Getting Listed in Google, Yahoo and Bing
by Lisa Irby Getting listed in Google and the other popular search engines is one of the most effective ways of directing free, targeted traffic to your website. Below you’ll discover what the search engines…
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Nintendo Wii to Add Netflix Service for Streaming Video
By BRAD STONE SAN FRANCISCO — Owners of the Nintendo Wii can finally stop waving their video game controllers in the air and sink back onto the couch. Nintendo is bringing Netflix’s online streaming video…
Bright House subcontractor accused of stealing cable
BROOKSVILLE – Deputies arrested a man Friday morning on a theft of services charge after Bright House Networks accused him of obtaining unauthorized cable television. Jason Norris Samulski, 34, of 9628 Southern Charm Circle in…
Brighthouse Networks Customer Service Get a Poor Grade
If you don’t have any problems, Brighthouse can be great. But then, companies you really want to do business with prove that to you WHEN THERE IS A PROBLEM. 9/1/2010 – This company has gotten…
Broadband rumble: Verizon vs. Bright House
By GRACE GAGLIANO BRADENTON — Verizon is hardly tiptoeing on Bright House Network’s turf anymore. The communications company this month lowered its pricing on monthly contracts for new Tampa Bay customers to more directly compete…
Why your services were disconnected and how to restore them
If you’ve been informed that your Internet service has been suspended by the security department, it’s most likely that a computer virus has compromised your computer. Although the security department sometimes suspends the Internet service…
Bright House Releases Statement On Central Florida Internet Problems
ORLANDO, Fla. — Bright House Networks customers are getting increasingly angry over Internet connection problems that apparently have been plaguing all of Central Florida. Most of the customers reporting the problems to Eyewitness News first…
Bright House Ad Claim Foul, Verizon Says
By Richard Mullins Tampa Tribune, Fla. May 1–TAMPA — In case you hadn’t noticed, Verizon and Bright House Networks really don’t like each other. The rivals in cable, telephone and Internet service are in a…
Line2: Turn an iPod Touch into an iPhone
by DAVID POGUE There’s some big news about Line2, the iPhone app I reviewed in March. As I’m sure you remember, I wrote: For a little $1 iPhone app, Line2 sure has the potential to…
Insurer Cuts Health Plans as New Law Takes Hold
By REED ABELSON The Principal Financial Group announced on Thursday that it planned to stop selling health insurance, another sign of upheaval emerging among insurers as the new federal health law starts to take effect….
A Simple Swipe on a Phone, and You’re Paid
By DAVID POGUE It’s always thrilling when somebody looks at the Way Things Have Always Been Done, and then asks: Why? And then goes on to change the world forever. 1967: Why is it necessary…
The Claim: Gargling With Salt Water Can Ease Cold Symptoms
By ANAHAD O’CONNOR THE FACTS Nothing but time can cure the common cold, but a simple cup of salt water might ease the misery this winter. A sore, itchy throat and respiratory congestion are some…
Warnings About Discounted Pet Drugs
By TARA PARKER-POPE The United States Food and Drug Administration has issued a consumer alert to pet owners, warning them about the dangers of buying discounted pet drugs online. Reputable online pharmacies can help pet…
New Parents in Need of Sleep
By THE NEW YORK TIMES Chronic insomnia has been linked to a range of medical problems, from loss of concentration to high blood pressure, explained Dr. Michael Thorpy and Dr. Shelby Freedman Harris of the…
What is an Internet Browser?
If your one of the many people who still do not know what a browser exactly is, a browser is a program that enables you to view the Web on the Internet. If you need…
What is Google AdWords?
With Google AdWords, you can create and run ads for your business, quickly and simply. Run your ads on Google and our advertising network — no matter what your budget, you’ll only pay when people…
What is Search Engine Optimization?
Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the visibility of a web site or a web page in search engines via the “natural” or un-paid (“organic” or “algorithmic”) search results. Other forms of…
Road Testing 4 Free iPhone Navigation Apps
Not as Full-Featured as Paid Apps, These Still Show the Way By Eric Hiss, Contributor, Edmunds.com They say the best things in life are free, and now GPS-powered navigation can be added to that list,…
Auto Insurance Tips: A Total Loss?
Tips for Filing a Claim After a Serious Car Accident By Steve Siler You’re OK. Your kids are OK. You have much to be thankful for. As for your car, well, there’s not a lot…
How to Choose the Right Insurance Company
By Erin Riches, Senior Content Editor , Edmunds.com If you’ve read our “10 Steps to Buying Insurance” article, you should have a pretty good idea of how much car insurance to buy and how to…
Car Insurance for Teenage Drivers
By Philip Reed, Senior Consumer Advice Editor The statistics about teenage drivers aren’t good. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), 16-year-olds get into accidents almost six times more often than drivers between…
How Car Insurance Works
by Allison Klein If you own your own car, you probably already know a little about car insurance. You may have heard the words deductible or premium. But, do you truly understand the different parts…
How Much Car Insurance Do You Need?
