Making the Most of MCSE Electives For Windows NT and Windows 2000

Because Microsoft is retiring so many of its NT 4.0 related MCSE exams on December 31, 2000, life has gotten interesting for MCSEs who may be part of the way through the certification process. It also raises interesting questions about what electives people who are just finishing up their Windows NT 4.0 MCSEs should take, to get the best advantage of their choices when the…

Why Some Web Sites Sell and Others Don’t

Why is it that some web sites help sell products and services while most languish in obscurity and only serve as a drain on finances? Web sites are relatively low in cost to build and manage, and have worldwide reach. They can help you grow your business and in some cases be the primary source of new business. Yes, a web site can be the…

Business Idea: Profit-Pulling Pickets

The news media tend to give disproportionate publicity to anyone who parades around carrying a picket sign. Even more attractive to the media is several people parading around with picket signs!

Google PageRank 101

PageRank is Google's proprietary system for ranking web pages according to importance. PageRank (PR from now on) is a grade (on a scale from one to ten) that Google gives a page after performing a series of elaborate calculations (Google's PageRank algorithm) that take into account the page's content, and the number and quality of pages linking to it.