Doug is one of the founders of Visual Lizard Inc and is always striving to keep the wheels of production turning. Around the office he is the jack of all trades acting as a project manager, accountant, audio/video specialists, web developer and sales force. Once he was heard swearing that he would never use a cell phone but in reality there is one stapled to his hip wherever he goes now.
Creativity, originality and artistic freedom led Doug down a different path than the one his Bachelor of Applied Economics dictated. He was always involved with the arts scene and his passion for music is evident from the time he started playing guitar in bands and performing on stage. Working as a DJ in university, he was a staple on the nightlife scene in the city and has carried this talent over into other projects. He is still playing out in clubs, promoting shows and creating his own electronic music.
The travel bug has bitten pretty hard and Doug is determined to seek out exotic locations to spread the word about proper coding and web standards on the Internet. (At least that’s what he tells the people he works with.)
Recently a new lady has entered his life. A 5 year old Siberian Husky that he rescued from the human society named Sydney. She can be found at the office a couple days a week working in the collections department and chasing the other people around and begging them for tummy rubs.
I use Google all the time for searches. That is no surprise since 60% of Internet users go there for searches. My problem is that when I search for something, say for barbecues, instead of getting results for sites that might actually use I tend to get sites that are just referral pages for sponsored links.
It seems that people just make pages that have sponsored links on them to take me to pages with other peoples sponsored links. So I get no information about Barbecues, but I can sure link to a lot of them.
Now I understand that this is how some people think they will get rich. Russ Whitney(idiot) is one of those "get rich in real estate" snake oil salesman. He focuses on real estate but I remember him passing though town in the past saying you could get rich placing small "ads" on the Internet. If he is responsible for these annoying link sites I will be paying him a visit in the near future with a feather pillow and bucket of tar.
Now as a disclaimer I haven't attended any of his seminars and never met him so maybe I can't call him an idiot. However, con-men have been around since the dawn of time and here are some examples of feedback from his seminars.
Google ...feel free to stop these sites from appearing in my search results...whats that?...you make money on these sponsored Google links....my mistake! Continue clogging the Internet ( it's a series of Tubes Ya know! )