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Changes in store

Friday, February 05 2010
Contributed by: dbsmall
Views: 121
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Several forces have made me reconsider how Small.to is run:

  • Google revoked my Adsense account
  • The variety of features that made up the site turned out to not be popular.  People come for the stories, and only the stories
  • CMS and blog tools have developed since I first put up the site years ago.
  • Spammers have orchestrated repeated campaigns to taint my referral and stats pool.
  • Facebook became huge

So, here's my thinking:



  • For now, we'll stay using this original CMS and templates, but I'll disable most of the features, besides the story
  • I'll find another advertising supplier
  • I will either develop a FB -connect interface (so that you can access the site via your FB login), or else I'll switch CMSes to WordPress
  • I will establish a famly of sites:  the main one, perhaps one that is *just* for norcalfella (who has established a loyal following, and might do better in his own "space", norcalfella.small.to), maybe one to work out a "debate" idea that my friend Brendan and I have in mind.

What do you think?

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Changes in store
Authored by: norcalfella on Friday, February 05 2010

Revoked sounds nasty. It's like "yeah, I was out drunk driving with hookers doing 90 in a 25 so they revoked my driver's license". Hey, you asked for my thoughts.

I don't know what CMS really means, and I'm just glad there is a place a person with general computer knowledge can post stuff for people to enjoy.

I sorely miss writing about reality TV, which at times garnered a lot of views. The real culprit was my DVRs, one of which can store 367 hours of television. I often watched my own personal marathon and that was fine for my personal enjoyment. Not so much for real time articles about breaking stuff happening on a weekly basis.

My heart about stopped when I got the error message this morning because more than anything I enjoy having an archive of my NFL picks. I've been pretty fortunate with my Super Bowl choices of late and was looking for a place to boast:

XLIII: Pittsburgh 27-19... actual 27-23

XLII: New England 37-23 ... actual New York Giants 17-14 (oops)

XLI: Indianapolis 24-16 ... actual 29-17

XL: Pittsburgh 27-19 ... actual 21-10

It never dawned on me until now that I picked the Steelers to win by the exact same score three years later. No, I didn't choose the Colts 24-16 this time (30-22) if you're wondering.

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that's my take