Boy, with Inman Blogger's Connect, RE Bar Camp and the change over to Diamond Dwelling, the VERY last thing I need is to take on projects. 

So, I'm taking on projects...

Because of the information from the events above, as well as just knowing that i needed to do it in order to clean up my SEO and make my blog more user friendly, I have decided that I need to get these things done. 

And no matter how busy I am right now, I will get busier if I am doing the right things...

So, there is no time like the present.  I have WAY too much to do, but at least I can check this off the list and not have it hanging over me while I am buried in even more goo. 

So, what are the projects...

Building the Jeepster?

I wish.  But, no, that isn't what is getting done.  What I have to do is this...

• Go through all of my posts on LaneBailey.com and tag the posts.  I was REALLY lax about doing it as i posted, and while i have had the tag cloud there, I haven't really had accurate tags populating the cloud.  So, there are 396 posts there and the vast majority (like 390) aren't well tagged.  Even the ones that are tagged often have pointless tags on them, like "atlanta" when the post really isn't about Atlanta.  Gotta fix it!
• Go through all of my Active|Rain posts and make sure that any links pointing back to my site point back to LaneBailey.com.  When I first launched my "other" blog, it was on Blogger.  I had links back to it, and so now those are pointing somewhere that isn't helpful to my SEO.  I still own that platform, but would rather have the link juice feeding my LaneBailey.com blog.  
• Go through all of my old Blogger posts and make sure that all references point back to LaneBailey.com instead of posts within Blogger.  Same issue as above. 
  
• Go through all of my LaneBailey.com posts, A|R posts and Blogger posts to change any A|R references to my "outside" blog, GwinnettGarageGuy.com.  Sure, I want A|R to have good juice, but I want MY domains to have the power. 
  

While doing this I hope that LaneBailey.com picks up a little bit of page rank.  I have some goals I am trying to meet for that site, including building a little more traffic and ranking better for some search terms. 

I think this is something that needs to be done regularly...

Just like that deep cleaning of the house... we need to get in and shampoo the tags and categories.  I use a septic treatment in my septic system to keep the poo flowing... and I need to make sure that links are going to the best place. 

Yippee...