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A few years ago, the Internet experienced a video revolution. As broadband access expanded and more people began uploading content, video became an expected resource for consumers. Businesses could get more mileage out of television commercials and engage users by linking to video reviews of its products.

A year ago, we saw evidence of small and medium-sized business increasing budgets for video content – to be used both on their homepages and in advertisements. In 2009, 19% of businesses polled were using video (up from 5% in 2008) and I’m willing to bet that number will be much higher in the 2010 report that should come out later this month.

Now, as technology has become more affordable and increasingly mobile, we’re able to experience virtually anything online. As such, local search engines are evolving into master content synthesizers to meet the needs of consumers and advertisers alike – offering video and photos, local advertising deals, user reviews, QR codes, maps and directions, etc.

Consumer expectations of local search engines have never been higher. Users want to see photo and video reviews of a company’s products, read what other people have to say, and even take a virtual tour of your store or restaurant before they visit.

The same is true of small- and medium-sized business owners looking to find a competitive advantage. Local search engines are offering more dynamic content than ever before to users and it’s up to search marketers to help business owners feed that content.

It’s interesting to see how video content has changed since the advent of YouTube. Instead of traditional video advertising, we’re seeing new technology that lets users look around your business from their own home. Soon, we’ll be able to find virtual creations of almost any environment online – and those virtual tours are being integrated with current deals and other advertising promotions to drive traffic to your business.

Recently, a company called EveryScape partnered with Bing and YP to offer digital advertisers a new local search solution – virtual tours. For example, YP360 will let a user step inside a restaurant in Baltimore while they’re still on the train. They can choose a place and even set a reservation, all within the same application on their phone.

Google Earth has gone indoors and local search engines are responsible for bringing this detailed and vivid content to users while keeping it simple and accessible. And the business case for offering this new content to users and advertisers alike is clear as local advertising is expected to grow to $16.1 billion this year, up from $13.7 billion in 2010.

Even more, mobile phone advertising spending is expected to be more than a billion dollars in 2011, up 48% from 2010. Local search engines like YP and Yelp! are seeing over 20 million visitors a month, many of them accessing via mobile phones.

This is a great opportunity for local search engines and advertisers to embrace this new technology and get ahead of the pack. Effective local advertising goes beyond building a social networking presence and listing in directories – you have to make sure your content is engaging. In the online world, the savviest local search marketers who use this technology well will have the most successful campaigns.

I recommend that any business owner or local search marketer read up on the latest digital advertising solutions and consider offering your customers virtual tours of your products or store. To set your business apart, you need to stay current with the best that local search has to offer.

Opinions expressed in the article are those of the guest author and not necessarily Search Engine Land.

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Blogger Andrew Trench recently presented a theory on the threshold of when Internet penetration starts to matter, writing:

Social networks have also been given plenty of credit for the revolution unfolding in Egypt.

So I went and had a look at the numbers over on www.internetworldstats.com to see what they could tell us about these two scenarios. Well, fascinatingly, both Egypt and Tunisia have seen a massive growth in internet users and internet penetration over the last 10 years.

Both have now got internet penetration of over 20% and in Tunisia's case it was as high as 34%.

While it is clearly simplistic to over-state this factor and there must be many more drivers contributing to such a rapid political uprising, it is obviously a factor as evidenced by the Egyptian regime pulling the plug on the country's internet access to try and block the rising tide of revolt.

My back-of-napkin theory is this: that a rapid increase in internet penetration in a repressive regime does play an important role as it provides an unfettered channel of communication allowing disaffected citizens to share views - and more importantly - to rapidly organise and mobilise.

If Egypt and Tunisia are valid case studies, it looks like internet penetration of around 20% is the mark.

Geopolitics & Macroeconomics adds:

Internet penetration: Social networking sites were critical to sustaining the momentum in the recent protests. The internet penetration in Egypt is 16%. In Libya, it is a meagre 5% [1]. The unrest in Libya has thus far remained concentrated in regions that are geographically distant from the seat of ‘real' power (see more on this below). The dependence of momentum on internet communication is far greater in Libya than in Egypt where protests began in Cairo itself.

Taking the conversation to Pakistan, Sabene Saigol writes, on BrandRepublic:

Perhaps one reason for this is that we're still not that used to communicating via the ‘net - maybe we need greater broadband and internet penetration. Personally I think it is more to do with culture - while Pakistani internet users are savvy to using social media to connect with friends, I feel they have not yet ‘crossed over' to seeing SM as a means for professional communications - or even wider social communications that go beyond their immediate circle. Yes, there are no doubt savvy people - both within marketing and tech circles, and outside - however, these people are likely a tiny proportion of the total number of ‘net and social media users.

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Apple advertises its products as magical. They’re at the intersection of “technology and the liberal arts,” Steve Jobs said today. Something that moves your heart, not just your lust for technology. Will consumers still buy that in 2011?

The big picture question of the day is whether Apple has done it again. With the original iPad, Apple crushed its rivals, taking more than 90 percent of the tablet market in 2010 and selling more than 15 million units. Jobs predicted today that 2011 will be the year of the iPad 2. Based on what I have seen today, I think he’s mostly, but not entirely, right.

Competitors will discover that Apple has a lot of inherent financial advantages, including being a low-cost leader. That may not sound intuitive, but I believe it has to be true. It is selling so much volume of its products that it can get discounts on parts and manufacturing services that no one else can get.

When it sells its products in stores, it also doesn’t have to give away 20 percent of the margin to a retailer. That is a huge financial advantage. Carriers are also willing to subsidize the costs of Apple products in a way that they won’t with other tablet vendors. All of these things may explain why the Motorola Xoom, a very cool product, is selling for $800 while Apple has priced its new devices at $499 to $829, (and dropped the price of the old iPad to $399). Apple has also left very little room for rivals here, since it has signed up both AT&T and Verizon. Perhaps there is room for rivals to sell $199 machines, but users probably aren’t going to like them.

Those are reasons why any cool Apple mobile product could beat other rivals. But Apple has also done some smart things with the iPad 2. It has created another rev of its microprocessor, the A5, which has two cores, or computing brains. And it has nine times faster graphics than its old A4 chip. Since Apple designs this chip itself, it doesn’t have to give away much margin to a chip design firm. It only has to give a small margin to a chip manufacturer such as Samsung to make the chips.

Apple has also custom-designed the A5 to run Apple applications on a device with a 10-hour battery life. Apple should have an edge there, as it won’t sell the A5 to rivals. But if this is an advantage, it isn’t likely to last long, as Nvidia is being very aggressive with a new quad-core chip that it could sell to any Android rivals.

