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Guess what I have for you today!!!???? A giveaway that is open to USA and Canada 3 separate winners will each win one $100 Visa Gift Card!!! Thank you Toll Free Forwarding for this awesome giveaway!!! What would you do with $100?? I would take my soon to be 4 year old Grandson Eli out Birthday shopping! I think that would be so much fun! An Eli and NaNa day! The works, lunch and shopping. Okay, so I would probably have to throw a park trip in there or to offset the shopping part! Good Luck!! This giveaway ends March 14th!!

Refreshing My Old Blog Posts: The Good, The Bad, and The 404s

Updating an old blog post is a lot like an archaeological dig. You head in expecting to “dust” the archives and end up unearthing a series of questionable life choices from a decade ago. From over-filtered photos to advice that aged like room-temperature milk, the past can be… loud. But it’s not just my old writing style that’s haunting me. It turns out, I have a resident spirit: The Ghost of Peanut Butter and Whine.

Meet the Ghost in the Machine

Apparently, while I was busy living my life, this digital poltergeist has been redecorating the archives. I recently opened a “quick update” only to find:

The Vanishing Act: The Ghost has been deleting images, leaving behind empty boxes where helpful tutorial steps used to be. Apparently, my 2016 photography wasn’t “aesthetic” enough for the afterlife.
The Dead Link Graveyard: Half my former brand partners have been exorcised. I’m finding links that lead to nowhere or, worse, to “AI Crypto Collectives” that definitely weren’t there before.
Font Sabotage: The Ghost clearly has a vendetta against modern typography. I’m finding sections of text that have reverted to antique fonts that haven’t been cool since dial-up, making my blog look like a Geocities fan page.

I Am Giving My Content a Facelift

I’m sitting on a mountain of old posts, so here is the official Peanut Butter and Whine guide to a quick blog refresh (and ghost-busting):

Exorcising the 404s: I’m using a plugin to hunt down those dead links the Ghost left behind and pointing them somewhere that actually exists.
Updating the “Now”: If I mentioned a “must-have” product from five years ago, I’m swapping it for the 2026 version.
Spruce up the Metadata: I’m ensuring my focus keyword (blog) is in the headers and the first paragraph so the algorithms know exactly what’s up.

While You’re Here…

Don’t let your visit be a “one and done!” Since I’m already tidying up the place, why not stay a while?

Win Big: Check out the sidebar for my current giveaway—I promise this one is actually alive and kicking!
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17 Comments

Sweta Sonulkar

March 12, 2014 at 1:55 pm Reply

I learned that smartphones are used worldwide for many purposes like mobile shopping,mobile paying bills,apps,scanning and downloading coupons too.

Connie Gruning

March 12, 2014 at 4:26 pm Reply

I’ve never used my cell phone to pay bills. But everything else I have!

Sweta Sonulkar

March 11, 2014 at 11:30 am Reply

I learned that smartphones are used worldwide for many purposes like mobile shopping,mobile paying bills,apps,barcode scanning and downloading coupons too.

Teresa Moore

March 8, 2014 at 7:45 pm Reply

Mobile coupon users will rise to 53.2 million users in 2013!!

Kati Rose

March 7, 2014 at 11:33 pm Reply

The average smart phone user only has 12 apps. (seems so low!)

Kathleen

March 5, 2014 at 3:32 pm Reply

It amazes me how many young people have smart phones. I learned that the 18-29 year olds are the age group with the most at 81%.

Shawna

March 5, 2014 at 8:06 am Reply

I never understood the “smartphone scanning”…I didn’t know you could use it for payments! that’s crazy!

Dawn Monzu

March 5, 2014 at 1:05 am Reply

I cannot believe that as of 2014 there are 4 billion mobile phone users!!!! YIKES! Also, 81% of people aged 18-29 years old own smartphones. That is seriously crazy. I cannot believe how much everything has changed. Think back to even the 1990’s! It’s insane how much everything is so different.

Connie Gruning

March 5, 2014 at 8:24 am Reply

Dawn I agree!! HOLY MOLY!! I remember my first MOBILE phone had it’s own carrying case that weighed more than my PURSE!! LOL!!