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Articles by Jan Michaels
| • The Right Php Article Directory Script For You by Jan Michaels |
| Article issued on: 25-Oct-2008, Article Visits: 20, Article Rating: 2.4 of 5, Category Writing & Speaking |
| You have discovered that article publishing scripts are an excellent way to get top search engine rankings and traffic which you can direct to your other sites, but you just don't know which article script to get. If you are like me, you just do not have the time to try every article directory software title available, so I will list my experience with ... [] |
| • Beauty should be in the eyes of the beholder by Jan Michaels |
| Article issued on: 04-Oct-2008, Article Visits: 17, Article Rating: 4.62 of 5, Category World Affairs |
| Marilyn Monroe had six toes. Connie stiler also has six toes ... Which fact do you find more interesting? My guess is it's Marilyn, and that's mostly because she was packaged (and still is) as a model of stunning beauty, desire and perfection. Yet, the truth is that Marilyn was not perfect by the very standards of the business that convinced everyone that she ... [] |
| • How To Make More Money With Articles by Jan Michaels |
| Article issued on: 02-Oct-2008, Article Visits: 17, Article Rating: 2.94 of 5, Category Writing & Speaking |
| Article directories (or article publishing sites) are websites that contain free articles. These articles are usually put there by whoever owns the copyright to them as a promotion method. Each article has the owners byline placed under it so that those who eventually read the article will know who wrote it (or at least who owns it) and will be able to get in ... [] |
| • Amazing Trivia Part 1 by Jan Michaels |
| Article issued on: 30-Sep-2008, Article Visits: 27, Article Rating: 4.14 of 5, Category Entertainment |
| I admit it .. I LIKE trivia, tho it serves no purpose for me since I can never remember any to bring up in conversation. But still, it is fun, so I've created this list of amazing trivia that I found to be absolutely riveting. Snails can sleep up to 3 years. Not so amazing actually since I managed to sleep thru 6 years ... [] |
| • Site Maps For Better Navigation by Jan Michaels |
| Article issued on: 22-Sep-2008, Article Visits: 18, Article Rating: 4.32 of 5, Category Internet |
| A site map of a website is similar to the table of contents of a book. Site maps are important because it guides web surfers to the particular part of the website they have a point of interest in. With it they would save time following links and get right to the point instead. Site maps are also what search engines look at if ... [] |
| • You may be in love if... by Jan Michaels |
| Article issued on: 29-Aug-2008, Article Visits: 12, Article Rating: 4.29 of 5, Category Entertainment |
| One of the most common human experiences that two or more (depending on how ambitious you are) people can share is love. But, it's not always easy to tell if you are in like, lust or full blown, forever loving. With that in mind, I've created this list of signs that you may be crazy in love! If you've ever stared deeply into the ... [] |
| • You might be from a small town if by Jan Michaels |
| Article issued on: 26-Aug-2008, Article Visits: 10, Article Rating: 2.89 of 5, Category Entertainment |
| Heres some helpful information to help you decide if you fit into the small town mold. Remember .. theres no shame in coming from a small town ... unless everybody in town was your relative ... You can name everyone you graduated with. You know what 4-H is. You ever went to parties at a pasture, barn, or in the middle of a dirt ... [] |
| • When snail mail meant something by Jan Michaels |
| Article issued on: 13-Aug-2008, Article Visits: 8, Article Rating: 4.42 of 5, Category Internet |
| Some of us reading this may not realize that before email, there was just the United State Post Office delivering our precious mail through rain, sleet, snow and dogs with bad attitudes. And even if it took them 50 years (yep, it really happened) they would deliver you're mail to whomever was still alive by then. Well, the post office still delivers mail, but ... [] |
| • Things I have learned by Jan Michaels |
| Article issued on: 18-Jul-2008, Article Visits: 9, Article Rating: 3.7 of 5, Category Entertainment |
| Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night. But if you do, sleep in the bathtub ... If you are extremely drunk and swear you will never drink too much again, you will forget this when you are sober. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and ... [] |
| • Ultimate Geek Meter by Jan Michaels |
| Article issued on: 16-Jul-2008, Article Visits: 11, Article Rating: 4.08 of 5, Category Entertainment |
| Are you concerned that you may be a geek, but just are not sure? Well then you should take the Ultimate Geek Meter test and find out once and for all if you should come out of that closet and embrace your geekhood! If you have more than one blog, give yourself 5 points. If you know what a M.U.D.D. is, give yourself 5 ... [] |
| • Veg Out Your Garden Part 1 by Jan Michaels |
| Article issued on: 15-Jul-2008, Article Visits: 10, Article Rating: 2.31 of 5, Category Home Management |
