Archive for January, 2006

Search Engine Optimization Hits the Local Wall

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to the newsletter or RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!IdahoFallz.com administrators have tried to employ all known methods of search engine optimization (SEO) to improve our search engine rankings. Most of these optimization tweaks have occurred behind the scenes, and we have gone about as far [...]


Who is this guy to speak for everyone?

We are wondering who appointed Craig Parrish (Bannock County Republican Vice Chairman) to speak for every single Idahoan? When he states that a prominent Democratic senator “doesn’t vote the way anyone in Idaho votes” and that he “doesn’t think the way we do”, Parrish spotlights his own over-generalizing tendencies. Mr. Parrish, instead of claiming [...]


Single In This City

She is the epitome of a hopeless romantic. Images of sipping on a glass of wine by the fire: or a knock on the front door greeted by one lost love, the one , your thought to be one. Do any of us singles really believe in “The One”?… or for that matter [...]


Bonneville Student Profiled on Intervention Show

Several weeks ago I raved about the A&E television show, Intervention. I encouraged our area teenagers to watch it, since the show compassionately depicts addicts as they hit rock bottom and their loved ones try to get them help.
The show and the delicate subject matter has now hit much closer to home. How close? A [...]


Improving Our Local Offerings

Let us hope we could improve our town so our most redeeming qualities are not described as “cheap housing, low employee wages, and a reasonable drive to other places much more interesting“. I sometimes think I am too hard on my hometown, but our image is confirmed by visitors who now blog about us.

For [...]


Reduce Junk Mail, Spam Email, and Telemarketers

If you are tired of junk mail overwhelming your legitimate mail, take action now to reduce the unwanted stuff. It would be neat to see Idaho Falls become a demographic black hole to marketers from all the opt-out requests we could generate. Read further to find out how.
Stop the junk mail delivered through the [...]


Force Idaho Theaters to Disclose True Start Times

Now here is a legislative proposal truly representative of the people’s will: force theaters to publish the actual start times for their movies. We ought to do the same thing here in Idaho.
The idea is to require movie theaters to publish the true start time of movies, not the time that the 15-30 minute [...]


94.3 Wusses Out

Everyone has different musical tastes, and I like to think I can enjoy most music forms. I do, however prefer hard rock like that played on our local 101.5 and previously played on 94.3.
The programming at 94.3 has wussed out recently, though. First someone thought it a grand idea to start playing nonstop Christmas tunes [...]


Gel-Based Pens Best for Foiling Check Washers

Dome guy performed the interesting experiment of trying to wash his own checks in the interest of finding a better way to protect himself. He wrote several checks using four different types of pens, and tried to scrub the ink off them in a variety of ways.
The main conclusion for us consumers [...]


Scoop? Riot Zone to Develop Bigger than Lagoon?

Rumor has it the Riot Zone has plans to develop an amusement complex that will eventually be larger than even Utah’s Lagoon.
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Scoop? Rigby Super Wal-Mart?

Rumors from credible sources say there will be a super Wal-Mart built in the north end of Rigby. The rumor further stipulates land has already been purchased.
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