Sunday, January 17, 2016
Saturday, January 16, 2016
If Donald Trump Was President
The issue of Trump's four bankruptcies,
yet again, came up in conversation, and this time around, the real
estate developer not only argued that Chapter 11 is par for the course
in business but that it might also make him better equipped to handle
America's money problems. "I came out great, but I guess I'm supposed to
come out great. That's what I'm supposed to do for the country," he
said. "We owe $19 trillion. Boy, am I good at solving debt problems.
Nobody can solve it like me."
But perhaps Trump's biggest argument for his economic prowess came in his closing statement, when he emphasized just how artful a deal he can make. His evidence: forcing CNBC's hand on shortening the debate. "In about two minutes, I renegotiated it down to two hours so we can get the hell out of here," he said. "And I'll do that with the country."
Trump has been the election's most riveting figure in the early going. He initially focused his attention on immigration reform, calling for a wall to be built between Mexico and the United States and demanding the deportation of 11 million undocumented immigrants.
He has since rolled out other policies and positions: major tax code overhaul; repeal and replace Obamacare; renegotiate or "break" NAFTA; stop hedge funds from "getting away with murder" on taxes; and impose import tariffs as high as 35%. All while keeping the deficit in check, growing the economy and leaving entitlement programs like Medicare and Social Security untouched.
Those who fear Trump's plans should find common cause with those who love them: "I'm not sure how much of what he actually says today will be his positions a year from now," said Michael Busler, professor of finance at Stockton University.
While Trump certainly has some grandiose ideas -- and equally lofty rhetoric to accompany them -- deciphering the exact nature of his economic policies is a complex task, according to John Hudak, a fellow in governance studies at Washington, D.C.-based think tank the Brookings Institution.
Not to mention the fact that if he does make it to the Oval Office, Trump won't have a free pass from Congress, even if it remains under the control of the Republican Party (as you'll see, many of his positions don't exactly hew closely to GOP policies).
Taking legislative hurdles out of the equation, what will the U.S. economy and markets look like if Trump becomes No. 45.
Trump's Expensive Immigration Plan
Trump's immigration plans cost him a handful of business deals, but they might cost the United States much more.
The American Action Forum, a right-leaning policy institute based in Washington D.C., estimates that immediately and fully enforcing current immigration law, as Trump has suggested, would cost the federal government from $400 billion to $600 billion. It would shrink the labor force by 11 million workers, reduce the real GDP by $1.6 trillion and take 20 years to complete (Trump has said he could do it in 18 months).
"It will harm the U.S. economy," said Doug Holtz-Eakin, president of the American Action Forum and chief economic policy adviser to Sen. John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign. "Immigration is an enormous source of economic vitality."
The impact would be felt on both supply and demand.
A number of industries that depend heavily on cheap immigrant labor would be devastated -- especially agriculture. "There would be an abrupt drop in farm income and a sharp rise in food prices," said John McLaren, professor of economics at the University of Virginia with expertise in international trade, economic development and the political economy.
Companies that sell to the immigrant population would be affected as well, leading to decreased revenues for local businesses and a loss of American jobs.
"Immigrants, whether they are legal or illegal, always spend a portion of their earnings in the location where they have their jobs," McLaren said. "And in a lot of our urban centers, this is actually an important part of the economy."
He pointed to the case of Postville, Iowa, where in 2008 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raided a slaughterhouse and meat packing plant, detaining 389 undocumented workers (and jailing 300 of them). The raid caused most of the more than 1,000 immigrants not caught to leave the town of 2,300, devastating the local economy in the process.
He also noted his own research, which suggests each immigrant creates 1.2 local jobs for local workers, most of which go to U.S. natives. "Obviously, those jobs would disappear if the undocumented were just yanked away," he said.
Trump has also discussed reducing the number of jobs held by legal immigrants, namely by increasing the prevailing wage requirements for H-1B visas (visas that allow U.S. employers to recruit and employ foreign professionals). The Republican contender's thesis is that doing so would force companies to give jobs to domestic employees instead of overseas workers. The maneuver would benefit some, but not most.
"If I'm an American software programmer, I probably would benefit somewhat from making it harder for highly-skilled software programmers from elsewhere," McClaren said. "It's really hard to argue that the country, as a whole, benefits from that. It would be bad for most Americans, and it certainly would be bad for corporations."
