I'm getting ready to embark on a 3-day walk on the Foothills Trail, an 80-mile trail that meanders along the northwest corner of South Carolina, along the borders with North Carolina and Georgia.  I am walking alone, so I needed to find a shuttle so I could avoid having to walk in a circle.  I will be walking from Whitewater Falls westward to the Chatooga River and Oconee State Park.

Busbee Truck Parts has been a customer of Broadstreet's for several years now.  Doug Busbee had the insight to begin selling truck parts on eBay a few years back, and then realized he needed his own Web site.   He called me and soon www.BusbeeTruckParts.com was born. 

The January 14 episode (click to download) of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast had an excellent interview with Seth Godin, talking about the opportunities for small businesses and individuals in the current economic climate.   As usual, Seth motivated me, and as a result, I am blogging again. 

I've become more and more comfortable putting important personal and business information on Google Apps.  It's very convenient to create a document and share it with my wife or other associates of Broadstreet Consulting.  More and more, when I need to create a document that is to be shared, I will create it with Google Docs and then share it. 

I recently was informed of a site called Camospace.com, which is a social networking site for outdoorsmen.   This is a protential place to advertise for TylerBrothers.net.  In the p

Ever wonder what is the most popular site on the Web?  ComScore is a business that measures traffic on the Web and publishes it on a subscription basis.  Below is  Comscore's listing of the current Top 50 sites on the Web (for the U.S).  You can find this yourself by going to http://www.comscore.com/press/data.asp and clicking on United States. 

comScore Top 50 Properties (U.S.)           October 2008           Total U.S. - Home, Work and University Locations           Unique Visitors (000)           Source: comScore Media Metrix           Rank Property Unique Visitors (000)   Rank Property Unique Visitors (000)   Total Internet : Total Audience 190,616         1 Google Sites 147,035   26 Superpages.com Network 29,387 2 Yahoo! Sites 144,903   27 Verizon Communications Corporation 28,094 3 Microsoft Sites 123,483   28 Gorilla Nation 27,218 4 AOL LLC 111,259   29 Bank of America 26,414 5 Fox Interactive Media 90,636   30 United Online, Inc 26,280 6 eBay 70,737   31 Everyday Health 25,781 7 Ask Network 70,449   32 WordPress 25,392 8 Wikimedia Foundation Sites 63,275   33 NBC Universal 24,896 9 Amazon Sites 60,099   34 Answers.com Sites 24,865 10 Glam Media 56,640   35 Shopzilla.com Sites 24,350 11 CBS Corporation 52,680   36 Demand Media 23,657 12 New York Times Digital 49,324   37 Weatherbug Property 23,531 13 Turner Network 49,186   38 Monster Worldwide 23,363 14 Apple Inc. 48,673   39 CareerBuilder LLC 23,309 15 FACEBOOK.COM 45,954   40 Photobucket.com LLC 23,271 16 Viacom Digital 45,884   41 JPMorgan Chase Property 23,142 17 AT&T Interactive Network 37,036   42 Real.com Network 23,024 18 craigslist, inc. 36,732   43 Gannett Sites 22,651 19 Adobe Sites 36,004   44 AT&T, Inc. 22,248 20 Weather Channel, The 34,717   45 ESPN 21,941 21 Time Warner - Excluding AOL 33,415   46 iVillage.com: The Womens Network 21,124 22 Wal-Mart 33,038   47 WebMD Health 19,623 23 Comcast Corporation 31,250   48 WhitePages 19,267 24 Target Corporation 30,950   49 WorldNow - ABC Owned Sites 19,017 25 Disney Online 30,209   50 Expedia Inc 18,402

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President-elect Obama is looking to create a position for Chief Technology Officer.  This is a good thing.  Frank Greve at McClatchy reports that Obama will use new media in the form of YouTube in order to speak directly to the people, bypassing the various biased media.  This is a great thing, and will improve our democracy.