University of Maryland Plagiarism Checker Fails to Detect Free Papers

by Brandon Wirtz

University of Maryland has a tool at Dustball.com which is supposed to check to see that research papers are original.  (http://www.dustball.com/cs/plagiarism.checker/) only trouble is, it doesn’t even detect papers which are published as free term papers on SchoolSucks.com. A quick google for a few particularly insightful phrases works pretty well for checking to see if [...]

Filed under : Rants and Tangents

Powerset.com Vs Ask.com ( Ask wins big in our test searches )

by Brandon Wirtz

There was a lot of news recently about if Powerset should sell, or play David and Goliath with Google.  I vote sell. The concept is good, but they are more of an Ask competitor than a Google competitor, and we know how well Ask is doing. So let’s Play. Question one, which I posed a [...]

Filed under : Industry News, Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Seattle biomedical research institute policy to combat malaria

by rab

The malaria has become a serious problem over the years especially in the Asian and the African countries. The disease kills over million each year.  A lot of the victims amongst them are children. Seattle biomedical research institute has come up with a unique policy in order to combat this deadly disease. Seattle biomedical research institute [...]

Filed under : Random News

SchoolsOut.com The Place to Find out about School Closings, and Snow Days

SchoolsOut.com The Place to Find out about School Closings, and Snow Days by Brandon Wirtz

Schoolsout.com offers alerts for parents to let them know when there are County School Closings, or Snow Days.  If you Register with Schools Out.com they will send you e-mails or Text messages to let you know when school won't be in session.  So if you are affected by the recent West Virginia School Closings, or [...]

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SchoolsOut.com The Place to Find out about School Closings, and Snow Days

SchoolsOut.com The Place to Find out about School Closings, and Snow Days by Brandon Wirtz

Schoolsout.com offers alerts for parents to let them know when there are County School Closings, or Snow Days.  If you Register with Schools Out.com they will send you e-mails or Text messages to let you know when school won’t be in session.  So if you are affected by the recent West Virginia School Closings, or [...]

Filed under : Site Reviews

Authority according to Google

by Brandon Wirtz

Getting found is not only about having the right stuff on your page, but also having the right people to link to you.  So if you want to really boost your own page rank you need to get one of these guys to link to you.  Good luck, with very few exceptions these sites don’t [...]

Filed under : Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Age of Empires III announces Asian Dynasties Expansion

by Brandon Wirtz

“Age of Empires III” Expands Into the Eastern World This Fall Big Huge Games to develop second expansion pack for massively popular Games for Windows franchise. REDMOND, Wash. — May 18, 2007 — Pack your bags — “Age of Empires® III” is heading east. Microsoft Game Studios, Ensemble Studios and Big Huge Games Inc. today [...]

Filed under : Gaming