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Story: Big List of Green Web Hosts
Making this list of "green" hosts changed my views. I expected to sort out halfhearted greenwashers and come up with only a few that are the real deal, but that just wasn't the case. The issues are broader than if a host has solar panels on their roof.
I did not expect to approve of hosts that buy carbon credits, either. After reading one host's description of getting an energy audit and using that to determine how many carbon credits to buy, I was struck by what doing that would do to a bottom line. With carbon credits, pollution becomes a direct cost of operation. If I were buying carbon credits to pay for (offset) my own pollution, you can bet I'd look at ways to cut that pollution.
It it's a real comment, I want them to have a real backlink. Andy's comment on this post is a case in point. It's real content, given freely. That kind of a comment deserves a dofollow.
I want the world to know that these two (Ruud and Donna) are the ones who got me hooked on Twitter. I'd resisted, I really had!
:-)
Yowsa, y'all.
And thanks. :)
Thanks for the Sphinn, Mel!
This was a last minute project that got me all inspired. Next time, more lead time.
I'd love to see Cre8asite become a hub where practiced bloggers powwow over Big Cause issues , and also happen to be there for the classic forum stuff of giving newbies a hand with their CSS or whatever. Blogging is great, but it has created a lot of semi-separate islands.
I've been enjoying blogging along with this series. :-)
One post doesn't do it, because there are too many variables.
Too much information at once, and someone who is not used to the idea of blogging could feel overloaded.
A series is ideal, and spacing it out one Monday at a time gives time to digest. It's also good for sidestepping tendencies to scan and then add yet another thing to an aught-to-do list.
I'm sticking with Jennifer's quote from her parents.
"What is popular is not always right and what is right is not always popular."
The video wasn't as bad as I was expecting. Still, I wouldn't want these kids anywhere near a produce department, anywhere. Bravo to the store for putting them out. Doesn't matter to me one bit that the location looks "generic."
In twenty years this will be a story these kids can tell their teenagers, when trying to explain why being able to think up and do a thing doesn't mean it's a good thing that should be done.
So, Jennifer, are you willing to go pink for the cause?
Or green?
Blue is also nice.
Or purple...
Anyone else?
A table of progress as a percentage of body weight might be a good site wide text box for the header area.
Enquiring minds want them to make it easy for us to cheer them on.
So far I am not seeing a change. This morning's post got indexed within minutes.
Story: Blog Love, at a Glance
This article is about what makes it easy for me to tell if I might like a blog enough to come back, when I come in as a stanger to the site.
Some of these things are counter intuitive - how often do you use the a dated archive to look for a specific article? On the other hand, when seeing a blog for the first time, that dated archive gives the user a feel for what kind of regularity they can expect in the long run.
If I suck up, how I suck up, and how often I suck up is from my heart, she says.
LOL.
You are so fun to read. I feel GOOD just doing a driveby of your blogs.
Be honest, now. Who here has been able to get in and out of anything related to social media in 15 minutes a day?
ROFL
Everything but the time management aspect sounds really good, though!
Maybe next year the "most giving" category can be split into a few sub categories.
Most supportive of beginners
Best brainstormer
Most sharing of research
Best resource person
One trend that I find to be a little disturbing is using "a percentage of this sale will be donated to charity" as a marketing hook, without being specific. A percentage of the net, the gross, the amount the store paid when putting in the stock? Do they leave it vague until they know their overhead, or how much the accounting department says would be smart to have as a deduction?
And besides getting the marketing hook, the company gets a tax credit for evoking my generosity, because they are the ones making said mysterious donation.
The smaller nonprofits are another story. They're out there taking on big causes on a shoestring budget and elbow grease - something the Internet can do quite well.
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