Archive for October, 2008

Propeller!

Propeller, one of the latest entrants to the social bookmarks, is fast gaining a name for itself in the cyberworld, with reason. This site is fast becoming one of the ‘must have’ for any Webmaster out there. The site is very neatly designed with all the latest additions being reflected neatly. All the posts in this website is clearly categorized and links up to the author site, with no issues whatsoever.

Propeller is a product of Netscape and is one of the few sites that provide viable ‘one way’ links to all the webmasters out there. From what I have seen so far, the only bug in the system has to be the submit page, for it sure could do with some rework. Half the time the summit page works and the other half, it does not. But other than that, it is quite easy to submit ones story/article with the link pointing to one’s site. There are quite a few tools available here at propeller that you can use to drive more traffic to your site.

Membership is of course free and one can start a network here from scratch, all that you would have to do is to join up with a few others as friends and start exchanging posts amongst yourselves. By doing so, you would have your own social network; it is that easy here at propeller. The next time you want to tinker with social bookmarks, think Propeller.

Myspace – The worlds largest Social Networking Site

MySpace is a social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music and videos internationally. It is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California, USA, where it shares an office building with its immediate owner, Fox Interactive Media; in turn, the owner of Fox Interactive and therefore MySpace, News Corporation, is headquartered in New York City.
According to Alexa Internet, MySpace is currently the world’s sixth most popular English-language website and the sixth most popular website in any language, and the third most popular website in the United States, though it has topped the chart on various weeks.The service has gradually gained more popularity than similar websites to achieve nearly 80 percent of visits to online social networking websites.
The company employs 300 staff and does not disclose revenues or profits separately from News Corporation. With the 100 millionth account being created on August 9, 2006, in the Netherlands and a news story claiming 106 million accounts on September 8, 2006,the site reportedly attracts new registrations at a rate of 230,000 per day. As of December 18, 2007, there are over 300 million accounts.

Special Features of Myspace
- Blurbs, blogs, multimedia
- Comments
- Profile customization (HTML)
- Music
- Bulletins
- Groups
- MySpaceIM
- MySpaceTV
- MySpace News
- MySpace Classifieds

So register in myspace and get find some friends and chill out!!!

Del.icio.us takes on a new taste!

Del.icio.us has been around for quite a while and is one of the most sought after social bookmark sites. Links from this site is quite highly valued in the Webmaster world and of late, Del.icio.us has been making a number of changes, modifying its site so as to increase its popularity.

For example, if you were to go to Google and type in ‘delicious’, instead of something related to food, you would come across this site in the top listing. That should give you an idea as to its popularity. This site has made quite a few changes from introducing add on buttons, which you can add to your site to a better organization of all your bookmarks. Del.icio.us is like a closet with all of your favorite clothes, the ones you like and the ones you use every single day. We all come across many websites and quite a few articles, and it is hard to remember all of them. But with the services offered by Del.icio.us, we can now bookmark the sites we like and add them to our folder at Del.icio.us. As a member, we are able to add any bookmarks we like to this site and refer to them later at our leisure.

Del.icio.us is also one of the few sites that encourages socialization on a whole new level, so much so that as a new member the chances of you meeting new friends is higher here than anywhere else. By developing friends and social contacts, you can use them to market your views. In addition, your social contacts will have full access to all that you would have book marked and then there are the tags. Del.icio.us uses a system of tags by which one can label each article while book marking them. These tags go a long way to increasing the popularity of the article and driving traffic to your site. But do note that only recent posts get the attention of the Del.icio.us members, so if you are interested in maintaining the popularity of your site, you should bookmark as often as you can. This is one of the best social bookmarks, that is available today.

An Internet Job and Its Many Benefits

Generally speaking, people’s lifestyles are dictated by their choice of job. People enjoy a lifestyle which their income can afford. Most incomes are fixed and have a ceiling and can never exceed this ceiling. This ceiling is established by the employer. Some are lucky enough to earn some extra cash through overtime, but fundamentally it is impossible to get rich whilst they’re working for an employer. This is the greatest benefit of a work at home internet business: your dream lifestyle can in fact be achieved through a high, unlimited income. But ensure you research thoroughly and choose the right business for you.
Running your own work from home business changes everything in that your earning potential has its lid ripped off. This can be incredibly exciting and motivating. Your income is no longer determined by the boss or the hours you work. Suddenly, the sky becomes the limit and not the ceiling that you may have been banging your head against for years.
These days there is a lot of reassessing going on. The way businesses have traditionally been bought and managed has left a lot to be desired, in the eyes of many business owners. Restaurants, coffee houses, video stores etc are bought for well over the hundred thousand dollar mark. The buyer has to take out a huge loan to afford the purchase, and then finds himself or herself working ridiculously long hours in that business. It’s almost as if you spend a truck load of cash to buy yourself a job (with long hours and little respite). Work at home internet businesses require an initial investment to start up, but the cost of this is minuscule compared to bricks and mortar businesses.

I wonder if you’ve ever wished you could give more money away to worthy causes. A work from home internet business, when successful, can allow you to earn much more money and be a much bigger giver. This in itself is a cause for excitement, if you believe in being part of the solution and giving back to society. Think of the great example you’ll be setting for your children and those around you if you give substancially and invest in others. Historically those with huge incomes have been responsible for opening of hospitals and schools and community projects. That could be you.

There are countless benefits to you and your family in managing your own work from home internet business. Too many employees head off to work day after day wishing it was different and battling on under the circumstances. The answer is to get out from under the circumstances and be proactive and do something about it. If you don’t take control of your future and finances, someone else will. It’s just that they may choose to steer it in a direction that is a dead end and not toward the destination you had in mind. Investing in a well researched home based business puts you in the drivers seat.