The Big List

6 Must Have Firefox Tools for 2012

Written by webmarketer on 5:51 PM

Our Friends from Mozilla made a list of the most common resolutions people make and came up with some ways to help us stay on track for success with these few fantastic add-ons to help us with our goals.

Things to Start:

Mozilla Firefox Add-Ons

Saving Money — Stopping for takeout four times a week can be pricey. If you’d rather opt for home-cooked meals, Grocery List Generator will make sure you don’t forget to pick up that crucial ingredient.

Traveling — You’ve talked about going on a trip so often that it almost feels like you’ve already done it. Get yourself on the road (for real) with TravelScout’s convenient deals and price comparisons.

Learning a New Language (kinda) — Maybe you don’t have time to learn an entire new language this year, but this is almost as good! Use Im Translator to translate foreign language websites and emails into your language.

Things to Stop:


Overeating — Kick your holiday gorging habit with the Calorie Count Toolbar, which logs your caloric intake throughout the day.


Stressing Out — We know you’re busy, but taking a few minutes every hour to stretch and look at something other than a computer screen will do wonders for your stress levels (not to mention your joints). Try out StretchClock for useful reminders!


Smoking — Ready to put down those cigarettes for good? Try using Quitomzilla for incentives right in your browser.


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10 Digger Commandments

Written by webmarketer on 12:06 AM

Clueless on why your account got banned from Digg.com? Then this list is for you.

Source: WebUpon.com

1. Thou shalt not double vote from the same computer IP address
Even if your friend is visiting you and is insisting on logging in to his user profile in order to digg your fantastic article, don't let him because your item will soon just vanish from the list of upcoming stories.

2. Thou shalt not post all of thy submissions to Offbeat News
Digg seems to like it when your stories fit into one of the supplied categories. Dumping all of your items into Offbeat News just because they seem quirky to you is a great way to get yourself into trouble.

3. Thou shalt understand that thy Friends have less weight in the digger algorithm than non-friends
There are a lot of ways that the famously secret digg algorithm influences your upcoming stories and affects their placement within the Upcoming Stories pages or on the pages in the category listings. Higher rated diggs may be seen more often in the page listings, and even more so if they aren't all from your same group of friends, but actually have been dugg by a user who voted for it because they liked it.

4. Thou shalt not post too many links with thy digg article in the comments section
Posting a link with a digg article in the comments section of someone's digg may be fine once, if It is relevant. Try it more than once, and you may watch that same article that you had wanted so badly to promote, vanish before your eyes in the Upcoming Story pages and Cloud View.
5. Thou shalt be a valuable and relevant member of thy digger community
If you browse through digg, opening articles and digging them, commenting here and there on interesting articles that move you, adding friends that you like and respect, occasionally burying a story for a real reason - everything is rosy. If however, you start posting low quality content on your user page and begin to post lots of comments everywhere just to see your rants and raves get plastered all over the comments section of someone else's digg rather than actually responding to what you've read- don't plan on hitting the homepage any time soon. Your digger style will be working against you.



6. Thou shalt not digg an item without opening the link and reading the article first
Don't try to run through the page listings, digging everything as you go without opening up the articles and reading them first. The digg computers know you haven't really opened the article, and they may at some point react to your digg vote as an attempt at spamming.

7. Thou shalt not submit duplicate content
When you submit an item, you will see a list asking you to double check to see if this content has been posted. If it has, don't submit your item. If the article or photo has been on digg previously but you think that there is a relevance to showing other readers who may not have seen it, that may be fine. If you are posting a news item from Reuters and it has already been submitted under a Yahoo listing, but with the Reuters syndicated logo on the front page, don't submit, or plan on getting buried and removed from the front page if you somehow get there.

8. Thou shalt not digg only thyself and thy friends
In order to be a relevant community member, you will need to respond to more content other than just your own or your friends stories. If other users don't see you voting, even on the good articles, and you never write quality comments to others, no one will get to know you and it will be hard to get the digger community to digg your stories.

9. Thou shalt not digg too fast
If you open the articles one after the other, and immediately digg them and move on, the digg computers won't like it. There are stories of users who were given the boot because they were told no one could possibly have read so much, so fast. You don't have to read every word, but don't turn into an assembly line without pausing to check the article before you digg it. If the link doesn't work, or there if is a mistake or problem with the item, don't digg it.

10. Thou shalt not use the multiple digg ID approach.
If you are thinking about opening multiple user ID's and using them to vote for each other, save yourself the time, it won't work. You may be able to fool the digger man once, but he will soon catch on to your sins.

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Nine Websites You Should Know About, But Probably Don't

Written by webmarketer on 5:24 AM

• Fark

Genre: News
Why it's the Best: Fark.com is the king of News on the internet. It works by users submitting news links and witty headlines for them, which then get put onto a list to be reviewed and placed on the main page. Fark has news about anything and everything, weird news, important news, politics, sports, you name it fark has it. Also, to the right of each news headline is a topic that users can post in to discuss the news article.