By Philip Reed, Senior Consumer Advice Editor A growing number of people are dropping their auto insurance to try to save money, according to a recent study by the Insurance Research Council (IRC). If the…
Top 10 Ways To Lower Your Car Insurance Bill
By Warren Clarke, Automotive Content Editor If you’re shopping for car insurance, you know there are certain crucial factors influencing your rate that are out of your hands. Such factors include your age, gender and…
Auto Insurance Tips
When you really need it, you will be glad you took the time to purchase good car insurance. The purpose of the articles in this section is to prepare drivers with the right auto insurance…
How to Get Rid of Love Bugs
It’s late in spring or summer, and love is in the air — in your garden, porch, on the windshield of your car. Love is everywhere. It’s the kind of love that drives people insane:…
How to Save Money on State Income Taxes
Retired IRS Mr. Smith, an independent truck driver, lives in Brunswick, Ga. In 2009 he earned $62,000 after business expenses as an owner-operator. Mr. Smith works on the road for months at a time and…
Having IRS File a Substitute Tax Return for You Can Be Very Costly
Retired IRS Agent A new client recently came to my office because the IRS had filed a lien against him for back taxes plus penalties and interest in the amount of $278,000 for the tax…
How to Save Thousands on Your IRS Federal Tax Return
Retired IRS Agent As a retired IRS agent and small-business owner I know the best way to save money on your income tax return is to take advantage of all deductions and business expenses. The…
Business Expenses for Truck Drivers
Retired IRS Agent Taking advantage of all of Uncle Sam’s deductions so that you can save on your income taxes involves knowing what you can write off as a business expense and keeping track of…
10 of the Most Common Errors Made on Federal Tax Returns.
Before filing your tax return you should review your tax return for possible errors which may delay your refund. Here are the most common errors: • Failure to sign the tax return. If you are…
Securing Oviedo’s Future Protecting our Community, our Finances, and our Quality of Life
Elect Matthew Schwartz for Oviedo City Council, Group IV (Oviedo, Florida) “I am committed to working hard to win this election. If elected, I will work diligently to keep Oviedo in the “Top 100 places…
Layoffs Said to Be Near for Bank of America Unit
By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ Published: September 20, 2010 Echoing the slowdown in activity that has hit Wall Street’s biggest institutions, Bank of America plans to cut several hundred jobs in its investment banking unit this…
Twitter Is Hacked Tuesday Morning
By RIVA RICHMOND Twitter was overrun with posts on Tuesday morning that used a programming flaw to play pranks, distribute porn and spread worms to unsuspecting users. The problem appeared to be confined to Twitter’s…
In Worries About Sweeteners, Think of All Sugars
By TARA PARKER-POPE Are you worried about high-fructose corn syrup in your diet? If you answered yes, you’re not alone. Today, about 55 percent of Americans list the infamous corn sweetener among their food-safety worries,…
How Much Will You Owe? Tax Plans Compared
By ROBB MANDELBAUM In the debate over the effect of the expiring Bush tax cuts on small business, it’s already possible to do the math. And the Obama administration is pointing to the tax savings…
Drywall Flaws: Owners Gain Limited Relief
By ANDREW MARTIN Published: September 17, 2010 Linda and Randall Hunter own their dream house in Plant City, Fla., with an oversize master bedroom, granite countertops in the kitchen and a screened-in pool. The problem…
Phys Ed: Can Exercise Make Kids Smarter?
By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS In an experiment published last month, researchers recruited schoolchildren, ages 9 and 10, who lived near the Champaign-Urbana campus of the University of Illinois and asked them to run on a treadmill….
Vow Renewals: When One ‘I Do’ Is Not Enough
By ANNA JANE GROSSMAN Published: September 17, 2010 UP until recently, the wedding industry would have you believe that you had only one chance at the perfect day. So spare no expense, be a princess…
The Food Processor: A Virtuoso One-Man Band
By MARK BITTMAN Published: September 14, 2010 IT’S sitting there, over on your counter or maybe, sadly, under it. Perhaps ignored, even forgotten. Yet the food processor — the darling of the mid- to late…
Dogs: Not a Gardener’s Best Friend
By MICHAEL TORTORELLO Published: August 25, 2010 DID Bertie Wooster mean to harm Barbara Geltosky in September 2008? The evidence against him is damning. For instance, the hole that Bertie, Ms. Geltosky’s 5-year-old Norwegian elkhound,…
Take One Last Look
By CATHY HORYN Published: September 17, 2010 Fashion writers and professionals have been complaining about the motley nature of the shows since the mid-1970s, when designers moved their presentations to hotel ballrooms and, through the…
Woods, a Man on His Own, Is No Longer One of a Kind
By CHARLES McGRATH Published: August 21, 2010 What on earth is wrong with Tiger Woods? It’s true he played a little better at the P.G.A. Championship, where he at least made the cut and finished…
For Manning and Colts, Super Bowl Loss Lingers
By JUDY BATTISTA Published: September 18, 2010 INDIANAPOLIS — Peyton Manning used to tell his father that he would almost rather the Indianapolis Colts not make the playoffs if they were going to lose, preferring…
Real Estate Q & A
By JAY ROMANO Published: September 17, 2010 Responsibility for Fireplaces Q Who is responsible for maintaining a working fireplace in regulated and unregulated rental apartments — the tenant or the landlord? And who would be…
Nutrition: Risky Additions to a Low-Carb Diet
By RONI CARYN RABIN Published: September 13, 2010 Atkins-style low-carbohydrate diets help people lose weight, but people who simply replace the bread and pasta with calories from animal protein and animal fat may face an…
Lightening the Health Care Load for Small Businesses
By WALECIA KONRAD Published: September 17, 2010 BETSY BURTON feels as if she dodged a bullet. At 64 and a co-owner of the King’s English Bookshop in Salt Lake City, she has been in business…
Search Takes a Social Turn
By JENNA WORTHAM Published: September 12, 2010 Now, even on the Internet, it is not what you know but who you know. After a decade when search engines ruled supreme — tapping billions of Web…
A Textbook Solution
By ELIZABETH WEIL Published: September 16, 2010 The most complicated form in print media is the textbook,” Josh Koppel of ScrollMotion explained to me. “You have a 1,000-page math text with 10,000 more pages of…
A Baby Photo Becomes an Internet Meme
By MATT GROSS Published: September 15, 2010 SOMETIME back in 2000, Allen S. Rout, a systems programmer from Gainesville, Fla., posted a few photos of his 5-month-old son, Stephen, on his personal Web site. They…