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30th
APR
MPLOYR New Express Service
Posted by Eunjin Gregorio under 1
MPLOYR Express, a meta-aggregator for job listings has launched. The idea behind this is simple - there is a major problem today for job seekers and employers - finding relevant listings and finding the right talent without going to different employment websites. MPLOYR Express is a collection of job listings from different companies. This allows job seekers to find job ads in one place making it easier for job seekers to find and apply for job listings.
The service is free for three months and then will become a paid service. If you’re interested in adding your company’s job listings on http://www.mployr.com/express contact MPLOYR now by going to http://www.mployr.com/contact/
Popularity: unranked [?]
21st
APR
Twing.com (forum search engine) launched
Posted by Eunjin Gregorio under 1
Twing.com just launched as a search engine for online communities and forums, a relatively untapped market segment, offering. The site includes its own blogs and forums to provide updated community information and an ongoing conversation with visitors and forum owners. The growth & significance of online communities and the useful information contained in posts and threads is being acknowledge now more than ever before. Twing helps users find forum content that is not sufficiently visible in conventional search engines because of search algorithms that place weight on variables like external links that are not as relevant to forums. Twing.com is a local company located in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Popularity: unranked [?]
18th
APR
MPLOYR.COM Ranked 42 - TechVibes April Start-up Index
Posted by Eunjin Gregorio under 1
Thanks to the folks at TechVibes for their hard work in creating the monthly start-up index.
We’re excited to announce that we rank 42nd this April, up +13 from the previous month. It is definitely exciting to see the growth of MPLOYR and we would like to extend once again our appreciate and thanks to all who have shown their support. Thank you, thank you and thank you!
We continue to look for ways to improve MPLOYR so if you have any suggestions, please feel free to speak to us, we promise we wont bite. Our doors are always open.
We’d like to take this opportunity as well, to let our visitors know that we will soon be launch MPLOYR Express, a meta-aggregator focused on providing high quality job ads to all of our visitors. If you’re an agency, IT employer, site owner and would like to work with us in indexing your site on MPLOYR, please feel free to shoot us an email as well.
Popularity: unranked [?]
19th
MAR
MPLOYR - a simple yet powerful solution for companies looking to hire talents and people looking for employment in Canada.
Posted by Eunjin Gregorio under MPLOYR
MPLOYR provides a simple yet powerful solution for companies looking to hire talents and people looking for employment in Canada. At MPLOYR we keep everything simple and focused. No registration required, posting and applying for a job has never been easier.
MPLOYR is a fast growing community connecting employers with talented people. Because of its simplicity, we are attracting IT leaders to utilize the site to find their ideal employees. We are also connecting job seekers with employers in search for their perfect job.
MPLOYR launched on February 14, 2008 having one goal in mind. Provide a free venue for employers and job seekers. Traditional job sites either charges too much to post your listings or it is too complicated to use. This is where we come in. We want to change the approach of traditional job boards. We want to give the resources back to people by providing you free service.
We also realize how challenging it is to find pool of talented people and it is especially difficult to find a job, a job you especially like, this is why we have simplified the entire process - by giving you free, quick and easy access to talents and job listings.
If you have any questions, email us at hello (at) mployr (dot) com
Popularity: unranked [?]
19th
MPLOYR - a simple yet powerful solution for companies looking to hire talents and people looking for employment in Canada.
Posted by Eunjin Gregorio under MPLOYR
MPLOYR provides a simple yet powerful solution for companies looking to hire talents and people looking for employment in Canada. At MPLOYR we keep everything simple and focused. No registration required, posting and applying for a job has never been easier.
MPLOYR is a fast growing community connecting employers with talented people. Because of its simplicity, we are attracting IT leaders to utilize the site to find their ideal employees. We are also connecting job seekers with employers in search for their perfect job.
MPLOYR launched on February 14, 2008 having one goal in mind. Provide a free venue for employers and job seekers. Traditional job sites either charges too much to post your listings or it is too complicated to use. This is where we come in. We want to change the approach of traditional job boards. We want to give the resources back to people by providing you free service.
We also realize how challenging it is to find pool of talented people and it is especially difficult to find a job, a job you especially like, this is why we have simplified the entire process - by giving you free, quick and easy access to talents and job listings.
If you have any questions, email us at hello (at) mployr (dot) com
Popularity: unranked [?]
