Adgitize - Start the New Year off right erning extra cash - Join Now

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One criticism of banner exchange programs (such as EC and Adgitize) is that members drop by your blog only to earn click credits. I do understand this concern. But here's the way I see it:

*For a brand new (or obscure) blogger, any form of traffic is better than getting just a handful of hits a

*If someone visits my blog and has no incentive to stay, that's my fault--something is lacking in my content.

In other words, EC and Adgitize do a pretty decent job of bringing extra traffic to your website. But high quality content is what will keep readers there, and that is your responsibility.
With the promotion going on many members surpassed the $10 threshold for payouts. If you have not received a payout but think you should, be sure and notify us using the Contact Us link at the top of the page


How much have you earned in Adgitize? You can check out the Earnings button. Then choose July in the menu. Then choose the Accumulated button.
Again, I express huge thanks to all the publishers that make Adgitize the blogger's best blog advertising venue

Adgitize Continues to be the best way to earn extra income. We are excited with the number of advertisers that have continued their ads, created new ads and helped to grow Adgitize.

Some call it fixed priced publishing. Others have named it bonus palooza. It doesn't matter what you call it, publishers are making more money than ever since we started the promotion. The promotion basically say's, If you earn 300 points in a day and you are an advertiser then you will receive no less than 47 cents USD for that day. Find out why many bloggers continue their Blog Advertising Month after month at Adgitize.

Fee Advertising at Adgitize

As an advertiser, it means that scoring 300 points a day for the month guarantees you a FREE ad for the month. In a 31 day month you would earn no less than $14.57 for the month. Free advertising at Adgitize.

It isn't easy to score 300 points a day, but as an advertiser you receive the advertiser bonus of double the click points, double ad views and double page views, plus 100 advertising points. It makes it easier to score 300 points.

Tell Your Friends this New Year wil be a good year for all those who join Adgitize so be sure to sign up now and start making money on line. Making money at home working with Adgitize can be lots of fun. So earn extra income now and join Adgitize. Just click on the links and start earning cash now.

So, tell your friends that publishers are earning money at Adgitize and encourage them to become advertisers, too. Then you can earn a referral bonus on their ad.

Find out about the original promotion Special Promotion Increases Earnings.

And then see what Phase two of the promotion is all about Phase 2 of Promotion.

Publishers definitely ROCK at Adgitize!
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Start Making Money On Line this New Year join InBoxDollars Now

       Start the New Year off right by making money on line be sure to join inboxdollars. You can make money at home with inboxdollars and you can do it at your own pace. All you do is read the e-mails they send you and thats it each day you will be making money. So go and check it out and see if its for you. You have lots to gain and nothing to lose so go now and click on the link below and join now. I did!! I have been with them for over a year and still continue to stay with inboxdollars. The extra money I make from reading their emails helps me alot.

If you want to earn some cash then click on the link to http:www.inboxdollars.com/?r=lilyruth and join as soon as you do you earn five dollars and as soon as you earn thirty dollars you can request payment home. Go and see for yourselves you have nothing to lose and so much to gain. Inboxdollars.com This is the best pay per click I have come across I joined and have already been paid twice and all I do is read a few e-mails each day. Its that easy. thanks

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How to Copy Files and Folders to a CD

                                                                                                                                                                                            If your computer is equipped with a compact disc (CD) recorder, you can back up files or folders to a compact disc-recordable (CD-R) or a compact disc-rewritable (CD-RW). This article describes how to back up files or folders to a CD-R or a CD-RW.
To copy files and folders to a CD:

Insert a blank writable CD into the CD recorder.

Double-click My Computer, and then click the files or folders that you want to copy to the CD. To select more than one file, hold down the CTRL key while you click the files you want.

Click any of the following options:

Copy this file

Copy this folder

Copy the selected items

In the Copy Items dialog box, click the CD recording drive, and then click Copy.

In My Computer, double-click the CD recording drive.
Windows displays a temporary area where the files are held before they are copied to the CD. Check that the files and folders that you intend to copy to the CD are displayed under Files Ready to Be Written to the CD.

Under CD Writing Tasks, click Write to CD.

After the CD Writing Wizard starts, follow the instructions in the wizard.

When the process is finished, the wizard displays a check box for you to choose to create another CD like the one you just made. If you want to create multiple copies of the same CD, click Yes, write these files to another CD and insert another blank, writable CD into the CD recorder. Follow the instructions in the wizard. NOTE: After you copy files or folders to the CD, it is useful to view the CD to confirm that the files are copied.
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Delete CD recorder temporary files

To delete files and folders from the CD recorder temporary storage area:

Double-click My Computer, and then double-click the CD recording drive.
Windows displays a temporary storage area where files are held before they are copied to the CD. Files or folders located in the temporary storage area are listed under Files Ready to Be Written to the CD.

