Google keyword research tool
Recently I bought five or so domains that I plan to build niche blogs. I picked a few that I personally have an interest in, however after doing some extensive keyword researching using the Google keyword tool also known as GKT I discovered some of my targeted niches are way too difficult to land on the first page of Google. Some had 150,000 back links. So, I just didn’t even bother thinking of trying to rank with this tough of competition. On the other hand I have a couple of domains that I should be able to rank for because the search volume is low and I’m guessing webmasters don’t even want to bother with such low searches. I learned today that I need to do my keyword research BEFORE I buy domains. I couple of my new domains I will probably just resell. I’m in the testing phase of building niche blogs so I guess it’s good to learn earlier than later. I’m just glad I did not buy 100’s of domains and not do the proper research.
So, basically I’m finding out that just building the niche blogs and finding what one thinks is a good market is just a small fraction of what you need to do. You really need to check what other webmasters are doing with the keywords you are after before you even begin to try and rank for certain words.
I do have find thinking of markets that might get searches on Google, but just thinking of all the work in making the blog popular is a daunting thought. I believe I will outsource this boring work. So far just discovering topics that interest me and a web audience is exciting to me. I will just pay to have the boring task done. That is if I can afford to do this.

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Today I noticed an Information Technology worker wearing the vibram shoes that look as if the person wearing this shoe is barefoot. I started to talk to him about his shoes. I mentioned that I read an article about a guy who was running in them and did some damage to his feet. This guy said that he has heard both sides of the story. Some say great things and some say negative things.
This guy generally has sore feet and has a bad back. After wearing these shoes, his back pain is relieved. He mentioned that after wearing the vibram shoes and going back to his regular shoes he got blisters. Check out some other gear and outdoor and camping supplies and a blog of mine.
He began discusses that he likes to go hiking in them. I was amazed when he said this. I said I bet the work great in the sand. However he hasn’t walked in the sand with them so he didn’t have a comment. He paid $90.00 for his pair, but I see some on the website for around $80.00. You can really tell what type of surfaces you are walking on when wearing these shoes. He said that when he is on soft carpet he can really feel the softness. The sizes are a little different and go by 40-4-, whatever the website says. His wife wore a bigger size so it must depend on other factors.
I haven’t personally tried the shoes, but they seem from what this guy was telling me to be a great comfortable shoe. The way things rapidly change; this could be the new trend. Shoes that fit snug and shape around your toes.

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I’m new to the game of disc golf and doing a little studying up of the sport for my new website called golf discs. From what I read one can become a decent player of disc golf even after only playing the sport for 6 months. Even a young child can score goals.
I will discuss some of the rules of disc golf. First you need three disc. One is a putter which is slow and easy to control. After you drive the disc with the putter you use an approach disc. And when you get close to the net you use a driver. Now these are much harder to control, but they have speed with them.
Disc golf has a par 3 with every hole. So if you get it in with just 2 shots then it’s a birdie. This is basically the same as regular golf. After you throw the disc you need to stand behind were the disc landed. You use a smaller disc as a marker. If your disc lands behind a tree you cannot move to a better location in order to bypass the tree. You have to take a shot wherever the disc lands. These are parts of the game that I have learned so far and I will keep you updated on my experiences.

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Camping outdoor gear
I am not a real big camper, but when it’s summer time I can’t resist to get out of the city and go camping. My last trip I went to camping on the Oregon coast. My first night I opened up my brand new tent, set it up, and went to bed. Man did this suck. I kept tossing and turning. The next day I went and bought a air mattress. I forgot I have one that I left at my parent’s house. I still have a few items I left their after moving to my own apartment. So, I headed out to find some good camping outdoor gear and had buying an air mattress on my mind.
After buying the mattress I go back to the camp. However I notice a guy selling dry logs for a great deal. 9 logs only cost $5.00. Earlier my friend spent $5.00 and only got 5 logs. I bought a hand pump to blow up my mattress but thought I could use my hand held electric broom. And it worked. I thought it would. I still have a brand new pump that I guess I will use as a backup.
This outdoor store I went to in Tillamook Oregon had some neat items. One that caught my eye was a hammock that was built on a stand. It coast around $100.00. I did notice some nice fishing gear, but my friend and his wife are not into fishing so I didn’t buy anything. I need a fishing license anyways.
I was camping at Bar view right outside of Tillamook. A lot of people were catching fish. I went up to see what they were catching. They told me perch. This was the same exact fish others were catching last weekend at Seaside Oregon at the cove. I usually seem some Asian guys fishing there. This made me wants to go buy my fishing license and give it a try. I watched them fish and in about 30 minutes one of the guys had one on his line. He then slung it into his bucket. He also accidently caught a crap, but let that one go. And I am sure it’s because he would have got a huge fine if he would have kept it.
The point of my story is make sure you have the correct camping gear because it sucks when you don’t have it.

