HELLO NEIGHBOR!
IS YOUR WEBSITE LOST ON THE INTERNET?
If you are a West Virginia Business or Organization
and want more traffic to your website, you'll love the
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Local businesses and organizations often find their websites 'lost on the internet'. The problem starts with something called page rankings. Websites with top page rankings are displayed on page one of a search results page, with the very highest ranked websites shown at or near the top of this page. As you may expect, websites with high page rankings are much more likely to be found and viewed than those with low page rankings, who are buried way down the list.
EARNING A HIGH PAGE RANKING.
According to the experts in Search Engine Optimization, the best page rankings go to 'quality' websites that enjoy links from other 'quality' websites of relevance. This is where WV Life and Recreation, with the link exchange, can help our good neighbors here in the Mountain State.
Try these examples:
1. Enter the generic query 'WV Life'. Google normally returns over 16 million responses. WVLifeandRec.Com is usually displayed on page one, at or near the top. Why? A good page ranking.
2. Enter the generic query 'WV Recreation'. Google normally returns over 2 million responses. WVLifeandRec.Com is usually displayed on page one, at or near the top - because of our good page ranking.
3. Using some generic keywords, try 'Googling' your website. Whether you come up near the top OR are lost in the crowd, WV Life and Recreation and the free NAPSX LINK EXCHANGE can help you attain and/or keep a good page ranking.
HOW GET A LINK TO YOUR WEBSITE PUBLISHED HERE.
Sharing is good, but random acts of kindness may not be enough. The NAPSX link exchange process provides a simple, well-organized way for businesses and organizations in WV to stand out on the internet. For our part, we will gladly publish clearly visible, contextual links to other websites here at WV Life and Recreation - in exchange for similar links to our store, Bearwobble.Com - or in some cases, to West Virginia Life and Recreation.
For more information, please visit the NAPSX LINK EXCHANGE, or email the Link Exchange Administrator.
We look forward to hearing from you soon!
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New technologies in home lighting and consumer batteries can save you a TON OF MONEY with very little up front investment. When we compared the overall cost of purchasing and operating a General Electric incandescent bulb versus a CFL (compact fluorescent light), we found that you can count on saving about 75%! Especially these days, a 75% risk-free return on investment simply should not be ignored. For more really useful information about the Energy Star program and energy efficient products that use A.C... electricity, visit this special website at the U.S. Department of Energy.
If saving 75% on the cost of light bulbs and electricity gets your attention, how about saving from 642% to 2885% on batteries? OK, maybe batteries costs don't seem as important as the bill for electricity or gas for the car - but saving 642% to 2885% is low hanging fruit for stressed pocketbooks, and should not be overlooked. People are just now paying attention to the new battery technologies behind the huge savings. The article below is a real eye-opener, and we hope you find it helpful.
Bad Batteries
a silent but deadly strain on your
pocketbook AND the environment!
Before breaking the sad news about the batteries we buy, let's get a handle on the SIZE of our battery problem.
Consider your home and workplace. Think of all the smoke alarms, phones, calculators, clocks, wireless devices, remotes, cameras, recorders, radios, toys, watches, computers, flashlights, special instruments, emergency equipment, and other portable gizmos that require batteries of various sizes, shapes, voltages, capacities, and discharge rates. Your home could easily have over 100 batteries installed in various devices, and your workplace even more. The problem is NOT battery powered devices. The problem is 'bad' batteries, mainly throwaways and poorly chosen rechargeables.
Many of these battery powered devices spend much of their life totally or partially out of commission - due to 'hardly ever' ready batteries. Battery makers make it easy for you to waste money on 'bad' batteries. That's why you'll find throwaways and low-tech rechargeables of every description in checkout lines, supermarkets, electronics stores, convenience stores, and in landfills everywhere!
OK! I toss a LOT more batteries than I realized. But 'bad' batteries are cheaper, aren't they?
Fortunately, no! In fact, a top-of-the-line alkaline battery currently on sale for 92¢ actually costs over a thousand times more in the long haul as a better performing Low Self Discharge (LSD) rechargeable NiMH that sells for $2.49 per battery.
Put another way, this 92¢ throwaway alkaline would have to be practically free, 12 BATTERIES FOR 1 CENT, to be price-competitive with a Bearwobble Low Self Discharge (LSD) rechargeable NiMH that sells for $2.49 per battery. Even if alkalines were free, they cannot maintain constant voltage (essential in some devices) and have a nasty habit of filling up landfills.
I get the point. But how does one separate the 'good' batteries from the 'bad' ones?
Consider these 4 points:
1. Users rarely consider capacity, or the quantity of electricity a battery holds. Not all batteries of the same size contain or hold the same quantity of electricity. For example, a fully charged size 'D' battery with a capacity of 10,000 Milli Amp Hours (mAh) holds 4 times as much electricity as a fully charged 'D' battery with a capacity of just 2,500 mAh. The cost per mAh (Milli Amp Hour) is far more relevant than the price you pay for the container than holds the electricity. In a moment you'll see how much electricity various popular batteries hold, and how radically the actual cost varies for this electricity.
