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The Distance Podcast

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A podcast by Basecamp about longevity in business, featuring the stories of businesses that have endured for at least 25 years and the people who got them there.

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A podcast by Basecamp about longevity in business, featuring the stories of businesses that have endured for at least 25 years and the people who got them ...

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Top 20 Keywords

Total Terms Count: 4,868

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Top 20 terms occurance and density
Keyword	In Body	Density
rsquo	141	2.90%
business	75	1.54%
year	40	0.82%
family	36	0.74%
chicago	30	0.62%
company	29	0.60%
store	21	0.43%
mdash	19	0.39%
opened	19	0.39%
running	19	0.39%
episode	17	0.35%
owner	17	0.35%
founded	17	0.35%
shop	15	0.31%
selling	15	0.31%
generations	15	0.31%
started	15	0.31%
neighborhood	13	0.27%
mini	13	0.27%
customers	13	0.27%

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<H1> (1)
<H2> (1)	All fifty eight episodes:
<H3> (88)	Business Model Going to the Mattresses If It Ain't Baroque, Don't Fix It Troy Henikoff The Business Cycle, Part 2 The Business Cycle, Part 1 Steeped in History Make It Rain You Butter Believe It! Jungle Jim, I Presume? The Richest Man In Town All the Art That's Fit to Print Solo Act Diamonds Are Forever Neighborhood Fixture Clothes Call Help Wanted Test of Metal Party Foul Party in the Front, Business in the Back Cremains To Be Seen Home is Where the Hearse Is Stranger Things Job Preservation Uphill Climb The House that Russell Built The Man on the Wall Grateful Heads It's a Hardware Life Unchanging Gears Soy Meets World Soy You Bought a Tofu Factory Director's Cut Knife Work If You Can Get It Junk in the Trunk The Rubbish Boy Swan Song Mr. Freeze Code TH Humble Adobe A Lively Conversation, Part 2 A Lively Conversation, Part 1 Resurrection Mary Save the Last Dance Children of the Corn Funk Yeah! Keeping Those Refrigerators Running Fire Sale Closure Independent Women Cold Storage Rainbow Connection If These Cubicle Walls Could Talk Getting the Boot Bootstrapped and Proud Pulp Fixing Always Glad You Came A 102-Year Winning Streak Holiday Bow-nus Homestead for the Holidays Dance Marathon Chocoholic Anonymous Family Medicine Grave Matters The Bales Girls Ancient History, Modern Family Farming Like the Joneses The World's Largest Laundromat (Redux) Pipe Dreams It Soothes, It Heals, It Tingles Cheesecake, the Chicago Way High Fidelity Wholesale Changes Bonus Episode: Jason Fried Special Arrangements A Stitch In Time Auto Transmission All The Right Angles Freshly Pressed Second Cycle Time and Tide Life of Pie Guardians of the Gallery Not That Kind of Ghoul The Music Man Aloha from the Hala Kahiki The Bra Surgeon is in Chicago’s Last Tannery

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Reading Level

52.6

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Loading Time

0.24 seconds - 260.08 Kb/s

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Text To Code Ratio

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62 Kb (62,420 bytes)	35 Kb (35,314 bytes)	27 Kb (27,106 bytes)	130.28 %

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WWW Resolve

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Links

Internal Links (link to pages within this domain)	External Links (link to pages on other websites)	Total
90	7	97

Excellent! the number of links are less than 100.