• TV-Links

Genre: Archived TV, Movies, Documentaries
Why It's The Best: Have you ever been frustrated when trying to find an episode of your favorite TV show online? Look no further, because theres a 95 percent chance that TV Links has got you covered. From new shows to old, American to British, shows you've never heard of to shows you can't stop hearing about, TV Links has it all. Its easy to maneuver and unlike most TV web sites does not have a billion ads placed anywhere and everywhere.

• Stumble Upon

Genre: Archived TV, Movies, Documentaries
Why It's The Best: If you have a chronic web surfing problem, chances are that you get bored easily online. Even with the help of such amazing sites as Fark and TV Links you just can't seem to find enough to do online. Well look no further and prepare to develop a sleep disorder when you get the stumbleupon toolbar for stumbleupon.com. It allows you to pick from your favorite topics and then stumble through random web sites of those topics by clicking the stumble button. Also, stumble upon lets you give web sites thumbs up or thumbs down, and if it has not been added to their list yet then you can add it yourself! I personally have found many great web sites on stumble upon, including many on this list.

• TVU Player

Genre: Streaming TV, Movies, Music
Why It's The Best: TVU Player has some of the best streaming channels available on any players out there. At the time of this post it has streaming TV channels like Comedy Central, Spike TV, Fox News, and Nickelodeon just to name a few. It also has many Asian TV channels and channels that stream old TV or cartoons such as South Park. While the advertisements on the site and the player itself can be slightly annoying, as soon as you go full screen it removes them all. For people who do not have cable/satellite television this is a blessing!

• File Hippo

Genre: Computer Software
Why It's The Best: File hippo has all the best free software programs listed by category with details about how to use them and what they are. Sick of paying for your Anti Virus software, Anti Spyware, Microsoft office? Need to find a better browser, Audio/Video player, instant messenger? File Hippo has the best free alternatives to programs that you should never have to pay for. Best of all, they are FREE.

• YouTorrent

Genre: Torrents
Why It's The Best: If you do not know what torrents are then you can ignore this one. If you know what torrents are, you can send presents to me accordingly. This is the ultimate torrent search engine, searching the top 14 torrent sites and listing their results by whatever categories you can think of. Most recent, most seeders/leachers, torrent size and search engine. It needs no further explanation.

• OV Guide

Genre: List of web sites with TV Shows, Documentaries, Movies
Why It's The Best: For starters, it has TV Links on it! The reason I included it on this list though is for the people who can't find their favorite show on TV Links, but do not want to give up. OV Guide is the place to go to find newer episodes of your favorite show that aired a day or two before, but you have to hunt around different sites on there. My favorites are bedroommedia.com and sidereel.com.

• Guerilla Mail

Genre: Temporary Email
Why It's The Best: Sometimes the web site has the best description of their site. "This web site provides you with disposable e-mail addresses which expire after 15 Minutes. You can read and reply to e-mails that are sent to the temporary e-mail address within the given time frame." Also, if you need more time you can just give yourself 15 more minutes. Never have to give out your own email address again, or create another junk address, this web site does it for you!

• WikiUpload

Genre: Free File Hosting and Sharing

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5 WordPress Plugins that Save You Time

Written by webmarketer on 12:52 PM

1. In Series:

The “In Series” plugin by Travis Snoozy saves you time by selecting posts in a series from the “Write Post” screen, instead of manually adding them by getting the links and pasting.

Time Saved: Depends on length of series, but per series it saves several minutes.

2. WP 2.3 Related Posts:

“WP 2.3 Related Posts” by Denis saves time by adding related posts to your post pages via the use of similar tags.

Time Saved: Countless hours

3. Better Comments Manager:

“Better Comments Manager” by Keith Desouza allows you to reply to comments within the admin panel, as well as on a per post basis.

Time Saved: Depends on comment traffic, but can be a minute or two per comment reply.

4. Peter’s Custom Anti-Spam:

“Peter’s Custom Anti-Spam” by, you guessed it… Peter Keung allows you to save time by adding word validation on an image to your comments… reducing time to sort through spam comments.

Time Saved: Depends on popularity of your blog, but typically several minutes per post.

5. Share This:

“Share This” by Alex King inserts a bit of code at the end of posts to allow your users to share your content across a multitude of social networking/bookmarking websites.

Time Saved: With the ability to quickly edit what networks you want linked, its still negligible but overtime proves useful.

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25 Useful Websites for the Uncommonly Curious

Written by webmarketer on 12:24 PM

by Garrett Santos

1. Guerrilla Mail

   Get a temporary email address that expires after 15 minutes. During those 15 minutes you can read and reply to any messages.

2. Chain of Thoughts

   A seriously cool concept…you type in a subject you would like to research and this generates a list (you choose its length) of related keywords and topics. You can visit a Wikipedia page at any time or continue navigating through the related keywords until you find what you want. It is a very cool way of diversifying a research effort.

