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Archive for May 2007

May 31st, 2007

Personal and Business Finance Software

ZenHabits has compiled a list of 6 free alternatives to Quicken and MS Money.
It is becoming increasingly easier to find free, open source alternatives to programs that once dominated a market and this situation is no different. I know I will be trying their solutions over the next few weeks to see which works best […]

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May 30th, 2007

I have a tendency to add feeds to quickly and not delete irrelevant ones so the most recent Google Reader addition is much to my pleasure for optiming my time.
The link to Google Reader Trends has been added near the “starred items” and “shared items” links on your reader. The service (which has apparently been […]

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May 30th, 2007

Top Blogs About Blogging

Daniel at Daily Blog Tips has developed a ranking system for bloggers who discuss blogging as a majority focus on their site coming up with a top 25 list. The list assigns rankings for Google PageRank, Alexa Rank,  Bloglines, and Technorati. Unsurprisingly ProBlogger is on the top of the list although to me there are […]

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May 29th, 2007

Unofficial Adsense Sandbox

Ahmed from Labnol.org has developed a great new tool for users to find relevant AdSense ads that may display on their website. Although AdSense does have an official “sandbox” tool it is only available in IE while this, being a website, can be used in any browser.
The tool is very easy to use. All you […]

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May 28th, 2007

Launching a Business For Free

Lifehack.org has listed 10 ways to launch a business without spending a dime. Here are their tips:

Get an EIN at the IRS website
Setup Your Business Financials
Choose a domain name
Make a simple website
Set Your Prices
Start Marketing on CraigsList.com
Start a Meetup.com Group
Post a Video to YouTube.com
Network
Write an Article and Give it Away!

One thing that is missing (sort […]

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May 27th, 2007

- Techniques To Help You Blend Work and Play
- 5 Vital Elements of Blogging And the Questions it Raises
- Zlio Banned by Amazon; Plans on Adding Additional Partners
- Google Acquisition of FeedBurner Could Pay Off for Users Too
- Pay Per Post Launches ReviewMe Competitor
- A Wordpress Milestone, Open Source Software, and More

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May 26th, 2007

Web Happenings: A Wordpress Milestone, Open Source Software, and More

- Digital Inspirations has a tutorial on how to create animated charts and graphs for your website
- Lifehacker has released the Better GCal Firefox extension to improve Google Calendar
- Web Worker Daily tells you how to crank through your Gmail
- Quick Online Tips tells us that Wordpress 2.2 is a mandatory security upgrade
- Copyblogger has […]

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May 25th, 2007

Pay Per Post Launches ReviewMe Competitor

Yesterday Pay Per Post unveiled a new service called Pay Per Post Direct which allows advertisers to select a specific blog to write a review about their product, service, or web site. Prior to the launch of the service reviews or paid posts could be ordered by a given quantity, parameters could be set, and […]

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May 24th, 2007

Late last night we learned that Google has indeed purchased RSS company FeedBurner for a cool $100 million. According to TechCrunch, who confirmed the news, the deal is all cash and will keep the founders of the company at the helm for at least several years.  The deal is not complete essentially waiting on paperwork […]

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May 23rd, 2007

Zlio Banned by Amazon; Plans on Adding Additional Partners

Earlier this year I signed up for an online shop on Zlio. The service is one of many store services that provide you with a customizable online shop to list products for sale from Amazon others with their affiliate link. After you make sales they then send you the money. Needless to day it wasn’t […]

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May 22nd, 2007

5 Vital Elements of Blogging And the Questions it Raises

Iffect.net has compiled a list of 5 vital elements to make you a successful blogger. Here’s a strip downed version of the list:

A good grasp of language and grammar
Staying on topic
Be friendly and helpful
Be humble and modest
The X-Factor

The list is very accurate in my opinion as nearly all of the elements apply to the most […]

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May 21st, 2007

Techniques To Help You Blend Work and Play

Working online, despite many claims by TV commercials and other scams, does take time. This can be especially true in the summer when the allure of BBQs, swimming, sporting events, and just about everything else looks way more fun than doing your work. Despite your best attempts at avoiding work all together or putting it […]

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May 20th, 2007

Weekly Recap: Google Reader Hacks and eBay News

- Automattic Stats…A Real Solution?
- Google Reader Hacks for Time Effectiveness
- Google Reader Hacks for Time Effectiveness (Part 2)
- WordPress 2.2 Released
- AuctionAds, eBay Increase Payouts
- Web Happenings: Productivity, Optimizing Your Desktop, and More

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May 19th, 2007

Web Happenings: Productivity, Optimizing Your Desktop, and More

- Performancing has an article about building traffic through directory submissions.
- Dosh Dosh has debuted an AdSense and SEO ready wordpress theme. This week I will be covering a project I will be doing involving themes of this nature but more on that later ;)
- Web Worker Daily covers a new online project management software […]

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May 18th, 2007

AuctionAds, eBay Increase Payouts

This past week eBay announced it would be boosting their affiliate program payouts on both new items and it’s revenue share tiers. This is good news for those who are eBay affiliates (of which I am not one) but this could mean bigger payouts for users of new startup AuctionAds . My new favorite ad […]

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