I am not a big fan of purchasing credit scores. I can understand why a lender would pay to get a calculation of your likelihood of defaulting on your loan, but if it’s based on our data, why do we have to pay just to see it? Even if I am declined for a loan, I can only see my report, not the numerical score that supposedly defines my…
A regular reader Don sent me a post entitled Long Term Buy And Hold Is Still Bad Advice. Okay, fine, everyone and their mom has been telling me this recently. But I read it, and it was such a bad analysis that I had to rebut it here. I think Mish writes a lot of useful and thought-provoking stuff on his popular blog, but he really missed a big…
I saw that Vanguard has a new account called the VanguardAdvantage account. On the surface, it looks great. In addition to having full brokerage features (buy individual stocks, ETFs, options, and even brokered CDs), you also get full checkwriting abilities, ATM access, and online billpay. Since I have most of my retirement assets there, this would be good tool for added convenience and simplicity.
But then I found the…
Well, looks like I’ve squeezed all the free money out of another credit card offer. This time it is the Miles Card by Discover. It used to have a good 12-month no-fee 0% balance transfer offer, but has recently added a balance transfer fee. However, it does offer 0% on purchases for 6 months.
In addition, this card still offers a sign-up bonus of 12,000 Miles. You get 1,000…
Whenever I’m not traveling on the company dime, I usually run through a checklist to find the lowest price on hotel stays. Let’s say you’re like me and need to find a room in New York City for a few nights, checking in August 30th. I’d like to stay somewhere near Times Square in Manhattan, close to all the sights and action. I’m also leaning towards something reliable…
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I Guess We Are A Dofollow Blog Again (Sort Of…)
With the release of our new FREE wordpress plugin for comments yesterday, it appears we’re a dofollow blog again! Remember that?
Our new free plugin for WP comments released yesterday allows you to moderate exactly the comments you want to reward with link juice. That means every comment link in the comments in the Hobo site is…
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Improve Pagerank: Custom Link Love For Wordpress Comments Plugin
Recent announcements with the way Google Pagerank flows via nofollow links at Google has bloggers all a flutter. I asked Marty if he could sit down and modify a Wordpress plugin that basically rewarded regular contributers with a link, but removed the actual link from comments from those that haven’t bothered to continue participating on your blog past…
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A Website Design & Development Project Checklist
A (Nearly) Bulletproof Web Design & Development Project Checklist for clients and designers.
If you’re aiming to agree a fixed price for the development of the website, as we do, ensure the project goes smoothly before you start, by communicating with your client at the outset. They’ll appreciate you for it, there will be less surprises, and you…
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Link Building Strategy For Beginners – A Month Of Free Tips
During the course of July I’ll be publishing simple link building tips for beginners that won’t get your site into trouble and will help your rankings improve and should deliver targeted rankings and traffic. I’ll also be publishing some linkbuilding articles from the Hobo SEO Blog archives that are still valid.
I’ll be showing you how…
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10% Off Bespoke Scottish Corporate Hampers
Everybody knows at Hobo we’re proud to be a Scottish company. I tell you, we’re no prouder when we get sent free Scottish stuff and a deal for our readers!
After a heavy week writing up client strategy documents, it’s a pleasure to come into the office and find a free gift! Long term Hobo Blog subscriber Russell at…
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