Internal Links (link to pages within this domain) - 90
URL	Anchor Text
http://thedistance.com/
http://thedistance.com/business-model/	Business Model
http://thedistance.com/going-to-the-mattresses/	Going to the Mattresses
http://thedistance.com/if-it-aint-baroque/	If It Ain't Baroque, Don't Fix...
http://thedistance.com/troy%20henikoff/	Troy Henikoff
http://thedistance.com/business-cycle-2/	The Business Cycle, Part 2
http://thedistance.com/business-cycle-1/	The Business Cycle, Part 1
http://thedistance.com/steeped-in-history/	Steeped in History
http://thedistance.com/make-it-rain/	Make It Rain
http://thedistance.com/you-butter-believe-it/	You Butter Believe It!
http://thedistance.com/jungle-jims/	Jungle Jim, I Presume?
http://thedistance.com/richest-man-in-town/	The Richest Man In Town
http://thedistance.com/all-the-art/	All the Art That's Fit to Prin...
http://thedistance.com/solo-act/	Solo Act
http://thedistance.com/diamonds-are-forever/	Diamonds Are Forever
http://thedistance.com/neighborhood-fixture/	Neighborhood Fixture
http://thedistance.com/clothes-call/	Clothes Call
http://thedistance.com/help-wanted/	Help Wanted
http://thedistance.com/test-of-metal/	Test of Metal
http://thedistance.com/party-foul/	Party Foul
http://thedistance.com/party-in-the-front/	Party in the Front, Business i...
http://thedistance.com/cremains-to-be-seen/	Cremains To Be Seen
http://thedistance.com/home-is-where-the-hearse-is/	Home is Where the Hearse Is
http://thedistance.com/stranger-things/	Stranger Things
http://thedistance.com/job-preservation/	Job Preservation
http://thedistance.com/uphill-climb/	Uphill Climb
http://thedistance.com/house-that-russell-built/	The House that Russell Built
http://thedistance.com/man-on-the-wall/	The Man on the Wall
http://thedistance.com/grateful-heads/	Grateful Heads
http://thedistance.com/hardware-life/	It's a Hardware Life
http://thedistance.com/unchanging-gears/	Unchanging Gears
http://thedistance.com/soy-meets-world/	Soy Meets World
http://thedistance.com/tofu-factory/	Soy You Bought a Tofu Factory
http://thedistance.com/directors-cut/	Director's Cut
http://thedistance.com/knife-work/	Knife Work If You Can Get It
http://thedistance.com/junk-in-the-trunk/	Junk in the Trunk
http://thedistance.com/the-rubbish-boy/	The Rubbish Boy
http://thedistance.com/swan-song/	Swan Song
http://thedistance.com/mr-freeze/	Mr. Freeze
http://thedistance.com/code-th/	Code TH
http://thedistance.com/humble-adobe/	Humble Adobe
http://thedistance.com/a-lively-conversation-2/	A Lively Conversation, Part 2
http://thedistance.com/a-lively-conversation-1/	A Lively Conversation, Part 1
http://thedistance.com/resurrection-mary/	Resurrection Mary
http://thedistance.com/save-the-last-dance/	Save the Last Dance
http://thedistance.com/children-of-the-corn/	Children of the Corn
http://thedistance.com/funk-yeah/	Funk Yeah!
http://thedistance.com/keeping-those-refrigerators-running/	Keeping Those Refrigerators Ru...
http://thedistance.com/fire-sale/	Fire Sale
http://thedistance.com/closure/	Closure
http://thedistance.com/independent-women/	Independent Women
http://thedistance.com/cold-storage/	Cold Storage
http://thedistance.com/rainbow-connection/	Rainbow Connection
http://thedistance.com/if-these-cubicle-walls-could-talk/	If These Cubicle Walls Could T...
http://thedistance.com/getting-the-boot/	Getting the Boot
http://thedistance.com/alcalas-western-wear/	Bootstrapped and Proud
http://thedistance.com/graphic-conservation/	Pulp Fixing
http://thedistance.com/uptown-tavern/	Always Glad You Came
http://thedistance.com/bowlers-journal/	A 102-Year Winning Streak
http://thedistance.com/holiday-bownus/	Holiday Bow-nus
http://thedistance.com/richardson-farm/	Homestead for the Holidays
http://thedistance.com/dance-marathon/	Dance Marathon
http://thedistance.com/silverland-bakery/	Chocoholic Anonymous
http://thedistance.com/merz-apothecary/	Family Medicine
http://thedistance.com/troost/	Grave Matters
http://thedistance.com/bales/	The Bales Girls
http://thedistance.com/harlan-berk/	Ancient History, Modern Family
http://thedistance.com/jones-farm/	Farming Like the Joneses
http://thedistance.com/worlds-largest-laundromat-redux/	The World's Largest Laundromat...
http://thedistance.com/carma-labs/	Pipe Dreams
http://thedistance.com/carmex/	It Soothes, It Heals, It Tingl...
http://thedistance.com/elis-cheesecake/	Cheesecake, the Chicago Way
http://thedistance.com/grado-labs/	High Fidelity
http://thedistance.com/wholesale-changes/	Wholesale Changes
http://thedistance.com/jason-fried/	Bonus Episode: Jason Fried
http://thedistance.com/ashland-addison-florist-co/	Special Arrangements
http://thedistance.com/richard-bennett-custom-tailors/	A Stitch In Time
http://thedistance.com/victory-auto-wreckers/	Auto Transmission
http://thedistance.com/ideal-box-co/	All The Right Angles
http://thedistance.com/hollymatic/	Freshly Pressed
http://thedistance.com/worlds-largest-laundromat/	Second Cycle
http://thedistance.com/van-dam-custom-boats/	Time and Tide
http://thedistance.com/thermal-bags-by-ingrid/	Life of Pie
http://thedistance.com/the-icon-group/	Guardians of the Gallery
http://thedistance.com/fantasy-costumes/	Not That Kind of Ghoul
http://thedistance.com/band-for-today/	The Music Man
http://thedistance.com/hala-kahiki/	Aloha from the Hala Kahiki
http://thedistance.com/tinas-closet/	The Bra Surgeon is in
http://thedistance.com/horween/	Chicago’s Last Tannery
http://thedistance.com/about/	meet the people who make The D...

