I scream at websites... http://urlpirates.posterous.com Most recent posts at I scream at websites... posterous.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:02:58 -0800 My rage http://urlpirates.posterous.com/my-rage http://urlpirates.posterous.com/my-rage i will, umm if you give me lots of nerds, not indian developers who give you buggy websites….of course at least they treat you nice unlike ones in north america… i hate bugs.. they suck, almost as much as the spam you advertise us with.. all these genius who can’t figure out how to make ads better.. dumbasses stop sending us to crap sites and annoying the hell out of us.. we have come to expect crap from ads so we don’t click them.. and frankly google, microsoft their are better ways to make money… called $10 a month, better control your you seo.. without having to no code.. have it be a part of your business apps google… twitter.. have a bubble pop up over links which we pay for and it has the site description, let us target the description by social varaiables.. let us see where are youtube videos get talked about… you want an add interface.. twitter stream ads… to website adboxes…widgetbox.. I so hate bugs..

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/63607/igoogle.jpg http://posterous.com/people/15Ta09VwzeN Gebadia Smith Gebo Gebadia Smith Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:07:00 -0800 picapp.com is a bloggers dream.. http://urlpirates.posterous.com/picappcom-is-a-bloggers-wet-dream http://urlpirates.posterous.com/picappcom-is-a-bloggers-wet-dream

For people who live on the Internet like me their are weaknesses you run across.  Most you file away in some google doc, or email or notebook hoping one or two gems will be left for that moment when you meet some programmer willing to work for equity which never happens... Mostly though you hope some garage team of nerds will come together and simply make your life easier. 

Well www.picapp.com is one of those services which brings tears to your eyes because as a tuber, as a blogger you always have this inner fear that someone will see a pic you used in a video or a blog without copyright.. sue your pants off and you will end up alone in some cardboard box without even a dog to love you..  well those days are over because picapp gives you a big old database of pics for your blogs, and videos which you can use without being afraid of getting sued... The best thing about the site is you don't even have to leave your name.. can you imagine that.  No horrible sign up forms.. It makes you want to dance like ijustine in an apple store.. the only weakness for me is the search which doesn't always give you the photos you want until the 4th or 5th page but hey... it is like picking a QB in the NFL draft.. you look at Payton Manning long enough you will find a hole or two in his game..

Keep up the good work.. for a blog that loves to point out the flaws in the web picapp is 5 star gebalish...

They call me igebadia.. check out my youtube channel at http://youtube.com/urlpirates and me FB app.. http://cybersweetness.com  and as always remember take care of your penis.. get tested HIV can take up to 6 months to show up.. wrap it up...

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/63607/igoogle.jpg http://posterous.com/people/15Ta09VwzeN Gebadia Smith Gebo Gebadia Smith Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:34:18 -0800 wendys.ca and its silly website http://urlpirates.posterous.com/wendysca-and-its-silly-website http://urlpirates.posterous.com/wendysca-and-its-silly-website

I always email companies when I go to their website and don't like I see.  This is the email I sent to Wendys.ca

"Your website loads really slow.  For a simple info site flash is not needed.  You really need to focus more around social aspects.  Look at developing a feed from a facebook fanpage, a twitter and youtube channel.  Not to mention you don't have a favicon and when you consider how people use browsers with tabs this makes your site look unprofessional.  They call me igebadia... please make your website look better.  Right now it is making my web look bad."

the one thing I also noticed after I sent it is they have a form saying please contact me back.  It would be simple to build in FB  Connect making it easier for me to enter my info.  the real advantage of this would be they would be able to get a more complete picture of the demographic of user that actually goes to the site and online information is everything. 

They call me igebadia.. check out my youtube channel.. sub me only if I am interesting to you.. if I suck don't worry about it.. http://youtube.com/urlpirates  and if you feel like yelling at me please go check out my app http://cybersweetness.com and make fun of any bugs you find..

remember to give someone you love a hug.. life is so short..

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/63607/igoogle.jpg http://posterous.com/people/15Ta09VwzeN Gebadia Smith Gebo Gebadia Smith Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:08:39 -0800 Facebook app development company Facebookgenie.com http://urlpirates.posterous.com/facebook-app-development-company-facebookgeni http://urlpirates.posterous.com/facebook-app-development-company-facebookgeni I always like to take a look at what sites adsense brings me too....I was particularly intrigued by the site shown in the picture because of how they used the word facebook.  As you can see they used a captial B and likely a zero instead of the letter o.  This was likely done because if I remember correctly you are not allowed to use trademarks in google adsense.

Now what does this tell you right away.  Well if I am correct in that you can't use a trademark in google adsense that you do not own it suggest this company is trying to game the system and that bothers me. 