The design of the iPad 2 is where Apple has more advantages. The iPad 2 will have faster web-browsing with a new version of Safari. It has two cameras that will inspire a lot of video and photo-related apps. The availability of the Mac applications — iMovie, Garage Band, and Photo Booth — on the iPad 2 will make a lot of users happy. More interesting features will come with new releases of the iOS, or Apple’s operating system in the fairly near future.

There are some users who won’t like the restrictions of Apple’s ecosystem. If they want universal serial bus (USB) and SD card ports, they are out of luck. Apple didn’t change the resolution of its screen either, leaving it at 1024 x 768. Competitors could add these options and put emphasis on them as selling points. (Critics are disappointed that Apple did not improve the display, but that’s a big cost issue others have too).

Apple has also made great improvements in the feel of the product. It’s 33 percent thinner, 2 ounces lighter, and it has a wonderful new screen cover that doubles as a stand for the device. (It wakes up the device when you peel it back and it has micro-fibers that clean the screen when the cover is on).

Now here is why Jobs is not entirely right. Apple has come up with a stunning machine at prices that the competitors will have a hard time beating. But it is almost inevitable that Android-based tablets will gain market share on Apple.

So far, I don’t see the Android machine that will beat the iPad 2. But the potential is there, given ingredients such as Android 3.0, Nvidia Tegra 2 chips and other fast microprocessors, and 4G LTE. The latter is the main weakness in Apple’s armor.

LTE is fast, with a minimum speed on Verizon at around 12 megabits a second and actual speeds running much higher than that now. Getting access to 4G LTE is as big a benefit as having access to lots of cool apps, from my point of view. Right now, the timing of the still-young LTE technology means that Apple cannot yet put it into its mass-produced, lowest-cost tablet computers.

If LTE costs come down sometime soon, then Apple can launch a new version of the iPad to incorporate the technology. But it’s not a simple upgrade, as it means that the hardware of the machine — including the radio chip — has to change. And for now, LTE chips are larger than their 3G equivalents, so the heat dissipation and product size are affected. In other words, LTE can force Apple to redesign the iPad.

Apple can do that. But Android tablet makers might be able to move faster than Apple directly into the 4G LTE tablet market. If they do that, then they will have found a scenario where they could steal a march on Apple. Apple is not likely to let that gap last for a long time, but it might be enough for Apple to lose some share this year.

Apple’s leadership position in this market will be hard to beat, but the collective weight and reach of Android rivals could erode it. And here’s a sobering thought: If Apple eventually winds up with only 30 percent of the tablet market, it could still be No. 1, and its place as the largest technology company in the world will not be at risk.

Check out Apple’s overview video on the iPad 2 and Jobs’ comments on technology and the liberal arts below.

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I read an interesting article this morning that suggested Apple would change its mind and put Adobe’s Flash technology on its iOS devices within a year. I don’t think that’s going to happen.

In an open letter to users, Apple CEO Steve Jobs gave several reasons why he didn’t want Flash on the iPad, iPhone or iPod touch. They are: Flash isn’t open; the full web; reliability, security and performance; battery life; and touch.

Adobe began shipping Flash Player 10.1 for Mobile last June, but even Laptop magazine admitted that “Steve Jobs was right,” and that “Adobe’s offering seems like it’s too little, too late.” Granted, that report was from six months ago, but it still doesn’t bode well for the technology.

There is no doubt that Adobe is making advances with Flash on mobile devices, but I don’t believe future changes will be enough to get Apple to adopt the technology.

Jobs has been very clear that Apple supports HTML5, an open technology that is controlled by a standards committee, not one company. By building support for that technology into Webkit, Apple is ensuring that mobile Web browsers will be able to access what we’ve come to know as the “full web.”

Webkit is used by Google, Palm, Nokia and RIM, so it has a pretty solid base.

One of the arguments often bantered about when the discussion of the “full Web” comes up is video. There is no doubt that Flash made huge strides over the years in having sites like YouTube encode their videos in Flash. But that’s for the desktop.

As Jobs points out, almost all of this video is also available in H.264 format (a format Flash also supports), so it’s viewable on the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

“Add to this video from Vimeo, Netflix, Facebook, ABC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, ESPN, NPR, Time, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Sports Illustrated, People, National Geographic, and many, many others. iPhone, iPod and iPad users aren’t missing much video,” wrote Jobs.

You may ask why other companies adopted Flash for their mobile devices when Apple won’t. That’s easy, they are looking for something they have that Apple doesn’t. Considering how hard it is for tablet makers to compete with Apple, any perceived advantage will work.

I’m not an Adobe hater—I know quite a few people that work at Adobe and I think they’ve done some amazing things over the years. Flash for mobile devices isn’t one of them.

Chris Dawson said he gives “Apple a year until they cave [and adopt Flash]. Android tablets will just be too cool and too useful for both entertainment and enterprise applications if they don’t.”

I have been using my iPhone for years and my iPad for one year. I honestly can’t remember the last time I went to a Web site that wouldn’t load because I didn’t have Flash installed. I can load videos from YouTube and a host of other sites too, no problem.

Apple has sold more than 160 million iOS devices and there are no screaming, angry hordes of users breaking down the doors at 1 Infinite Loop demanding Flash on their devices.

In order for Apple to change its mind and adopt Flash, the technology has to be proven to be indispensable and that it will benefit its users. Apple has proven just the opposite is true.

Editor’s Note: Jim Dalrymple has been writing about Apple for more than 15 years. You can follow him on Twitter @jdalrymple and on his Web site at The Loop.

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Ask yourself, what are my company’s core capabilities? If your answer is simply, restating the product you sell, you are most likely incoherent. The coherence premium is a high level strategy used by some of the largest (and most profitable) corporations in America. Companies that are “coherent” can define 3-6 capabilities internally that differentiate them within their industry, build a deep workable strategy focused on “winning,” and develop product portfolio based around their capabilities.

What makes the coherence premium such an interesting topic? The fact that companies who are “coherent” are healthier, more profitable and better set up for long-term growth. Coca-Cola, a poster child for coherence, (almost 100 on the Coherence Capabilities Score) sees on average 20% higher earnings before interest and taxes than profiled companies with a Coherence Capabilities Score of less than 20.

Take Wal-Mart for instance, they’ve aligned all of their capabilities:

• Aggressive vendor management


• Expert point-of-sale data analytics


• Superior logistics


• Rigorous working capital management

Simple, but to the point, Wal-Mart understands their internal capabilities, which stretch from logistics all the way to IT. Capabilities should be specific enough that they exact a point of where you stop competing and start excelling your industry. A more thorough example of a capability would be, “A company’s ability to use customer-data mining to develop new products.”

Benefits

1. Strengthens a Companies Competitive Advantage


2. Companies are Better Prepared For The Future


3. Produces Efficiencies of Scale


4. Aligns Strategic Intent and Day-To-Day Decision Making

Steps

1. Ways to Play- learn how your company provides value and the way you will face the market.

• Are we investing capabilities that matter to the way we play?