External Links (link to pages on other websites) - 7
URL	Anchor Text
https://rework.fm	Listen to our new podcast, REW...
https://basecamp.com	Basecamp
https://itunes.apple.com/us/...e-distance/id964627137?mt=2&ls=1
https://play.google.com/musi...zzrcvvzsyco46udve?t=The_Distance
https://itunes.apple.com/us/...e-distance/id964627137?mt=2&ls=1
https://play.google.com/musi...zzrcvvzsyco46udve?t=The_Distance
https://basecamp.com/	brought to you by Basecamp

reasonable number of links (below 100) per page will give a better user experience.

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2. having more than 100 links in a single page will lead to a bad user experience, and it possibly runs into the risk of been considered as spam.
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Images

Total Images	Alt Present	Alt Missing
90	89	1

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URL	ALT Text
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/general/the-distance.svg	The Distance
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/58.jpg	Business Model
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/57.jpg	Going to the Mattresses
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/56.jpg	If It Ain't Baroque, Don't Fix...
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/55.jpg	Troy Henikoff
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/54.jpg	The Business Cycle, Part 2
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/53.jpg	The Business Cycle, Part 1
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/52.jpg	Steeped in History
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/51.jpg	Make It Rain
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/50.jpg	You Butter Believe It!
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/49.jpg	Jungle Jim, I Presume?
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/48.jpg	The Richest Man In Town
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/47.jpg	All the Art That's Fit to Prin...
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/46.jpg	Solo Act
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/45.jpg	Diamonds Are Forever
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/44.jpg	Neighborhood Fixture
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/43.jpg	Clothes Call
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/42-5.jpg	Help Wanted
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/42.jpg	Test of Metal
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/41-5.jpg	Party Foul
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/41.jpg	Party in the Front, Business i...
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/40-5.jpg	Cremains To Be Seen
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/40.jpg	Home is Where the Hearse Is
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/39-5.jpg	Stranger Things
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/39.jpg	Job Preservation
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/38-5.jpg	Uphill Climb
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/38.jpg	The House that Russell Built
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/37-5.jpg	The Man on the Wall
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/37.jpg	Grateful Heads
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/36-5.jpg	It's a Hardware Life
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/36.jpg	Unchanging Gears
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/35-5.jpg	Soy Meets World
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/35.jpg	Soy You Bought a Tofu Factory
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/34-5.jpg	Director's Cut
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/34.jpg	Knife Work If You Can Get It
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/33-5.jpg	Junk in the Trunk
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/33.jpg	The Rubbish Boy
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/32-5.jpg	Swan Song
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/32.jpg	Mr. Freeze
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/31-5.jpg	Code TH
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/31.jpg	Humble Adobe
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/30-part2.jpg	A Lively Conversation, Part 2
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/30.jpg	A Lively Conversation, Part 1
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/29-5.jpg	Resurrection Mary
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/29.jpg	Save the Last Dance
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/28-5.jpg	Children of the Corn
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/28.jpg	Funk Yeah!
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/27-5.jpg	Keeping Those Refrigerators Ru...
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/27.jpg	Fire Sale
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/26-5.jpg	Closure