The second thing I notice is no favicon on the website.  You would be surprised how many development companies don't have favicons.  A simple 16x16 image that would take very little time to make.  Another company that does not think it matters is becausematters.com. 

This tells me those who make the sites do not pay attention to details and to me that is a big problem because in a tabbed browser set up it is the favicon that makes your page standout.  When I look up I notice the tabs with favicons far faster than those without and so I am more likely to click on the site with a favicon.  Plus the more tabs you have open the less you see the text.  A favicon simply makes it easier to see which tab is the site you want. 

The 3rd thing I notice is they talk about helping you build your brand in these different sites but don't have a facebook fanpage which is the easiest way to build a brand for free. 

This worries me because the first thing you should do as a company is get a facebook fanpage... does this company have no fans.. is that what they are saying..

The last thing that bothers me is it says live chat... but then says it is offline.. I mean make up your mind....

So would I use facebookgenie?  No... I want someone that pays attention to detail and has immersed themselves in this new social world.. like me...

they call me igebadia.. http://igebadia.com  or http://cybersweetness.com

want simple english answers to tech questions.. ask the guy who managed to direct the development of a fb app with no html or code knowledge...

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/63607/igoogle.jpg http://posterous.com/people/15Ta09VwzeN Gebadia Smith Gebo Gebadia Smith Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:02:31 -0800 Even big guys like Monster.com get things wrong http://urlpirates.posterous.com/even-big-guys-like-monstercom-get-things-wron http://urlpirates.posterous.com/even-big-guys-like-monstercom-get-things-wron

IT might be monster.ca... I am not a 100% sure and far too lzy to check again.  In the picture you will see how some big shot designer decided it would look cool to have a page layout like you see in the picture.  Normally this might fine except for the whole myspace I can't read the writing effect.  We have all gone on myspace and been like what is the point of trying to read this profile cause the person who made it decided it would bge cool to have a funky picture in the background making it next to impossible to read the text.  You expect this on myspace but what you don't expect this from is monster.ca ... have to be fair and use both.  See one of the most fundimental rules of web design is don't make words hard to read.  Pictures are nice but content is really why you go to most sites..

One more reason the web needs to hire me to help end the madness.. they call me igebadia.. http://youtube.com/urlpiates  or http://gebacards.com

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/63607/igoogle.jpg http://posterous.com/people/15Ta09VwzeN Gebadia Smith Gebo Gebadia Smith Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:56:33 -0800 Why are you trying to drive me insane Google? http://urlpirates.posterous.com/why-are-you-trying-to-drive-me-insane-google http://urlpirates.posterous.com/why-are-you-trying-to-drive-me-insane-google

I would give my right arm for one of those refresh buttons on those funky words you have to type correctly when you have to get an account with google... they call me igebadia.. http://youtube.com/urlpirates  http://cybersweetness.com 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/63607/igoogle.jpg http://posterous.com/people/15Ta09VwzeN Gebadia Smith Gebo Gebadia Smith Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:01:48 -0800 Itunes where exactly is that email for help address?? http://urlpirates.posterous.com/itunes-where-exactly-is-that-email-for-help-a http://urlpirates.posterous.com/itunes-where-exactly-is-that-email-for-help-a

I spend a ton of money on itunes.  Likely $300 a month if not more.  No not on music but on TV and movies.  What can I say, I hate commercials and would rather go broke paying for TV without them.  My problem is with this British TV show Sanctuary.  It is one of those science fiction shows with vampires, mermaids and other funky creatures.  I went to download the most recent episode.  I go to play it no sound.  So I go and pay another $2 to download it again.. no sound.. so feeling very frustrated I went to itunes website for support and could not find an email address to get help.  I did find a nice picture saying it was possible, but I could not find an email.  Not that it matters cause lets be honest most companies of Apples size never answer questions.  They don't have to cause what the hell am I going to do...

If you run a website or have a facebook fanpage please check out my app http://cybersweetness.com it is great for showing off your vanity urls, your social urls in your facebook fanpage.  They call me igebadia  subscribe to all my videos at http://youtube.com/urlpirates 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/63607/igoogle.jpg http://posterous.com/people/15Ta09VwzeN Gebadia Smith Gebo Gebadia Smith Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:30:14 -0800 Apple has some really annoying business habits.. http://urlpirates.posterous.com/apple-has-some-really-annoying-business-habit http://urlpirates.posterous.com/apple-has-some-really-annoying-business-habit Someday when I have more time or am really bored I will go through all the things wrong with itunes one of the clunkiest interfaces I have ever used in my life.  I mean seriously does apple have a problem with making scrollbars that are not imposssible to click and pull on.  Nope today I want to write about Apples Quick time player.  Nothing more I hate in this world than popups asking me to buy something in the programs I have.  I hated when jingproject.com did it and I hate it when quicktime, imovie and other apple products do it.  I am not stupid.  I know you are always updating your products and their are more advanced pay for services for almost every product.  Annoying me doesn't make me want to buy your products, in fact it makes me hate your products and everything about you.  See that is the thing these computer companies just don't get.  You can't bully or annoy us into buying your products.  With Twitter, facebook, youtube and blogs we the consumer can give you some wonderful bad press.  Sublte is better.  Do like google does with a what's new button on the top of the player which we can click.  Give us the ability to findout for ourselves and that way we are not annoyed. 

