Are you cheating yourself out of ActiveRain points each time you post?

Do you put your content in a channel and assign a topic when you post?  If not you are cheating yourself out of 25 points each time you post. 

That's 250 points a week...

We've had channels since late 2008... but not everyone uses them.  It's still marked NEW.

If you did not get 225 points on your first 10 posts in a week, you've cheated yourself out of ActiveRain points.

You are cheating yourself out of ActiveRain points AND Google juice...

If you have an Outside Blog if you are not using Channels and Topics you are cheating yourself out of Google juice.  If your Outside blog side bar looks like this:

If your Outside Blogs sidebar is just showing Blog Archives by month, you are missing out on lots of search engine traffic. 

You are not showing Google (and other search engines)  words like:

Home Buying, Home Improvement,  Home Selling, Mortgage / Finance, Moving, Real Estate Investing, Real Estate Market...

Nor are you sharing Topics.... words that would help search engines and the buyers using them find your content, geographic words, descriptive words.

The Channels and Topics become Categories on your Outside Blog.  That's what Google and search engines   read.

Don't use an Outside Blog so you are not worried?  The Channels and Topics are how Search Engines find your content on ActiveRain  too.   ActiveRain made a change in late 2008.  To show up in the search engines use Channels and Topics.

cheating yourself out of ActiveRain points AND Google juice...

New ActiveRain members don't miss this opportunity   - feature yourself on the front page of ActiveRain

ActiveRain Channels Matter

ActiveRain Channels

ActiveRain's ActiveRain Channel is ActiveRain's Junk Drawer  - the ActiveRain Channel is s professional Channel for talking to one another. The ActiveRain Channels is described by ActiveRain as

"The ActiveRain Channel is the channel for all things ActiveRain, including the use and tutorials for the site, announcements, reminders and deployment of the next big thing."  

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Connect with me, Maureen McCabe

 

RSS or email subscription to Central Ohio real estate market news:

Subscribe to Discover Columbus OH - Columbus and Central Ohio

Subscribe to Worthington Old and News - Worthington real estate

 

Searchable List of the Missing in Haiti - CNN, Red Cross and Google Person Finder

 

ICRC List of People confirmed Alive

USAID Aid From The American People - A complete help of all aid and field conditions updated daily.  This update from 1/23/10

Valuable list of Distribution Locations , Water, Food, Hospitals and all aid locations and updates.

 

US Embassy in Haiti

 

Logistics Cluster Report - Jan 31

 

OCHA Situation Report - Feb 1, 2010

 

OCHA Situation Report Mapped Out - Jan 31

HAITI - Relief Organization Presence Map (as of 29 Jan 2010)

 

USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO HAITI FOR THE EARTHQUAKE - Jan 30

US Aid Situation Report - January 28

 

UK Aid Situation Report - Jan 28

 

HHS Emergency Response in Haiti: Summary Report, Jan. 27

 

United States Government Haiti Earthquake Disaster Response Update

 

Find your representatives in Congress - just enter your address and obtain the contact information (including their e-mail addresses) for your two Senators and your US House Representative.

 

Tools and Resources for Post-Disaster Relief  - A most valuable Reference Guide from UNHCR with all useful and important information.

Haiti - Population Movements out of Port-au-Prince as of 24 January 2010

Relief Web - Latest Updates on Haiti - This has every piece of critical information

Port-au-Prince Road Damage Assessment Map - Road Damage Assessment Maps & other essential information

Port-au-Prince Temporary Shelter Locations

 

Make Donations Based on Needs - Feb 1

 

 

 

Medical:

A List of all Hospitals, their contact information and locations - this list is updated regularly.

 

A Basic List of Hospitals & Phone Numbers

 

A Map of Doctors Without Borders Hospitals

Map of IDF Field Hospital in Haiti

 

Hospitals and Field Mediacal Locations - Jan 26 Map

 

Haiti: Operational Biosurveillance

 

Doctors Without Borders MSF - an international medical humanitarian organization working in more than 60 countries to assist people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe.

 

Physicians For Human Rights - Partners in Health Volunteer Bulletin - Health workers & Logisticians needed right now.

 

Health Cluster Report of January31

 

The Pan Am and World Health Organization Daily Report

 

 

 

Communications:

 

Public release of Haitian Creole language data by Carnegie Mellon

 

Information for Radio Broadcast

 

Relief Web - Situation Reports from the ground in Haiti and everywhere else.

 

Haiti News Feed - All the latest News on Haiti from every source.  To enter your RSS Feeds into this Form.