3. Ted

   Some really interesting videos about varying topics.

4. Wiki Travel

   Another Wikipedia inspired website relating to travel. Written and edited by users. This site promises to be one of the most useful of all travel sites due to its constantly being updated.

5. Fix It Club

   Learn how to repair or recycle household items that you might otherwise throw away.

6. Simple Help

   This site promises to, “help beginner-to-intermediate computer users learn how to do various things with their computers.” It is free.

7. Life Script

   Life Script does sell health products but it also offers free newsletters and web portals with information and articles relating to general health, dieting, nutrition, beauty, etc.

8. Full Books

   An index of thousands of books, free for you to read.

9. Study Guides and Strategies

   A huge database of study guides for a number of subjects published in many different languages.

10. Meta Religion

    This site contains a huge number of articles about religion, science, and philosophy and is published in Spanish and English.

11. Bibliomania

    2,000+ free online classic texts plus a myriad of other articles/features.

12. World Freedom Atlas

    The, “World Freedom Atlas,” provides a visual method of understanding the issues of freedom, human rights, democracy, etc in the world.

13. My Fit

    This is a pretty good source for fitness information. The information is searchable and organized in a tabbed structure.

14. How to Clean Anything

    Literally…this site provides tips about how to clean just about anything.

15. Dear Cupid

    Ask, Answer, or browse through questions about any and every aspect of relationships. There are also many forums and articles available.

16. Help With PCs

    This is a decent tutorial site that specializes in PC issues.

17. Sclipo

    Sclipo is a video site that you can use to broadcast instructional videos that you edit or just to look up how-to videos. There is a live hosting feature, and the site is published in English, Espanol, and Deutsch.

18. Speed Test

    A news site for broadband issues. This link is for a feature they provide that allows you to determine your IP address and test how well your broadband is operating.

19. Google Translate

    This is another of the many cool Google applications out there. You can translate an entire web page or any other amount of text you need. There are a number of languages available.

20. Movie Duo

    This is a pretty new site that seems to be centered in, but not limited to, New York (for now). The site allows you to search for men or women within a specified radius of your zip code who are interested in seeing the same movies you are. It is a new breed of an online dating site.

21. Foodio 54

    This is a huge catalog of restaurants (United States only…for now). They claim to be different from similar sites in that they use a feature called, “collaborative filtering.” This is a method of determining which restaurants you might like based on your reviews and the reviews of other members. Foodio54 is a free site.

22. Big Oven

    This recipe-sharing site allows users to upload their favorite recipes or search for new ones. You can search by entering up to three ingredients, by keyword, or by rating.

23. Beer Advocate

    As described by the owners, Beer Advocate helps you learn about, share, and advocate beer.

24. Music Mesh

    Search for music videos and then browse the web that is created by your choices. Youtube provides the videos.
    

25. Live Plasma

    Live Plasma is not the first site of its kind but it is the best site of its kind (If you ask me…which you didn't). You enter a movie, actor, director, musician, etc; and Live Plasma will create a web of related media for you to browse through. This is a very cool way to discover new movies and music based on what you already know.

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The List Of The Top 10 Best Books of 2007

Written by webmarketer on 9:54 AM

1. Man Gone Down: A Novel
By Michael Thomas. Black Cat/Grove/Atlantic, paper, $14. This first novel explores the fragmented personal histories behind four desperate days in a black writer’s life.


2. Out Stealing Horses: A Novel
By Per Petterson. Translated by Anne Born. Graywolf Press, $22. In this short yet spacious Norwegian novel, an Oslo professional hopes to cure his loneliness with a plunge into solitude.


3. The Savage Detectives: A Novel
By Roberto Bolaño. Translated by Natasha Wimmer. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $27. A craftily autobiographical novel about a band of literary guerrillas.


4. Then We Came to the End: A Novel
By Joshua Ferris. Little, Brown & Company, $23.99. Layoff notices fly in Ferris’s acidly funny first novel, set in a white-collar office in the wake of the dot-com debacle.


5. Tree of Smoke: A Novel
By Denis Johnson. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $27. The author of “Jesus’ Son” offers a soulful novel about the travails of a large cast of characters during the Vietnam War


6. Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone (Vintage)
By Rajiv Chandrasekaran. Alfred A. Knopf, $25.95; Vintage, paper, $14.95. The author, a Washington Post journalist, catalogs the arrogance and ineptitude that marked America’s governance of Iraq.


7. Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression
By Mildred Armstrong Kalish. Bantam Books, $22. Kalish’s soaring love for her childhood memories saturates this memoir, which coaxes the reader into joy, wonder and even envy.


8. The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
By Jeffrey Toobin. Doubleday, $27.95. An erudite outsider’s account of the cloistered court’s inner workings.


9. The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh: A Woman in World History
By Linda Colley. Pantheon Books, $27.50. Colley tracks the “compulsively itinerant” Marsh across the 18th century and several continents.