They call me igebadia at http://gebacards.com 

What annoys you online? 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/63607/igoogle.jpg http://posterous.com/people/15Ta09VwzeN Gebadia Smith Gebo Gebadia Smith Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:35:10 -0700 More gmail bugs http://urlpirates.posterous.com/more-gmail-bugs http://urlpirates.posterous.com/more-gmail-bugs

It is always fun to find bugs in your gmail... teasing me.. saying I have 11 emails when I have 9..who do I believe the tab or the inbox....???

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/63607/igoogle.jpg http://posterous.com/people/15Ta09VwzeN Gebadia Smith Gebo Gebadia Smith Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:21:53 -0700 Youtube features a video but doesn't allow you to watch it...nice http://urlpirates.posterous.com/youtube-features-a-video-but-doesnt-allow-you http://urlpirates.posterous.com/youtube-features-a-video-but-doesnt-allow-you

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/63607/igoogle.jpg http://posterous.com/people/15Ta09VwzeN Gebadia Smith Gebo Gebadia Smith Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:20:32 -0700 Edmonton Alberta http://urlpirates.posterous.com/edmonton-alberta http://urlpirates.posterous.com/edmonton-alberta First off you likely want to drop the fancy cover page and kill the flash on your website.  You would do better by create a feed out of your employees and allowing people to fan or follow that feed.  It would allow you to better monetize your website.  That however is not the reason I am emailing you.  In Edmonton Alberta one of your employees is being an ass to the lady at 7/11 on 142st 118 ave.  When he comes to 7/11 in the company truck he takes up all the parking spots.  Then tonight when he is off in his little toyota with his gf he comes in.  Starts reading a magazine and then the lady asks him to put it away and he says no and walks out.  Now he wasn't wearing Canterbury stuff upon this night but it really doesn't matter does it.  Cause I know he works for you.  Has long black hair past his shoulder and I believe a goatee and if I ever hear of him being rude to the lady at 7/11 I promise Canterbury will pay for it.  I will go after your company on youtube, facebook, twitter, yelp and blogs.  I will highlight every single flaw in your website and believe me that is not a well done website.  I will digg and stumble every single article.  I will even make a blog and SEO to show up everytime someone googles your company.  The reason I am doing this is because you don't fuck with the nice ladies who work nights and long hours to feed their families.  Life is hard enough without dealing with assholes and so I am looking to you to talk to who you have working in that area and make sure he is respectful of those ladies... they call igebadia...

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/63607/igoogle.jpg http://posterous.com/people/15Ta09VwzeN Gebadia Smith Gebo Gebadia Smith Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:48:03 -0700 Arggg http://urlpirates.posterous.com/arggg http://urlpirates.posterous.com/arggg they are demented.. mental... are you kidding me.. I have to blog about this email is going to be my mad rant about doing a video.. I am seeing a far more positive response from clients, meaning they are actually responding to my emails but no my archaic, mummified, cobwebs in the head bosses don't like video so if those who do are lazy... which blows my mind because personally I would rather have my peopel watch a short 5 minute video before they spend an hour talking to some long winded sales person who cannot say anything simple and has no understanding of people or concepts..

Here is the deal my friends.. when it comes to sales it does matter what the fuck you think.. all that matters is what your clients think and if you old.. and the people you use to sell to are retiring it is likely the people who replace them are not going to be those who understand what an FTP site is or want to read some long winded boring documentation or talk to some sales person who lies..lies...lies cause sales is all about the manipulation of the truth to suit ones goals...

ARGGGGGG.... http://cybersweetness.com  I built a facebook app so I could escape the excruiciating pain of working for the most archiac people in the world.. technology.. no... you know your an idiot if you say the internet cannot help me sell...

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/63607/igoogle.jpg http://posterous.com/people/15Ta09VwzeN Gebadia Smith Gebo Gebadia Smith Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:51:49 -0700 My name is Just a Game and I would rather have more ads on the radio than learn how to build a real website... http://urlpirates.posterous.com/my-name-is-just-a-game-and-i-would-rather-hav http://urlpirates.posterous.com/my-name-is-just-a-game-and-i-would-rather-hav This should be the title of http://www.justagame.ca/ website which is dirtying my web.  I love my web and when I come aross sites like this I want to scratch my eyes from my sockets.. see the problem with being a web geek in Canada is your are surrounded by the most clueless mofo's on the planet.. and I am not saying the host of the show JAson whatever is not a good guy... I think he rocks even though I think any man who posts a picture of himself with 2 girls is compisating for something... cause you know the gebadia wouldn't be able to post pictures of him with two girls on any website..muahahah...