An extreme anti-immigration policy could also cause collateral damage to the American image. "What's the American brand after we've rounded up 11 million people and sent them packing?" said Jim Pethokoukis, a columnist and blogger at the American Enterprise Institute, a center-right think tank based on Washington, D.C. "Do people still view America the same way?"
But perhaps Trump's biggest argument for his economic prowess came in his closing statement, when he emphasized just how artful a deal he can make. His evidence: forcing CNBC's hand on shortening the debate. "In about two minutes, I renegotiated it down to two hours so we can get the hell out of here," he said. "And I'll do that with the country."
Trump has been the election's most riveting figure in the early going. He initially focused his attention on immigration reform, calling for a wall to be built between Mexico and the United States and demanding the deportation of 11 million undocumented immigrants.
He has since rolled out other policies and positions: major tax code overhaul; repeal and replace Obamacare; renegotiate or "break" NAFTA; stop hedge funds from "getting away with murder" on taxes; and impose import tariffs as high as 35%. All while keeping the deficit in check, growing the economy and leaving entitlement programs like Medicare and Social Security untouched.
Those who fear Trump's plans should find common cause with those who love them: "I'm not sure how much of what he actually says today will be his positions a year from now," said Michael Busler, professor of finance at Stockton University.
While Trump certainly has some grandiose ideas -- and equally lofty rhetoric to accompany them -- deciphering the exact nature of his economic policies is a complex task, according to John Hudak, a fellow in governance studies at Washington, D.C.-based think tank the Brookings Institution.
Not to mention the fact that if he does make it to the Oval Office, Trump won't have a free pass from Congress, even if it remains under the control of the Republican Party (as you'll see, many of his positions don't exactly hew closely to GOP policies).
Taking legislative hurdles out of the equation, what will the U.S. economy and markets look like if Trump becomes No. 45.
Trump's Expensive Immigration Plan
Trump's immigration plans cost him a handful of business deals, but they might cost the United States much more.
The American Action Forum, a right-leaning policy institute based in Washington D.C., estimates that immediately and fully enforcing current immigration law, as Trump has suggested, would cost the federal government from $400 billion to $600 billion. It would shrink the labor force by 11 million workers, reduce the real GDP by $1.6 trillion and take 20 years to complete (Trump has said he could do it in 18 months).
"It will harm the U.S. economy," said Doug Holtz-Eakin, president of the American Action Forum and chief economic policy adviser to Sen. John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign. "Immigration is an enormous source of economic vitality."
The impact would be felt on both supply and demand.
A number of industries that depend heavily on cheap immigrant labor would be devastated -- especially agriculture. "There would be an abrupt drop in farm income and a sharp rise in food prices," said John McLaren, professor of economics at the University of Virginia with expertise in international trade, economic development and the political economy.
Companies that sell to the immigrant population would be affected as well, leading to decreased revenues for local businesses and a loss of American jobs.
"Immigrants, whether they are legal or illegal, always spend a portion of their earnings in the location where they have their jobs," McLaren said. "And in a lot of our urban centers, this is actually an important part of the economy."
He pointed to the case of Postville, Iowa, where in 2008 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raided a slaughterhouse and meat packing plant, detaining 389 undocumented workers (and jailing 300 of them). The raid caused most of the more than 1,000 immigrants not caught to leave the town of 2,300, devastating the local economy in the process.
He also noted his own research, which suggests each immigrant creates 1.2 local jobs for local workers, most of which go to U.S. natives. "Obviously, those jobs would disappear if the undocumented were just yanked away," he said.
Trump has also discussed reducing the number of jobs held by legal immigrants, namely by increasing the prevailing wage requirements for H-1B visas (visas that allow U.S. employers to recruit and employ foreign professionals). The Republican contender's thesis is that doing so would force companies to give jobs to domestic employees instead of overseas workers. The maneuver would benefit some, but not most.
"If I'm an American software programmer, I probably would benefit somewhat from making it harder for highly-skilled software programmers from elsewhere," McClaren said. "It's really hard to argue that the country, as a whole, benefits from that. It would be bad for most Americans, and it certainly would be bad for corporations."
An extreme anti-immigration policy could also cause collateral damage to the American image. "What's the American brand after we've rounded up 11 million people and sent them packing?" said Jim Pethokoukis, a columnist and blogger at the American Enterprise Institute, a center-right think tank based on Washington, D.C. "Do people still view America the same way?"
how to get first page on google search?
Your online reputation can impact virtually every aspect of your digital
marketing, from the conversion rate on your pages to your
click-through rate in paid search. Controlling the conversation around
your brand is critical to improving reputation.