10. The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century
By Alex Ross. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $30. In his own feat of orchestration, The New Yorker’s music critic presents a history of the last century as refracted through its classical music.

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A List of The Laws of Herman

Written by webmarketer on 8:22 AM

1. Your vacation begins after you defend your thesis.

2. In research, what matters is what is right, and not who is right.

3. In research and other matters, your adviser is always right, most of the time.

4. Act as if your adviser is always right, almost all the time.

5. If you think you are right and you are able to convince your adviser, your adviser will be very happy.

6. Your productivity varies as (effective productive time spent per day)^1,000.

7. Your productivity also varies as 1/(your delay in analysing acquired data)^1,000.

8. Take data today as if you know that your equipment will break tomorrow.

9. If you would be unhappy to lose your data, make a permanent back-up copy of them within five minutes of acquiring them.

10. Your adviser expects your productivity to be low initially and then to be above threshold after a year or so.

11. You must become a bigger expert in your thesis area than your adviser.

12. When you cooperate, your adviser's blood pressure will go down a bit.

13. When you don't cooperate, your adviser's blood pressure either goes up a bit or it goes down to zero.

14. Usually, only when you can publish your results are they good enough to be part of your thesis.

15. The higher the quality, first, and quantity, second, of your publishable work, the better your thesis.

16. Remember, it's your thesis. You (!) need to do it.

17. Your adviser wants you to become famous, so that he/she can finally become famous.

18. Your adviser wants to write the best letter of recommendation for you that is possible.

19. Whatever is best for you is best for your adviser.

20. Whatever is best for your adviser is best for you.

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Top 10 ways & 70 websites to spend time on Internet!

Written by webmarketer on 5:02 PM

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List of Web 2.0 Collaboration Services

Written by webmarketer on 5:24 AM

Services allowing multiple users to group and collaborate/share including blogging, bookmarking, tasks, to-do etc

1. 30boxes : online calendar
2. 43 Things : social goal setting
3. AirSet : calendars, contacts, lists, blogs, weblinks sharing
4. ajchat : ajax based chat room
5. Ambedo : tag search engines
6. askeet : collaborative question and answering
7. Asoboo : social networking with events/places (japanese)
8. AssociatedContent : info / content hosting / sharing
9. BareWiki : wiki for collaborative notes
10. Basecamp : project management tool
11. BiddingBuddies : social networking for ebay members
12. Billmonk : social financial responsibilities
13. BlinkList : social bookmarking
14. Blogmarks : social bookmarking
15. BuddyMarks : social bookmarking
16. CalendarHub : online calendar
17. Campfire : business group chatting
18. CentralDesktop : instant workspaces for teams and workgroups
19. Chalksite : classroom management
20. Clipmarks : web clipping sharing
21. cluebacca : social text clips sharing
22. CollaborativeRank : delicious search engine
23. Collective X : group calendar, discussions, email, sharing
24. CommonTimes : social bookmarking for news
25. Conversate : instant online discussion spaces
26. Dailymotion : video sharing
27. del.icio.us : social bookmarking
28. Diigo : social bookmarking with annotation
29. dodgeball : social networking with mobile phones
30. Dogear : bookmarking tool
31. Douban : books/music/movies review share
32. eSnips : online content sharing
33. eTribes : text messenger service
34. eventful : social calendar sharing
35. Eventicus : social events manager; german
36. EventSniper : online calendar
37. evnt : social calendar sharing
38. Facebook : social student networking
39. Favorville : social networking doing favors
40. Foopad : hosted wiki service; free
41. Frappr : personal/group map sharing
42. Friendster : social networking
43. Fundable : social fundraising
44. Furl : social bookmarking
45. Gliffy : draw and share diagrams on the web
46. Grou.ps : sharing platform for groups
47. Hanzo : social bookmarking and archiving
48. HipCal : online calendar, todo list
49. Hula : open source calendar and mail server
50. iKarma : social business networking with recommendations
51. iRows : web-based spreadsheet
52. Jambo : social networking
53. Jeteye : social info sharing
54. Jots : social bookmarking
55. JotSpot : live group note-taking
56. Joyent : web-based software (email, calendars, contacts, shared apps)
57. Kaboodle : social info sharing
58. Kiko : online calendar
59. Kolablog : multimedia blogging service; free
60. KopiKol : social bookmarking
61. linkedin : social business networking
62. LiveMarks : live del.icio.us additions
63. LookLater : private bookmarking and archiving
64. Lovento : social networking and meeting
65. ma.gnolia : social bookmarking service
66. Map Mix : mapped social networking
67. MeetWithApproval : group meeting manager
68. MyLinkVault : social bookmarking
69. MySpace : social networking
70. Mystickies : add sticky informational notes on web pages
71. MyWebDesktop : personal and collaborative web-based desktop
72. Near-Time : group collaboration space; hosted; free and paid
73. NewHots : chinese portal for rss, bookmarks
74. Nextaris : social bookmarking, networking, blogging
75. Numbler : web-based spreadsheet
76. NumSum : online shareable spreadsheet
77. opinity : social networking with testimonials
78. Orkut : social networking
79. PBWiki : online document hosting and sharing
80. PeerProfile : social info / bookmark / photo sharing
81. Pixel Group : collaborative pixel drawing
82. Planzo : online calendar sharing
83. ProjectSpaces : online team collaboration
84. Qwik : hosted wiki service; free (german)
85. Rallypoint : online collaboration service
86. RawSugar : online bookmarking
87. Schtuff : online document hosting and sharing
88. Segnalo : social bookmarking (italian)
89. ServerSideWiki : micro-site hosted wiki
90. Shadows : social bookmarking
91. Simpy : social bookmarking
92. Skobee : social events manager
93. Spongecell : online calendar
94. Spurl : social bookmarking
95. StikiPad : online document hosting and sharing
96. StumbleUpon : social bookmarking / web discovery tool
97. SynchroEdit : collaborative document edit
98. TagFacts : online tagged notes
99. Taggle : social bookmarking (german)
100. Tagsy : social bookmarking and feed management; coming soon!
101. TagTooga : user submitted directory
102. TagWorld : social networking + blog + music + storage
103. TasksPro : online todo lists; free and paid
104. Tilika : online calendar
105. Trumba : online calendar sharing
106. Upcoming : social events calendar
107. Vyew : browser-only web meeting
108. Wayfaring : social map sharing
109. Web Collaborator : online collaboration service
110. Web2-0.de : online document hosting and sharing (german)
111. WebBrush : online collaborative notes/charts/diagrams
112. wideword : online rich document sharing
113. Wikipedia : online encyclopedia / info sharing
114. Wikispaces : online wiki space
115. Wists : social bookmarking; shopping
116. Writeboard : collaborative writing
117. Writely : collaborative writing
118. Xanco : free mobile weblog; photos, videos, groups
119. yackpack : email for voice
120. Yahoo! My Web 2.0 : social bookmarking
121. Yoono : social bookmarking software
122. Zingee : social file sharing service
123. Zoho Chat : group chatting service
124. Zoho Writer : online document hosting and sharing
125. Zvents : social events sharing