• Are we clear about the way we choose to create value in the marketplace?

2. Capabilities System -determine your 3-6 core capabilities.

• Have we defined how these capabilities work with our system?


• Do all of our businesses draw upon this superior system?

3. Build a Strategy For a Balanced Portfolio – Build your future growth and product initiates to maximize your core capabilities.

• Have we found our product and service “sweet spot”


• Are new products and acquisitions determined on the way the fit within our capabilities system?

Understanding your core capabilities and becoming coherent is not necessarily the easiest thing to do. Your capabilities should be assessed with a healthy mix of both internal and external information and careful thought. All of this is worth the hassle; coherent companies consistently reap more profits, are better prepped for the future and place themselves atop their industries by innovating.

The major legislative item on the agenda in the Senate this week will be The Small Business Reauthorization Act (S. 493).  Republicans plan to use this bill as a platform to promote critical pieces of legislation through the process of non-germane amendments to the bill.  Here are some vital amendments that will be debated and voted on throughout the week:

• Senator Mitch McConnell is offering an amendment (S. AMDT 183) to prohibit the EPA from promulgating any regulations on greenhouse gas emissions.  There is perhaps no force that is more destructive to our prosperity, consumer freedom of choice, and job creation than onerous cap and trade schemes.  There are many red state Democrats who are up for reelection in 2012 and will be hard pressed to go on record as supporting policies that are an imprecation to the interests of their states.  Make sure to call Senators Claire McCaskill, Joe Manchin, Ben Nelson, Bill Nelson, and Jon Tester in particular.

• Senator David Vitter is offering an amendment (S.AMDT. 178) forcing the federal government to sell off unused and underused property.  This is a serious issue.  The federal government owns over half of the land in some western states and has been using it to stifle energy development.  Selling unused federal lands would also serve as a prudent means of generating revenue without raising taxes.

• Senator Rand Paul is using the SBA bill as a platform to offer his signature budget bill (S.AMDT 199) which would slash $200 billion in spending for fiscal 2011.  Paul’s plan slashes funding by 50% to the Departments of Energy, Education, and HUD.  This amendment represents real limited government and budget austerity and will separate the men among the boys in the ranks of the Republican Conference.

• Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison is forcing a vote (S. AMDT 197) to delay the implementation of ObamaCare until a final resolution is reached in pending lawsuits.  Unlike other bills that are designed to merely ameliorate ObamaCare, this amendment would completely halt it during the ensuing legal battles.

• Senator Tom Coburn has filed an amendment (S.AMDT.184) to force federal agencies to compile comprehensive lists of all of their programs

Make sure that all of your Republican senators are on record supporting these amendments, especially Rand Paul’s budget proposal.  Also, let’s see which faux moderate Democrats will commit to supporting anyone of these commonsense initiatives.  Needless to say, I didn’t waste time calling my senators; Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin!

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Part of the whole "sweetheart deal" arrangement with the Saudis was that, in exchange for extracting their oil, that US companies like Halliburton would build their cities to modern standards. Now, they did a good job, no doubt about that; the quality of the construction is excellent. But the whole arrangement, top to bottom, was oriented around using American companies to provide as many services as possible. We extracted their oil, we provided financial services, we did their construction, we absorbed their investment money into Wall Street. Saudi Arabia, more than any other country in the world, is the creation of the US oil elite.



I didn't read about this on the Web, so I don't have a direct link for you. My primary source is Tales of an Economic Hitman, which was an amazing book. Conservatives hate it, and savage it mercilessly, but I've done my own research on many of his claims, and I found excellent backing for his belief that we have, by and large, used debt as a weapon to assimilate poor countries worldwide.



In country after country throughout the world, we promised too much economic growth, and overbuilt their infrastructure, knowingly putting them into debt that their economies couldn't service. This eventually destroyed their middle class, throwing most of the population into permanent poverty, and putting a hyper-elite into permanent power. This gives us immense leverage over these countries; in exchange for some debt relief, we can get amazing rates on new resource deals. Further, we can also get them to do nearly anything we want, including voting the way we wish in the U.N.



When you look at resource-rich countries all over the world, if the US has been deeply involved there, it's very rare for the population to be doing at all well. There will almost always be a hyper-wealthy, corrupt elite, and a huge population of, essentially, chattel.



The Saudis, being so much richer than the other resource countries, couldn't be put into debt the same way, but we nonetheless arranged things so that a very few people had direct control over the immense oil revenues, and the typical corruption and nepotism took over there as it has almost everywhere else.



This is part of why I'm so terrified of what's happening with the national budget in this country; I believe that the same primary weapon (lack of understanding of the toxicity of long-term government debt) is being turned by the same corporations that benefited in the third world against the American people that birthed them.



Read Tales of an Economic Hitman, and do your own research. I think you'll find it holds up exceedingly well.
posted by Malor at 9:19 AM on March 1 [37 favorites]

There's plenty of blame to go around! I have been a "quit your job!" evangelist. I have hustled entrepreneurism in magazines; we even run a quit yer job column right here (and there's a good interview coming later today!). I have a great rationale for this position: it is that working conditions have turned to a state of serious suck over the last decade and many employers have demonstrated that they don't give a flying fig about workers, and the only way to even consider retirement in the future is either on your own dime or on the streets.

So yes, do it! And but also… The air in this bubble isn't being recycled very well. The biosphere is a little stinky! No offense to a smart little idea, but LaunchRock is what did me in, and now the NYC Startup Bus is driving over my soul on its way to SXSW.

LaunchRock is a startup that services startups with a jazzy signup-for-beta-invite page and… no, wait, that's it! LaunchRock is incredibly useful, in that you can keep track of all the startups that are about to startup! Like Elephant. What could it be? WHO KNOWS, let's sign up. I hope it's for dream journalling! Social networked dream journalling, man, I would almost pay money for that.

And if you're not glued to the live updates from the Startup Bus that is on its way to Austin, you are missing out. They are starting startups on the startup bus! It's been a tough morning, clearly:

8:57 a.m. — Buspreneurs are pitching their startup ideas, and other buspreneurs are trying to shoot them down. "The whole bar trivia thing isn't really monetized yet."

You know what I wish someone would start-up for me? A widget that would autorefresh that page in a window every 10 minutes so that I don't miss a single absurd word.

There's still good news about the bubble. Like, all my friends are going to get insane money to run their companies. Let's hope some of them show a return! There's going to be nothing sadder than a bunch of 34-year-olds that have given up and been worn down, wearing their kryptonite neck-irons of expansive bubble burn-rate in the isolation of their grey office cubicles.

Let's hope they remember the fun of the crazy times! We're living in a world where venture capitalists have the time to write blog posts about how to write email subject lines that will get them to open your email due to them not having any time.

