September 1st 2008 Big Ben Patton’s Place will be proud to present the official relaunch of its blog. To commemorate the fresh look of the site, and the new content which I plan to tackle I wanted to invite everyone to stop by and check out what I am doing here now. This blog has come a long way in the last six months. I have broken every goal set out for this blog since the start. I want everyone to be as excited as I am because not only are you getting the new Big Ben Patton’s Place, and more outstanding content but also Market Leverage has stepped up to the plate and will award one lucky reader of Big Ben Patton’s Place an ASUS Eee PC 2G Surf 7″ Notebook. This is a bloggers dream machine. For the highly mobile that do not wish to carry a full size laptop, or those without the space for a desktop.

Let’s talk about how you can win this awesome blogging device!

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This week I wrapped up most of the major changes to the site. I am sure that you are as excited as I am to see these all finished in just under a month of digging through this theme and checking everything at least three times I am done. For Now. Until someone finds something else. Moving along lol. I also managed to get out some pretty decent content.

I hope everyone is enjoying the new formatting that I am taking great lengths to incorporate into every post. I know you guys like the content because you keep coming back, but I have asked a small portion of my readers what about the content could I change or even in the delivery and by far most asked for me to either write shorter posts or start breaking it up and formatting it. I believe with my first attempt at doing this all the way to the end I had delivered the goods. While this adds a substantial amount of time to my daily posting habits I will try my hardest to keep this habit going to make your reading experience a positive one.

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Until very recently I thought I had a real 404 error page. The truth of the matter is I could not have been more wrong about the whole situation. Now let me tell you exactly what a 404 page is before your head explodes. The number 404 refers to an error when a page is not found on a web server. I am sure that all of us have encountered this at one point or another. By default you may have seen the Apache web server error for the 404 error which told you nothing other than this is not here. Not helpful by any stretch of the imagination. The other option more than likely was a default screen which IE or FF will display in these instances. Again not the least bit helpful. Now their is a more obscure page that may have displayed due to some themes actually incorporating it into their word press themes, and really all this does for you is displays the site devoid of the “content area” with the text 404 page not found. Equally as helpful to you the webmaster, or you the reader.

Let’s delve further into why this is an issue you need to contend with, and then let me show you how to fix it.

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This is a prime example of why you should avoid blackhat methods. I do not endorse nor will I ever endorse anyone or any site that has to cheat to get ahead. These guys are in for one heck of a ride, but judging by the lack of quality that has existed in the digital point forums since I became a member tells me it was only a matter of time. I sincerely feel for everyone not directly involved but a staff member or moderator. Hope your ready to hit court. Have fun!

Date Filed August 25, 2008
COMPLAINT & Demand for Jury Trial - [Summons Issued] against Brian Dunning, BrianDunning.com, Digital Point Solutions, Inc., Shawn Hogan, Kessler’s Flying Circus, Thunderwood Holdings, Inc. & Todd Dunning, [Filing Fee: $350.00, Receipt Number 34611022727] Filed by Plaintiff eBay Inc.. (tn, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/25/2008)

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