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List of Web Calendar 2.0

Written by webmarketer on 5:07 AM

• 30boxes - Manage & share calendar.
• Calendar hub - Create & share calendars.
• Eventful - Create & share events.
• Eventicus - Create & share events.
• Event sniper - Mix your event calendar with feeds.
• Hipcal - Manage & share calendar & to do lists.
• Meet with approval - Arrange meetings & events online.
• Mosuki - Arrange meetings & events online.
• Planzo - Arrange meetings & events online & thru sms.
• Skobee - Arrange meetings & events online.
• Sponge cell - Arrange meetings & events online; with a.i.
• Tilika - Share calendars.
• Trumba - Create& share events.
• Upcoming - Create, manage & share events.

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30 Web2.0 Storage Devices

Written by webmarketer on 4:41 AM

1. 23h : online photo sharing
2. 30gigs : online storage
3. 4shared : free online storage
4. Allmydata : online storage
5. Box.net : online storage
6. DropSend : online storage
7. Funtigo : online photo sharing
8. gDisk : use gmail account for online storage
9. I'll Host It : online storage
10. MailBigFile : online storage
11. MediaMax : online media / file storage ; free (25 gb) and paid accounts
12. Mofile : online storage
13. Multiply : online storage
14. Omnidrive : online storage
15. Openomy : online storage
16. Photobucket : online photo hosting / sharing
17. PowerOffice : online storage
18. putfwd : online storage
19. SendSpace : online storage
20. Sideload : social music storage
21. Streamload : online media storage / streaming ; free and paid
22. Stridr / swapzies : social media storage
23. StrongSpace : online storage
24. Swapzies : online storage service
25. TagWorld : social networking + blog + music + storage
26. TotoExpress : secure large file transfer
27. TrueShare : secure file sharing; paid
28. Xdrive : online storage
29. Xmail Hard Drive : gmail as hard drive
30. YouSendIt : large file transfer

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List Of the 90 Weirdest Phobias

Written by webmarketer on 2:27 AM

Ablutophobia: Fear of washing or bathing

Aerophobia: Fear of swallowing air

Ambulophobia: Fear of walking

Anablephobia: Fear of looking up

Anemophobia: Fear of wind

Anthrophobia: Fear of flowers

Arachibutyrophobia: Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.