16th
OCT
Wikillionaire: Attention bloggers and website owners
Posted by Eunjin Gregorio under Uncategorized
Wikillionaire launches quitely.
Wikillionaire is a brand new micro investment concept that allows you to own a piece internet real estate. Wikillionaire is much like Wikipedia except each page and pixel are owned by someone. It is also much like Million Dollar Homepage where pixels are loaned to advertisers or buyers for three months. This is perfect for entrepreneurs, bloggers, advertisers, real-estate agents or anyone whose looking for exposure. Also, they are giving away 1 iPod touch for every 25 page buyers. The site is new and they are looking for buyers. If you’re interested, head down to their site and take advantage of this exclusive offer.
UPDATE: 10/16/08 - Wikillionaire is offering bloggers and website owners to write about Wikillionaire for $25 credit. This credit will be applied to their purchase of pixel for three months. If you’re a blogger and would like to write about Wikillionaire, a current hot topic, please head down to http://www.wikillionaire.com for more details.
UPDATE: 10/15/08 - Wikillionaire has just completed a successful transaction with a wiki and pixel buyer. We are confident that it’s going to be a success so grab your wiki page and pixel now while hot keywords like, Ring Tones, Business, etc. and hot pixel spots are still available.
Popularity: 4% [?]
17th
AUG
Kontera’s Web Console Visible to Public
Posted by Eunjin Gregorio under Uncategorized
Popularity: 3% [?]
15th
JUN
How does your website score?
Posted by Eunjin Gregorio under Uncategorized
There are always room for improvement when it comes to designing your website. Sitescore has a created a great tool for web developer and designers to determine how well their site is built. Sitescore analyzes the accessibility (The accessibility of this website for users with disabilities.) of your website, quality (The quality of the build and content of this website.), search (How effectively this website is optimised for search engines.) and sitescore (An overall summary score for your website)
I have been using this for about several months now, implemented their suggestions and have increased my score….not much but it’s definitely improving. This complements well with Google Analytics.
To ’sitescore’ your website, go this website http://www.sitescore.org/
Popularity: 3% [?]
14th
JUN
Top 5 Internet Marketing Mistakes
Posted by Eunjin Gregorio under Uncategorized
Internet marketing is a tricky business. Even those who know marketing find themselves at a loss from time to time. With computer algorithms, fluctuating traffic, and the ever-changing whims of Internet users, few things are cut and dry. And even marketers with the best of intentions will end up scratching their heads in confusion from time to time.
There are a few things that anyone marketing a site on the Internet can avoid to help ensure more success online. So in no particular order, here are the Top 5 Internet Marketing Mistakes:
1) An SEO-only Focus
SEO is important, theres no doubt. Since the majority of Internet users find what theyre looking for online by way of a search engine, its critical for any website to make sure their best foot is put forward to the spiders and crawlers that find their content. But in and of itself, SEO alone isnt enough. Good content still matters more so than any SEO techniques. You can have the most optimized site on the Internet and still have lousy numbers if your content isnt engaging enough to keep people coming back.
2) Not Testing and Making Changes
Change is good when it comes to your website. New content, new approaches, and constant refinement of your code, writing, landing pages, etc are critical for a number of reasons. First and foremost, change keeps the search engines coming back. The more you update your site, the faster your site gets crawled (generally). But changes can also dramatically affect your traffic, conversions, and sales. Take a look at our Success Stories series for examples of online businesses who were able to see huge improvements by simply testing and making changes. Unless youre already #1 theres always room for improvement.
3) Not Tracking Changes
Its pointless to follow the advice of number 2 and make changes if you dont track them. Why? Because youll want to track what those changes do to your sites performance. Its not enough to simply track the change in traffic, conversions, etc. You need to be able to link those changes back to something you did on the site. Make changes slowly, document exactly when you did each one, and wait to see the effect before changing anything else. Sometimes a change can have the opposite affect that youre shoot for. So its important to be able to roll those changes back. If you change too much too quickly - and dont track what youve done - you may find yourself with a big, confusing puzzle to figure out. Bottom line document everything and document it well.
4) Not Remembering Your Users
Dont build something just for Google or Yahoo or any other search engine. You can see it time and again - someone will invest a lot of time and/or money into researching something that they think they can get to rank well in a search engine. But they fail to take into account that people - not search engines - have to actually want what youre offering. If users dont want what youve got it does no good to rank well. User considerations should always come before all others.
