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(First of all, just a side note that I am leaving on vacation tomorrow (August 28th) and will be away for about a week. I don’t yet know what my Internet status will be, so updates may be slow for the next week. Please have patience with me! )

Video on the net is constantly getting more popular. There’s no wonder why, it’s easy to get your message across and after all, who doesn’t like watching video? That’s good news for you if you run a website or blog! It means easy traffic to your site and a creative means to get a message to your viewers.

With video you can create tutorials, show examples, create short movies and so much more. I’m going to give you a brief overview of how to host a video on your site and get some ad revenue while we’re at it! [Read more →]

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I’ve been reading a lot of blogs lately that I haven’t been to for a while.  I think I figured out why I haven’t been back; they’ve gone to the dogs!  I can’t believe the amount of crap I’m reading on some other websites.  So many uninteresting articles and loads of self ego-inflating dribble.  The worst part is, these were high-traffic, very interesting websites that I used to go to for advice.  These days, I wouldn’t trust anything that they said…let alone want to read about it.

I’m not going to mention the names of the few sites that I’m thinking of because they really don’t need any more promotion.  Funny thing is, so many people still rant and rave about how good these sites are!  Why?…I don’t know!  I guess popularity breeds more popularity. [Read more →]

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A great idea is for you to join one or even more, online blog communities. I’m going to be looking at some blog communities from a few different perspectives. Even if you don’t own a blog, joining a blog community could open a lot of new doors for you.

Blog communities offer a bunch of different services but probably the most interactive feature that all of the mentioned communities have are viewer widgets. For the most part, a viewer widget allows a visitor on your site to see who else has been visiting the site. It also announces a user’s visit to the website owner and creates a level of interactivity where someone can reciprocate a visit to their “friend’s” site. You can see a couple examples of viewer widgets on the side of this site —> (over there, where you see all of the small user pictures lined up in rows and columns).

“So, what’s the benefit of these blog communities?” you ask. Well, let me tell you! As a viewer, you can see who else is interested in similar subjects as you. Perhaps one of those people also has a blog or website with similar topics that you can check out. They really are like communities, as you will meet new people every day, interact on new sites and just discover all sorts of new things. If you own a blog or other website, a blog community allows you to interact with fans of your’s. I would say the “cut-off line” for companies joining a blog community would be if your company doesn’t update a blog or have anything current to offer a blog community. If that’s the case, just join the blog community as a “viewer” or “voyeur” haha. Some of the blog communities have “rules” associated with your joining, so just make sure you read-up on their policies before you join as a “voyeur”. [Read more →]

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You get a million dollars (a bit over a million)! Yeah it seems crazy, but it’s true. Try it out yourself, get a penny and double it…now you have 2 cents. Double 2 cents and you have 4 cents…double that and you get 8 cents. Anyhow, you get the idea. Math is quite amazing after all haha. My lesson is to provide you with some insight on a new beta site called Moola.

Moola is a really interesting new site where you can have some fun and try to make some money. I say “try” because when you do make money, you have the choice of gambling and doubling it or cashing out. Of course you’d say cashing out…but at what point in the above example is enough money to cash out?

What happens is, Moola gives you a penny to start off with. They give you this penny by you supporting them by watching small videos (usually about 5-10 secs) every so often. With this first penny, you are able to play games on their site. Right now they only have three games but it looks like they’ll be adding more in the future. You play these games against other people like yourself. So you’ve probably guessed that if you win, you win that person’s penny and if you lose, they get your’s. So now that you (hopefully) have 2 cents, you can move up to the next level. You can now play against someone else with two pennies. The same thing happens…if you win, you double-up…if you lose, you go to zero. This goes on for 30 levels (if you choose) with a top prize of $10,737,418.24! That’s what you get when you double a penny 30 times (in a row)! [Read more →]

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Yes you read that right, you could be. You’ll be happy to know that I’m not the one spying on you today (maybe tomorrow :-P). I know a lot about Internet security but I had no idea that this was possible. Did you know that you can actually “record” visitors actions on a website? I don’t just mean what they clicked on, I mean actually watch where they moved their mouse and what they clicked on. You can even watch how people filled out forms!

Now this could be great news for you if you own a website…and if not, well you’ll just have to keep an open mind to how secure your actions are from now on. One thing you should always remember is that while you usually surf the Internet at home, the Internet is a public place and you should always be cautious about what you do on it. It’s not just a play area, actions still have consequences, laws are still in effect. [Read more →]

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