Under CD Writing Tasks, click Delete temporary files.
Windows deletes the files and folders from the temporary storage area and moves them to the Recycle Bin. NOTE: When you delete the contents of the temporary storage area, you make this area available for another set of files and folders that you want to copy to the CD. The files are not deleted from their original location on your computer or from the CD.
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Times are Tough and Penny Auctions exposed

Times are tough and every penny counts. Some people are taking that idea to a new level through auction sites where pennies could get you a camera or even a laptop.
If you are willing to wait for a great deal, penny auctions are a great solution to saving a few bucks. There's an online penny auction based in the metro that's growing by the day where you can bid on everything from gift cards to MacBooks.
The Nevada company foopile.com started just a few months ago and it's gaining popularity.
Think of it as an online auction but you're bidding by the penny. And even though each bid costs 49 cents, you can still grab a good bargain because it can save you from paying the full value of an item.
"My best deal was MacBook Pro for $19.62, took three hours to get through, but definitely worth it," said penny auction user Joseph Bruschie.
Another customer got a $300 digital camera for only $50.
But we here at Penny Auctions Exposed are a little skeptical and aren't sure that we've seen any real proof that these online penny auctions are such a great deal. So we decided to put these websites to the test. What better way to find out the truth than to conduct our own study?
To get started, I have been using normal online auctions regularly for the past 6 years so I volunteered to be the guinea pig. I created an account at foopile. While there are a few penny auction websites online, foopile.com is one of the most credible and trustworthy websites in the marketplace. They gave me 3 free bids just for joining and did not try to fool me into agreeing to additional hidden offers, purchases, or fees. Another reason why I chose foopile is because it is the most practical and easy to use website I found.
Here is what foopile claimed on their website...

•All Auctions Start at 1 Penny

•Each time you bid the item price increases

•The last person to make a bid wins the auction

•When a bid is placed, the timer increases

•If you don't win the auction, you can buy one full price and redeem your bids placed for full credit.

We were pretty skeptical, but wanted to find out for ourselves if this website could actually worked as it claimed and if we really could get a great deal.
Putting foopile to the Test

The foopile.com signup was quick and painless and took me literally 10 seconds to get signed up.
In order to give myself the best chance of winning, I opted to buy their 250 bids package for $122.50 Update: On sale right now for $99
My Test - Try to win any auction on the site no matter the cost:
My Results
Day One
The first day I decided to go after one of the items which I thought would not only be a little easier to win, but useful as well.
A 100 Bid Voucher.
If you win, you get 100 extra bids added on to your account - great, I could use that to continue my test.
I waited for the timer to reach down to the 5 second mark and placed a bid. 10 seconds later another user bid above me. I placed a bid butler order for the next 10 bids, which seemed to go by pretty quickly. Okay - 11 bids down.
I decided to let a few other bidders battle it out for awhile until the price got up to $1. Thats when I set my bid butler for 50 bids.
About 20 bids down the road the other bidders gave up and I won! Great, 100 won bids by only using around 30 of my bids - what a deal.
Day Two
Today I decided I would go for something a little more active as far as bidders. An iPod Shuffle.
Again I went in with the idea of spending as many bids as I needed to in order to win the auction. And if I didn't win, then I would simply exercise my Buy One Now option.
This time I waited for the price to reach above $1 and also waited for bidding activity to slow to a crawl.. I put in a couple bid snipers, and when they started firing I knew that it was time to jump in. I set my bid butler to 100 bids and sat back to watch

72 Bids later - I was the winner of a new green iPod shuffle. That means that I got a $55 product for only $36 - sounds like a great deal to me.
Day Three
Now I was getting really bold. Today it was time to bid on something even bigger - I had my eye on an iPod Touch.
This time I waited until the price reached $2, then started placing a few bids to test the waters. There still seemed to be alot of activity, so I set my bid snipers and waited. Eventually it reached $3, and the bidding was starting to slow. I jumped in and set my bid butler at 100 bids.
Another user apparently had the same idea and we got into what is called a 'bid butler war'. This is where the timer moves quicker because the bid butlers are bidding against each other. Normally the timer increases 10 seconds with each bid, but a butler war it only increases 1 second per bid
Needless to say the 100 bids went pretty quickly. I placed another 100 bid butler, then another 50 bid butler after that. After getting to that point and still not winning, I decided that my best option was to use the Buy One Now.
So in the end I ended up getting a product worth $184 by spending $184 - not a super deal, but I certainly didn't lose anything.
Day Four
Today I decided to purchase a 1000 bid pack for $490. This was mainly because there was a new iMac on the website worth $1800 that would look great sitting on my desk. So to start off, I had about 1075 bids to work with.
Once the counter reached down to 5 seconds it was like a feeding frenzy, people were bidding like crazy - sometimes it seemed that 10 bids where hitting at exactly the same time. Definately not the time for me to start bidding - so I waited
The price quickly got to $10, and the bidding slowed down a bit but not by much. I set my bid sniper in case I snoozed too long while I was watching the auction and missed out.
The price got to $20, then $30, then $40. Thats where the bids started to slow down and I decided it was time for me to jump in. I set a 100 bid butler and watched it go, then another, and another. 300 bids down.
I played normal bidding and bid snipers for awhile - price reached $50. I put in two more 100 bid butlers.. 500 bids down.
600, 700, 800, 834... WIN
I had to do a double take - I couldn't believe I actually won an iMac at a final auction price of $67 + shipping, plus about $400 worth of bids. So for an $1800 iMac, I only had to spend $500. Now if that isn't a steal, I don't know what is!
I couldn't be any happier with the results.