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Camping and outdoor supplies

So what do you have planned to do this summer? Most people take vacations when the weather is good that is if you live in a cold climate like I do. I live in Oregon. I know it rains a lot here. So this summer I took two weeks off as soon as I got out of school. I take summers off. Except, I have to work all year round. Hopefully one day I will land a job within one of the school districts in the surrounding areas of Portland Oregon. To work for the schools one has to have either two years of college or pass a exam. A law exists on the books called no child left behind act. This was created by George Bush. So I am about twelve credits short of doing this. Then I will start aggressively applying to one of these positions and still take classes towards my information technology degree.

I took a tent, some snacks, plenty of water to my last camping trip. One thing I hate when I camp in a tent is the public restrooms. I begin to remember why I never go camping. This place has showers, but my friend forgot to tell me. So I did not pack towels. The beach is very windy near Garibaldi. This could be just the time of day, but big winds. Some gear I recommend buying is an air mattress (believe me sleeping on the ground is painful). I bought one the next night. I had too. Make sure you bring the correct Camping and outdoor supplies Pack lots of water if you are camping remotely. The place I had supplied water hookups because I was camping in my friends RV spot which comes with water and power hookup. One day when I can afford it I will buy a nice comfortable RV. Then I will forget the whole camping in a tent idea.

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Rich dad poor dad book

Its Fourth of July 2011 and I didn’t really accomplish much however I did read Robert Kiyosaki book called before you quit your job. He has around 20 books out. I really like his books. After hours of reading and watching his videos on YouTube I kind of have another view of him. I discovered the seminars that use his rich dad poor dad name are not actually him. He apparently licensed this to a company that uses his name. I watched a video on YouTube of a popular news show which did a segment on this exact issue. The seminars cost $500.00 they do not give any real value advice on making money. One of the tactics is a lease option which requires you to convince a potential home seller to sell to you at a later date with a price you set today. A professional was interviewed and asked about the lease option tactic. He said no one is stupid enough to do it and if you do find someone it will take you forever. This seminar company basically is selling the customers who already paid $500.00 an expensive package which they didn’t go into. But it cost thousands of dollars.

Also, as I was reading, I came across the fact that Robert doesn’t tell you how to make money in a step by step way. He just gives general advice. I do like his quadrant and understood it much better from his video demonstrations. It’s easier to understand from a video versus reading it with words. Something gives me a suspicion that Robert could be a fraud based on doing business with some shady company that he says is in a contract with him. I heard Robert mention he has 1400 apartments, he owns oil rigs, something along those lines. But he doesn’t mention this really in the books that I can remember.

Overall I find his book inspirational and motivational. His quadrant is genius.

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Early retirement

Now days pensions are not likely to come with your job, however if you do have one and you are not too far off from becoming vesting (like me) than keeping your current job maybe a good idea. For example, I need to put in five years at my current position to become vested. I have 2.5 years because I had to wait 6 months in order to start my pension called Public employee retirement system. They changed the name and have restricted it to tier three. So I imagine in the future one will not retire early with this structure.
In order to retire with a lot of money it’s a good idea to invest monthly through dollar-cost averaging. Also invest a good portion of your salary to stocks. Some advice I was given is to not use life insurance as a retirement strategy.
So at what age do you want to retire?
If you are in your early sixties and want to claim retirement at age 62 (which is the earliest you can) than you are not alone. Nearly 58% take social security at the age of 62. My father did because he worked a manual labor job and just could not physically do the work anymore. Close to 76% of Americans claim social security before they turn 65 years of age. I’m in my thirties and I have been told (rumors of course) that social security will not be around by the time I become 65 years old. Every year you should get a statement showing the projections of how much income you will get from social security by the age you will retire.
My advice to retire earlier than 65 years of age is to invest aggressively into stocks. I recently watched some Warren Buffet videos on YouTube and he recommends only investing in 5 or 6 stocks for the average investor. The advice to diversify is bad. So, if one invest for say 30 years with compounded interest than building at least 1 million dollars should be a realistic goal. Most experts suggest a retiree to have 30 years of money of assets saved by retirement age. People are living longer and longer and the average age for a man to live is 73 years and women 80 years.

