Thread: We do not have what is needed to do what needs doing

ALIPAC's illegal immigration fighters,

Thank you to those who responded to our request for financial assistance for the upgrades to www.alipac.us that are required for us to avoid a penalty from Google which will decrease how many people can see our website and alerts designed to combat illegal immigration and amnesty supporters. Right now the response level is far too low for us to proceed. Please take action to help now at...
http://www.alipac.us/donations/

While several folks have notified us their donations are being made by checks mailed to ALIPAC, PO Box 30966, Raleigh, NC 27622 we have only received $507 of the $10,000 we must raise to make our site fast, mobile device (Ipad, Smart Phone, Kindle) friendly, and accessible by an app.

The power of ALIPAC.us has influenced the outcome of many elections and legislative battles and thousands of people have worked hard and paid the bills to make this archive of information available since 2004.

Please help us protect and sustain ALIPAC.us and avoid further penalties from search engines that will harm our efforts by helping us upgrade by donating at our donations link now...

Yes, I want ALIPAC to be able to reach more Americans and my donation to help fund the upgrade is on the way via...
http://www.alipac.us/donations/


While the requirement for us to conduct a massive upgrade of our website is not covered in our base operations budget, neither is the unexpected fight against licenses for illegal aliens in North Carolina.

Right now, ALIPAC activists are fighting license and in-state tuition for illegals tooth and nail in places like Texas, Tennessee, Nebraska, and North Carolina.

There are many different strategies we could employ and, while we always do things in the most cost efficient way for you, there are several options that are off the table right now because we do not have enough funds.

ALIPAC may need to rent places for meetings, fire out robotic calls, pay for radio ads, send a bunch of letters, or engage in activism that includes costs.

Please help us raise the funds we need to put all options possible on the table to fight against licenses and in-state tuition for illegals on the state level....
http://www.alipac.us/donations/


Please take action today to help us meet these unexpected challenges with our website and with the illegal alien supporters we are fighting in the states! We hope to be able to conduct both of those operations while going after all the Republican illegal alien amnesty supporters on our "Cantor List' of targets.

I'm here and eager to answer any of your questions. Please send in your support today!

William Gheen
AMERICANS FOR LEGAL IMMIGRATION PAC
Post Office Box 30966, Raleigh, NC 27622-0966
Tel: (919) 787-6009 Toll Free: (866) 703-0864
FEC ID: C00405878



PS: If you want ALIPAC to be able to avoid losing our audience and to upgrade the website as required, and be able to fight the amnesty supporters in Congress and on the state level, please make a donation of any amount you can afford. Small donations of $10 and $20 will help, but we also need larger donations of $100, $250, $500, and $1,000 from those who can afford to contribute on that level via...
http://www.alipac.us/donations/

Come on, folks, help ALIPAC so we can reach more people and make a bigger difference in this fight!

Google shaking up search recommendations on smartphones

A revised formula, scheduled to be released Tuesday, will favor websites that Google defines as “mobile-friendly.” Websites that don’t fit the description will be demoted in Google’s search results on smartphones while those meeting the criteria will be more likely to appear at the top of the rankings - a prized position that can translate into more visitors and money. Leo Jarzomb — Staff photographer

By Michael Liedtke, Associated Press
POSTED: 04/19/15, 10:52 AM PDT |

SAN FRANCISCO >> Google is about to change the way its influential search engine recommends websites on smartphones in a shift that’s expected to sway where millions of people shop, eat and find information.

The revised formula, scheduled to be released Tuesday, will favor websites that Google defines as “mobile-friendly.”

Websites that don’t fit the description will be demoted in Google’s search results on smartphones while those meeting the criteria will be more likely to appear at the top of the rankings - a prized position that can translate into more visitors and money.

Although Google’s new formula won’t affect searches on desktop and laptop computers, it will have a huge influence on how and where people spend their money, given that more people are relying on their smartphones to compare products in stores and look for restaurants. That’s why Google’s new rating system is being billed by some search experts as “Mobile-geddon.”

“Some sites are going to be in for a big surprise when they find a drastic change in the amount of people visiting them from mobile devices,” said Itai Sadan, CEO of website-building service Duda.

It’s probably the most significant change that Google Inc. has ever made to its mobile search rankings, according to Matt McGee, editor-in-chief for Search Engine Land, a trade publication that follows every tweak that the company makes to its closely guarded algorithms.

To stay in Google’s good graces, websites must be designed so they load quickly on mobile devices. Content must also be easily accessible by scrolling up and down — without having to also swipe to the left or right. It also helps if all buttons for making purchases or taking other actions on the website can be easily seen and touched on smaller screens.

If a website has been designed only with PC users in mind, the graphics take longer to load on smartphones and the columns of text don’t all fit on the smaller screens, to the aggravation of someone trying to read it.

Google has been urging websites to cater to mobile device for years, mainly because that is where people are increasingly searching for information.

The number of mobile searches in the U.S. is rising by about 5 percent while inquiries on PCs are dipping slightly, according to research firm comScore Inc. In the final three months of last year, 29 percent of all U.S. search requests — about 18.5 billion — were made on mobile devices, comScore estimated. Google processes the bulk of searches - two-thirds in the U.S. and even more in many other countries.

Google has faced uproar over past changes to its search formula. Two of the bigger revisions, done in 2011 and 2012, focused on an attempt to weed out misleading websites and other digital rubbish. Although that goal sounds reasonable, many websites still complained that Google’s changes unfairly demoted them in the rankings, making their content more difficult to find.

While most major merchants and big companies already have websites likely to meet Google’s mobile standard, the new formula threatens to hurt millions of small businesses that haven’t had the money or incentive to adapt their sites for smartphones.

“A lot of small sites haven’t really had a reason to be mobile friendly until now, and it’s not going to be easy for them to make the changes,” McGee said.

http://www.presstelegram.com/technol...on-smartphones