| As a rule, we choose to grow bush beans rather than pole beans. I cannot make up my mind whether or not this is from sheer laziness. In a city backyard the tall varieties might perhaps be a problem since it would be difficult to get poles. But these running beans can be trained along old fences and with little urging will run up ... [] |
| • Opposites Do Attract by Jan Michaels |
| Article issued on: 03-Jul-2008, Article Visits: 9, Article Rating: 2.72 of 5, Category Relationships |
| I have come to the conclusion (and it has only taken me 50 years) that Opposites DO Attract! Of course there has been ton's of evidence of this since time began, but being from Missouri, you have to show me the donkey before I believe there is such a thing as a donkey. Anyway, I had to laugh recently when I read an article ... [] |
| • Good Page Design Practices by Jan Michaels |
| Article issued on: 23-Jun-2008, Article Visits: 17, Article Rating: 3.95 of 5, Category Internet |
| Your website, by extension, is the impression visitors have of you, and also is where your business resides. It's like the headquarter of an off line company, and either gives the impression of a run down shack or an impressive corporate office building. So, it is important to practice good design principles to make sure your site reaches out to the maximum number of ... [] |
| • More things I have learned by Jan Michaels |
| Article issued on: 16-Jun-2008, Article Visits: 7, Article Rating: 2.66 of 5, Category Entertainment |
| Growing old does have one benefit ... experience. So, I am continuing here to share my vast pool of knowledge. Of course my girlfriend can't resist telling me I need to clean the pool, but heres the list anyway. If you do anything that gets your hands wet, soapy or dirty, your nose WILL itch. When you give your email out anywhere on the ... [] |
| • Your Quest For High Paying Adsense Income by Jan Michaels |
| Article issued on: 29-May-2008, Article Visits: 9, Article Rating: 3.49 of 5, Category Internet |
| Most webmasters know that Adsense generates a sizeable source of additional advertising income. That is why most of them use it to go after high paying keywords. They have with them the lists that tells what the keywords are and have already used various methods of identifying them. And yet, after putting up these supposed-to-be high paying keywords into their pages, the money they ... [] |
| • Domain Theft 101 by Jan Michaels |
| Article issued on: 02-May-2008, Article Visits: 12, Article Rating: 2.46 of 5, Category Business |
| Domain thefts are on the rise, and the people blindly helping these blatant thefts may surprise you. Domain registrars and ICANN for the most part! Recently, a hacker broke into my namescheap.com user account, and transferred two of my oldest domains away from namecheap.com and to (according to most of the posts on the Internet) a known hacker / thief domain registrar called estdomains.com. ... [] |
| • Article Cloning for fun and profit by Jan Michaels |
| Article issued on: 23-Apr-2008, Article Visits: 11, Article Rating: 3.39 of 5, Category Writing & Speaking |
| Ok ... The title is a bit misleading as there is no fun or profit involved in article cloning, but I got your attention! Article cloning, which is also called article spinning, or article rewriting, is the process of taking an original article and changing it so that it seems like a new article. This process is not really a bad thing if done ... [] |
| • Replacing your video card by Jan Michaels |
| Article issued on: 22-Apr-2008, Article Visits: 11, Article Rating: 4.02 of 5, Category Computers |
| Has your computer's video card died or do you just want to upgrade it to a newer, faster card? well, if you are lost when it comes to the inside of a computer, then here is an easy step by step installation guide just for you! First things first. Determine whether you are going to use an AGP or PCI card. PCI slots are ... [] |
| • How To Publish Your First Web Site by Jan Michaels |
| Article issued on: 07-Apr-2008, Article Visits: 8, Article Rating: 4.22 of 5, Category Internet |
| You need a web server to put your web site on the Internet. Usually, owning and maintaining a web server can cost money and it requires someone who knows what they are doing to maintain the server and the web-site. A web host can do this for you. They provide equipment and other technical programs that are required to build a new web-site. These ... [] |
| • Create Your Own RSS Website by Jan Michaels |
| Article issued on: 13-Mar-2008, Article Visits: 20, Article Rating: 4.53 of 5, Category Computers |
| RSS - or what is now known as "Really Simple Syndication" - is a file format that is incorporated by Internet users in their websites to allow for 'web syndication', making their web content available in a format that can be universally understood by other people. In essence, RSS is a 'mini database' that contains headlines and descriptions (a summary or a line or ... [] |
| • No reason to "fudge" on these desserts! by Jan Michaels |
| Article issued on: 29-Feb-2008, Article Visits: 14, Article Rating: 2.34 of 5, Category Food & Drinks |
| When is the last time you had some hot, delicious homemade fudge? Been too long? Then try some of my favorite fudge recipes out and enjoy this chocolate feel good food! (1). 10 Minute Fudge 3 oz Chocolate, unsweetened; 3 sq 4 tb Margarine 4 1/2 c Sugar, powdered 1/3 c Milk, instant nonfat dry 1/2 c Syrup, light corn 1 tb Water 1 ... [] |