 

Hope for Haiti Now - Twitter Dashboard rolling info on #Haiti

 

Updates from aid workers and journalists in Haiti

 

Live Broadcast and chat room with Pierre Côté

 

Project Epic - Standadizing Twitter to aid in a more expedient response

 

Haitian Creole app for the iPhone (free) - a wonderful tool for volunteers on the ground.

 

Gaia GPS For Haitian Disaster Relief - a Lifesaver for the volunteers on the ground (free)

 

Haiti Earthquake Support Center -The Extraordinaries has created this support page to harness the power of the crowd to help locate and identify missing persons with just a few minutes of your time.

 

 List of Twitter users currently involved in helping Haiti (all the local movers & shakers, relief workers, volunteers, news organizations, military, government and of course journalists and their producers).

Twitter grows up in the aftermath of Haiti earthquake - I certainly would not have been able to help without Twitter and neither could many others.  "Twitter 4 Haiti" has been a constant refrain on the microblogging site, with #Haiti in the top 10 trending topics since the quake.

Latest News on Twitter - We all know Twitter is up to the second...

White House Haiti Earthquake Disaster Response Update 1/21/10

 

Crisis Commons - A Clearinghouse of Information - How Can I Help? Check here for the answers.

Logistics Cluster Software @ Online Logistics Tools

 

 

Mapping/Communications:

 

Ushahidi.com , a GPS Emergency Locating system, has been invaluable after the quake, helping volunteers locate many of the calls for help.  With Port au Prince devastated by the earthquake, addresses have been useless.  By employing Twitter or by simply texting 4636, emergencies could be entered into the system and mapped out by a volunteer via the Internet.  Volunteers located all over the World have been able to help coordinate rescue operations on the ground in Haiti, saving many lives.  Volunteers like my Tweep, Rachelle Houde, who has worked tirelessly since shortly after the quake, deserve much praise. 

 

Disaster Response Portal - Situation Mapping, Organization Registry, Assistance Requests and Volunteer Information.

 

Open Street Map - Volunteers are building a basemap of Haiti, using satellite imagery, old maps from the CIA and military, and other sources.  Open Street Map Tutorial & Info.

 

Haiti Live - Help Map what's happening in Haiti

 

Google Satellite Maps of Haiti - the National Palace is shown here, but you can zoom in and out to view all areas around Port au Prince and beyond.

 

GeoEye - Geospatial Revolution Project - Remarkable Satellite Imagery

 

Haiti 360* - Interactive Videos taken on the streets of Haiti

 

 

 

Aid and Relief:

 

White House Haiti Relief Page - The official dictum and resources.

 

We Have / We Need - We Have We Need is a place where relief organizations can quickly post their most urgent needs and have them matched by generous donors during a time of crisis.

 

Haiti Volunteer Network - a platform for people who wish to donate services or goods to connect with relief and humanitarian agencies that are helping Haiti...

InterAction - a regularly updated list of agencies responding to the crisis and accepting donations.

 

All For Good - Find out what you can do to help in your neck of the woods.  From Haiti to local programs, this organization shows all altruistic activities available all over the World.  Just put in your zip code and connect with your cause.  "Be the difference you want to make in the World!" AllForGood.org

A List of Charitable Organizations active in Haiti

Snoops.com on Haiti - Debunks the rumors of free UPS shipments, free Jet Blue and American Airlines flights for volunteers.  Find out just how texting donations actually work.

 

Quick Review of current International Relief Efforts

 

Help Age International - Help for the Elderly in Emergency Situations

 

 

 

Adoptions of Haiti Orphans:

HumanitarianParole.com - known as "We Want Humanitarian Parole for Haitian Children Being Adopted!!", a Facebook Fan Page proving to be a wonderful resource for the prospective parents of these children.

 

Operation Pierre Pan - in an exercise dubbed Operation Pierre Pan, the Catholic Church in Miami is drawing up plans to rescue thousands of Haitian orphans, mirroring the Operation Pedro Pan airlift of 1960 in which 14,000 Cuban children were taken to the city.

Bethany Christian Services - To Start A Haiti Adoption Process

 

White House Adoption Update - Humanitarian Parole - Secretary Napolitano Announces Humanitarian Parole Policy for Certain Haitian Orphans.

 

Rainbow Kids - A Clearinghouse of Information for Haiti Adoptions.  List of Agencies Placing Children from Haiti.

Using the Family and Medical Leave Act for Adoption

 

*This List is updated several times per day with the latest information available.