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Project Summary: Cost

Posted July 24th @ 6:07 pm by humancensus

Image courtesy of Frenkieb.
Setting Up The Site: $9.18

I spent $9.18 to purchase the domain, “www.humancensus.com“. However, I did not set up the site there at first, but created a free WordPress blog at www.humancensus.wordpress.com.
Midway through the project, I decided to move the site over to the original domain. This requires hosting, but I already have […]

An Update After 30 Days

Posted July 24th @ 3:44 pm by humancensus

Well, kids… we made it to 30 days! So, now what?
Typically, my “Hundred Dollar Business” projects are based on 3 specifications:

Spend $100 or less.
Use 30 days.
Learn something about good business principles.

Human Census was started on Jun 24th, with our Day 1 Question. Here’s an inside look at the cost, time, and things learned […]

Some Housekeeping Items :)

Posted July 19th @ 7:01 pm by humancensus

Just a couple of updates–
1. Instead of giving statistics of site views, etc., I’ll report daily on these items:
a. How many comments were submitted.
b. The top voted commenters of the day.
c. Relevant links/sites/organizations for further info on the topic.
2. Usually, comments are closed on the previous question when the new question is posted. However, Wednesday […]

New Feature! Vote On Comments

Posted July 18th @ 6:09 pm by humancensus

In the daily reports, I had a section for Notable Answers Snippets, where I listed some of the comments each day that stood out to me.
But, it was a completely arbitrary rating system, and besides, I don’t care what I think is interesting, I want to know what you think is interesting.
So, courtesy […]

Upgrading… So The Site May Be Feisty Today

Posted July 17th @ 11:04 am by olynnduncan

Hey, so I’m finishing moving the site to its own shiny new hosting, so I can add cool features like “vote on this comment” and other stuff.
Quick explanation– and I’ll try not to lose anyone in the process–
I just redirected humancensus.com back over to humancensus.wordpress.com, while the DNS and all that other geeky stuff […]

Get Human Census Updates From Your iGoogle Home Page

Posted July 12th @ 6:12 pm by olynnduncan

Thanks to a suggestion from my friend Nick Disney, I added a “Google Gadget” which you can click on in order to add Human Census to your iGoogle page.
(iGoogle is basically a “customized Google home page”, where you can search Google for stuff, but also access your gmail, calendar, news sites, blogs, recipes, cartoons, or […]

Our First 1000 Site Views!

Posted July 11th @ 5:03 pm by olynnduncan

So, today we just hit our first 1000 site views. Nice– thanks everyone!
Here are the stats from the first 18 days of the project:
Total Views: 1,000
Best Day Ever: 134
Views today: 67
Posts: 41
Comments: 142
Tags: 9
So basically, it has taken us 18 days to get 1,000 site views, 142 comments, and more or less 20 active commentors.
I’ve […]

New Page: Questions We’ve Asked & Answered

Posted July 11th @ 10:38 am by olynnduncan

Here’s the complete list of the questions we’ve asked, through Day18. I’ll update it once a week or so.
Questions We’ve Asked & Answered
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New RSS Feed For Human Census

Posted July 7th @ 7:23 pm by olynnduncan

Here’s the new feed for humancensus.com:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/humancensusfeed

Subscribe in a reader
The old one (http://feeds.feedburner.com/HumanCensus) will still work for the time being, but once the site is finished being moved, there may be some hiccoughs.
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Switching to www.humancensus.com

Posted July 7th @ 7:13 pm by olynnduncan

Hey folks!
Sadly, this site is officially being moved over to plain old www.humancensus.com.
Actually, this will make it more convenient for most people, and I’ll be able to add cool things after I finish moving the site.
If you type in www.humancensus.wordpress.com, it’ll still take you to the right place. You’ll just be typing in more letters […]

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