Arithmophobia: Fear of numbers

Aulophobia: Fear of flutes

Auroraphobia: Fear of Northern Lights

Barophobia: Fear of gravity

Basophobia: Fear of walking

Batophobia: Fear of being close to high buildings

Bibliophobia: Fear of books

Blennophobia: Fear of slime

Bogyphobia: Fear of the bogeyman

Cathisophobia: Fear of sitting

Catoptrophobia: Fear of mirrors

Chaetophobia: Fear of hair

Chionophobia: Fear of snow

Chromatophobia: Fear of colors

Chronophobia: Fear of time

Cibophobia: Fear of food

Clinophobia: Fear of going to bed

Cnidophobia: Fear of string

Deciophobia: Fear of making decisions

Dendrophobia: Fear of trees

Dextrophobia: Fear of objects at the right side of the body

Didaskaleinophobia: Fear of school

Eisoptrophobia: Fear of mirrors

Eleutherophobia: Fear of freedom

Eosophobia: Fear of daylight

Epistemophobia: Fear of knowledge

Ergophobia: Fear of work

Ereuthophobia: Fear of the color red

Geliophobia: Fear of laughter

Geniophobia: Fear of chins

Genuphobia: Fear of knees

Geumaphobia: Fear of taste

Gnosiophobia: Fear of knowledge

Graphophobia: Fear of writing

Heliophobia: Fear of the sun

Helmintophobia: Fear of being infested with worms

Hemophobia: Fear of blood

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia: Fear of long words

Homichlophobia: Fear of fog

Hypnophobia: Fear of sleep

Ichthyophobia: Fear of fish

Ideophobia: Fear of ideas

Kainophobia: Fear of anything new

Kathisophobia: Fear of sitting down

Lachanophobia: Fear of vegetables

Leukophobia: Fear of the color white

Levophobia: Fear of objects to the left side of the body

Linonophobia: Fear of string

Logophobia: Fear of words

Melanophobia: Fear of the color black

Melophobia: Fear of music

Metrophobia: Fear of poetry

Mnemophobia: Fear of memories

Mottephobia: Fear of moths

Nebulaphobia: Fear of fog

Neophobia: Fear of anything new

Nephophobia: Fear of clouds

Nomatophobia: Fear of names

Octophobia: Fear of the number 8

Ommetaphobia: Fear of eyes

Oneirophobia: Fear of dreams

Ophthalmophobia: Fear of opening one's eyes

Ostraconophobia: Fear of shellfish

Panophobia: Fear of everything

Papyrophobia: Fear of paper

Paraskavedekatriaphobia: Fear of Friday the 13th

Peladophobia: Fear of bald people

Phobophobia: Fear of fear

Photophobia: Fear of light

Phronemophobia: Fear of thinking

Pogonophobia: Fear of beards

Sciophobia: Fear of shadows

Scolionophobia: Fear of school

Selenophobia: Fear of the moon

Siderophobia: Fear of stars

Sitophobia: Fear of food

Sophophobia: Fear of learning

Stasibasiphobia: Fear of walking

Thaasophobia: Fear of sitting

Trichopathophobia: Fear of hair

Triskadekaphobia: Fear of the number 13

Verbophobia: Fear of words

Xanthophobia: Fear of the color yellow

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Top 10 Dumbest Song Lyrics Ever

Written by webmarketer on 1:24 AM

Ugh.. What were they all thinkin???!!

#10 - "Break Stuff" - Limp Bizkit

"I hope you know i pack a chainsaw/ And skin your ass raw/ And if my day keeps going this way i just might break somethin'/ Tonight/ I pack a chainsaw/ And skin your ass raw/ And if my day keeps going this way i just might break somethin'/ Tonight/ I pack a chainsaw/ And skin your ass raw/ And if my day keeps going this way i just might break your/ Fuckin' face tonight"

#09 - "Only Wanna Be With You" - Hootie & the Blowfish

"Sometimes you're crazy and you wonder why/ I'm such a baby/ 'Cause the Dolphins make me cry"

#08 - "Sunglasses at Night" - Corey Hart

And I wear my sunglasses at night/ So I can, so I can/ Forget my name while you collect your claim/ And I wear my sunglasses at night/ So I can, so I can/ See the light that's right before my eyes

#07 - "I've Never Been to Me" - Charlene

Oh, I've been to Georgia and California and anywhere I could run/ Took the hand of a preacher man/ and we made love in the sun/ But I ran out of places and friendly faces/ Because I had to be free/ I've been to paradise but I've never been to me

To the extreme I rock a mic like a vandal/ Light up a stage and wax a chump like a candle/ Dance, Bum rush the speaker that booms/ I'm killing your brain like a poisonous mushroom

It's just another Sunday, in a tired old street/ Police have got the choke hold, oh, but we just lost the beat

I don't like 'em stiggity fat! (No!)/ I like 'em stiggity stacked (Yeah!)/ You wiggity wiggity wack if you ain't got biggity back (Awwww!)