I spent at total of $700 and received products valued at over $2000, plus I still have 200 bids left over.

Conclusion Like us, here at Penny Auctions Exposed, you might be a little doubtful about getting a good deal from a site which may seem too good to be true. After conducting our own personal study we are pleased to see that people really are getting great deals if they stick to their guns and bid to win (myself included :) )!
Good Luck with your auction bidding,
Source:Jennifer Huggins- Consumer Reports
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Blogging Tips - Your Mouse

           Say friends sorry I had been away for some time but as I have been teling you al my computer is old and at times it just crashes and does not want to work for me anymore so I have to jiggle this and jiggle that and move this wire here and mover that wire there and turn it on and off and keep messing with it until finaly if Im lucky it will turn on again and start to work again even tho it takes about 10 minutes just to change from page to page and this takes some patience on my part but here Im once again with all of you so I do hope you all missed me and even tho I was gone you all still stopped by and visted with me and read some of my older posts in the mean time. So keep in mind if I do not Post at least every other day that This old computer is having one of its tantrums again and I have to do all the fixing myself even tho I do not know what Im doing for Im not a tech. But I can not afford to get a real tech in here to come and fix it for me, now you understand why I hope you all will want me to post my blogging tips and tid bits of other stuff for you and you will find it in your hearts to click on the donations buttons and give me some small donation to help me save up to get enough to finally get this old computer fixed OR maybe there is one of you outthere who will make me very happy by donating enough money , so that I can finaly get me a NEW COmputer??? WOW that would be a blessing and it would be a wonderful CHristmas present to give to me!! Don't you all want to give me a Christmas present? Id hope some of my friends would get together and donate enough money for me to get a new computer for cHRISTMAS.. wELL i WIL NOT GIVE UP HOPE AND IF i DO GET ENOUGH DONATIONS GIVEN TO ME TO GET THIS COMPUTER KNOW i WILL POST and tell the world here at DotBlogger that I was given donations to buy a new computer I would talk about it on all of my posts.  So come on my god dear friends help me out I would not ask you all for this Christmas Present if I really did not care to share my insights and blogging tips and friendship with you all. I don't want to stop blogging so help me out... NOW  let me get back to business..................................................................   I'd heard before that Windows 7 would be incorporating mouse gestures, but aside from the Aero Shake and Snap features, I haven't been able to unearth anything else.
Until today.
So the next time you want to access the jump list for a program in the taskbar, do this:
Click on the program's taskbar icon once, hold that click and slowly drag up.

...and there's your jumplist!
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Sign on to save Headaches - Blogging Tips

 Find the latest answers to computer problems on the Internet. First, brush up on your web-surfing skills i. Then visit Microsoft's special Web page at http://support.microsoft.com/ for help troubleshooting Microsoft products. If you need assistance with hardware or software made by other companies, look for an Internet address and then visit the manufacturers online.                                                                                Call for help. Once upon a time, telephone technical support was free. Now, having a live person talk you through a computer problem may cost a heft fee. Before you place that cll, try other ways of troubleshooting, read the manuel, check out the Windows Help system, visit the manufactures web site, or call the dealer who sold you the product.  If your still stuck, read the fine print in the computer paperwork to find out if you get free telephone tech support, or if you have to pay. Be prepred to tell the technician basic details about your computer,especially the part thats giving you the problem. With so much help available, no matter what your problem, you'ss never be stranded for long.  Hope this will save you some Headaches. Now be sure not to leave here without signing in to my Googles Friends Connect Follow Me and show your our friend here. Also I hope you will subscribe to my readers Feeds . Thank you Lilyruth                                                                                                                                                                            Be Sure to Leave Your Comments! Also be sure to subscribe to my feeds http://feeds.feedburner.com/dotblogger and Follow Me on Googles Friends connection Recommend @lilruth to @MrTweet on Twitter....

Gagets can help your Blogging

         Blogging may not make you a millionaire, but there are a whole lot of folks who are making a decent living off of their blogs. Blogging about a topic you are passionate about can be very rewarding and could end up opening new career doors for you. But it is not as easy as it sounds. Many bloggers spends many hours everyday to write blog posts, track leads, moderate comments, and network with other bloggers. If you run a successful blog, it is very easy to run out of hours in your work days. That's why you should use very tool and gadget available to help you lower your work load and get more done in less.