5) Not Track The Industry
Things change online in a flash. Its imperative to keep up to date on whats going on in the world of Internet marketing, search engines, and the net in general. The best way to keep track of the industry is to monitor the blogs and websites out there that dedicate their time to keeping tabs on these things for you. A few great places to start include:
And we hope, of course, that the Internet Marketing Monitor adds something to the industry as well. Take my word for it there are a lot of resources out there at your disposal. By monitoring the best of the best youll be sure to stay on top of whats going on and one step ahead of your competition.
This post is part of ProBloggers Top 5? Group Writing Project. [ Via Internet Marketing Monitor ]
Popularity: 6% [?]
14th
The Top 5 Questions - to spark new marketing ideas
Posted by Eunjin Gregorio under Uncategorized
Marketing has changed. There are ways to connect with your audience or market like never before. If your marketing has flatlined, or youre just looking for some inspiration, check out these questions. Put some time into each one and think about how it applies to you or your business. Who knows? It might be all you need for your next big idea.
- How can I use something everyone uses in a way no one uses it yet?What would happen if we put half the advertising budget into something new?
If I could describe my product/service/brand/self in 3 words what would they be?
Is it better to be the first or be the best?
If I could ask my customers/readers/market one question, what would it be?
[ Via Mattjmcd ] Written for the ProBlogger Top 5 Group Writing Project
Popularity: 3% [?]
13th
JUN
106 Tips to Become a Master Connector
Posted by Eunjin Gregorio under Uncategorized
[ Via LifeOptimizer ] To succeed, who you know is just as important as what you know. In fact, relationships should be your top priority. The book Never Eat Alone talks about how to apply the timeless principles of relationships in the 21st century. It contains a lot of practical tips on how you could thrive in todays world through your relationships. Its one of the best books I read recently.
To give you the only gems, Ive summarized what I learn from the book into106 tips. Put these tips into practice and you will be a master connector who live a successful and fulfilling life:
- Make other people more successful
Real networking is about finding ways to make other people more successful. It is sharing your knowledge and resources, time and energy, friends and associates, and empathy and compassion in a continual effort to provide value to others, while coincidentally increasing your own. - Work hard to give more than you get
Its the value you bring that makes people want to connect with you. All this takes work. It means you have to think hard not only about yourself but also about other people. - Dont keep score
Dont think of relationships as finite. In fact, its the exercising of equity that builds equity. There is no score to keep when abundance leads to even more abundance. - Remember that the key to success is generosity
The currency of real networking is not greed but generosity. - Find your mission in life
Intersection of your talents and desires is your blue flame. Which activities excite you the most, where you dont even notice the hours that pass? - Be specific about what you want
The more specific you are about what you want to do, the easier it becomes to develop a strategy to accomplish it. - Make setting goals a habit
Something as simple as a clearly defined goal could distinguish you from all others. The kind of discipline that turns a dream into a mission, really just comes down to a process of setting goals. - Create a Relationship Action Plan
There is a process involved in building a network. Your Relationship Action Plan consist of three sections:
1. Your goals up to three years from now in three months increments.
2. Names of people that could help you reach each goal.
3. Strategies to reach the people you list in point 2.
Once you have your plan, post it in a place where you will see it on regular basis. - Create a Personal Board of Advisors
It helps to have enlightened counselors who will hold you accountable. They are your Personal Board of Advisors. - Build your network before you need it
Reach out to others long before you need anything at all. The most important thing is to get to know those people as friends, not as potential customers. - Start connecting with the people you do know
At the outset, concentrate on the people who are already part of your existing network. - Be bold
Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Audacity was often the only thing that separated two equally talented men and their job titles. - Be willing to ask
Nothing in your life could create opportunity like a willingness to ask, whatever the situation. Until you become as willing to ask for help as you are to give it, you are only working half the equation. Remember that the worst anyone can say is no. - Balance your fear
Mustering the audacity to talk with people who dont know you often simply comes down to balancing the fear you have of embarrassment against the fear of failure. Its between choosing risk and striving for greatness, or risking nothing and being certain of mediocrity. - Treat people with respect
Treat people with respect up and down the ladder. - Be transparent
Openness has become a valuable and much-sought-after attribute. - Make friends
Those who are best at it dont network - they make friends. A widening circle of influence is an unintended result, not a calculated aim. - Do your homework
Spectacular achievement is always preceded by spectacular preparation. Whom you meet, how you meet them, and what they think of you afterward should not be left to chance. - Be informed about whom you meet
If you are informed enough to step comfortably into their world and talk knowledgeably, their appreciation will be tangible. The idea is to find a point of common ground that is deep and rich. Then youll have an opportunity to bond and impress. - Find out others interests
Find a way to become part of those things that are of most interest to them, and you will have found a way to become part of their life. - Dont eat alone
Food has a unique ability to facilitate conversation. Eating with other people is an effective way to build relationships. - Organize and manage your information
The successful organization and management of the information that makes connecting flourish is vital. If youre organized, focused, and a stickler for taking names, theres no one thats out of reach. - Make lists
Create lists in your own categories (such as potential customers, potential acquirers, etc) that correspond to your goals. When you make such lists, its important you name the actual decision makers, and not just an organization. - Know the most important players in your field
To make your goals possible, map the most important players in your field. Write down a list of influentials in that field. - List the people you already know
Take time to list the people you already know such as: relatives, current colleagues, people you went to school with, former teachers, former employers, and so on. - Be flexible in organizing your information
The way you organize your lists can be fluid. You could have lists by geographical location, by industry, whether theyre acquaintance or friend, and so on. - Use other peoples lists to make your lists
One great resource for making lists is other peoples lists. Newspapers and magazines do rankings of this sort all the time. - Create aspirational contacts list
Another category you might want to add is aspirational contacts. These are those extremely high-level people you want to know someday. - Just plunge right in to cold call
When you are about to cold call, your fears will never be completely quieted. The trick is to just plunge right in. Envision yourself winning to win. You have to view getting to know new people as a challenge and an opportunity. - Be persistent
Frequently, people wont get back to you when you call or write them. You have to put your ego aside and persist in calling or writing. It is up to you to take the initiative. Sometimes, you have to be aggressive. - Make warm calls
Use these four rules for warm calling:
1. Convey credibility: mention a familiar person or institution.
2. State your value proposition: what can you do for them?
3. Impart urgency and convenience: in most instances, the sole objective of the cold call is to get an appointment.
4. Be prepared to offer a compromise: go big at the outset, leaving room for compromise. - Make the gatekeeper an ally rather than an adversary
Treat the gatekeepers with the dignity they deserve. Never, ever get on their bad side. - Never, ever disappear
In building a network, remember: Above all, never, ever disappear. Invisibility is a fate far worse than failure. - Work hard to remain visible and active
Keep your social and conference and event calendar full. You must work hard to remain visible and active among your ever-budding network of friends and contacts. - Clone an event
You have to work hard to be successful at reaching out to others, but it doesnt mean you have to work long. Clone an event to save time. You clone an event by inviting all the people you want to meet to join you. - Have fun
Building network should be fun, not time-consuming. - Share your passions
Shared interests are the basic building blocks of any relationship. When you are truly passionate about something, its contagious. - Emphasize on the quality of time
Friendship is created out of the quality of time spent between two people, not the quantity. - Follow up or fail
