I just completed an SEO audit (an alalysis of the points that make a site search engine friendly) of a directory and sent the owner and her webmaster a list of 20 things that need to be done to make it more search engine friendly. I tried to cover both on-page and off-page SEO points. […]
Archive | April, 2009
Difference Between a Disease and a Psychiatric Disorder
This is a short entertaining video from CCHR about the difference between a Disease and a Psychiatric Disorder Love the “cha-ching” at the end. And how you can’t tell the psychiatrists from the drug company reps without looking closely. So the next time a psychiatrist tells you your kid needs a psych drug to handle […]
In memory of Baby Indiana – why we need to stop “The Mother’s Act”
This heartwrenching video about Baby Indiana, born with breathing problems caused by her mother taking the antidepressant Effexor during pregnancy, points people to the Unite For Life website. The video is a photo documentary of the problems leading to the death of this beautiful baby girl. The purpose of the insidiously named “Mother’s Act” is […]
Tax Day Tea Party “Flash Mob” – Coos Bay, Oregon
I don’t usually talk about politics or economics, except as they relate to psychiatric abuse, government funding of the field of psychiatry or big pharma. (Can you really tell those two apart these days?) But after hearing about it on twitter, I decided to attend the tax day “Tea Party” in Coos Bay, Oregon, on […]
The sunspot count keeps dropping; what’s that mean?
What does it mean that the sunspot count for the first three months of 2009 (when 87% of days were without ANY sunspots) is even lower than the average for last year (2008, when 73% of all days had no sunspots), which was the lowest year since 1913? See this article on sunspot activity. What […]
Free widget – make a button so people can easily follow you
Rafferty Pendery over at Social Follow has come up with a new FREE tool that lets you create a button so that others can easily follow you on your favorite social media sites, such as Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook (my three personal favorites). His free tool allows you to set up easily used “follow me” […]
FDA Demands Big Pharma Stop Misleading Ads on Google, Yahoo
Very interesting article on Advertising Age detailing letters sent to top drug makers telling them to stop ads on Google and Yahoo touting the benefits of their drugs, without also describing potential risks. How are they going to do that in the constraints of a Google Adwords ad? They aren’t. Reporter Marissa Miley says: “The […]
Antipsychotic drug prescriptions for children down 75% in Florida in one year
As this video compilation of newscasts in Florida shows, prescriptions for antipsychotic drugs for children are down 75% in Florida after a review process was put in place a year ago. In order for a psychiatrist to prescribe powerful and dangers anti-psychotic drugs to children, they must first get approval do so from a review […]
Teen Screen = More Psych Drugs Paid for with Tax Dollars
This is an interesting video from CCHR on Teen Screen, the insidious effort by the P$ych industry to get guaranteed funding for mandatory screening of all children from zero to 18, all pregnant mothers-to-be and all new mothers. My take on this is very easy to state: Don’t let this happen. When an industry as […]