Blogging can be a tough business.  So it is essential to use blogging gadgets that give you a hand during your work hours. In essence, you should look for gadgets that give you:

access: you can't blog if you are not connected to the Internet. You should always have an Internet gadget handy to update your blog when you have to.

convenience: you don't want to carry a rocket with you. You want a gadget that is easy to use and convenient.

portability: sometimes one gadget can't do it all. By using gadgets that are designed for a mobile life, you can take more gadgets with you without too much trouble.

power: if you are a podcaster or a video-blogger, you want a gadget that allows you to produce decent content on the go.

Gadgets such as Kindle or Flip HD allow you to get more done in less time. You can use Amazon Kindle to research online and read books while you are on the go. Flip HD is an ultra portable camcorder that provides video-bloggers with the ability to shoot videos while they are on the go.

There are many gadgets for bloggers on the market that are shiny and "cool" but do not actually help you get more done. Your goal is not to buy new toys to play with. As a blogger, you should be concerned about growing your business, and that could involve you traveling a whole lot each and every year. By choosing the right blogging gadgets, you can get more done and be smart about it at the same time.

Looking for more gadgets for bloggers?

There are many gadgets that can help you get more done every day. Look for gagets that can help you become a better blogger.

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Earning Money at Home

                Earn money at home using your computer Blogging.  We're not talking huge money here, but every little bit helps.
It takes a lot of work to make a profitable blog, and I'm far from an expert on this. I'll probably never be an expert because other aspects of my life are far more important to me.
But I will say this--the whole idea of making money through a blog is just super-cool to me. Maybe I'm just easily amused.                                                                                                                                                                  Be Sure to Leave Your Comments! Also be sure to subscribe to my feeds http://feeds.feedburner.com/dotblogger and Follow Me on Googles Friends connection Recommend @lilruth to @MrTweet on Twitter...

Make Money On Line with Adgitize Ads

Adgitize
Some persons may know already about Adgitize, the Network with World Class Advertising on a Blogger's Budget (only 14 $ for one month, exposure on 1.500 member blogs!).
Here are some tips to get more out of this traffic and money making program:
How to get more or even all points daily?
You get points for publish one quality article each day. No matter how many blogs you add, you only get 100 points for one article (if you have two blogs and publish on each a post, you don't get 200 points!)

Advice: Publish daily ONE article!
There are at the moment more than 120 advertisers active in Adgitize. If you want to reach the 100 points for each day, you have to click on 100 ads that are available by "chain-clicking" the members web pages. When you reached 100 advertisers, the number 100 will show up (there are steps between already like 5, 10, 15, 25, 40, 60...)!

Advice: Click daily all available ads!
Increase your Page and Ad views with the help of Entrecard. If you join Entrecard, you can drop cards on other blogs. Usually most of the members drop their cards back on your blog which means you get additional traffic. This increases your Page view and Ad view points in Adgitize and gives you some more comments and followers for your blog!
Double your Ad views by publishing two Adgitize Ad Groups on your blog/website. You are allowed to show 10 ads. So you can choose one single ad group and another group would be with nine ads. Or you can choose different ad groups but in a sum it should be not more than 10 ads!

Advice: Put two times the Ad code on your blog!
Advice: Advertise with Adgitize and get 100 additional advertising points (50+ visits/clicks on your ads are needed)!
There is no fixed price for the points. The amount of your earnings is depending on the daily available amount from the advertisement revenue from Adgitize. There is no guarantee that these number might be the same in the future!
Here are some figures which have been published by the founder of Adgitize, Ken Brown and from my own experience:
0 to 99 points: 0.01 $

100 to 199 points: 0.02 - 0.03 $

200 to 299 points: 0.15 - 0.28 $

300 to 400 points: 0.30 - 0.50 $

400 to 500 points: 0.51 - 0.88 $
How easy can it be to achieve more than 200 points each day to earn a decent amount?
Look at my advice list and you see that you have to do only two things daily!
Publish ONE article on your blog - 100 points
Click all available ads - another 100 points
Get more traffic/page views
100 points are available when you get daily around 10.000 page views
Advertise on Adgitize and get the spent money one month later back:

Like you can see, you can earn around 35 to 60 cents more each day when you would advertise (and visit other blogs + blog yourself each day), this would mean you earn 11 $ - 18 $ more each month. And one month advertisement is just 14 $!
Find referrals for Adgitize and earn additional up to 5 $ for their first advertisement and if they prolong their advertisement, you will get 1$ for every monthly renewal!
I have a special offer for Entrecard members:
You will get
500 ECs for joining Adgitize (putting the code on your blogs) and

If you decide to advertise with Adgitize
you will get 3 $ via paypal (after approval from Adgitize)
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Make Money On Line Working From Home

                                                                                                                                                                            Breaking News: Mom makes $379/day Working From Home
Mom said to be making as much as $379+ a day working online from home using Google’s simple sponsored ad program.  Is working from home next the gold rush?