When you meet someone with whom you want to establish a relationship, take the extra little step to ensure you wont be lost in their mental attic. Follow-up is the key to success in any field. - Do your first follow up soon
Give yourself between 12 and 24 hours after you meet someone to follow up. E-mail is a fine tool for dropping a quick note. - Dont forget to do your second follow-up
In a months time, drop the person another e-mail, just to keep in touch. - Spend your time at conferences to meet people
An all-too-common misperception is conferences are places to find insight. Wrong. Conferences are good for mainly one thing: they provide a forum to meet like-minded people. - Be a conference commando
Dont just be an attendee; be a conference commando. A conference commando is prepared in advance with information on who they were to meet, how, and where. - Give speeches
Giving speeches is one of the easiest and most effective ways to get yourself remembered. - Collect as many follow-ups as you can
Dont be the persons that shadow their best friends the entire conference. Collect as many follow-ups as you can. - Connect with super-connectors
Some people know many, many more people than the rest of us. Such people should be the cornerstones to any flourishing network. Once you become friendly with a super-connector, youre only two degrees away from thousands of different people. - Get as many acquaintances as you can
Often the most important people in our network are those who are acquaintances. Why? Because our close friends seldom know information that we dont already know. The more acquaintances you have, the more powerful you are. - Know people from many different worlds
The key is not only that we know thousands of people but that we know thousands of people in many different worlds, and we know them well enough to give them a call. - Exchange your network with someone elses
The most efficient way to enlarge your circle of friends is to connect your circle with someone elses. - Create your own host committees
Politicians have what are called host committees: group of well-connected people in their respective worlds. If you want more access to a world, see if you can find a central figure within that world to act as your own one-person host committee. - Build your verbal fluency
Verbal fluency - the ability to confidently make conversation with anyone in any situation - is a common trait among the most accomplished people. Getting-along skills, more than anything else, determined who got ahead. - Be yourself
When it comes to making an impression, differentiation is the name of the game. One guaranteed way to stand out: be yourself. Charm is simply a matter of being yourself. Your uniqueness is your power. - Use the power of vulnerability
Vulnerability is one of the most underappreciated assets in business today. The power of the vulnerability principle in the art of making small talk is surprising. - Talk from your heart
When you realize the best icebreaker is a few words from the heart, the act of starting a conversation becomes far less daunting. - Learn the power of nonverbal cues
You have about ten seconds before a person decides, subconsciously, whether they like you or not. In that short period of time you dont exchange a lot of words; their judgment is mostly based on nonverbal communication. - Develop conversational currency
Be prepared to have something to say. Keep up with current events. Cultivate some niche interest. - Learn to listen
One should seek first to understand, then to be understood. - Always remember the other persons name
Nothing is sweeter to someones ears than their own name. - Be sincere
The surest way to become special in others eyes is to make them feel special. - Try to find out what motivations drive the other person
In your initial conversation with someone, try to find out what motivations drive that person. It often comes down to one of three things: making money, finding love, or changing the world. - Help someone accomplish his or her deepest desires
Initial invitation is just to connect strongly enough with other people to help them address the issues that matter to them most. - Make yourself indispensable to others
Real power comes from being indispensable. Indispensability comes from being a switchboard, parceling out as much information, contacts, and goodwill to as many people - in as many different worlds - as possible. - Start thinking about how youre going to make everyone around you successful
When someone mentions a problem, try to think of solutions. The solutions come from your experience and knowledge, and your tool kit of friends and associates. - Take the initiative to help
Dont wait to be asked to help. Just do it. - Be a knowledge broker
Performing social arbitrage when your financial and relational resources are thin is actually not too big a hurdle. The solution is knowledge. The ability to distribute knowledge in a network is a fairly easy skill to learn. - Be interested to others success
You can be more successful in two months by becoming really interested in other peoples success than you can in two years trying to get other people interested in your own success (Dale Carnegie). - Ping all the time
80 percent of building and maintaining relationships is just staying in touch (or pinging). Pinging takes effort. You have to keep pinging and pinging and pinging and never stop. You have to feed the fire of your network or it will wither or die. - Repeat and repeat again
Becoming front and center in someones mental Rolodex is contingent on one invaluable little concept: repetition. - Create a rating system
One way to make maintaining easier is to create a rating system for the network that corresponds to how often you reach out. For example:
1. A 1? gets contacted at least each month.
2. A 2? gets a quarterly call or e-mail.
3. A 3? gets reached at least once a year. - Integrate pinging into your workflow
The important thing is that you build the concept of pinging into your workflow. - Be personal
Always try to make any message as personal as possible. - Dont forget birthdays
Birthdays should be one of your favorite pinging occasions. - Get anchor tenants for your dinner parties
We all have developed relationships with older, wiser, more experienced people. They are anchor tenants. Get them to add a little electricity to your dinner party. - Be interesting
Virtually everyone new you meet in a situation is asking themselves a variation on one question: Would I want to spend an hour eating lunch with this person? - Be a person of content
Content involves a much more specialized form of knowledge. Its your differentiation. Its the message that will make your brand unique. Have a unique point of view. - Be relentless in learning and presenting your content
What will set you apart from everybody else is the relentlessness you bring to learning and presenting and selling your content. - Acquire content from someone elses
On some occasions, you can acquire content by simply appropriating another persons innovative ideas and become a leader in distributing and applying those ideas. - Develop your own content
On other occasions, you have to develop the content from scratch. That means taking all the disparate dots of information and connecting them in a way others have not. - Get the attention
Once a resonating pitch is perfected, getting attention is less of a problem. Simply give the press what they need: great stories. - Be an expert
The easiest route to become content creators is by expertise.Do what experts do: teach, write, and speak about your expertise. - Teach what you want to learn
Theres no better way to learn something, and become an expert at it, than to have to teach it. - Use stories to communicate your content
Powerful content communicated in a compelling story can energize your network to help you achieve your mission. In your stories, use emotion to convince your doubters. - Have a personal brand
A powerful brand - built not on a product but on a personal message - is a competitive advantage. Good personal brands do three things: they provide a credible, distinctive, and trustworthy identity. - Be distinct or extinct
Your brand articulates what you have to offer, why youre unique, and gives a distinct reason for others to connect with you. - Focus on adding value
To become a brand, youve got to become relentlessly focused on what you do that adds value. That means going above and beyond whats called for. - Develop your Personal Branding Message
What do you want people to think when they hear or read your name? Your positioning message should include a list of words that you want people to use when referring to you. - Package the brand
Looks count, so youd better look polished and professional. And why not create a personal Web site? - Broadcast your brand
If you dont promote yourself, no one else will. Like it or not, your success is determined as much by how well others know your work as by the quality of your work. - Start building relationships with the media
You have to start today building relationships with the media before you have a story youd like them to write. - Trumpet the message, not the messenger
All your efforts at publicity need to feed into your mission, not your ego. - Do collaborative writing
If you have any writing skills at all, you can get close to almost anyone by doing a piece on them, or with them. By writing collaboratively, youre expanding your network exponentially with contacts that otherwise might have seemed out of reach. - Write articles
Writing articles can be a great boost for your career. It provides instant credibility and visibility. - Be a good writer by keep writing
To become a writer: Write, then write some more. When youre done - and heres the kicker - keep writing. - Go for the big names
Are you only connecting with field mice? If you are, start turning your attention to reaching out to the sort of important people that can make a difference in your life and the lives of others. - Build trust to get close to power
Trust is the essential element to get close to power; trust that you have no ulterior motives behind your approach; trust that youll deal with them as people and not as stars. - Join associations
There is an association for everything. If you want to meet the movers and shakers directly, you have to become a joiner. - Build your own club
Sometimes all clubs that seemed worth attending have their doors closed. Theres no reason not to build your own. Figure out what your unique selling proposition is, and start an organization. Invite those people you want to meet to join you. - Be humble
Arrogance is a disease that can betray you into forgetting your real friends and why theyre so important. Be humble in your hike up the mountain. Help others up the mountain along with and before you. - Reach back to your past
Reach back into your past regularly to touch base with the folks who have meant so much to you since you were a kid. - Find mentors
Finding a talented, experienced mentor who is willing to invest the time and effort to develop you as a person and a professional is far more important than making career decisions based purely on salary or prestige. - Learn from many people
There isnt just one special person to be all things at all times. Mentors are all around you. - Build a successful mentoring relationship
A successful mentoring relationship needs equal parts utility and emotion. Utility means promising something in return to your mentor. Emotion means your mentor becomes emotionally invested in your advancement. - Find mentees
As much as you stretch yourself by reaching up, be sure you are stretching just as far to reach back and help others. You can learn so much from your mentees. - Hold your principles
Connecting should advance, rather than compromise, your principles. Your determination to connect with others should never come at the expense of your values. - Dont try to balance your professional and personal life
Balance is a myth. Real connecting insists that you bring the same values to every relationship. As such, dividing your life between professional and personal spheres no longer made sense. - Build close relationships
How many people can walk into your homes and just open up the fridge and help themselves? It is close relationships like these that keep you well-adjusted, happy, and successful.
Popularity: 3% [?]
12th
JUN
Manage Wifi Network with iStumbler and Netstumbler
Posted by Eunjin Gregorio under Uncategorized
iStumbler - Mac OS X only: Wireless manager iStumbler shows you everything you need to know about the wifi, Bluetooth and Bonjour networks in your area.
Yesterday after I mentioned the not-free WiFind, readers bumrushed me in the comments asking why not iStumbler - the app that saved Adam’s wireless-challenged butt at a conference last year. Indeed, iStumbler is a much better alternative to WiFind.
