Cayuhoga Valley

Its been a while since I went anywhere significant, but I finally got back on the road and went to Cayuhoga Valley National park. Its not the most scenic of parks but does have some great waterfalls and hikes.

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Too many Urban Pokemon and no Rural Pokemon in Pokemon Go and other complaints

You've surely seen it by now and probably are already playing it. Its the biggest app ever in North America, it is:



Aside from the crappy servers which crash every 10 minutes, this game has a lot going for it and integrates wonderfully with the Google Maps system. However, there are a few major gripes I have with the game.

The first is that there are far too many Urban Pokemon and not (...)

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Moz, Majestic, Ahrefs and real SEO

SEO has been an elusive subject for webmasters for 15+ years now but no one has really figured out how exactly search engines(mainly Google) work. The modern era of SEO began with the penguin and panda updates. These updates hit many webmasters hard and many never fully recovered. These updates penalized many of the "blackhat" SEO tactics and forced many people who where just farming low-priority links like link farms to re-examine their strategy. Google has done further updates to kill the (...)

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Chequamegon National Forest

Over the long weekend, I went north up to Chequamgon National Forest for some nature and photography. It was pretty good. The lake during the day and the stars at night made it worth the while.
Day lake(great for musky fishing):


Stars Trails over Lake Namekagon at night:
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Galena

I finally got myself to Galena, a quiet scenic town in Northern Illinois, home of president Grant. It is a lovely little place with a great park and river running through it. It has an old down feel. Check out the streets of downtown:

 

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Best custom web design companies

I know many of you here looking for photos are also looking for web design companies as well. Design and good photography go hand in hand. If you looking for well established web design companies, you should take a look at a list of Best Custom Web Design Companies as rated and reviewed. Have a good look and perhaps you may find what you (...)

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Mississippi Palisades State Park

Took a trip to Mississippi Palisades State Park the other day as its one if the few scenic areas in the state of Illinois I've been wanting to see. You get great views of the river from the bluffs.

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Adding photos from other sources

Since I started this site more than three years ago, my focus has always been to provide people with the best photos possible from places all around the world. I have kept this site strictly to my own photos but now I realize that since I cannot be everywhere at once, I have to add photos from other sources if I want to have a full global album for designers and other webmasters to use. So starting now, I will start to add photos from other sources. Much of the content will still be my own (...)

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Horicon Marsh

Horicon Marsh is one of the best wildlife viewing places in Wisconsin. You will need a zoom lens to get good shots(or a really good optimal zoom point and click), to get a close shot. The sunset landscapes are, however, great.

 

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Anchour uses high-quality stock photos in branding

Anchour is a well known branding company that uses high quality stock photos in their design concepts and in creating Collateral. They have recently discovered this site and have found it useful for landscapes, plants, animals, and other photos. They feel that clients deserve the best photos in their projects and have found Good Free Photos a very valuable resource to them. Be sure to check them out if (...)

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