For Katie Matthews it sure is. Katie, a regular mom from Orlando, Florida is now thriving, in the middle of an economic recession working from the comfort of her own home.
Katie said: "I earn about $379/day on average working on my laptop at home in my spare time.  I just post ads on Google which takes about a few minutes but you have to have lots of traffic from of-site clicks or visitors who come visit and support you. So if you wish to try Google ads and see if they work for you then give it a try Who know you may be earning lots of money in a few months.. But it may differ for different people and different blogs!



But Katie's life wasn't always so prosperous. Her recent employer, a well-known insurance agency, did some downsizing and let her go.



Her husband James now became their only source of income, which they both knew they couldn't live on. That is why Katie took the job at the insurance agency to begin with. They needed extra money and they needed it fast.
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Refill your Ink Cartrige and start saving Money

                                                                                                                                                                       Now you can buy a refill kit that can be bought from the market for a very low cost and you can refill the ink cartridge yourself. The refill kit for such ink cartridges are equipped with the proper instructions on how to refill the cartridge and do not require any special skills. However be careful when selecting your refill kit try to buy one that has been made especially for your printer.

The ink can be refilled in a matter of minutes as the kit would be equipped with enough ink to last you for a few refills, a syringe to inject the ink into the cartridge, a tool to help you remove the top, gloves and the requisite instructions. Some people using this refilling kit for the first time would be worried but be rest assured as it is very easy to refill the ink yourself. Do not make the mistake of using ink that is not compatible with your printer as this could cause permanent damage as the ink may stick to the printer resulting in color distortion.

You also can take your empty printer ink cartridge and get it refilled at a local retailer that specializes in ink cartridge refills as he would ensure that you get the right cartridge refill...Walgreens also refills ink cartridges . Even though refilling the cartridge by yourself would not cost as much  you might still miss out on the finer points, but even getting it refilled from a local retailer would save you a lot of money, sometimes as much as 70% of the price of a new cartridge

By getting the cartridge refilled and not buying a new one, you are not only doing yourself a favor by saving money, you are actually helping the environment by reducing the amount of garbage that goes into landfills each day. The main raw material used in the manufacturing of these printer ink cartridges is non-biodegradable such as plaster and that takes several years to disintegrate
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Facebook co-founders give $170K to pro-pot measure

          
                                                                                                                                                                                         SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California's ballot measure to legalize marijuana has a new friend: Facebook co-founder Sean Parker has given $100,000 to back the proposal.
Parker's donation was reported in Proposition 19 campaign finance filings this week.
And he's not the first big Proposition 19 donor with ties to the social networking site. Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz has made two donations totalling $70,000, including a $50,000 contribution last month.
Neither Parker nor Moskovitz are still with Palo Alto-based Facebook, but both still have ownership stakes. Recent estimates put the value of the privately held company as high as $33.7 billion.
"What's interesting here is that (Parker) is a member of the generation that really gets it," said Stephen Gutwillig, a spokesman for the Drug Policy Alliance, the main beneficiary of Parker's contribution. "We think he's pivotal to the future of drug policy reform in the country."
The 30-year-old served as Facebook's first president and helped transform the company from dorm-room project to big business. Parker and Moskovitz have become household names since the recent release of "The Social Network." The film chronicling the contentious origins of Facebook was No. 1 at the box office last week.
Pop musician and actor Justin Timberlake plays Parker in the movie, which portrays him as a hotshot who convinces Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to push out his friend from the burgeoning company.
In a recent Vanity Fair profile, the media-shy entrepreneur is described as a computer-programming prodigy with an uncanny knack for anticipating online trends and a penchant for designer clothes and partying.
At age 19, Parker helped develop Napster, the music-sharing software that turned the recording industry upside-down. He is now a partner at Founders Fund, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm.
Parker did not immediately respond to e-mails seeking comment.
About $1.5 million of the $2.4 million raised so far in support of Proposition 19 has come from the measure's main sponsor, Oakland medical marijuana entrepreneur Richard Lee. The only other six-figure donation not from Lee came from adult entertainment entrepreneur Phil Harvey, who gave $100,000.
Parker's donation came shortly after the Yes on 19 campaign committee reported having meager cash on hand heading into the final weeks before the election. The money from Parker and Harvey went to a separate committee to fund the Drug Policy Alliance's work on behalf of the measure.
Much of the money will go toward a get-out-the-vote campaign targeting young voters and voters of color, Gutwillig said.
Facebook recently came under fire from some marijuana advocates who claimed it was turning away advertising on the site in support of Proposition 19. Facebook said in a statement that company policy prohibits images of drugs, drug paraphernalia or tobacco in paid advertising but that ballot measure supporters were still free to advertise using different images.                                                                                                                                                             Be Sure to Leave Your Comments! Also be sure to subscribe to my feeds http://feeds.feedburner.com/dotblogger and Follow Me on Googles Friends connection Recommend @lilruth to @MrTweet on Twitter....

Blogging Tips on bringing more traffic to your Blogs

                   There are probably people out there who want to read your blog--maybe thousands of them. How do I know this? Think about it—at any given moment, there are millions of people online. Chances are, some of them are interested in what you have to say (or write, or post). I’m assuming, of course, that you are posting high quality content.