See what networks are open and which are passworded and their signal strength in iStumbler’s single interface. (My only complaint: it’s not integrated with the Airport menu like WiFind, but it includes Bluetooth info too, unlike WiFind.) Instant Growl integration adds easy notification of network events (ie, your Nokia Bluetooth phone is connected! Your other Mac is now available for file-sharing!) and a neat little graph of your current network’s signal strength updates over time. Thank you, lifehackers. I have seen the light. iStumbler is a free download for Mac only.
NetStumbler - Windows only: Network manager NetStumbler lists all the wifi networks in your area, their signal strength and whether or not they’re passworded.
The Windows equivalent of yesterday’s featured Mac download, iStumbler, NetStumbler’s not quite as good-looking but still just as essential when you’re in out and about tracking down love in the wifi jungle. NetStumbler is a free download for Windows only. [ By Gina Trapani of LifeHacker ]
Popularity: 3% [?]
11th
JUN
Google and Apple destined for strategic alliance?
Posted by Eunjin Gregorio under Uncategorized
Fred Vogelstein of Wired speculates on a possible announcement at Apples Worldwide Developers Conference next week of a strategic alliance between Apple and Google. Its not unlikely. Google CEO Eric Schmidt is on Apples board for a reason, and I dont think that he got the seat because he and Steve Jobs share their iTunes playlists.
Google likes to makes strategic alliances, but not of great significance so far. The company has collaboration with Sun, without much to show, and this week announced a relationship with salesforce.com that leverages AdWords.
What could Google do with Apple, or more correctly, what does Steve want from Google?
Fred quotes Schmidt talking about what Google and Apple respectively bring to the party:
Were a perfect back end to the problems that theyre trying to solve, Schmidt told me. They have very good judgment on user interface and people. But they dont have this supercomputer (that Google has), which is the data centers. What they have is a manufacturing business thats doing quite well.
Apples .Mac effort to create an online portal has been greatly overshadowed by Google, Yahoo, MSN and others. New Mac buyers could find Googles search bar and an offer for Googles set of applications. Or, how about a upload button to YouTube for iMovies or and upload button to Google for iPhotos, tighter integration with the Macs native iLife set of applications, given the Mac is the multimedia machine of choice.
Or perhaps, Google and Apple will carve out a Mac/iPod/iPhone-centric Google Apps for Your Domain, with some special touches added by the master of product design.
Another possibility: iTunes in the cloud. Wouldnt it make sense to put playlists in a cloud so they could be accessed from the iPhone, your various iPods and anything else with connectivity?
Whats your guess? [ Via ZDNet ]
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Successful Keyword Optimization
Posted by Eunjin Gregorio under Uncategorized
Optimization of Keywords for Free Traffic
When it comes to keyword optimization there are a number of opportunities out there especially in niche areas. Well show you how to optimize for keywords successfully.
The Scenario
Do you find yourself in this position?
Antonia owns a site selling specific niche products - novelty lighting and lava lamps. Shes just started her own blog where she reviews such products. The idea is to establish her reputation and her brand as the premier expert in the field of home lighting.
BUT . . . her posts and articles arent appearing anywhere on Google? SEO is turning out to be a harder path than she imagined. Sounds familiar?
If so, youre probably falling down when it comes to Search Engine Optimization and Keyword Marketing. Heres how to succeed. We regularly get as much as 50% of our posts on the front page of Google for the keywords we pick. This is how we do it . . .
Keyword Optimization - The Strategy
Optimization of Blogposts to Pick off Keywords
When you learn how to optimize your blog posts for SEO you can start to see lots of free traffic flooding to your blog every single day. We use blogs to draw traffic for almost all our sites. Why? Well, blogs allow you to get good positions in natural search - this means youre not blowing money on Pay Per Clicks ads. If youre planning on a building a sustainable long-term Internet business, having a good ranking on Google is vital.
Once again its a very easy tactic to pursue.
Heres how:
How can Antonia Implement this strategy of Keyword Optimization?