Even the most zealous haven't forgotten that something killed the dinosaurs, is what the people who are down on this fun little segment of upturn say. Terrorism, swine flu 2.0, war, a derivatives market disaster, the elimination of government-run services, President Palin, something something China, all the palladium gets mined, Google gets MySpaced—who can tell in advance? The fun thing about our modern age is that the meteor is always already about to hit the roof of the bubble, it's just not identifiable until afterwards (hello, Nevada's housing market!), when we're picking up the pieces and working at Walgreen's.

Or you know what else might happen? Nothing! People might just keep making money in one company out of eight or whatever, and everything just shuffles along. The free market, baby.

All that being said, I bet if you wanted to put a little money into a smart and successful editorial company, drop me an email, I bet we could work something out. Couldn't we? While the incubators and angels are awesome—low-cost, high-adventure quotient, great schemes—the real future of startups isn't investment money. It's very little money, because the person with the big checkbook actually almost always turns out to be your boss.

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The majority of roofers provide free consultation services. This is particularly important, since it gives them a chance to evaluate exactly what your homes roof requirements, and it gives you a chance to evaluate them. As with all of companies, trust your instincts about the individuals you allow upward on your roofing. No matter exactly how great a contractor's reputation or suggestion, he or she ought to start by presenting a person having a business greeting card. If the contractor arrives looking and talking in an less than professional manner, chances are that the job he's going to perform will also be unprofessional. This isn't to express that you should anticipate companies to reach in fits. They is going to be hiking in your roofing, so most will be dressed in jeans and function boots or even sneakers. If the service provider appears to be more interested in speaking upon their cell phone during your roof compared to he is in analyzing your roof's requirements, which may be an additional sign that he is not really the main one to do the job. For your lawful protection, make sure that the actual contractor offers sufficient legal responsibility insurance.

Roof Evaluation

Expect the contractor is going to be going up in your roofing. In fact, any kind of service provider who does not want to increase in your roofing to evaluate the problem should be immediately discounted. Those who're seriously interested in their work may either make a sketching of your roof's surface area as well as mark trouble spots onto it because they go through their assessment, or they will consider pictures or even video clip from the surface while they are available online for. This is a very essential action, since it enables you to observe exactly what the troubles are as well as know how they will be set.

Estimation

The next step would be the created estimation. The service provider will take out his loan calculator and come up with an itemized estimate. Some contractors will go out to their truck or van and write up the suggestion, while others will crisis the numbers to do the job prior to you. Once you are given the suggestion, make sure that you comprehend exactly which items will be utilized, how long the job will require and if you will find any extra or hidden expenses that may occur during the restore from the roof. The service provider should be able to answer many of these questions effortlessly as well as forewarn a person of any extra costs that could be sustained should the roof's integrity end up being broken inside.

Once you have received a few written estimates from roofing companies, evaluate exactly what each company or contractor would like to offer you for that price. Do not necessarily discount the highest bet, because occasionally the highest bid will actually be the contractor who does the job correctly. Also, be skeptical of prices for bids that are not nearly as expensive other people. They may be utilizing inferior items or be untruthful about the chance of hidden costs. Above all, believe in intuition and go with the service provider that makes you feel most comfortable regarding giving more than your money.

 

Seven Uyghurs Sentenced to Death

2011-03-23

Critics of the sentences say China has politicized the robberies as acts of terrorism.

 

AFP

A Uyghur man walks past armed Chinese security forces in Urumqi, July 17, 2009.

Chinese authorities in the northwestern region of Xinjiang have ordered the executions of seven ethnic minority Uyghur men convicted of "violent" crimes, official media said on Wednesday.

 

The death sentences were handed down by the Supreme People's Court in recent days, according to state media in the regional capital, Urumqi.

 

The men were accused in connection with three separate attacks late last year in the Silk Road city of Kashgar, according to the news website Urumqi Online.

 

According to another website, the Xinjiang-based Tianshan news site, Aimaiti Tuheti, Yiming Dawuti, and unnamed "others" killed a security guard at a pedestrian mall as part of a failed Aug. 7 robbery attempt.

 

In a separate incident on Oct. 12, it said, Nuermaimaiti Aobulikasimu and 11 others broke into a house, bound and killed the couple living in it, and took their possessions.

 

It said the group also broke into the homes of two brothers, robbed them, and killed six people in a Nov. 11 attack in Kashgar.

 

The report gave no information about the victims or the schedule for the executions.

 

Three of the men were sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve, a sentence that is normally commuted to life imprisonment in China's judicial system.

 

They were convicted of deliberate homicide and armed robbery by the Kashgar Intermediate People's Court in the first instance.

 

'Strike hard' campaign

 

A Han Chinese resident of Urumqi surnamed Yang said a reference to "terrorism" in official news reports on the case showed that it was being politicized by the authorities, who have launched a series of "strike hard" campaigns in Xinjiang following deadly ethnic violence in July 2009.

 

"There is an implied political meaning; that they were somehow engaged in separatist activities or ethnic divisions," said Yang.

 

Exile Uyghur groups said the trials had been conducted behind closed doors, with scant opportunity for public scrutiny.

 

"The entire process against these men, from the trial through to the judgment, was opaque," said Dilxat Raxit, spokesman for the Munich-based World Uyghur Congress.

 

"There was also very little reasonable evidence to convict them on a legal basis, because all the evidence came from one side of the case," he said.

 

"We strongly condemn the Chinese government for continuing to pursue their policies of ethnic division," said Raxit.

 

"We are also strongly opposed to the death penalty in this case."

 

Earlier cases

 

Last month, the Supreme Court sentenced four Uyghurs to death for alleged involvement in an Aug. 19 bomb attack in Xinjiang’s western Aksu city.

 

The World Uyghur Congress pointed to concerns over lack of transparency in those cases too.

 

The Aksu blast left eight people dead, including two of the bombers, and 15 wounded after a man riding a three-wheeled vehicle threw explosives at a group of uniformed patrolmen. Four Uyghurs were arrested shortly after the attack.

 

State media characterized the cases as acts of terrorism and unrelated to longstanding ethnic tensions between Uyghurs and Han Chinese in the region.

 

Exiled Uyghur dissident Rebiya Kadeer has warned that attacks like those in Aksu will continue to occur until Beijing addresses the underlying source of tension in the region.

 

Millions of Uyghurs—a distinct, Turkic minority who are predominantly Muslim—populate Central Asia and Xinjiang.

 

Uyghurs say they have long suffered ethnic discrimination, oppressive religious controls, and continued poverty and joblessness despite China's ambitious plans to develop its vast northwestern frontier.

 

Those frustrations erupted in July 2009 in deadly riots that left nearly 200 people dead, by the Chinese government's tally.

 

At least 26 people, mostly Uyghurs, were sentenced to death in the aftermath of the riots, many of whom have been executed, according to state media.