But what if you have no advertising budget for your blog? No problem! Here are some free methods you can use to get more traffic to your blog.
1. Social Networks:
Most of you are members of social networking sites (such as myspace, facebook, friendster, etc). If not, you should be. This is one of the easiest ways to get your core group of readers started. Just announce your blog or post your updates in shout-outs, bulletins, etc. Those in your network already have some kind of connection to you (even if they are just “chat mates”), so many will take the time to read your blog.
2. Blog Directories


If you look down on the right side of this blog, you’ll see all of the blog directories I’ve registered with (such as blogcatalog.com).
Blog directories help you in a couple of ways. Your blog will get hits from those searching the directory (especially from other members of the directory). In addition, adding your link to a directory helps improves your blog’s ranking in search engines (SEO).
Most directories only require a reciprocal link or banner. The registration takes a few minutes, but it is a worthwhile investment of your time. Once you get registered and put the banner on your blog, the work is over. The directory does the rest—most of them will list your recent posts in the directory.

3. Forums/Message Boards
There are multiple online forums for every imaginable topic. Find a few that are related to your blog’s topic and join. Many forums allow you to put your blog address in your “signature.” Many allow you to post links, especially if you post an article that is related to the discussion. Just be sure to follow the forum’s rules and do not flood it with irrelevant links.
4. Entrecard

Entrecard is basically a banner exchangeservice. You earn nd use credits which are used to buy banner ads on other users blogs....
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Google has an URL Shortner

It’s called Goo.gl, and according to Google it has several advantages over competing services. Here is a quote from the Google announcement .
There are many shorteners out there with great features, so some people may wonder whether the world really needs yet another. As we said late last year, we built goo.gl with a focus on quality. With goo.gl, every time you shorten a URL, you know it will work, it will work fast, and it will keep working. You also know that when you click a goo.gl shortened URL, you’re protected against malware, phishing and spam using the same industry-leading technology we use in search and other products.
 Goo.gl is connected to your Google account, so it will track clicks for you automatically.

Check it out if you haven’t yet.
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Gmail’s Priority Inbox: Will You Use It?

    

On Monday morning, most of us sort through endless mounds of email trying to identify which ones to read first based on the subject line or who it is from. What if there was a way to teach your email inbox to sort your email automatically? Google thinks it might have the answer...

Last week, Gmail introduced the Priority Inbox, which basically helps you identify which messages are most important. You have to teach it by marking items as important and it will begin learning how to prioritize your email for you. Then, those messages will appear at the top of your inbox, marked as priority.
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Tiips on how to speed up your website

    The load time of websites is one of the most important factors affecting its usability; most Internet users will just skip a site altogether if it fails to load within a couple of seconds. Below you will find tips on how to spped up your website.
Optimize Images: always use the “Save for the web” feature included on image editing software. Images represent the heavier load on virtually any website so make sure you are optimizing them. Alternatively you can also turn to an online image optimizer.

Image Formats: apart from optimizing images it is important that you choose the right format. JPEG format is suitable for photographs or true-color images. The GIF format should be used with flat-color images like logos or buttons. PNG works very similar to GIF but it supports more colors.

Optimize Your CSS: most websites are designed with CSS nowadays. Make sure to aggregate and clean your CSS. CleanCSS is an online tool that will merge similar selectors, remove useless properties and remove the whitespace from your code.

Use a Slash on Your Links: when a user opens a link on the form “http://www.domain.com/about” the server will need to figure what kind of file or page is contained on that address. If you include a slash (/) at the end of the link the server will already know that this is a directory page, reducing the load time of the site.

Use the Height and Width Tags: many people forget to add the Height and Width tags on image codes. Those tags will make sure that the browser knows the size of the image before loading it. The result is that it will reserve a spot for the images while loading the rest of the page, speeding up the whole process.

Reduce the HTTP Requests: when opening a web page every object (images, scripts and the line) will require a round trip to the server. This latency can add several seconds to the load time of your site. Make sure to reduce the number of objects and to combine CSS files and scripts together.

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Facebook inches past Google for Web users' minutes

           
 U.S. Web surfers are spending more time socializing on Facebook than searching with Google, according to new data from researchers at comScore Inc.



In August, people spent a total of 41.1 million minutes on Facebook, comScore said Thursday, about 9.9 percent of their Web-surfing minutes for the month. That just barely surpassed the 39.8 million minutes, or 9.6 percent, people spent on all of Google Inc.'s sites combined, including YouTube, the free Gmail e-mail program, Google news and other content sites.



U.S. Web users spent 37.7 million minutes on Yahoo Inc. sites, or 9.1 percent of their time, putting Yahoo third in terms of time spent browsing. In July, Facebook crept past Yahoo for the first time, according to comScore.