See websites like this scream we are incompetitant fools who have no clue about web design.. the simple fact they do not have a favicon should tell you that.. the first thing that should come to your mind when you see a website where there is no favicon is idiots..The second thing that should come to mind is what do they have against using all that space on the left and right side?  Well again that is a sign of poor engineering... it is what I call a web corrset and don't expect me to try to spell that.. slim looks good on a girl but not on a website.. the next thing I notice is no social engagment.  How clueless does a radio station have to be to not engage its users social.. if you don't have a facebook fanpage.. if you don't have a twitter feed, if you don't have a posterous blog, if you don't have a youtube channel, if you don't have a ustream live feed, if you are not linking those sites to your facebook profile via cybersweetness.. had to give my self a plug you are what we call internet retarded...and everything CFRN puts out there in regards to the web is done by what we call internet retards.. and I will not stand for it...

You have gebasized just a game..

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/63607/igoogle.jpg http://posterous.com/people/15Ta09VwzeN Gebadia Smith Gebo Gebadia Smith Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:36:14 -0700 When contextual ads fail... http://urlpirates.posterous.com/when-contextual-ads-fail http://urlpirates.posterous.com/when-contextual-ads-fail

I can barely speak english let alone this stuff..

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/63607/igoogle.jpg http://posterous.com/people/15Ta09VwzeN Gebadia Smith Gebo Gebadia Smith Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:33:04 -0700 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKhqjLqY9bM http://urlpirates.posterous.com/httpwwwyoutubecomwatchvdkhqjlqy9bm http://urlpirates.posterous.com/httpwwwyoutubecomwatchvdkhqjlqy9bm

http://cybersweetness.com web CEO announces his intentions of becoming a billionaire, marrying ijustine and taking over the world.. who will stop him

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/63607/igoogle.jpg http://posterous.com/people/15Ta09VwzeN Gebadia Smith Gebo Gebadia Smith Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:13:10 -0700 fuck you boss...you can't sue me http://urlpirates.posterous.com/fuck-you-bossyou-cant-sue-me http://urlpirates.posterous.com/fuck-you-bossyou-cant-sue-me

http://cybersweetness.com I see the evil eye my boss gives me... he wants to sue me for IP theft...

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/63607/igoogle.jpg http://posterous.com/people/15Ta09VwzeN Gebadia Smith Gebo Gebadia Smith Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:11:49 -0700 I am a PC... until I use Vista and then I am insane.. http://urlpirates.posterous.com/i-am-a-pc-until-i-use-vista-and-then-i-am-ins http://urlpirates.posterous.com/i-am-a-pc-until-i-use-vista-and-then-i-am-ins

http://cybersweetness.com I use to be like you. Normal, well adjusted and then I bought a Vista PC and because insane. Spend the extra $500 on a Mac, your insanity is worth it..

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/63607/igoogle.jpg http://posterous.com/people/15Ta09VwzeN Gebadia Smith Gebo Gebadia Smith Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:10:51 -0700 I lost my blackberry but dexrex saved my ass http://urlpirates.posterous.com/i-lost-my-blackberry-but-dexrex-saved-my-ass http://urlpirates.posterous.com/i-lost-my-blackberry-but-dexrex-saved-my-ass

http://cybersweetness.com I got important hot girl statistical info in my IM, msn, ghat and blackberry SMS... and so it good dexrex archived that in a private database for me...

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/63607/igoogle.jpg http://posterous.com/people/15Ta09VwzeN Gebadia Smith Gebo Gebadia Smith Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:58:08 -0700 twitter rocks http://urlpirates.posterous.com/twitter-rocks-0 http://urlpirates.posterous.com/twitter-rocks-0

http://cybersweetness.com If blogs are the stories of the web, twitter is the poetry of the web

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/63607/igoogle.jpg http://posterous.com/people/15Ta09VwzeN Gebadia Smith Gebo Gebadia Smith Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:48:59 -0700 How Twitters drove me mad? http://urlpirates.posterous.com/how-twitters-drove-me-mad http://urlpirates.posterous.com/how-twitters-drove-me-mad

http://cybersweetness.com I started to use twitter and every second person I would follow would auotsend a message to my inbox saying thank you for following me check out my website...the first fe...

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/63607/igoogle.jpg http://posterous.com/people/15Ta09VwzeN Gebadia Smith Gebo Gebadia Smith