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/26.jpg	Independent Women
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/25-5.jpg	Cold Storage
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/25.jpg	Rainbow Connection
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/24.jpg	If These Cubicle Walls Could T...
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/23-5.jpg	Getting the Boot
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/23.jpg	Bootstrapped and Proud
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/22.jpg	Pulp Fixing
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/21.jpg	Always Glad You Came
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/20.jpg	A 102-Year Winning Streak
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/19-5.jpg	Holiday Bow-nus
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/19.jpg	Homestead for the Holidays
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/18.jpg	Dance Marathon
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/17.jpg	Chocoholic Anonymous
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/16.jpg	Family Medicine
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/15.jpg	Grave Matters
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/14.jpg	The Bales Girls
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/13.jpg	Ancient History, Modern Family
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/12.jpg	Farming Like the Joneses
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/1.jpg	The World's Largest Laundromat...
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/11.jpg	Pipe Dreams
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/10.jpg	It Soothes, It Heals, It Tingl...
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/9.jpg	Cheesecake, the Chicago Way
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/grado/header-thumb.jpg	High Fidelity
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/7.jpg	Wholesale Changes
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/episodes/6-5.jpg	Bonus Episode: Jason Fried
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/ashlandaddison/header-thumb.jpg	Special Arrangements
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/richardbennett/header-thumb.jpg	A Stitch In Time
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/victory/header-thumb.jpg	Auto Transmission
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/ideal/header-thumb.jpg	All The Right Angles
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/hollymatic/header-thumb.jpg	Freshly Pressed
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/laundromat/header-thumb.jpg	Second Cycle
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/vandam/header-thumb.jpg	Time and Tide
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/thermalbags/header-thumb.jpg	Life of Pie
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/icongroup/header-thumb.jpg	Guardians of the Gallery
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/fantasycostumes/header-thumb.jpg	Not That Kind of Ghoul
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/bandfortoday/header-thumb.jpg	The Music Man
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/halakahiki/header-thumb.jpg	Aloha from the Hala Kahiki
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/tinascloset/header-thumb.jpg	The Bra Surgeon is in
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/horween/header-thumb.jpg	Chicago’s Last Tannery
http://thedistance.com/assets/images/general/basecamp.svg

search engines cannot `see` images, proper Alt content will help them to better understand and index images.

Tips:
1. always add alt attributes to images. Alt is mandatory for accessibility and for valid XHTML.
2. words used within an image`s Alt attribute should be its text equivalent and convey the same information.
3. use a human-readable caption and descriptive text around the image.

CSS

Style Block In Same Page	Links to External Style Files	Total
0	1	1

Excellent! all stylesheets are kept in separate files.

Links To External Stylesheet Files - 1
Stylesheet URL	rel	type
http://thedistance.com/assets/stylesheets/style.css	stylesheet	text/css

Script

Scripts Block In Same Page	Links to External Script Files	Total
1	1	2

You have 1 script blocks in the same file, try to put them in a separate file.

Links To External Script Files - 1
Script URL	Type
https://basecamp.com/js/script.js

put scripts together and link them from an external files rather then put them in the same file as the main page.

Tips:
1. reduce the use of in-page scripts, put them in separate files and link them in.
2. reduce the number of external script files, it will help browser to make lesser number of http requests from the server.
3. optimize or compress the script files to have smaller size and faster loading.

Blog Or News Release

There is no Blog associated with your site.

Having a blog is a great way to provide fresh content and retain users, search engines favour it too.