 

China is believed to execute more people each year than the rest of the world’s countries combined, although the government does not publish official figures.

 

Rights groups say Beijing may execute as many as several thousand prisoners annually.

 

Chinese authorities blame Uyghur separatists for a series of deadly attacks in recent years and accuse one group in particular of maintaining ties to the al-Qaeda terrorist network.

 

New training scheme

 

China on Wednesday also announced a training scheme which places ethnic minority graduates from Xinjiang in work elsewhere in China.

 

Governments of the destination cities will spend 450 million yuan (U.S.$ 69 million) for the program, while Xinjiang will spend 400 million yuan (U.S.$ 61 million), the official Xinhua news agency reported.

 

The program targets some 60,000 jobless college graduates in Xinjiang, around 80 percent of whom are from ethnic minorities, and 60 percent of whom are women.

 

However, some commentators see the move as an attempt to assimilate non-Han Chinese into mainstream Chinese culture.

 

"From the point of view of ethnic minorities, the graduate work scheme is really taking the cream of youth from the minorities and using them to 'further cultural development,'" wrote one ethnic minority user on a popular microblogging service.

 

"In fact, the culture that is being advanced is Han culture, and this group of young people will have been totally brainwashed," the microblog update said.

 

An Urumqi resident surnamed Li agreed.

 

"They have run senior high school schemes like this before during the past few years," he said.

 

"Whether it's high-schoolers or graduate training programs, these are measures that are aimed at thought control and brainwashing, and the 'Partification' of their education," he said.

 

Reported by Qiao Long for RFA's Mandarin service. Translated and written in English by Luisetta Mudie.

Copyright © 1998-2011 Radio Free Asia. All rights reserved.

 

Wikileaks and also the Uyghurs

through holly on Dec 20, 2010
Henryk Szadziewski, Manager, Uyghur Human Rights Project

Whether it had been ever in doubt, info obtained through the whistleblower web site, Wikileaks, offers confirmed Chinese language federal government fears over its continued control of the location this calls Xinjiang, which is also referred to as East Turkestan. The actual leaked wires from U.S. diplomats show the actual extent that Chinese authorities attempt to convince government authorities globally to consider its position on problems impacting Uyghurs. The actual cables also display the U . s . States' concerns as well as views concerning the ongoing repressive steps in the region.

The majority of lighting associated with Chinese government pressure are the wires directed in order to Chinese frustration, or the specter of Chinese language ire, over the discharge of Uyghur detainees within Guantánamo to 3rd nations. The Dec 29, 2008 cable relates how Chinese language Helper Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi met using the Ough.S. Ambassador in order to The far east to tone of voice Beijing's powerful opposition associated with release to any kind of country other than The far east, which if the Ough.Utes. do certainly accede to this request it might "avoid injury to bilateral relationships and to co-operation ‘in essential areas'". Furthermore, a Feb '09 cable television describes how the Chinese Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, Zhang Yannian, regarded as the actual feasible release of Uyghur Guantánamo detainees as "an unfriendly act toward us" along with a "slap within the face". The Ough.S. government stood company within not liberating the detainees to China demonstrates the degree of the politicized nature of the Chinese language judicial system. Legitimate concerns more than terrorism are easy to understand, but in the actual U.Utes. government's view the detainees might probably face do-it-yourself torture as well as delivery when they came back in order to China

Chinese federal government pressure in regard to the Uyghur Guantánamo detainees wasn't only applied to the actual Ough.Utes. federal government, but also in order to New Zealand and a number of Western government authorities that were considering resettlement. Albania, Indonesia and Finland, as well as Eu fellow member says all appear to have paid for the actual brunt of Chinese language government disappointment. In the case of Indonesia, that was initially prepared to consider two Uyghurs upon purely humanitarian grounds, Uyghur Guantánamo cases had been less preferable to additional detainees due to the negative effects taking Uyghurs would have upon relations along with The far east. A May 8, '09 cable applies exactly how "German Ambassador Michael Schaefer documented that Germany experienced knowledgeable China of the U.Utes. request to accept a few Uighur detainees kept from Guantánamo coupled with already been subsequently cautioned by China of ‘a large load on bilateral relations' if Indonesia were to accept any kind of detainees".

The actual diplomatic wires also discuss the actual unrest in Urumchi, the actual regional capital, in This summer '09. The July Thirteen, '09 cable discussing bulk incidents within China says:

"Ethnic riots such as those in Xinjiang This summer 5-7 as well as in Tibet in March of 08 vary markedly in origin and nature through mass incidents, XXXXXXXXXXXX emphasized in order to PolOff [Political Officer] on XXXXXXXXXXXX. Both existing severe trouble for the actual Party, XXXXXXXXXXXX stated, but the Celebration leadership would not hesitate to spread out fireplace upon Uighurs or Tibetans if they considered this essential to recover purchase. Mass incidents pose another type of threat, he said, since the management is actually ‘afraid' to fireplace on Han rioters for fear of sparking massive open public outrage that would change against the Party."

This is a chilling viewpoint, especially when 1 views the evidence presented in two reviews released this season by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) and Amnesty International that fine detail eyewitness company accounts from the use of lethal reside fire towards Uyghur protestors in This summer 2009. Additionally, the observation that fireplace would not be used against Han Chinese protestors has resonances for the various approach taken by Chinese security forces in Urumchi to Han Chinese language direct orders in September 2009. During those direct orders, then Party Assistant, Wang Lequan, addressed protesters, that had required that he let them know regarding government reactions in order to protection concerns. A similar ask for to satisfy with the Party Assistant by Uyghur demonstrators in This summer was not met.

The actual broader consequences of the unrest also noticed a short dialogue about the impact it might possess upon Iran-China relations, as well as on relations along with Sydney after World Uyghur Our elected representatives President, Ms. Rebiya Kadeer, spoke at the National Press Membership in Canberra in July '09. Within the latter case, the Chinese federal government "privately warn[ed] a major Aussie financial institution that vendors the National Push Club to use its influence to block the Kadeer speech there".

The actual United States' issues concerning the situation in the Uyghur region are available via in the cables. In a dialogue upon policy path in Tibet, Ough.S. authorities explain that it'll be impossible with regard to Chinese frontrunners to consider the much softer collection "if they appear like doing this under worldwide pressure". The actual cable dated April Sixteen, 2008, 30 days following the episode associated with unrest within Tibetan regions, additionally relayed the actual declaration "that domestic balance remains the leadership's main concern above all else, which means there will ‘almost surely' end up being absolutely no relaxation from the current hard line on Tibet or in places like Xinjiang." The information included in the cable also storage sheds gentle on the severe level of sensitivity with which china government views territorial ethics, and the possible drip more than associated with unrest from Tibet.

