Recent content by SteveGG

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    DEA Agent who extorted Silk Road creator sentenced to 6.5 Years

    In addition to jail time, the agent was ordered to pay a total of $340,000 in restitution and to serve an additional 3 years of supervised release. DEA agent in Silk Road trial gets 78 months in prison for extortion FYI, since that original SR case was discussed here before.
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    Plenty of Fish sells for $575 Million

    Since there are PoF people on here... FYI and congrats. Vancouver-Based Dating Site PlentyofFish Sold for $575 Million
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    Bit Coins

    In the old days, you bit coins to determine whether they were made of real gold or not. (since everyone else is posting threads about bitcoins, I thought I should too)
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    Which would be a 'Brand' domain (for escort news)?

    I'm having a resetting brain loop about what new domain I should get, so thought I'd throw it out here for insights... Let's say I wanted to do a website that was all about escorts; primarily news related to escorts & prostitution etc. Would the domain name escortnews.com be a 'brand' domain...
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    Twitter Opens Up Advertising to U.S. Users

    FYI, announced yesterday (April 30): Twitter Ads now generally available for U.S. users Whether you’re an individual looking to grow your personal brand, or an online retailer looking to increase sales, Twitter’s ad platform has the right products to help achieve your unique goals... effective...
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    Solve "Uncanny Valley" if u wanna enjoy relaxing SEX with androids

    Interesting study reveals the brain flips out when it sees a life-like android acting human, compared to either a robot or other person... However there's GOOD NEWS, everyone! (at least for future generations)
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    "23-Year-Old Makes $100K Off Osama's Death"

    "23-year old Maurice Harary tells TMZ, he made a beeline to his NY apartment as soon as he heard the news of Osama's death -- and started building a website to sell his "OBL is dead" t-shirts. Maurice claims the site went live at 3:30 am on Monday -- and by Tuesday evening, he had already...
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    Opportunity knocked, and it was a dumbass webmeister (301 redirect)

    So today I get this email from the webmeister at a major institution that recently redesigned the Press Release section of their website... " ...the links on your website referring to articles on our website are broken. Please update any existing links from <old PR section subdomain> to <new PR...
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    How to determine my referrals sent to company with no affiliate program?

    Heyya, So I have a few thousand targeted subscribers eager for a specific product that is difficult to find, and I recently discovered a company that does sell the product but they don't have an affiliate program for me to tap into. When contacted, the company expressed great interest as well...