Comments on: Put-down-able books https://www.mattcutts.com/blog/put-down-able-books/ Sat, 06 Dec 2014 05:30:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Web Design Wales https://www.mattcutts.com/blog/put-down-able-books/#comment-19608 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 21:10:15 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=181#comment-19608 I find Angels and Demons by Dan Brown very put-down-able. Mainly because each chapter is about 2 or 3 pages, so for only 10 minutes-worth of reading effort you can walk away with a great sense of accomplishment because you’ve breezed through about 5 chapters. I’m a philistine.

]]> By: Sam https://www.mattcutts.com/blog/put-down-able-books/#comment-19607 Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:24:49 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=181#comment-19607 Guns, Germs and Steel> one of the better books written during our time.

]]> By: Tufan KILICASLAN https://www.mattcutts.com/blog/put-down-able-books/#comment-19606 Tue, 09 May 2006 06:31:16 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=181#comment-19606 The “Stealing the Network”. That book is very helpful you should read it.

]]> By: Laertes https://www.mattcutts.com/blog/put-down-able-books/#comment-19605 Wed, 25 Jan 2006 13:53:59 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=181#comment-19605 Matt;

If you like Amy Tan, you might also like Anne Tyler’s books. Her sense of pacing and storytelling is very unhurried, but at the same time keeps you interested.

If you havn’t read any Raymond Carver, his short story collections make great bite-sized bedside reading.

]]> By: Sys Admn https://www.mattcutts.com/blog/put-down-able-books/#comment-19604 Mon, 23 Jan 2006 14:53:07 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=181#comment-19604 The Collected Works of H.L. Mencken. By today’s standards, he was a anti-semite and a bigot, but he took delight in standing up for the common man and exposing “the establishment’s” follies. He was also probably one of the greatest English language essayists of his time.

]]> By: werty https://www.mattcutts.com/blog/put-down-able-books/#comment-19603 Sat, 21 Jan 2006 21:31:50 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=181#comment-19603 Matt I second GFY (www.gofuckyourself.com) as a good place to learn about the world as an adult webmaster…I would say it is as helpful as webmasterworld.com is for the non PRON webmaster. Also check out http://www.theadultwebmaster.com which basically will give you walk throughs of the various ways of setting up adult specific sites, as well as giving you specific info on the components of a site. The site is hard to navigate but this is their top level map: http://www.theadultwebmaster.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Topics&file=taw_main_ea

]]> By: Lee https://www.mattcutts.com/blog/put-down-able-books/#comment-19602 Sat, 21 Jan 2006 03:00:13 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=181#comment-19602 to learn more about online adult industry you May want to check out some of the webmaster communitys such as

http://www.gfyboard.com (biggest adult community alot of nonsense threads but its where all the biggest people are)
http://www.askdamagex.com (very business related board)
http://www.cozycampus.com (mostly tutorials etc)
http://www.klixxx.com (online publication)
http://www.xbiz.com (news etc regarding the adult industry online)
as you said Ynot etc have some great info.

and greenyguys site is http://www.link-o-rama.com

must say i really like this blog

]]> By: Brendan O'Connell https://www.mattcutts.com/blog/put-down-able-books/#comment-19601 Fri, 20 Jan 2006 17:43:54 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=181#comment-19601 Don’t Make Me Think – Steve Krug. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information – Edward Tufte SEO Book – Aaron Wall.

]]> By: Sys Admn https://www.mattcutts.com/blog/put-down-able-books/#comment-19600 Fri, 20 Jan 2006 16:54:23 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=181#comment-19600 Matt –
If you’re into history or food, take a look at “Salt, A World History” by Mark Kurlansky. It’s a very readable discussion of the ways that the salt trade has shaped world history. It’s along the lines of Diamond’s “Guns, Germs, and Steel”, but an easier read.

]]> By: Adam Senour https://www.mattcutts.com/blog/put-down-able-books/#comment-19599 Fri, 20 Jan 2006 04:06:05 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=181#comment-19599 Matt: it’s not an online resource, but the DVD The Making of Deep Throat is a fascinating look at the movie that broke the mainstream barriers of the adult film industry down.

Deep Throat is supposedly the highest-profiting movie of all time (sales of $600 million vs. production costs of $25,000, including allegedly not paying the female lead.) And it has what has to be the greatest line ever uttered in a porn movie ever:

“Do you mind if I smoke while you eat?”

If you’re looking to get a better idea of the porn industry online, why not just start at the big thumbnail gallery post players?

http://www.thehun.net
http://www.persiankitty.com
http://www.tommysbookmarks.com
http://www.richardsrealm.com
(The Green Guy, but I forget his site).

Just start at those and branch out from there.

(And for those wondering, I use the porn industry as a technical and business reference only. They’re light years ahead in terms of online business. On a personal level, I find porn funny as hell on a lame B-movie level.)

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