The chance of solutions to tensions within Tibet and Xinjiang arising from municipal culture are discussed in a Feb 24, 08 cable. Whilst suggesting that China's economic achievement increases its potential to deal with democratic reform, the cable television also talks about how Chinese leaders see the effectiveness associated with "a limited expansion of municipal society, such as enhancements within the rule associated with law and a more powerful part for authorized beliefs, NGOs, charities along with other actors within places that contribute to social balance and do not problem Communist Party rule." This is a notable change in thinking, which has seen Ough.Utes. authorities market the idea which Chinese language economic improvement, as well as economic relationships along with The far east brings in regards to a steadily democratic society; however, much more faith seems to be placed in the grassroots movement compared to one which starts in the top levels of the Chinese language federal government. Nevertheless, the actual cable television proves which "[i]n places for example Tibet and Xinjiang, the fear associated with separatism results in tighter restrictions about the development of municipal society." This approach can be regarded as counter-productive by the recognized, who suggests that the U.Utes. federal government "should continue to express...serious issues more than Beijing's human rights record and attract China's developing consciousness which greater regard with regard to individual rights, religious freedom and the rule associated with regulation will serve to promote the improvement as well as social balance which The far east looks for in addition to to enhance China's worldwide picture." Such a technique might take considerable diplomatic abilities considering "China's paranoid fear that the Usa privately encourages routine change as well as ‘separatists' within Taiwan, Tibet as well as Xinjiang".

The wires provide insight into the actual every day business associated with diplomacy that's rarely afforded to the general public, which is fascinating to notice the amount of function carried out behind closed doors on Uyghur problems. The significance of the role of the us like a monitor associated with Uyghur individual privileges conditions in private conversations is created obvious, as well as contrasts with its sensible public position. The staff from the Uyghur Individual Privileges Project is actually comfortable with the pressure china federal government exerts on Uyghur activists; nevertheless, the facts of Chinese language government stress upon its alternatives is illustrative of the diploma which Chinese language officials attempt to suppress contradictory stories. With more revelations in the future through Wikileaks, concerns over Uyghurs might not get the headlines, but the wires have shed brand new gentle about the paperwork associated with individual rights problems in the Uyghur region.

 

Seo And Article Marketing Will Place You On The 1st Page

Search engine optimization and article promotion are two of the most powerful strategies that you can use to promote your website and get the revenue and success that you desire for your online business. Both of these stuff has been around to get a really while already but they still still be really effective. In reality, these have helped many people free themselves from the traditional ways of money-generating options of society.

In the following paragraphs, I will be showing the ways on what you can properly execute search engine optimization and article marketing for the betterment of your business website. Furthermore, I will be also discussing the various points you need to consider when you're using these two online marketing strategies to promote your website and acquire customers. Even though article marketing and Search engine marketing have been established for a long time already, you need to know that the trends and preferences as to how they are performed are continually changing, and that's why you have to remain up to date with these things through the help of Search engine optimization forum sites so that you can quickly adjust and discover ways to make your strategies far better.

In the past submitting articles to various websites was once so simple yet the effects they produce for web-sites was really powerful. However, things have changed a whole lot today. Nowadays submitting the identical article to various websites has stopped being a good suggestion because search engines have now changed to a huge extent in the manner they rank pages. They no longer rank contents that are identical like they accustomed to in the past. This really is one of the best samples of changes that happens to web marketing trends. This change has given birth to wide plethora of methods that internet marketers are using today. Nearly all of internet marketers now produce articles and publish them in really popular article directory sites and wait for targeted traffic arrive at their pages. Be thought of as that most reliable Seo strategy that you can use. Aside from being effective, this also provides favorable benefits frequently. The only issue with this technique is how the caliber of traffic you will get using this defintely won't be so good if you do not do proper market and keyword research beforehand and rehearse in-links. You first need for attending these two things before you decide to submit your posts so that you won't end up losing considerable amounts of targeted traffic. Which means that you have to practice good amounts of diligence if you'd like your advertising initiatives to function.

Apart from articles, you can even use blogs, which is another really powerful type of online marketing strategy today since it is highly favored by search engines. Within this technique, you can choose to create a single web log that specifically targets your best market or you can contribute to other weblogs which can be called experts within your niche.

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Roofing Contractors Vancouver BC

There are numerous things to take into consideration when looking for a roofing contractor. Price tag, experience, along with referrals are a handful of the things you'll likely be concerned about. Continue reading for even more ideas.

• Finding a Roofers

Before looking for a roofing contractor, be sure you have a common idea of the task that you need to have inked. By no means do you have to be a professional. If you have the Roof Certificate, read it extensively to find the information about your active roof. Unless you have a Roof Certificate, talk about documents signed during concluding to locate your homes roof Inspection sheet. These paperwork should give you everything you need to find out about your roof. Prior to contacting a new roofing contractor, you have to have a list of needs and features to help you decide exactly who is acceptable for your roofer project. Make sure you write down each potential roofer contractor's answers along with check these people against the other. If you will find any differences, be sure to be aware this along with take this into consideration when generating a final choice. There are no surefire ways to select a roofing contractor, but when you take heed to the data provided, your odds of a successful covering project are generally greatly enhanced.

One of the best strategies to finding a roofers is by person to person. Try asking a friend or relative who's had covering work performed, and ended up being satisfied with the work. Get the name of the enterprise and their own contact info. If you have not sure of oral cavity referrals, attempt first seeking in the phone book and online. A large advertising or elegant website isn't necessarily indication of the top quality of work, but tend to be a very good tool for measuring how long and devotion they have used in their individual profession. In addition, try locating current worksites and appear at the roofer work that may be done or in the process of becoming finished. Should you be visually impressed, ask the exact property manager for that name in the roofing contractor and their contact information.

• Background Research

When looking for any roofing contractors, it can be imperative to 1st do your own background research. While looking in the yellow pages or on the Internet is a suitable destination for a find a contractor, finding important information on these types of businesses is going to be found in a number of other areas. Very first, check with locations like the Bbb, city, express, and county public records, along with local accreditation agencies. Request your roofing contractor if they are a member of any roofer associations. These precautions will certainly mitigate your risks. Furthermore ask them what kinds of roofing they specialize in. Also ask your own roofing contractor concerning any warranties they offer on the installed homes. Find out what measures they choose to use avoid injury done to the rest of the home by workers. Products such as gutters, siding, and fireplaces are close in proximity and thus susceptible to random damages.

Make certain all of this info is included in your published contract. Determine whether you need a roofer permit and/or choice from your house owners association before hand. These agencies will let you know that is responsible for acquiring these makes it possible for and permissions. If it is the obligation of the roofer, also have the idea included inside your contract. Whether it is your accountability, get stated permits and permissions collated while using estimated covering project and still have it plainly posted as well as readily available.