2. Users unnecessarily buy devices that use batteries of special shape, size and voltage. The overall cost of powering such appliances can be exorbitant, compared to appliances that use high quality rechargeable batteries of a common shape, size and voltage. Hint: Try to buy devices that use size D, C, AA, AAA, and 9V batteries whenever possible.
3. Users overlook the convenience and savings associated with choosing the right rechargeable battery. True, the highly toxic, low capacity NiCd rechargeables of the 80's and 90's turned many against rechargeables. Nickel Metal Hydride rechargeables (NiMHs) are a vast improvement over NiCds. Yet the Low Self Discharge (LSD) type of NiMH rechargeable is steadily emerging as the most useful, cost-effective battery on earth.
4. Finally, Low Self Discharge (LSD) rechargeable NiMH batteries are hard to find, and even sophisticated buyers don't know how to separate the 'good' ones from the not-so-good.
OK. NiMH (Nickel Metal Hydride) rechargeables seem to be a great fit for all my stuff that takes size D, C, AA, AAA, and 9V batteries. But I'm still not sure why the LSD type is better than the non LSD.
Non-LSD NiMH (Nickel Metal Hydride) rechargeables solve some of the alkaline and lithium problems, but create others.
Environmentally, all NIMHs are relatively benign, have good capacity, and may be recharged 1000s of times.
All NiMHs maintain much more constant voltage during use than alkalines, and are virtually immune to the memory effect (which can prevent a full recharge).
However, non-LSD NIMHs do not arrive pre-charged, and lose about 20% of charge monthly - making them very unsuitable for emergencies and many other applications.
Low Self Discharge (LSD) NiMH rechargeables are much more serviceable than non-LSDs.
Like all NiMHs, these batteries are eco-friendly, may be recharged 1000s of times, and are virtually immune to the memory effect - which can prevent a full recharge.
Unlike alkalines, Low Self Discharge NiMH rechargeables maintain very constant voltage throughout use cycle, making them a great choice with high drain devices, such as digital equipment.1
Additional advantage: Low Self Discharge (LSD) NiMHs come fully charged and ready to go, PLUS they stay charged while idle (loss < 2% per month) - essential for emergency and on demand applications.
Where to buy: Low Self Discharge (LSD) NiMHs are hard to find in stores - especially sizes 'C', 'D' and 9V. Bearwobble sells the AccuEvolution LSD in sizes 9v, AAA, AA, C and D.
1 Caution regarding most brands of LSDs: Most size 'C'and 'D' batteries are
really a size 'AA' battery inserted into a size 'C' or 'D' shell. These batteries give
you considerably less capacity than a real size 'C' and 'D' LSD - and would
require frequent recharging, especially when used with high drain devices.
OTHER STUFF:
Bearwobble's AccuEvolution is a real size 'C', rated at 4500 mAh - compared to just 2500 for a AA inserted into a C shell.
Bearwobble's AccuEvolution is a real size 'D', rated at 10,000 mAh - compared to just 2500 for a AA inserted into a D shell.
The so-called rechargeable alkaline is not very rechargeable, is prone to leak or explode when being charged, and is no longed widely produced or recommended.
Lithium non-rechargeables: Although the cost effectiveness of these pricy throwaways is questionable, lithium non-rechargeables are much better for high drain electronics than alkalines. Their capacity is comparable to a good NiMH. Lithium non-rechargeables lose charge at a rate of about 5% per month when idle - better than a regular NiMH, but no match for a Low Self Discharge NiMH - which is as low as 1.25% per month. Lithium non rechargeables are generally limited to the wafer and custom shape industry, yet they are also available in AAA, AA, and 9V size.
Lithium Ion rechargeables: The cost effectiveness of these pricy batteries is also questionable. Lithium Ion rechargeables are most commonly used to power high drain electronics that require batteries of special shape and size, such as computers. Their capacity is comparable to a good NiMH. Lithium Ion batteries lose charge at the rate of about 5% per month when idle - better than a regular NiMH, but still no match for a Low Self Discharge NiMH - which is as low as 1.25% per month. Lithium Ion rechargeables are generally limited to the custom shape industry.
To compare the real cost of batteries,
based on Milli Amp Hours > CLICK HERE
One more thing. Do you still have some old, highly toxic NiCd rechargeables sitting around from the 90s? These batteries don't have much capacity and run down quickly, even when idle. The NiCd should be disposed of professionally and never used around infants or pets. However, if you just can't part with your NiCds, they may be recharged, even partially rehabilitated) with a universal, NiCd/NiMH/Lithium, 'smart' charger, such as Bearwobble’s AccuPower 20,
Must 'bad' batteries put a silent but deadly
strain on your pocketbook AND the environment?
Of course not!
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