The keywords you use on your site are arguably the biggest factor that will determine your place in the search engines. The most effective and affordable small business SEO method for boosting traffic and getting you on the first page of Google is effectively utilizing keywords.
3. Set up a Google+ Page and other social media pages
Although Google+ does not have as much popularity as Facebook or Twitter, it is very powerful for small business owners.
get good backlinks from high ranking sites but make sure you do not spam your url or google will penalize your site!
check out other helpful tips here
1. Paid Search
The following are ad extensions available in Google that increase the depth of your brand listing:
- Location extensions
- Call extensions
- Offer extensions
- Sitelinks extensions
- Product extensions
- Social extensions
- Dynamic search ad extensions
- App extensions
The keywords you use on your site are arguably the biggest factor that will determine your place in the search engines. The most effective and affordable small business SEO method for boosting traffic and getting you on the first page of Google is effectively utilizing keywords.
3. Set up a Google+ Page and other social media pages
Although Google+ does not have as much popularity as Facebook or Twitter, it is very powerful for small business owners.
get good backlinks from high ranking sites but make sure you do not spam your url or google will penalize your site!
check out other helpful tips here
What is the best search engine?
Which search engine is the best?
The web has grown from a single website in 1991 ( World Wide Web Project ) to more than a billion unique host names today. Around three quarters of those are inactive sites—parked domains and the such—but that still leaves over a quarter of a million sites. If you visited 10 different websites each day, it would take you roughly 70 years to get through them all, and that's only if no more sites are added. Yeah, fat chance of that happening!
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Not to worry, there are better ways to the surf the web. Whenever we need to look up something online, we simply type our query into a search engine and wait for the results. On a high-speed connection, you can expect thousands and even millions of results in under a second—that's pretty miraculous, when you think about it.
Google is the only search engine that's generally accepted as a verb, as in, "Hey Bob, did you ever get around to Googling the honey badger video I told you about?" However, it's not the only search engine in town. Microsoft's Bing and Gabriel Weinberg's DuckDuckGo are two of the more popular alternatives, and like Google, each wants to be your go-to search engine.
Is one better than the other? That's a great question, so we set about tackling it by comparing the three competitors. We came up with several categories that are relevant to today's search queries, and then had each of the candidates show us their stuff. Hit the jump as we separate the contenders from the pretenders!
Accuracy
Determining accuracy is arguably the single most important aspect of evaluating a search engine, so we decided to jump right into the thick of things. Unfortunately, this is also the most challenging category, as it requires a fair amount of subjective analysis. With that in mind, we tried several different queries to see if any of the search engines stood out with more relevant results to what we had in mind.We started off easy by searching for the time in Ecuador. All three search engines came back with the correct time, though only Google gave us the result before we were finished typing, let alone had a chance to click the search button.
This was followed by a search for Rowland High School, which is actually John A. Rowland High School, though we figured dropping the "John A." at the beginning shouldn't be problematic. And it wasn't. All three found the school in question, though DuckDuckGo opted to post a Wikipedia summary and an advertising link at the top of the results, whereas both Google and Bing plopped the school's homepage URL at the top. Bing did slightly better by also including a Facebook link on the first page -- Google made us go to the second page for it.
We tried several other searches, including the copying and pasting of a line from a recent article on our website. All three sites found the correct article, though only Google highlighted the line in the summary underneath the URL. Bing and GoGoDuck both didn't include the line in the summary. Why does this matter? If you're looking up an article based on a quote that stands out for whatever reason, only Google's presentation lets you know that it's found the correct URL before clicking through.
Switching our attention to breaking news, it was pretty much a wash between all three, even with only just minimal information. On the same day that a man armed with a small knife tried breaking into the White House, we performed a simple search for "White House" and all three came back with relevant news links for the breaking story.
Step by step guide to Submit Website/Blog to Alexa:
Before we move ahead, for newbies: Alexa is one of the top websites which rank Websites globally and shows various ranking factors like Global rank, country based rank, search term query and many more details that are quite informative and important to judge a website.So, let’s get started with this tutorial and the very step is to create an Alexa account by going to Alexa.com. You can either create a custom login or simply login using your Facebook account. I prefer creating a new custom account, as I manage multiple websites and it will be much easier to remember the login. So, once you are done creating an account, go to Alexa site info page and search for your domain name.