• Certification and Recommendations

Roofing Companies are not required to be accredited in all says. Contact neighborhood licensing organizations that control general design contractors for a list of demands. Once you have obtained the requirements, create a list of comprehensive questions to ask your own potential roofing contractor. This simple listing should right away help you to weed out the qualified from the untrained roofing companies. Qualified companies should be able to easily answer questions or perhaps tell you that they must do even more research prior to giving any definitive reply.

Even if the roofing contractor provides all necessary licensing, you ought to ask to view pictures regarding completed roof covering jobs and speak to pleased clients. Have a list of concerns handy to ask recent clientele, such as the character of the work, timeliness, and overall satisfaction. Be sure these are recent clients as well as cross research if possible. When it comes to commercial covering, make sure that the roofing contractor is actually bonded. Looking at these references is another extra measure of protection to restrict the list involving potential roof covering contractors.

Seo Through Article Writing

Content creation may be an extremely powerful type of Seo on your company website. Quality written articles are able to enhance your websites SERP and add quality in your company website. Writing informative keyword rich articles is essential in gaining new backlinks to your business website. Articles can and really should be written on topics which might be unique for a business or industry. The articles can discuss a multitude of issues and ideas within your industry. Articles that offer the reader which has a resource will always be just about the most popular and a lot likely types of articles that can lead to backlinks aimed at your web.

Focus your posts on the potential readers or customers. Search engine optimization articles should address real questions which can be asked by current or best buyers. Each article you write to suit your needs company will include detailed analysis and Seo keywords that can help associate your web site while using content present in your website. Focus your articles on around 3 keywords and do not stray at their store. Consistency is vital when writing Search engine optimization articles. In case you are covering Vancouver Seo be sure your carry on and reveal information strongly related the keyword.

Give each one of your Seo Articles an engaging Title that may persuade folks to see and bookmark your articles. Ideally, the articles you're posting find yourself as links from other websites that are much like yours. This can help increase the power of each link and definately will assist your SERP. Ensure that you end each article using a keyword anchored link (see Easy Business Seo). This link will enhance your rankings on the internet as well as other major search engines like google for that keyword connected to the link. Submit the articles with a submitted article directory and Voila! Before you know it, your website might be about the first page of Google.

Many thanks for reading. Can't wait to see your Search engine optimization articles!

Vancouver Seo Company Aims For Google Places With Total Success

When people type in looking term hunting for a business inside their local area, they'll find that Google places and Google maps is showing listings of local businesses. It is very eminent for them to be optimized and from this first page when they desire to generate business. Vancouver SEO companies should be educated in this region for their clients.

There will be a great deal of new Vancouver SEO companies setting up, simply because the importance is there. Finding a search engine optimization firm which has the client's best interest at heart could be tedious. How many keywords can they optimize for? What are keywords and also the corresponding search volume? Do they know how to optimize for Google places? And so on. Search engine optimisation may be the business of landing towards the top and Maxim Edge you can get there.

"My wife i started our Vancouver Seo agency by accident. We have learned through the school of hard knocks and learning from mistakes how to utilize the web to advertise any business. We began using the website, then the competition, after which of course building quality back-links to push an internet site up in the rankings. It isn't really pushing a control button and watching what are the results type of business. It will require a lot of effort, plenty of research and lots of commitment. We work tirelessly for our clients and we are very pleased with a high retention rate." Randy Neale says.

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The Uyghurs from East Turkistan

In the center of the desert landscapes of Taklamakan, in the north-western part of China, the land of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is a least populated land whereas it covers near to a sixth from the country's territory. Getting resisted while in generations the chinese control, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, or Old Eastern Turkistan, fell under the Chinese Han domination in 1949. From then, its population is generally Uyghur People and Turkish - speaking System.

Islamic primarily, the Uyghur people have a solid religious identification which, in particular, allowed them to protect a solid big difference towards the Chinese invader. In fact, the Uyghur Empire of Mongolia knew a amazing civilization, until its absorption by the Mongolian Empire in the XIIIth century.

During their historical past, the Uyghur People successively adopted Shamanism, Manicheism, Buddhism and the Nestorianism before finally changing to Islam when the Arab conquerors beat the Chinese in year 751 BC., as a result opening the way to the Islamization of the entire Central Asia.

Under the effect of the beliefs which they adopted, Uyghur People used successively, and sometimes in a competing way, a great number of written forms (turco-runic, brahmi, tokharien, soghdien) before developing their own unique graphic system.

The entrance of Islam was a great change because it was supported by the assimilation of the Uyghur areas in the immense Turkic and Islamic Empire. Thus, the descendants of Genghis Khan progressively replaced their writing by a Arabo-Persan alphabet, still used at present.

If their writing, their own language and their religion mark a real big difference with the culture of Chinese Han, Uyghur People also are different from their aspect, so characteristic of Central Asia's people. A shiny skin, eyes representing a whole pallet of colors, from black to deep blue, features going out to the Mongolian, Turkish or Uzbek roots of these men and these women.

For a few years, China has integrated the proper identity of these remote people, although they represent only 9 million population - a trifle for this specific big land. Therefore, the Uyghurs are now part of the fifty six racial minority groups having been known in an official way by China.

This statute will allow them a few rights in a country exactly where their big difference is very often repressed. Thus, Uyghur people escape the "single child policy" and their language is known as the second official language in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

The integration of the Uyghurs and their culture in China, however, appears really illusory. The presence of all-natural sources in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, and its closeness with countries known as sensitive, clearly motivated the government to increase the sinicization of this area. Million of Han thus came to settle in this new Chinese eldorado, monopolizing the higher responsibility jobs.

In reaction to this true will to assimilate the Uyghurs into the Chinese culture, an independent party like East Turkistan Islamic Movement(ETIM) was born in the early 1990.

Saying more freedom, but especially the recognition of their true identity, this movement was severely repressed by the power authorities in area Xinjiang.

The events of September 11, 2001, were the perfect occasion for the Chinese government to justify true reprisals: they declared the "Uyghur freedom fighters" as dangerous terrorists linked to Al Quaida because of their Muslim origins and their proximity with Pakistan and Afghanistan... However, the terrible repression which followed did not calm down the anger. The Uyghurs population continues today to proudly continue to keep their identification and their traditions , even though they become a minority on their own land.

To get more detailed information and facts about the Uyghurs, you can visit a Uyghur website called Uyghur News at http://www.uyghurnews.com

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personal finance budgeting

This post is from staff writer April Dykman.

As many of you know, before I was a GRS staff writer, I was a GRS reader and active commenter. I’d say the bulk of my early personal-finance education came from this website, and it’s most definitely the resource I credit for spurring me to get serious about paying off debt and saving money.