In August of last year, Web surfers spent less than 5 percent of their online time on Facebook, about the same percentage of their time on Google and almost 12 percent on Yahoo. In August 2007, Facebook captured less than 2 percent of U.S. surfers' total minutes. Google accounted for less than 4 percent, and Yahoo for just over 12 percent.



To be sure, there's wiggle room in these estimates, which comScore bases on a combination of reports from a panel of two million users around the world and data from websites' servers. But the time spent posting photos, updating status messages and scrolling through news from friends has at least grown to rival just about everything else people do online.
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Gagets-Apple Rolls out your Holiday shopping list

Just in time for the holiday gift season, Apple is launching another wave of those things your kids just absolutely will want to have. And there’s a chance you might want them, too.



On September 1, Apple rolled out three new versions of the iPod. The top of the line is the new iPod Touch, which Apple CEO Steve Jobs jokingly referred to as “the iPhone without a contract”. It packs in most of the features of the iPhone 4, but without the phone.




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Computer tips to make Blogging easy

                     I'd heard before that Windows 7 would be incorporating mouse gestures, but aside from the Aero Shake and Snap features, I haven't been able to unearth anything else.

Until today.

So the next time you want to access the jump list for a program in the taskbar, do this:

Click on the program's taskbar icon once, hold that click and slowly drag up.

...and there's your jumplist!


I'll keep diggin' around to see if I can find more Windows 7 mouse gestures.

Programs and Features and...

Are you familiar with the Programs and Features window in Windows Vista and 7? It's the place where you can uninstall programs and get information on stuff like the publisher, when the program was installed, its size and more.

...much more, if you use this tip.

So click Start and in the Search Box type "Programs and Features". Now either click on the icon the appears in your list or just hit Enter. The Programs and Features window will open up.



From here, look along the top of the list where Name, Publisher, Installed on, etc are.

Now right-click and select More...

Look at all those options! Just put a check next to anything you'd like to know about your installed programs like source, location, registered owner and more! Select what you want and hit OK.

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Adgitize Publisher's Payout is in Process- Updated News

                We are happy to announce that the Adgitize July 2010 Publisher payout is in process. Make sure you have updated your Profile with your payout information so we can pay you.




If you qualify for a payout and we don't have your payout information we will not be able to pay you.



With the summer promotion going on many members surpassed the $10 threshold for payouts. If you have not received a payout but think you should, be sure and notify us using the Contact Us link at the top of the page.



How much have you earned in Adgitize? You can check out the Earnings button. Then choose July in the menu. Then choose the Accumulated button.



Again, I express huge thanks to all the publishers that make Adgitize the blogger's best blog advertising venue


Adgitize Continues Summer Promotion

Posted by Ken Brown on Sunday, August 01, 2010 8:15 AM



We are happy to announce the Adgitize Summer promotion will be continuing into August and beyond. We are excited with the number of advertisers that have continued their ads, created new ads and helped to grow Adgitize.



Some call it fixed priced publishing. Others have named it bonus palooza. It doesn't matter what you call it, publishers are making more money than ever since we started the promotion. The promotion basically say's, If you earn 300 points in a day and you are an advertiser then you will receive no less than 47 cents USD for that day. Find out why many bloggers continue their Blog Advertising Month after month at Adgitize.



Free Advertising at Adgitize


As an advertiser, it means that scoring 300 points a day for the month guarantees you a FREE ad for the month. In a 31 day month you would earn no less than $14.57 for the month. Free advertising at Adgitize.



It isn't easy to score 300 points a day, but as an advertiser you receive the advertiser bonus of double the click points, double ad views and double page views, plus 100 advertising points. It makes it easier to score 300 points.

Tell Your Friends


So, tell your friends that publishers are earning money at Adgitize and encourage them to become advertisers, too. Then you can earn a referral bonus on their ad.

Find out about the original promotion Special Summer Promotion Increases Earnings.

And then see what Phase two of the promotion is all about Phase 2 of Summer Promotion.


Publishers definitely ROCK at Adgitize!


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How to create your First Blog

                                       You’re ready to become a blogger by writing your very first blog post, an entry, for your new blog. Fortunately, the mechanics of writing a blog post aren’t much different from writing an e-mail.

Most posts are quite short and are written directly and conversationally, but you can make them as long as you want. Every blog takes on a personality and life of its own.
If you’ve used a Web-based e-mail service like Gmail, Hotmail, or MSN, blog software feels very familiar. Creating the post is simply a matter of filling in the appropriate fields in a form, formatting text, and then sending it off to its destination — in this case, to your blog, rather than a friend’s inbox.
Enlarge1Go to the Blogger publishing screen.

If you just finished signing up for your blog, click the Start Posting link to start a blog post; the publishing screen appears. If you’re coming back to Blogger, log in. Blogger takes you to the Dashboard — a kind of control panel showing you the blogs you have set up — giving you access to tools like posting, help resources, or even creating another blog. Click the New Post link on the Dashboard to get to the Publishing screen.

Enter a title for your post in the Title field.