I am, I said/ To no one there/ And no one heard at all/ Not even the chair/ I am, I cried

Muskrat Suzie, Muskrat Sam/ Do the jitterbug at a Muskrat Land/ And they shimmy, Sam is so skinny

MacArthur Park is melting in the dark/ All the sweet, green icing flowing down/ Someone left the cake out in the rain/ I don't think that I can take it/ 'Cause it took so long to bake it/ And I'll never have that recipe again/ Oh, no!

Source: AlternativeReel

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List Of Sites That Pay You To Blog

Written by webmarketer on 3:41 AM

Payperpost

One of the of the pioneers and one of the largest paid blogging network highly recommended by bloggers themselves. If you are trying to pick one, include this in your priority list, and get a chance to earn $500 monthly by blogging about the things you love!

Review Me

One of the top-paying blog website. They provide a sort of marketplace where advertisers can go and post their blog request. You can easily get $100 - $700 for just one post. Compared to payperpost, they have a lot lesser restrictions and rules, but the 50% commission for their services, might be too high for now.

Sponsored Reviews

Yet another paid blogging service website. They have almost the same functionality with ReviewMe with a little twist of letting you negotiate for the fees and bid for advertiser’s offers. SponsoredReviews take 35% commission for their services and normally you get paid from $10 to $500 per post.

This site has fast become one of the bloggers’ favorites.

Blogsvertise

Blogsvertise does not have a marketplace where you can select the tasks to work for. Instead, you will receive an offer, related to your blog, and it is up to you to accept or reject it. Generally, assignments in blogsvertise are non continuous , though they do offer “grab bags” once in a while, where bloggers could grab one task a day. Payments are sent out 1 month after the task completion and approval.

Blogitive

Blogitive is one of the earliest player in paid blogging. Pays you a flat rate o5 $5 regardless of the task and your blog performance. Requires 2 interim posts in between blogitive posts in blogs.

Loudlaunch

Loudlaunch is a moderate-size paid blogging website inheriting much of the blogsvertise unfamous areas. They have a less number of advertisers inventory and they only accept your site if it is 2 months older. Bloggers also share the same fate as payperpost, as they require each post to have their disclose badge, logo and tracker tag. They pay you using paypal.

Downside: Blog approvals take too long. One of the blogs i registered sometime March this year is still in “waiting list” until now

Bloggerwave

Based on Norway, bloggerwave has been known for its late payment. Although, just recently, many bloggers are reporting prompt payment which hopefully could boost back the websites’ morale. They pay $10 for a single post through paypal.

Smorty

A fairly new site, Smorty sets the fee for a blog post according to your blog’s traffic statistics. Lower traffic blogs get a flat USD6.00 fee per post of at least 150 words. Currently quite limited in both the number of offers and type of advertisers, Smorty promises better things to come when it grows its list of advertisers.

Payu2blog

The very first paid blogging service I joined. Payu2blog works like blogsvertise which do not have a marketplace to shop around for tasks. Instead, they will determine what type of blogs they are going to assign to you and send you the offer. Payment is via paypal every two weeks.

Among the Bloggers’ favorites because of their generous give aways!

BloggingAds

The easiest paid blogging service. Bloggers get to choose if they will use and post Bloggingad’s provided reviews, or write the post on their own. However do note that you can only put up 10 posts per month on all your blogs and the rate for each post is usually $5. Payment is made monthly via Paypal. Blogging Ads doesn’t have a lot of advertiser offers as well.

CreamAid

CreamAid is a get paid to blog program with a twist. All bloggers of an option of displaying a widget which allows them to earn referral commission whenever another blogger picks up an offer from it.

CreamAid is more fun than the other get paid to blog websites although I think their monetary potential is weakest. Don’t expect to earn more than $5 for most offers you come across.

V7N

V7N Contextual works by linking specific keywords in your blog post. Payment is $10 per link regardless of how popular and big your blog is. You are also required to sign up a non-disclose agreement, that you will not divulge that it is a paid link.

Linkpost

Access to thousands of advertisers hungry for reviews. A variety of payment options. Receive payouts monthly by check,Paypal direct deposit, or Wire. Automated advertising management. An easy way to sell paid blog posts.

BuyABlogger

BuyABlogger.com serves as a common platform for bloggers and advertisers to make a transaction. Bloggers register their blog with their PageRank and Alexa rankings, and a brief writeup of what their blog is about. They can set the price range they wish to charge for a post
Bloggers are contacted by advertisers directly by email.

InBlogAds

InBlogAds is a hybrid network that allows you to sell text links as well as blog posts. InBlogAds started quite a while back but seems to have died. I’ve not seen any new offers available and I think they are definitely outclassed by all the other get paid to blog networks.

Dewitts Media

Dewitts Media is a search marketing and website design company that’s recently launched a contextual links program. Blogs need to have a minimum Google Page Rank of 3 before they will be accepted. Rates are set at $10 per post.

Like V7N, Dewitt Media requires you to sign a NDA or Non Disclosure agreement, which forbids you from disclosing that any specific link or blog post was sponsored. There is currently no marketplace with advertiser offers though a forum might be forthcoming.

