This is just the beginning for this tool.  We have a ton of other amazing webmaster/SEO tools up our sleeves that we should be launching in the coming months.  We appreciate anybody who signs up and leaves us some feedback; after all, the tool is 100% free.

On top of all this, we have now started offering SEO Consulting, so if you are interested make sure you check out that link as our rates are quite affordable as we build up clientele.

Social Networks are the big thing on the Internet these days; Myspace, Facebook, Virb, Tagged, amongst others.  Ever dreamed of having your own?  Guess what? You can, and you don’t need any technical knowledge!

Ning, has created a platform where any person on the planet can create their very own niche social network.  Have a Softball team you want and want to keep your team organized? Create a small social network just for your team mates.

Ning can also be used for other things too.  If you are a webmaster, build a small social network around your site and allow users to signup and post about your site.  Heck, you can even include the RSS feed from your site and have Ning link directly to your posts with do Follow links  which should help you rankings for sure.

I write a lot of How To Guides for infobarrel.com, so I decided to make a hot to guides ning network, you can check it out at http://howtoguides.ning.com

What’s your ning network?

Also, if you have a minute, checkout my new Multiply blog I set up the other day, you can check it out at http://infobarrel.multiply.com

Anyways, on to the fun fun Halloween content:

57 Scary Halloween Songs

Crazy Pumpkin Carvings

Video Game Halloween Costumes

Sexiest Halloween Costumes

Witch Finger Cookie Recipe

That’s it for fun Halloween links! Play safe if you are using fireworks!

Well, the other day he signed up for our how-to site and posted an article about investing in solar power.  I read over it, and it really got me thinking.  I wonder how much I’d have to spend to get a Solar power system that would either eliminate my Hyrdo bill, or even allow me to get paid for extracting more energy from the sun than my house uses and well put it back into the grid.

The first thing I did was to check and see how many kWh i used a day.  So for the next few days I started writing down what my meter was saying we were using and as it turns out, our whole house only uses 20kWh a day.  Funny, because this is comparable to my buddy Kevin’s apartment.

Before I ever ran a single test I had estimated my power usage to be somewhere around 40kWh and according to some of the online calculators, I’d need something like 8 240watt solar panels to cover my power needs.  This system would cost me roughly $10000 to cover a $50-100 a month Hydro bill.  Fortunately, I don’t use 40kWh and I only use 20, which, by my crappy calculations which may not even be remotely correct, means I’d need roughly 4 240 watt, which with everything included would probably run be around $5000. 

I don’t think I’ll be jumping on the Solar bandwagon quite yet, but when I do, the cool thing is that you can build your system one step at a time.  So when I start, I can get 1 panel, then maybe add 1 panel a year until my Hyrdro company is actually paying me for generating more power than I use.

Oh, and if you think that the time frame to make your money back is too long, you should know that the government is all about giving out grants and tax cuts right now for people who are going green, so there is a more immediate benefit.

So I was looking through some of my traffic logs today for a site called Legal Buds which promotes a lot of things marijuana related.  I’ve owned the site for years and have never really promoted it.  I don’t personally use Marijuana, but I’m open to having sites in all different niches.

Any ways, I’ve always been a big fan of social media sites because they have the ability to make content extremely popular.  This is the case with this site.

I noticed a few random sales fly in over the weekend, I just figured I was having a good weekend.  I typically only get around a sale every month.

So about 20 minutes ago, I looked over my stats and some people had given a good review to the marijuana quotes page, which resulted in over 40,000 visitors this week from the social media site stumble upon.

Pretty crazy if you ask me! So I of course gave it a positive rating as well!  Goes to show you that creating quality content is much more important that quantity.  If you want to add me as a friend on stumble upon, add ‘mcrizzle‘.

To you school kids out there, I’m sorry that the months of fun in the sun is over, but you should know that I am suffering too!

To mourn the end of summer, I’ve decided to post some fun links from the how to  site infobarrel.com.

The first article is about dream facts. Did you know that 3 year olds don’t see themselves in their dreams? Also, snoring sleepers are unable to experience dreams! Crazy stuff.

Next is fattening drinks! Nobody wants to be overweight, but did you know what kind of calories some of the drinks you may consume actually contain?   Bubble Tea’s are the enemy; some of them containing over 40 calories per oz!

My final fun article for the day is a little article on Hurricane facts.  This was really interesting to me because I’ve been feeling pretty badly for the people suffering from Hurricane Gustav.  If you don’t know much about Hurricanes, you should check this out; it is quite educational.

That’s it for today people!

Enjoy the lovely fall weather!

Instead of posting here every single time I write something new, I’ve decided to give you a quick links where you can check in on my latest grilling articles.

What I did, is I created a Squidoo lens to compliment all my gas grilling techniques.  I am planning on updating this lens every now and then to help teach people from all around the web how to correctly cook on their gas grills.

