just add in the Google query input box.

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            thanks for your comment. Its kind of you!

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    Still don’t know how to choose. Right now i using category/postname but this url will make it longer if the post in sub category.

    If the url domain/postname is it the url in serp will have breadcrumb also. I like the breadcrumb in serp.

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    I used /%post_id%/%postname%/ structure on part of my sites, because it is good solution for non Latin alphabets using base64 encoding in url structure.
    for example.
    somesite/1568/%D5%A1%D5%BE …
    goes to same post, so
    i have not broken links from social medias etc …

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    for the past 3 years ever since i blog on wordpress i always use %postname% as my permalink structure,might as well see how %category%/%postname% perform on my seo campaign..

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    Great information, l just changed my permalink to /%category%/%postname%/ l hope this will perform better.

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    I am totally agree with you. I am using /year/month/post-name/ on my site.
    One of my post about Vegan Hotel received more than 10k Likes and Shares ( I changed the permalink of my blog, and all LIKES and SHARES gone!
    So, I change it back to the old one.
    Do you have any remedy for this?
    I really want to change for SEO purpose.
    Thanks a lot.

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    On the beginning I’m also using the same permalink structure on my blog, but recently changed the structure to %postname%.html and haven;t noticed any change

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    days ago i used to include category in the permalinks URLs, but as I have read lots of post, it depends on the kind of site you have. For a regular blog, use category or not into the URLs are the same thing. The very Matt Cutts says that there is no difference about post formats like .php o .html (post.html), you can see he used urls like this:

    Now, if you use permalinks like this: %category%/%postname% it has no benefits for SEO cause keywords density its not counting anymore for Google.

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    Aw, this was a really nice post. Finding tthe tiime and actual effort to make a very good article… but whhat can I say… I hesitate a
    lot and don’t seem to get anythiing done.

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    Nice blog right here! Also your web site a lot up fast!

    What web host are you using? Can I am getting your
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Sunday, May 15, 2011

senior: valentines!

these are the valentines i sent my mom, dad and sister! <3

senior: mother goose poem

for my children's book class we had to choose a poem from mother goose to illustrate. i chose "My Black Hen."

Higgledy, piggledy, my black hen,
She lays eggs for gentlemen;
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senior: book cover assignment 6

for our final book cover assignment we were asked to choose an anthology. i went the predictable route and decided to do a fairy tale anthology cover. this was so fun!

senior: book cover assignment 5

for our fifth book cover assignment we were asked to design three covers for an informational book, of which there were three to choose from. one about linguistics, one about science, and one about urbanism. i chose the book Triumph of the City by Edward Glaeser.

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senior: book cover assignment 4

for our fourth book cover project we were asked to pick a series of books to design for. this could be a books by the same author or books that belong in sequence, which is what i did. the series is called His Dark Materials and it features The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass. the trilogy is by Philip Pullman and it's one of my favorites. It's an untraditional fantasy story following a boy and girl and their journey through different parallel universes. the story is based around Milton's Pradise Lost, which, in my opinion, elevates these books from being exclusively young adult books, to ones appropriate for all ages. they can be very dark and contain symbolism and social commentary throughout. the covers i did rely on a knowledge of the characters and events, but i think that they contain intrigue.

senior: book cover assignment 3

for the third book cover assignment we had to make three covers for the book A Journey to the Centre of the Earth, by Jules Verne. one cover had to be illustrative, one photographic, and one typographic. the photograph i used is kind of hard to see, but it's by andy goldsworthy. a ring of leaves organized in a way that makes a circular red and yellow gradient. i thought it was appropriate because it gives a feeling of minerals and earthiness.

senior: book cover assignment 2

for our second assignment we had to choose a memoir and make three options. i chose a book called Twenty Years A-Growing by Maurice O'Sullivan. it's about growing up on a remote irish island where people are very cut off and still speak gaelic. they led hard, kind of tragic lives. men were constantly swept out to sea. for imagery i knew i wanted to show the ocean. they used very specific boats called curraghs. for two of them i feature the boat washed up to shore, implying the condition of their former users. in the other i show the men walking the boat to the water. i hope that they convey a quiet sadness, because that was the feeling i got from the book. the inevitability of death and loss kind of hush the sense of grief to a dull melancholy.

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Thursday, November 8, 2012

Burn, Witch, Burn

A college professor who teaches a class on superstition slowly realizes that his wife is practicing witchcraft; or, at least, believes that she is. She says she does it to protect them from outside forces, but not believing in that hogwash he asks her to stop. Only, when she does, his life begins crumbling down around him.

Burn, Witch, Burn gets off to an amusingly corny start, with an unseen narrator invoking an ancient incantation (or some such nonsense) to protect the audience from any real, evil magic that might be conjured during the film. It's an undignified beginning to what turns out to be a pretty classy, suspense driven film that plays with the tension between the rational and the superstitious. It's an Arkoff/Nicholson production, but not like some of their more lurid, psychedelic later films. It's got a slow burn, psychological vibe more in key with the Val Lewton productions of the 1940's. Very much recommended to folks who enjoy talky, deliberately paced older horror films.

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