When you click on certify your site metrics, it will open a pop-up which says:
Certified Site Metrics is metrics that are directly-measured from the website instead of estimated. The website owner has installed an Alexa Certify Code on the pages of their site and chosen to show the metrics publicly.
For the website owner Certified Metrics provides:
- A more accurate Alexa Rank
- A private Metrics Dashboard for On-Site Analytics
- The ability to publish unique visitor and pageview counts if desired
“You can create basic site comparisons or claim a site with a free Alexa account.”
Click on create free Alexa account and repeat the above process and click on claim a site. You will see three option to verify your site ownership:
This step is to claim your domain in Alexa and edit its listing. Alexa offers many plans and pricing offer, but for a normal Blog, a free plan is good to start with. For a serious business site, I won’t mind opting for their monthly subscription plan for more exposure. You can get a complete plans and pricing details here. Click on “Certify this site” and it will take you to Alexa Pro plan page, click on Sign up under free plan.
Claiming site in Alexa:
Similarly we do Google domain verification, in Alexa we can upload a file or add a meta tag to claim our domain. You can pick any of the method, (Upload a verification file to root of your domain or add meta tag in head section of your site. If you are using Thesis theme, simply go to Site Options > Additional scripts and add the complete verification code with meta name there.For example: <meta name=”alexaVerifyID” content=”xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx” />
Make sure to clear your cache if you are using any cache plugin, and click on verify the claim. BlogSpot Bloggers can add the code in their template and follow the same steps, if you have done everything right here, click on verify the claim and a successfully claimed message will be shown.
Click on Continue and you can edit many important details regarding your site. You will notice many parts will be locked, as you need to get a premium Alexa account, for editing the complete listing. Something, which I will ignore for now:
7 Quick Tip to Speed up your Website Load time
Because we each now alert that Google weigh website speed as a fresh ranking algorithmic rule and we all need to care about how to step-up page speed.
There are about two hundred factors that Google weigh for ranking of
any internet site in Google search and web site speed is among them. We
altogether acknowledge around on page optimization, off page optimization, social bookmarking, forum entry, social media optimization and so on. These each parameters are weigh for actual ranking in SEs but know begin thinking of step-up website speed.
I extremely recommend to download YSlow that will show up your site gross score. This score will render you accurate thought how much work out you need for your internet site to load speedier. Compare your competitor’s sites and check out how much they score, whenever you score is take down than your competitor so you require to care about your internet site performance.
Therefore, preserve completely preceding factors in mind that will definitely help to load your internet site speedier and finally help to rank more effective in Google for your significant words.
Do share your tip to speed up a website and decrease page load time?
I extremely recommend to download YSlow that will show up your site gross score. This score will render you accurate thought how much work out you need for your internet site to load speedier. Compare your competitor’s sites and check out how much they score, whenever you score is take down than your competitor so you require to care about your internet site performance.
Less HTTP request –
Cut down the amount of HTTP request while this will serve fast
rendering of your web page. You are able to minimize HTTP request
through merging files, merge css and merge scripts.
GZip compression –
This is really significant as it will help to cut down the sizing of
the web page and make internet site load speedier. If your internet site
developed utilizing PHP then you’ll be able to place simple code at the
top of the page for GZip Compression.
Step-up Browser Cache –
This is additional significant aspect that helps to cut down the web
page rendering time. Expanding browser caching will serve loading your
web page quicker, this act alike this whenever somebody visit your
internet site browse cache entirely data of your site and for any future
visit you do not need recall data once again as it is already stored in
cache. You are able to write command in you .htaccess file for browser cache.
Do not use inline cascading style sheets –
Besides utilizing inline cascading style sheets make a CSS file and
call up file on all page of your site that will likewise help in
repressing download speed.
Cut down page size –
Take out entirely unloved tag from HTML tags and space of your HTML code.
Imperfect rendering web page –
Imperfect rendering is really useful as web browser shows up
whatsoever information they’ve and increasingly delay for other
information to load. To go through imperfect rendering on your internet
site assign your style sheet at the top of the page therefore web
browser display bit-by-bit informative and load your internet site as
soon as possible.
Let in JavaScript at the bottom –
Utilize javascript at the bottom of the page this will serve to load
up your page fast. When web browser download javascript it will finish
downloading your internet site data, and so any analog downloading will
end while browser request Javascript downloading.Therefore, preserve completely preceding factors in mind that will definitely help to load your internet site speedier and finally help to rank more effective in Google for your significant words.
Do share your tip to speed up a website and decrease page load time?
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