| • Secure Your Computer Today by Jan Michaels |
| Article issued on: 19-Feb-2008, Article Visits: 12, Article Rating: 3.13 of 5, Category Computers |
| With more people than ever using their computers to purchase goods, on-line banking, stock market investments and services such as pay pal, the need for securing your personal computer from potential hackers has become paramount. Some of these criminals may be trying to "Phish" your personal information (send bogus links in emails in hopes you will give them information on seemingly legit websites), others ... [] |
| • Put The Smackdown On Scrooge by Jan Michaels |
| Article issued on: 17-Feb-2008, Article Visits: 10, Article Rating: 4.84 of 5, Category Vacation & Holiday |
| Every year I am amazed at the range of emotions that occur during the Christams Season. Everything from extreme joy, to extreme depression. And the worst of it is the people that choose to skip the holidays or just go thru the motions of what Christmas is all about. For those folks I've listed their 'Scrooge-isms' in the hope of putting the spirit of ... [] |
| • When snail mail ment something by Jan Michaels |
| Article issued on: 07-Feb-2008, Article Visits: 10, Article Rating: 2.34 of 5, Category Internet |
| Some of us reading this may not realize that before email, there was just the United State Post Office delivering our precious mail through rain, sleet, snow and dogs with bad attitudes. And even if it took them 50 years (yep, it really happened) they would deliver you're mail to whomever was still alive by then. Well, the post office still delivers mail, but ... [] |
| • Knowing Your Soil by Jan Michaels |
| Article issued on: 03-Feb-2008, Article Visits: 10, Article Rating: 3.22 of 5, Category Home Management |
| Soil primarily had its beginning from rock together with animal and vegetable decay, if you can imagine long stretches or periods of time when great rock masses were crumbling and breaking up. Heat, water action, and friction were largely responsible for this. By friction here is meant the rubbing and grinding of rock mass against rock mass. Think of the huge rocks, a perfect ... [] |
| • The Souths Gonna Do It Again! by Jan Michaels |
| Article issued on: 30-Jan-2008, Article Visits: 11, Article Rating: 3.82 of 5, Category Food & Drinks |
| When you don't live in the south, Southern cooking can really add some spice to your evening meal. I've included some of my favorite Southern Appetizers. Y'all enjoy now... Cheese Ball- 1-8 oz. package of cream cheese 1 cup crushed pineapple 2 tablespoons very finely chopped green bell pepper ½ teaspoon onion salt or garlic salt 1 cup chopped pecans (divide into 2- ½ ... [] |
| • Are You On a "See Food" Diet? by Jan Michaels |
| Article issued on: 17-Jan-2008, Article Visits: 11, Article Rating: 2.29 of 5, Category Food & Drinks |
| There just comes a time when you've had enough of standard fish and chips, and you want your seafood with a little twist, and I'm not talking about a twist of lemon either! Give these tasty variations of seafood recipes a try, and I'm sure seafood will "come alive" for you. SEAFOOD FANCIES 8 oz. can Pillsbury refrigerator butter flake dinner rolls 7 1/2 ... [] |
| • Clearing the browser cache by Jan Michaels |
| Article issued on: 13-Jan-2008, Article Visits: 16, Article Rating: 4.09 of 5, Category Computers |
| I dare you to look in your browsers cache of saved files. You might be surprised at seeing many megabytes of files wasting space. Not only that, but tracking cookies, ad ware and malicious files may be sitting there sending your info to someone else. You can be proactive in clearing out all this junk tho, and one of the things to do is ... [] |
| • Starting You Own Wild Flower Garden. by Jan Michaels |
| Article issued on: 27-Dec-2007, Article Visits: 10, Article Rating: 2.51 of 5, Category Home Management |
| A wild-flower garden has a most attractive sound. One thinks of long tramps in the woods, collecting material, and then of the fun in fixing up a real wild garden. Many people say they have no luck at all with such a garden. It is not a question of luck, but a question of understanding, for wild flowers are like people and each has ... [] |
| • Getting the best price for your new car by Jan Michaels |
| Article issued on: 20-Dec-2007, Article Visits: 7, Article Rating: 4.76 of 5, Category Cars & Trucks |
| In 1955, a Ford Thunderbird cost $2,944.00. Today, the same car costs what my parents paid for their home, so buying a new car is no small investment. You want to do everything possible to ensure you get the best deal. Never make a fast decision. If you are completely without transportation, rent a vehicle until you find the right car, or consider the ... [] |
| • Get That Basement In Order The Easy Way! by Jan Michaels |
| Article issued on: 17-Dec-2007, Article Visits: 10, Article Rating: 3.11 of 5, Category Home Management |
| Heres a scenario for you .. you go down to the your basement workshop thinking of working on something and you suddenly realize you cant get to your workbench because of all the stuff you, and every family member have left in there only to be forgotten. Has this or something similar happened to you? When this happens, you may just feel like its ... [] |
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