So last year when J.D. started talking about falling off the tracking-every-penny wagon, I winced. I haven’t been tracking my spending, either. Ever since our income went up last year, I’ve been satisfied that we’re saving enough — more than 55% of our income. We have no debt, we have targeted accounts for irregular expenses, and we pay our credit card bill in full every month. We’re definitely doing well, but the more J.D. wrote about getting back to basics, the more I started to think that my reasoning was just a cop-out. He’s always a few steps ahead of me, it seems!

Tracking for peace of mind

Like J.D., I don’t like the “financial black box” of not knowing where our money is going. Did we spend more on groceries than usual this month? Approximately how much are we spending on gas? I have no idea!

I don’t need to account for every penny, but I’d like a general idea of how we’re doing. It’s too easy to dismiss expenses because we’re doing relatively well with our savings, or because we forgo a lot of extras like cable TV and eating out regularly.

Also, it’s less fun to spend money when I don’t track it. I believe that money is a tool, and that some of it should be saved for the future and some of it should be enjoyed now. But when I’m not exactly sure how much “fun money” we’ve been spending, it’s harder to enjoy spending it. Last week, for example, I made a couple of purchases and felt a little buyer’s remorse, but only because I worried that I was forgetting about other expenses. If I knew we’d allotted, say, $200 to freely spend, and I was within that limit, I wouldn’t have given the purchase a second thought. I could have just enjoyed it.

Past tracking attempts

I’ve tried more than once to stay on the money-tracking bandwagon. I tried Quicken, but it did so much more than I needed it to do and categorizing each expense and reconciling accounts got tedious (maybe the newer versions are more user-friendly?).

I tried Mint, but some accounts wouldn’t update, and there were major glitches that threw off my numbers in a big way. For example, my “personal items” category, which is under $50 each month, mysteriously showed more than $400, but when I tried to view the itemized expenses, the system would time out. When I added it up by hand, it was nowhere near $400. I contacted customer service, but after weeks of waiting, there was no fix and no help, so I quit using Mint. I tried again several months later, but one of my accounts updated so rarely that, again, it wasn’t worthwhile.

I feel like I’ve spent far too much time downloading, uploading, troubleshooting, and e-mailing customer service reps. Tracking my money does not need to be this complicated (though I thought using technology would simplify the process). No wonder I keep dropping the habit — it’s been tedious and time-consuming!

Keeping it simple

Starting February 1st, I decided I’d track my expenses again, but this time, I’m keeping it simple. No software, no web, no syncing — just a small notebook tucked in my bag. In it, I have a page dedicated to each spending category (groceries, gas, bills, etc.) and on each page I record the following information about each purchase:

• Date


• What I bought


• Cash, check, debit card, or credit card


• Running total for the month

I plan to keep the spending categories broad, since all I’m after is a general idea of where our money is going, and since a complicated system doesn’t seem to work for me in the long-term. I think that’s the key: Experiment until you find a system that works for you. That’s the only way you’ll stick to it. I quit when I got tired of uploads and downloads or when I encountered a glitch. But finding the right system takes trial and error, and I gave up too soon on something as important as tracking my spending.

I’m feeling good about the new plan, and I’ll report back after trying it out for awhile. Until then, what different methods have you used to track your expenses? What systems did you drop, which have you maintained, and why? And, more to the point, do you have any tips for low-tech expense tracking like I’ve been trying to do?

This post is from staff writer April Dykman.

As many of you know, before I was a GRS staff writer, I was a GRS reader and active commenter. I’d say the bulk of my early personal-finance education came from this website, and it’s most definitely the resource I credit for spurring me to get serious about paying off debt and saving money.

So last year when J.D. started talking about falling off the tracking-every-penny wagon, I winced. I haven’t been tracking my spending, either. Ever since our income went up last year, I’ve been satisfied that we’re saving enough — more than 55% of our income. We have no debt, we have targeted accounts for irregular expenses, and we pay our credit card bill in full every month. We’re definitely doing well, but the more J.D. wrote about getting back to basics, the more I started to think that my reasoning was just a cop-out. He’s always a few steps ahead of me, it seems!

Tracking for peace of mind

Like J.D., I don’t like the “financial black box” of not knowing where our money is going. Did we spend more on groceries than usual this month? Approximately how much are we spending on gas? I have no idea!

I don’t need to account for every penny, but I’d like a general idea of how we’re doing. It’s too easy to dismiss expenses because we’re doing relatively well with our savings, or because we forgo a lot of extras like cable TV and eating out regularly.

Also, it’s less fun to spend money when I don’t track it. I believe that money is a tool, and that some of it should be saved for the future and some of it should be enjoyed now. But when I’m not exactly sure how much “fun money” we’ve been spending, it’s harder to enjoy spending it. Last week, for example, I made a couple of purchases and felt a little buyer’s remorse, but only because I worried that I was forgetting about other expenses. If I knew we’d allotted, say, $200 to freely spend, and I was within that limit, I wouldn’t have given the purchase a second thought. I could have just enjoyed it.

Past tracking attempts

I’ve tried more than once to stay on the money-tracking bandwagon. I tried Quicken, but it did so much more than I needed it to do and categorizing each expense and reconciling accounts got tedious (maybe the newer versions are more user-friendly?).

I tried Mint, but some accounts wouldn’t update, and there were major glitches that threw off my numbers in a big way. For example, my “personal items” category, which is under $50 each month, mysteriously showed more than $400, but when I tried to view the itemized expenses, the system would time out. When I added it up by hand, it was nowhere near $400. I contacted customer service, but after weeks of waiting, there was no fix and no help, so I quit using Mint. I tried again several months later, but one of my accounts updated so rarely that, again, it wasn’t worthwhile.

I feel like I’ve spent far too much time downloading, uploading, troubleshooting, and e-mailing customer service reps. Tracking my money does not need to be this complicated (though I thought using technology would simplify the process). No wonder I keep dropping the habit — it’s been tedious and time-consuming!

Keeping it simple

Starting February 1st, I decided I’d track my expenses again, but this time, I’m keeping it simple. No software, no web, no syncing — just a small notebook tucked in my bag. In it, I have a page dedicated to each spending category (groceries, gas, bills, etc.) and on each page I record the following information about each purchase:

• Date


• What I bought


• Cash, check, debit card, or credit card


• Running total for the month

I plan to keep the spending categories broad, since all I’m after is a general idea of where our money is going, and since a complicated system doesn’t seem to work for me in the long-term. I think that’s the key: Experiment until you find a system that works for you. That’s the only way you’ll stick to it. I quit when I got tired of uploads and downloads or when I encountered a glitch. But finding the right system takes trial and error, and I gave up too soon on something as important as tracking my spending.

I’m feeling good about the new plan, and I’ll report back after trying it out for awhile. Until then, what different methods have you used to track your expenses? What systems did you drop, which have you maintained, and why? And, more to the point, do you have any tips for low-tech expense tracking like I’ve been trying to do?

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