Every time Google updates their ranking algorithm, an endless stream of blog posts are published declaring SEO to be dead once and for all. There have been earth shaking updates going back to at least 2002. Each time, the SEO world was turned upside down. After a couple of weeks or months, life went on.… Continue reading Is SEO Dead? If So, When Did This Happen?
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So, What Did We Get From Healthcare's Rising Costs?
The cost of health care in the last 50 years has risen from 5.2% of GDP in 1960 to over 16% of GDP in 2010. (Roughly, triple.) So, what did we get for this increase? First, we get eight more years. Life expectancy rose from 69.9 to 77.9 years. Quality of life has also improved.… Continue reading So, What Did We Get From Healthcare's Rising Costs?
6 Questions Regarding The Role Of Tape Backup In Disaster Recovery
The use of tape backup for disaster recovery purposes has continued to decline as disk backups become the industry standard. Over the past 24 months, there has been a lot of talk about whether or not tape is a dying technology. While it is not used as much as it used to be, it still… Continue reading 6 Questions Regarding The Role Of Tape Backup In Disaster Recovery
When Did Smoke Detectors Get So Popular?
The most recent figures on the subject suggest that over 80% of homes in countries such as the UK and the USA use smoke alarms. However, many of us remember growing up in a world in which few if any of the homes we visited had one, so when did they get so popular? The… Continue reading When Did Smoke Detectors Get So Popular?