Anyway, if you do want to check out my gas grilling hub, check out:

http://www.squidoo.com/gasgrilling

Lucky for me, I just picked up a new grill this spring.  I bought a Weber Genesis E-320.  It set me back close to $1000 with delivery but man, does this thing ever grill up meats flawlessly.

Because it is summer season, I figured I’d post a few links to some grilling tips and tricks as well as some tasty salads that you can whip up rather easily that go really well with freshly grilled food!

The first thing every man should learn to grill is a steak, and in order to do that you need to know what temperatures to cook at, and how long to cook it for.

How Long To Grill Your Steak

Steaks are great for those nights when you have all the boys over, but most ladies don’t have the same appreciate for a nice chunk of cow butt like the fellas! For the days when you might have a few ladies over for dinner, follow my step by step guide on Cooking The Perfect Salmon Filet On Your Grill

Once you’ve got your meat grilling abilities down pat, you might be good if you are just eating by yourself or with some other dudes, but if your family or groups of friends come over, you need to have some salads in your cooking arsenal.  Salads are great for summer since it is so hot out, nobody likes to be stuffed like a pig in the sweltering heat.  Salads are great because they tend to be light and don’t leave you in that carbohydrate coma like a head sized baked potato.

My girlfriend wrote up a few great recipes that I will share with you.  I’m guessing your girlfriend or date or mother would all love them too!

The first salad is my personal favorite, it is a Berry Chicken Salad Recipe. Like the titles says, it contains chicken, a honey mustard vinaigrette and a medley of fresh berries on top of all the regular salad ingredients.

If you are a bit more adventurous and like sea food, you may want to check out my girlfriends Fresh Fruit And Sea Scallop Salad.  Sea food lovers out there will be blown away by the medley of textures and flavors this salad provides.

Well folks, that is it for today, if you have yet to buy a premium grill and have been considering it, I highly recommend the Weber Genesis E-320; it grills perfectly even and has a VERY even heating surface!

What is Infobarrel? 

We’ve designed it to be a revolutionary new way for regular Joe people to make money by creating content.  The content can be anything, from a how to on ‘How to Tape a Hockey Stick‘ to ‘The History of Electricity’, or maybe even ‘Who is Albert Einstein?’.  If you don’t feel like writing unique content, or don’t have any old school papers laying around that you’d like to make money off of, you can make video tutorials. 

Basically, the concept is, we are aiming to build one of the greatest information resources online.  In order to do this, we need quality people to write quality content.  We do all the marketing, manage all the costs, and all you as a user have to do is create the content and get your cash sent in the mail.  Users receive 75% of all ad views, the other 25% will go towards server costs, marketing, and some charity.

Another really cool thing we will be offering once we do our full launch is the ability to write for charity.  Yup, if you want to donate some time to help out one of our charities, just login, set your preferences to charity and create content at your leisure.

Ryan: So how did you get into paintball?

Niko: Well, it started when I was in high school. I was thinking about joining the military at the time, and a buddy of mine told me that we should play paintball to get a feel for the intensity of it. At the time, I didn’t think paintball would be intense at all - but man, was I wrong about that or what. Of course it’s nothing like the military, but the feeling of paintball got me the first time I played. I never stopped since!

Ryan: Right on! Did you ever compete in any paintball tournaments?

Niko: I formed a team with some friends, and we would travel to a near city and compete. We were pretty good actually, and paintball in a competition is a lot more intense then just playing with your friends. We played woodsball mainly, and it was a lot of fun.

Ryan: So what made you get into the website?

Niko: Well, I got inspried by a younger player who was just learning the ropes. He had a lot of questions that I could see I could easily answer for him. I thought "maybe it would be a good idea to apply my knowledge to help newcomers get into the sport of paintball." So, I got my brother to help me create a website, and low and behold we came up with a great site to help noobies learn about paintball. It’s actually really fun, and I find that I can refer players on the field to my site where their questions are answered.

Ryan: What type of things do you offer your visitors?

Niko: A lot of it is the basics. The equipment you’ll need, reviews on the best guns for the pros, guides to buying at online Paintball stores as well as for just average players. There’s a lot of information on tournaments, and exactly how to ‘dive in’ to paintball. Mainly though we help people choose the right gear and markers for their first time playing, that’s my primary goal. My secondary goal is to help people develop tactics and learn the ins and outs of the different types of paintball game scenarios.

Ryan: If you could offer advice to a newcomer right now, what would it be?

Niko: I would say do your research on the type of Paintball gear and Paintball Guns you want, because once you have those things you don’t want to regret what you bought. Taking a look at the Paintball reviews on my site I have a lot of pro/con features - so get educated on the products and you will be a happy camper!

Ryan: Thanks a lot for your time Niko.

Niko: Thanks!