Bramblog

Alright…so this is really basic. I’ve wanted to know how to do this for a long time, and I finally Googled it the other day. It’s ridiculously easy to put an icon in the address bar of your website (so easy that I’ll put one up here w/in a couple of days.) Here’s how you do it:

1) Create a 16X16px image you want to use (usually a small logo or abbreviated version of your logo)

2) Save the file as “favicon.ico” – must be an .ico file

3) Upload it to your root directory.

That is it…couldn’t be easier. The hard part is coming up with a 16X16px image you want to use!

Here’s an online resource that will help you create your own logo/image.

My girlfriend & I went to dinner w/ Jim Olenbush & his wife last night.  We had a great time, and during the course of dinner, Jim let me know he’s going to PubCon, and that I ought to come along.  So…I booked my room today, and even persuaded my web designer friend, Wes Cox, to come along.  This will be my first SEO/SEM convention, and I think it will be really cool.  I’m particularly excited about the interactive site reviews they’re offering.  I’m going to spend the next month revising the sites I want reviewed (eb.com, osmetro.com, tantans.com, banyanliving.com) and will be anxious to get feedback.

The only downside is that it’s in Vegas – I f’ing hate Vegas.  I’ve been for business & for pleasure on a few diff’t occasions each, and I never have a good time.  DING DING DING DING.  That’s all you hear from the minute you get off the plane until you leave.  So…I’m going to spend the next few weeks trying to coordinate some activities that I will actually enjoy – I don’t particularly like to gamble, don’t like to lay out by the pool, and don’t like to shop…I do like the shows, but I’m not crazy about $200/ticket…we’ll see what I can come up with!

I decided to start my 2nd blog in order to organize the topics I write about a little better.  I’m primarily a real estate broker, but I’m also very OCD & constantly have side projects in the works.  I was blogging about my side projects & SEO quite a bit on my real estate blog, and it began to work against reinforcing my “real estate brand.”  People who choose to use me or my company to help them buy or sell a home do not need to hear about my tanning lotion project, or about my SEO skillz (or complete lack thereof.)

Regardless, I will definitely be very active on this blog – and will be able to direct the subject matter on my real estate blog much more effectively.

Oh – this blog is also a do-follow – check out the rules & the LLL settings.

If you write something really stupid about a subject that you don’t understand (in this case, the copyright issues surrounding the Sarasota MLS,) after your stupidity is pointed out, you can merely delete all the comments and close the post for commenting.

It also helps if you have a rawcking mustache.

Picture courtesy of Knox.