Too hot or too cold? Not knowing may cost you business

Thermostat

Comfortable room temperature is a personal opinion. However, if your place of business is not in the “comfort” range for the majority of your customers, you could actually be losing business.

Each one of us has our own thresholds for what we consider hot and cold. Something that is burning up to me may be freezing to you and vice versa. You can, however, at least accommodate the majority of the customers that visit your store or office.

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The truth about mercury in CFL’s

CFL

There has been a lot of debate surrounding the use of Compact Fluorescent Lights (CFL’s). The media have sensationalized the amounts of mercury that these energy-saving light fixtures contain and their toxic effects in the home and on families.

While it is true that mercury is a toxic element that can cause serious health problems, is there really any need to be alarmed?

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Professional Car Washing Tips: Part 2 - Your vehicle’s interior

Car Interior

One of the keys to successfully cleaning the interior of your car is knowing where to start and what to clean. This part of the cleaning process usually takes a little more time than the exterior, but once clean, it feels great!

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Professional Car Washing Tips: Part 1 - Your vehicle’s exterior

Hand Car Wash

Having a clean car can bring great satisfaction in your life. It not only gives a feeling of pride and accomplishment, but often boosts your self-esteem and even makes your car feel like it drives better.

Several years ago I owned a full-service car wash that specialized in interior, exterior, and car detailing. It was a great experience that taught me many lessons, and in the process of building this business I learned a great deal of information about car cleaning/washing.

After cleaning, washing, waxing, scrubbing and detailing thousands of cars, here are my car cleaning tips. This is a several article section on getting your car to feel as clean and new as you possibly can. We’ll start with the exterior.

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The impact of domain name length on website popularity

Domain Name Length Chart

Several questions arise when asked the question “Does domain name length have any impact on the popularity of a website?” This is a great speculative question that has many factors and variables that affect the traffic and popularity of a website. It could be branding, the ease of remembering a site, or a myriad of other reasons. However, there have to be some interesting trends that appear when looking at some of the most popular websites, right?

After posing this question, I decided to dig a little deeper and aggregated the domain name lengths from 97 of the most popular websites (according to Alexa’s list). I took the domain name of each site and broke down the domain name length so I could answer the question whether domain name length has an impact on a website’s popularity. Here are the results:

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