Tips:
1. regularly update your blog and provide fresh and quality content.
2. relevant blogs of your website topics, generate more credits in the eyes of your visitors, as well as search engines.

DMOZ Listing

No

Your site is not listed in the DMOZ Open Directory. DMOZ Open Directory Project

Google Analytics

Analytics Service is not implemented for the site.

Social Media Integration

Your site is not integrated with Facebook, Twitter or Google+.

Facebook Page	Not Found
Twitter Account	Not Found
Google+ Page	Not Found

Trustworthiness

0

No Trustworthiness Score is calculated for the site.

0 - 19	20 - 39	40 - 59	60 - 79	80 - 100
0
Very Poor	Poor	Unsatisfactory	Good	Excellent

Users are concerned about the safety of their online transactions. Trustworthiness rating is based on real user ratings and that tells you how much other users trust this site, so do the serch engines. note: this trustworthiness score is provided by WOT (Web of Trust).

Tips:
1. pay attention to the look and design of your site, many people look for visual cues when assessing a site`s credibility
2. make your site easy to use, sites that are easy to navigate are perceived as being more trustworthy.
3. make it easy for user to contact you, users will be more comfortable and feel more secured shall they need to get in touch with you.

Child Safe

0 No Child Safe Score is calculated for the site.

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Safe Browsing

Safe! the site thedistance.com is NOT currently listed as suspicious, most-likely it is clean from malware and phining code [ verify this by Google Safe Browsing ]

Ensure that your site is malware free and does not cause harm to users` computers.

Tips:
1. do not put virus, malicious worms, adwares, trojans, spywares and suspicious phishing code in your server.
2. take suspicious behaviours seriously, have a regular check-up and monitor closely of your server`s log files.
3. if your site is black-listed by Google as suspicious, clean it up before requesting for a review.

Traffic Rank

Your site is not among the most visited 1 million websites in the world.

Websites On Same Server

Excellent! You do have very few domains (1 - thedistance.com) hosted on the same server as thedistance.com (ip : 204.62.114.117).

Too many domains hosted on the same server is an indicator that you are not really serious about your website, and your site will have a higher chance to be surrounded by bad neighbours.

Tips:
1. the fewer domains hosted on the same server/ip the better.
2. avoid shared hosting whenever possible, especially when there are already hundreds or thousands of sites are hosted on the same server.
3. dedicated ip or resources for your site not only do good to your site visitors but also favoured by search engines.

Server Location

your server (IP : 204.62.114.117) is located at United States

ensure your server is not located far away from most of your site visitors.

HTTP Compression

No

your website server does not support HTTP Compression.

Caching

No

your website server does not support Caching.

Server Signature

Excellent! the website server signature is off.

A secure and safe server is not only good for your site visitors but also good for search engines.

Tips:
1. server software version information can be utilized by malicious visitors to attack your server.
2. by turning off the server signature, you actually have made your server a little bit more secure.
3. for Apache server - edit the apache2.conf or the .htaccess file to turn server signature off.

Domain Age

26 years, 10 days old ( 1st registered on : 1998-11-06 )

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excellent, the domain age is old enough.

Domain Expires

0 years, 353 days from today ( expires on : 2025-11-04 )

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domain is expiring in less than a year.

Domain Info

thedistance.com ( 15 characters )

Domain Registrar : CloudFlare, Inc.

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Domain Created On	Last Modified On	Expires On
1998-11-06	2024-03-07	2025-11-04
26 years, 10 days old	0 years, 253 days ago	0 years, 353 days from today

26 years, 10 days old

Domain Name Servers used by thedistance.com
DNS Name	IP Address
merlin.ns.cloudflare.com	173.245.59.205
serena.ns.cloudflare.com	108.162.192.220

Domain is going to expire in less than a year time (0 years, 353 days from today), try to renew it for more than one year!

domain name choice and domain age are crucial for SEO.

Tips:
1. keep the domain name short and relevant to the content, which will be easier to be remembered and related to.
2. older domain tends to be more trustworthy.
3. register a domain for more than 1 year, and search engine will think it is a serious business.

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