Titles are a lot like newspaper headlines: catchy and informative so that they encourage visitors to your blog to continue reading.
Write your post in the large field.

Consider writing your blog posts in a standard word-processing program, such as Notepad or Microsoft Word, and saving the document. Many bloggers have spent hours composing right in the entry field of their blog software only to find that their Internet connection has failed or another technical problem has occurred, resulting in a lost post.
Format your post.

Blogger’s entry field includes icons across the top that let you change the font and font size, apply bold and italics to text, and create common formatting styles like lists. To use these features, select the text in the field that you want to modify by clicking and dragging over the text; then click the appropriate icon or select an option from the desired drop-down list.
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Top 10 Facebook Tips

               Top 10 Facebook tips


Below is a listing of our top 10 tips for the popular social networking website Facebook.

Hide users, games, polls, etc.



It quickly gets annoying seeing some users posts, game invites, polls, etc. Hovering your mouse to the right of the post and clicking the Hide button as shown below can hide any post. Once this button is pressed you'll be prompted with the option to hide that user or in the case of a Facebook application the option to hide that application from ever showing up on your profile.

To unhide someone or unblock an application click the Edit Options link in the bottom right corner of the news feed as shown below.


Greasemonkey and FB Purity



Although Facebook does not allow the ability to hide friends getting new friends messages, friends becoming fans of something, and some application messages they can still be hidden with browser add-ons. If you're running Mozilla Firefox, Chrome, Opera, or Safari we suggest installing the Facebook Purity add-on.



Update your privacy settings



Click Account in the top right corner of the Facebook window and then click Privacy settings to adjust who is capable of seeing what on your Facebook profile. We highly recommend going through all the privacy settings to verify your privacy is properly protected.



Anything that is not set to friends only or friends of friends can be seen by anyone searching on the Internet. Below is a few things we recommend for most users.



Under Search in Privacy settings uncheck Public Search Results. This will prevent users from finding your account and profile picture in search results such as Google

Under Application settings, make sure you're only allowing applications you want to have access to your information. Applications that you grant rights to can have access to your Facebook profile information.

If you're curious to see how a program or web page connect to the Facebook API can see your profile see Tip135.

Use the Facebook top bar for navigation




Knowing how to properly navigate is vital if you want to get the most out of Facebook. Below is a brief description of each of the available options in the top bar as shown above.



Home (facebook logo) - Clicking this logo will take you to your wall (News Feed) that shows all friends recent posts.



Friend requests - If any friend requests are waiting to be approved this icon will show a notification of how many friends are waiting for approval. This icon can also be clicked when you want to view any friend recommendations or search for friends on Facebook.



Messages - This section allows you to send and receive private messages between one or more people you're friends with.



Notifications - Any time a friend or Facebook application creates a new post you'll be notified in this section. Clicking this icon will show all recent notifications. If you wish to change what is capable of sending you notifications including any Facebook applications or games click the See All Notifications link at the bottom and check or uncheck what you want to be notified on.



Search - Finally, the search box in Facebook can be a powerful tool that can be used to quickly find any current friends or people on Facebook. In addition searching for terms such as a company name, product, sports team, music band, etc. will find fan pages and groups that can be joined.



Modify your account notifications



Keep your e-mail and/or your cell phone clean by updating or eliminate Facebook notifications or keep more up-to-date by adding new notifications. Facebook notifications can be added and removed by clicking Account link in the top right corner, then Account Settings, and then clicking the Notifications tab.



Top News and Most Recent

By default Facebook will display your wall postings in the News format, which means it only displays posts it believes are most relevant to you. These results are based on your past interaction with your friends. If you want to see every post made by all your friends that are not hidden click the Most recent link in the upper right section of your news feed as shown in the above picture example.



If you want to adjust who shows up manually click the Edit Options in the bottom right corner of your news feed.


View High School work friends



If you've added your High School and/or previous Work locations to your profile, quickly see all classmates and co-workers on Facebook by clicking the link in your Info tab under your profile.



Quickly change profile picture



Your profile picture can be quickly changed to any other picture by visiting your profile, hovering the mouse over your current profile picture, and clicking the Change Picture link that appears in the top right corner of the picture.



Don't post private information on friend's walls on in comments



When you make a post on a friend's wall or in any of their comments realize that any of their friends are going to be able to see that post. If you wish for something to remain only between you and a friend send them a Facebook message instead.



Suggestions and random friend invites



As you get more friends on Facebook it will begin making friend, groups, and fan suggestions. These are suggestions made by Facebook and not your friends. Unless these are something you're interested in they can be ignored.



This same rule can be applied to people who may want to be your friend that you don't know. If you don't know someone don't accept his or her friend invite. Once someone becomes your friend they'll have access to any information your friends are capable of seeing.



Tag your Facebook friends in your photos



Always make sure to tag any of your Facebook friends that are in pictures you upload. However, never tag someone who is not in the picture. When someone is tagged in a photo that picture is automatically added to that persons profile and is a great way to share pictures with all friends.
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