LinkyLoveArmy

LinkyLoveArmy appears to be a get paid to blog network but their website doesn’t make what they do very clear. The design is fairly cluttered and there’s no apparent FAQ or guide for bloggers who want to sign up. This appears to be a fairly small DIY setup so I wouldn’t expect too many advertiser offers from the onset.

Blog To Profit

A once active paid blogging service.
BlogtoProfit allows you to get paid to write blog posts about each sponsor’s products/websites. This company doesn’t have a user interface or dashboard and there is no marketplace which allows you to pick or choose the offers you want. They send link assignments to bloggers via email, and send payments by paypal, and Western Union.

(come on, be nice. referrer: jojo at echathost dot com)

Pay Me To Blog About You

An online market place that enables Advertisers to find Bloggers locally, nationally or globally and contract with them for placing links and creating BUZZ about products, services, events, issues, etc.
PayMeToBlogAboutYou has got their own messaging system where advertisers and publishers can negotiate directly and interact with each other.

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List Of Blog Marketing and Optimization Tips

Written by webmarketer on 7:29 AM

1. Decide on a stand alone domain name www.myblog.com or directory of existing site www.mysite.com/blog. Sub domain is also an option blog.mysite.com. Avoid hosted services that do not allow you to use your own domain name!
2. Obtain and install customizable blog software - WordPress and Moveable Type are my favorites.
3. Customize blog look and feel templates - aka design.
4. Research keywords and develop a glossary - Keyword Discovery, WordTracker, SitePoint, SEOBook Keyword Research.
5. Optimize the blog:
   • Template optimization - RSS subscription options, social bookmark links, HTML code, Unique title tags, URLs, Sitemap
   • Add helper plugins specific to WordPress or MT
   • Create keyword rich categories (reference your keyword glossary)
6. Enable automatic trackback and ping functionality.
7. Create Feedburner Pro account and enable feed tracking.
8. Setup a Google account for Sitemap, validate and prep for future submission.
9. Identify authoritative blogs, web sites and hubs for outbound resource links and blogroll.
10. Format archived posts, related posts.
11. Enable statistics for tracking - Google Analytics, ClickTracks.
12. Submit RSS feed and Blog URL to prominent RSS and Blog directories / search engines.
13. Engage in an ongoing link building campaign.
14. If podcast or video content are available, submit to Podcast and Vlog directories.
15. Submit blog url to paid directories with categories for blogs - Yahoo, BOTW, bCentral, WOW, JoeAnt.
16. Optimize and distribute a press release announcing blog.
17. Request feedback or reviews of your blog in relevant forums, discussion threads. If you have a resourceful post that will help others, point to it.
18. Research and comment on relevant industry related blogs and blogs with significant centers of influence.
19. Post regularly. If it’s a news oriented blog, 3-5 times per day. If it’s an authoritative blog, 3-5 times per week, but each post must be unique and high value.
20. Monitor inbound links, traffic, comments and mentions of your blog - Google Alerts, Technorati, Blogpulse, Yahoo News, Ask Blogs and Feeds.
21. Always respond to comments on your blog and when you detect a mention of your blog on another blog, thank that blogger in the comments of the post.
22. Make contact with related bloggers on AND offline if possible.
23. When making blog posts always cite the source with a link and don’t be afraid to mention popular bloggers by name. Use keywords in the blog post title, in the body of the post and use anchor text when you link to previous posts you’ve made.
24. Use social networking services, forums and discussion threads to connect with other bloggers. If they like your stuff, they will link to you.
25. Remember when web sites were a new concept and the sage advice to print your web address everywhere you print your phone number? The same advice applies for your blog.
26. If your blog’s goal is to promote you as an authority, interview other prominent bloggers in your industry. Your own credibility will improve by association.
27. Build out your online networks through services such as MyBlogLog, Twitter and Facebook and leverage them to promote particularly useful content on your blog.
28. Once your blog has 1000 or more subscribers, show your Feedburner badge
29. Host images with Flickr making sure to include an anchor text link in the image description back to the post where the image is used.
30. Use your blog to gain press/media credentials at relevant industry conferences and use the event to create content, connections and increase your knowledge.

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Top 10 Eating Habits to Avoid

Written by webmarketer on 12:32 PM

1. Eating a bad breakfast - no Egg McMuffins
2. Eating without thinking - take time to think back about what you have eaten today, this week
3. Letting the TV tell you what to eat - don't listen to those commercials
4. Weekend splurges - even though you get the weekends off real work, you can't take the weekend off your diet
5. Three-a-days - it is actually better to eat more like 5 smaller meals
6. Feeling like superman - drive-through diets will catch up with you eventually...
7. Emotional eating - stress isn't an excuse to eat
8. Ignoring the labels - unlike commercials, they are honest
9. Relying on convenience - microwave meals are NOT good for you
10. Giving up control - you have some will power, I know it!

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