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So I hear my breaks grind as I come to a stop and it has been doing this for a month. I have been so busy with school and work I just could not get the time to get in for an inspection. Also feeling worn out played a factor. I have heard of break team and had the image of them being a low cost, budget brake job out fight. Boy was I wrong. Just this place is just the opposite. Bait and switch comes to mind. You would never guess what they quoted me. I was thinking as my car was getting inspected for 30 minutes. If the price is more than 500 I will probably not go through with it because that just sounds way too high for breaks. I get a quote for $1100. WOW. I asked the guy as in $1000 dollars. So after he showed me my car with the tires all off and breaks exposed I made a phone call to a couple of friends of mine. One has a nice shop with a lift. He said, ya that is high. Another friend of mine said don’t go there they are hustlers. They told him he needed ceramic brakes for his range rover. Right then he knew they are scammers. They also told him his air bag was out. I read a post earlier today and another potential customer heard the ceramic brakes scam too. I only went to this place because I had the image of a cheap place to get brakes done. I know a couple shops with child hood friends who own or run them, but assumed this place could do my breaks.
So I’m taking my car in for another estimate and find out what parts I really need. My friend said calipers rarely need replacing. Break team said my brakes are toast and I need calipers, pads, shoes, hardware kit, drums and whatever else they had on the quote. They quoted $800.00 for parts. So be aware break team is pulling bait and switches and have been banned from California and Las Vegas by the attorney general from what I read online. WATCH OUT!

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Right now I work part time 29 hours a week for Portland Public Schools as a part time custodian, but it is getting really old. Thats why im going to portland comunity college and take most of my information technology degree online. I find I can save time without having to attend class physically. The bad part is if your not self motivated then I would recommend only taking classes in class. The two year degree called Computer information systems can be taking I believe fully online. I’m only taking two classes this term, Psychology and sociology. So, I’m contiplating taking classes and just getting this 2 year degree or doing that and then transfering ot Oregin Institute of Technology. This was my plan at first, but I did notice some jobs just want either experience. But how do you get the employers attention? I think you need a information technology degree if you want to get in the IT part of the computer industry. And, so jobs just require a bachlors degree. I think its just company policy. The great thing about the information technology field the pay is pretty good. A student starts out about 40k and I read the average pay is 70-80k for computer professionals. I would love to move up in PPS and get into the IT department. They are hiring for a few postions now, but the sad thing is I’m still in college. One day I will get their. I know I will. I learned to live looking at the bright side to everything. Think optimistic. Thoughts can change how you live your life. At least I think it does. This fall I will be taking mostly computer classes. So far I was taking some of the business classes and electives to see if I wanted to change my mind on my career choice. I’m older student, but it is never too late to get a education. It seems my classes sometimes influence what I want to really do with my life. In my marketing class I was hmmm maybe I should works towards a business degree. But after doing some research it is the most popular degree and the competition to get a job relating to this is fierce. Then I took a pyschology class and I was thinking man this would be a fun career. Then again I read it is the 2nd most sought after degree. Wow. Crazy how this is in order. I have always loved computers, the internet, and marketing. So I plan to stick to information technology and plus its a growing field.

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I just got back from Lincoln city oregon on the coast. I starting to drive to highway 101 and just spend the day at Oswald state park and sit on the beach while I write a paper for a sociology class. Well it started raining and I checked out Rockway beach, however I haven’t stayed night at any oregon coast rental in Rockaway so I decided to head to Lincoln city. I feel comfortable staying at my favorite hotel, Bestwestern. The one I stay at is close to D river and next to Sea Gypsy. Another motel I use to go to plenty of times as a kid.

When I go to seaside oregon I like to stay on the cove side of the oregon coast. The reason is the flow of people is much calmer. As a kid once I again I would sometimes stay at my cousins condo right on the prom. Its called sand and sea. Unfortutualy he sold it in the 90’s. This is a little off topic, but if you have the money its a great time to invest in oregon coast real estate. I have noticed recently a ocean front house selling for 600k. That is a bargain. So I like to stay the night at the lanuai sorry for the misspelling. I will try and update this page.

This reminds me their is a real fun hike right behind this hotel, well not directly behind it, but you will see the small state park sign. If you hike far enough in you will see some cabins. I think you can rent them, but im not completly sure.

This summer I plan to do some rental evaluations so I should update more. So far I really enjoy the bestwestern though. The times I go I can always get a ocean front. I payed $110.00 including tax for a night. The day after memorial day.

Happy vacations. Everyone works so darn hard and you all deserve a nice relaxing vacation. I know I sure do. I look forward to going on mine this june.

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