3 EASY STEPS
Antonia deals in novelty lighting and lava lamps. Obviously this would be excellent content for Antonia to blog about and link back to his ecommerce site. [ Continue reading at MindValleyLabs ]
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10th
JUN
YouTube Launching Chinese Version
Posted by Eunjin Gregorio under Uncategorized
Speaking at an Internet forum in Taipei, YouTubes Steve Chen made the announcement that YouTube will launch a Chinese-version of the service in the near future. Since half of YouTubes viewers arent from the United States, its logical to translate YouTube to some languages other than English. Chen also mentioned the companys plans to increase the availability of YouTube in the future by adding access to YouTube in buses and subways. China is one of the countries that have shown certain reserve towards YouTube and has even threatened to ban the service altogether. A Chinese version of YouTube might also mean a censored version of YouTube, which would probably make Chen&co sleep better, knowing that YouTube wont get banned in the huge market [ Cache ] [ Continue Reading ]
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10th
Firefox + Stylish = 10 Extremely Beautiful Websites
Posted by Eunjin Gregorio under Uncategorized
Youve been looking at those same websites - Google, Youtube, Wikipedia - for years now, and youre sick of their boring design? Its time to take matters into your own hands. Install Stylish - a Firefox extension that lets you change the CSS of most websites - and really take back the web. Weve chosen 10 great picks for you to start from.
If you arent familiar with Stylish, installing and using it is easy as pie. Get it here. Installing the scripts is similar to Greasemonkey, and in most cases it only requires clicking on the Install Script button. Sometimes, you might need to tweak the script a bit to include a localized version of a website - for example, what works on Google.com might not work on Google.de without adding an extra parameter to the script. Other than that, Stylish is very simple to use and manage.
Dark Google
A fun fact reappears on popular web sites every now and then - Google, with its whiteness, is actually costing more energy than if it were black, because an LCD screen needs more energy to shine bright white than black. Its time to save the planet and get that cool 1337 look on Google with Google Dark Grey Redesign. Make sure you try the original blue version, too.
http://userstyles.org/styles/1693
Gray YouTube
From the same author who created Google Dark Grey comes YouTube Dark Grey redesign. And, dark it definitely is. And we love it; it makes YouTube almost look cool!
http://userstyles.org/styles/1078
Dark Digg
Yeah, yeah, we admit it: we love dark things. When it comes to usability, white is probably the best color for usability, but weve decided to throw usability out the window and enjoy the darkness. This script will paint Digg dark gray, and although its a bit rough around the edges, its still nice enough and quite usable.
Be sure to check this take on Digg as well, and if you always wanted Diggs menu to be on the right site, this script should be right up your alley.
http://userstyles.org/styles/1559
Gmail Air
Gmail Air is a script with a subtle effect: at first you wont notice any change, but try turning it off and youll see that it actually does make Gmail more enjoyable. If youre into brushed metal look, make sure to try this one.
http://userstyles.org/styles/1833
Wikipedia Gray Lady
This script does quite a number on Wikipedia, making it a lot easier on the eyes. The extent of these changes might not suit everyone, but after you get used to it you might find that it is indeed better than the standard Wikipedia look.
http://userstyles.org/styles/1365
Dark Firefox about:blank
Some people prefer their Firefox to initially open to the about:blank page. Since this page is, well, blank, why not make it a bit more cheerful? This Stylish skin turns the whiteness into dark gray, and slaps a blue Firefox logo in the middle.
http://userstyles.org/styles/2433
Light Firefox about:blank
And, if you want your about:blank page to stay white, but youd like a huge Firefox logo on it, choose this one.
The installation procedure for it is a bit different, so heres a quick rundown (works for all other manual installations of stylish scripts). After installing stylish, youll notice a notebook icon in the lower right corner of Firefox. Right click it, and choose Write Style - blank. Then just copy and paste the script into that and save it. Voila, youre done.
http://blog.mzzt.net/2007/04/10/aboutblank/
DAogle
Fans of the popular art community DeviantArt will love this one, as it gives Google a complete DA-flavored remake. Expect a lot of olive green, a cool new logo, and some other neat details.
http://userstyles.org/styles/2399
Reddit at night
A very, very dark Reddit. We find it quite usable and perhaps a little depressing. If you dont like eternal darkness, you might want to check out the extremely minimalist version of Reddit
http://userstyles.org/styles/529
Google Reader, OSX style
Heres one for all you Mac fiends out there: Google Reader in OSX flavor. And, we have to admit: this is one of the best Stylish scripts weve seen, and it really makes the otherwise quite unattractive Google Reader shine. Unfortunately, youre gonna have trouble finding some of Google Readers features, so this one will be more suited for those who already pimped out their GR functionality-wise and now just want to enhance its looks.
http://userstyles.org/styles/2318
[ Via Mashable, by Stan Schroeder ]
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