AK Geek Zone

Beware Of Bad Neighbors

Ok so since I’ve found out that my site wasn’t listed in google anymore I did some research and evidently you can be removed for having a link to a someone else that is considered a bad neighbor by google.  I think this might be the case as I did find a link that I sent to another site that was possibly not a good neighbor as it was the only site I could find that wasnt in the google index.  Now I can’t say with certainty that this is the case but It definately doesn’t help.  I did find out that you can go and request that google readd your site to their search results once you have fixed any issues you think you might have.  I did read however that requesting doesnt necessarily mean you will get reinclued.  Others I’ve been reading about that have had this problem have had mixed result when requesting to be added back to google.  

In addition I’ve heard that you won’t receive any communications telling you why or why not you get reincluded. I guess google has their hands full keeping everything in check and just doen’t have time for the little guys.  Either way I have sent in my request and will keep my fingers crossed.  If you happen to be in the same situation you can request to be added back to the google searches here  I’ll update you as soon as I notice any changes

Tags: Rambling

What did I do to deserve this.

Every now and then google gets a wild hair and the start deindexing websites.  This site seems to have been caught up in their over zealous attempts at ridding the world of spam websites.  I can only speculate to the reasons as I’m not overly familiar with google’s internal policies.  My first thought was that the previous own was upset because he didnt renew his domain and I renewed the lease on it.  I did some checking on the stats on my page and noticed quite a few entries from  government offices.  It would seem that the previous owner is some sort of politician and perhaps one of his fellow politicians submitted my site to google as spam. It would be just like a politician to stick there nose in where it doesnt belong.  It just amazes me how some people can’t just leave well enought alone.  Its not that I really care if my site can be found in google or not but it was kind of fun seeing what type of users were coming to my site from the search engines from time to time.  Oh well we’ll chalk this one up as a learning lesson.  I plan on keeping the site running and will post from time to time and hopefully you can find something interesting or amusing to pass time during your lunch hour.

Tags: Ramblings

I’ve Been Lucky So Far

I know it’s been a while since i’ve posted but I have been extremely busy at work.  I am one of the lucky ones though as many of my co-workers were sent packing to the unemployment line over the last few month due to the down turn in the economy.  While I am greatful to still have a job Its still like walking on pins and needles here as you never know when the next round of cuts is going to come or which departments will be impacted.  Most all of the contractor staff has been eliminated and their roles are slowly being transitioned to the rest of us that remain.  This has created a lot of confusion and frustration for the end users as the IT staff has been thinned out so much.  Many of the services we used to offer we just dont have time to do anylonger which is leaving users on their own for many of the basic computer user problems that you experience in your everyday life.  Users are left to find solutions on their own or stand in line until someone is free to work with them.  Our major focus is just keeping up the the mission critical servers, applications and network equipment that keeps the business going from day to day.

Tags: Rambling

Happy New Year ALL

I failed to make a post wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and I apologize.  I hope and pray everyone got to spend some quality time with family and friends.  I was fortunate to be able to take an entire week off of work which I usually dont have the opportunity to do.  It was kind of a bitter sweet holiday as my oldest daughter got her first apartement and decided to move out on her own.  Its only been 2 days that she has been completely moved in but already the house here seems to be missing something.  Its strange even the dog is starting to miss her, lol.  Anyway just wanted to jump on and wis everyone a Happy New year.  Dont forget to drink responsible if you happen to be out hitting the parties.

Tags: Holiday

Getting A Jump On Spring Break Vacation

Yeah Yeah I know its just now Christmas what the heck am I doing thinking abou spring break already. Well It all started when I was looking into taking the family to Gatlinburg to spend the holidays in a mountain cabin. You know so we could have one of those picturesque family vacations surrounded by the snow covered Smoky Mountains snuggled warm in our cabin enjoying hot chocolate and the like. Well as it turned out we decided to stay home this year as we spent last Christmas vacation on the ski slopes in Colorado. Anyway back to the point I was discussing. Spring break vacation has usually been something our family has done without as our kids usually have some sort of activities already planned but this year I think were going to take a Smoky Mountain family vacation during our spring break so we can see the national park when it’s not as crowded as other times of the year. The link is to a friend of mine and has some great Smoky Mountain photo’s if you’ve never been there. Hopefully we’ll get to see some black bears and newborn cubs. We’ve taken vacation to Pigeon forge in the past but usually late in the summer when the waterfalls are all dried up, the newborn wildlife is half grown and the leaves are starting to turn for the fall. I was shocked at how much cheaper it was to rent a cabin during the spring that when we usually go so that is the main reason I started looking at a Smoky Mountain spring break vacation.

Tags: Smoky Mountains, Spring Break, Vacation