Voter Registration Information
By Michael Crawford
Voter registration deadlines across the country are coming upon us quickly. I don’t want you to miss out on the electoral fun of saying buh-bye to George Bush and Dick Cheney so I am posting registration deadline information for all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
The fight between Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain is a fight for the future direction of our country and we can’t have any sitting on the sidelines.
Visit Vote for Change to register to vote, request to vote absentee, or find your polling location.
Registration deadlines are after the jump.
Alabama Fri, Oct. 24
Alaska Sun, Oct. 5 (postmark by Sat, Oct. 4)
Arizona Mon, Oct. 6
Arkansas Mon, Oct. 6
California Mon, Oct. 20
Colorado Mon, Oct. 6
Connecticut Tues, Oct. 21
Delaware Sat, Oct. 11
District of Columbia Mon, Oct. 6
Florida Mon, Oct. 6
Georgia Mon, Oct. 6
Hawaii Mon, Oct. 6
Idaho Register at Polls
Illinois Tues, Oct. 7
Indiana Mon, Oct. 6
Iowa Fri, Oct. 24
Kansas Mon, Oct. 20
Kentucky Mon, Oct. 6
Louisiana Mon, Oct. 6
Maine Tue, Oct. 21
Maryland Tue, Oct. 14
Massachusetts Wed, Oct. 15
Michigan Mon, Oct. 6
Minnesota Same Day Registration at polling place
Mississippi Mon, Oct. 6
Missouri Wed, Oct. 8
Montana Mon, Oct. 6 (or same day at elections office)
Nebraska Fri, Oct. 24 (mail by Fri, Oct. 17)
Nevada Tue, Oct. 14
New Hampshire Same Day
New Jersey Tues, Oct. 14
New Mexico Tues, Oct. 7
New York Fri, Oct. 10
North Carolina Fri, Oct. 10
North Dakota N/A
Ohio Mon, Oct. 6
Oklahoma Fri, Oct. 10
Oregon Tue, Oct. 14
Pennsylvania Mon, Oct. 6
Rhode Island Sat, Oct. 4
South Carolina Sat, Oct. 4
South Dakota Mon, Oct. 20
Tennessee Mon, Oct. 6
Texas Mon, Oct. 6
Utah Mon, Oct. 6 or in person Tue, Oct. 28
Vermont Wed, Oct. 29
Virginia Mon, Oct. 6
Washington Mon, Oct. 4 (or Mon, Oct. 20 in person)
West Virginia Wed, Oct. 15
Wisconsin Wed, Oct. 15 (or on Election Day at polling place)
Wyoming Can register at polls
Tags: Barack Obama, Election 08, John McCain, Voter Registration
September 11th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
Wisconsin Seo Explained – Part 1
With over 50 Billion searches each year in the U.S. alone, Search engine marketing tactics is easily the 1,000 lb Gorilla online, far out-pacing any other form of Internet Marketing.
Now that over 80% of Americans have Internet access both at home and at work, recent research clearly shows that the Internet has turned into a primary source of information for those seeking to purchase services or products. With so much to gain (or lose), it seems sensible to fully understand how search engines function with a view toward tapping into this phenomenal form of marketing to drive brand awareness, customers and lastly, revenue.
For the purpose of this discussion, we will focus on “Natural” or free listings; we”ll be discussing Pay per click marketing in another article.
Unlike Pay-per-click listings where advertisers pay for placement, “Natural” or “Organic” listings are based entirely upon relevancy. The websites shown on page one of a SERP are considered by Google to be the most relevant sites for the keyword or keyphrase typed in by the user. To maximize Seo we need to understand how Google (and other search engines) determine relevance.
Seo…It’s All About Relevance
There are literally dozens of criteria search engines use to determine relevance. Key indicators are page titles, domain names, keyword density and the number of links pointing to a website just to name a few.
With millions of websites and billions of webpages on the net today it’s simply not possible for search engine companies to use people-power to review pages and determine their relevancy. Therefore, they automate the process by using intelligence software to “crawl” your website and collect information which is then used by a ranking algorithm to deteremine relevance.
Seo is about insuring your site is highly relevant for your targeted terms. This is a vital distinction to make. Since the entire process is driven by software, you won’t get points for having a “pretty” website. Search engines don’t show a preference for attractive websites, they don’t really care if you have great navigation and superb animation. They care only about gathering cold, hard data to determine what your site is about and how it stacks up against other sites on the same topic.
If you think about it, it makes sense. The goal of search engines is to return the best possible results in line with the search term the user types in. This is exactly why Google dominates online.. They do it better than everyone else.
To continue on to part 2 of this article, please read our blog post on Wisconsin Search Engine Optimization.
January 27th, 2011 at 11:47 pm
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