Monday, November 30, 2009

Uncover personal secrets with Spokeo Social Networks Aggregator

When you enter Spokeo for the first time, you immediately notice the program slogan: “Want to see something juicy? Spokeo searches deep within 48 major social networks to find truly mouth-watering news about friends and coworkers”. While that might be attractive for some visitors, there is definitely not too pretty slogan for me. However, let’s not look too close on the façade, but review what this site can do for you, and how it can enhance your social presence on the Web.

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Mashable.com called Spokeo a simplest of the social networks aggregators today. It is useful for the Internet fans, trying to cover all bases in the multi-sites virtual presence and bring all the contacts together under one single “roof”.

What can you use the application for?

Spokeo is a powerful online application that is designed for syndication of information available publicly across the Internet. In other words it is a social aggregator that allows the users to aggregate photos, videos and blogs available on the web. It often happens that the people/friends of the same group use different online services as per their liking and preferences and it is very difficult for them to aggregate themselves at one common place and they keep hovering around looking and searching about what their friends are doing. Spokeo aids users to maintain separate profiles of all friends and it automatically scoops important information from all the contacts (without letting them know that someone is keeping an eye on their activities). Spokeo is an important technique to manage all information of the user under one roof and let him decide what information is to be provided to others and what not. One of the main features of Spokeo is 'recommend', when any person recommends a message or post on the website it will automatically spread through and show on the home pages of everybody in the contact list.

What is the history of the application?

It was started by Harrison Tang and three other Stanford graduates in the year 2006 with a view to provide a helpful interface to the users if they are unable to keep up with their friends.

What are the differences to other applications?

The website is pretty useful and beneficial for users who have large friends base. It keeps tracking all the contacts across 48 social sites and concurrently updates the action. With its features like Recommend and Contact Ingestion, Spokeo has tried its level best to eliminate the deficiencies and fill-up the loopholes of other service across the web.

How does the registration process work?

The user can easily join Spokeo service by just providing the e-mail and passwords of AOL, Gmail, Yahoo or Hotmail accounts and in just 5 minutes the user can follow up his/her friends on 48 social networks. And in case a person doesn't have the e-mail he/she has the option to create it at the same place itself. No credit card details are required for registration.

What does it cost to use the application?

Getting registered with Spokeo is free and easy. The site is funded by 'Angel Investors'. Spokeo also provides for advertisements with the concept of 'sponsored insertion' in which the advertiser is allowed to specify the blog that he wants to promote.

Who would you recommend the application to?

Spokeo is a social aggregator and is beneficial for such users who remain wired up on the Internet all day long and have a big bunch of friends across the web. It is likely that they face difficulties in tracking them and updating their actions and activities on numerous sites. So this site can be recommended to the persons who wish to enlarge and maintain their communities across the web.

Control your privacy

Spokeo respects the privacy policies of your social networks. Your content can only be read in Spokeo by the same people allowed to read it in your network.

Currently supported networks
  • 43 Things
  • Amazon
  • Bebo
  • BizShark
  • Blogger
  • Buzznet
  • dailymotion
  • deviantART
  • Digg
  • Facebook
  • Flickr
  • Flickr Group
  • Flixster
  • Fotolog
  • Friendster
  • Goodreads
  • Hi5
  • iLike
  • imeem
  • Last.fm
  • LinkedIn
  • LiveJournal
  • Multiply
  • MySpace
  • Netlog
  • Pandora
  • PhotoBucket
  • Picasa
  • PictureTrail
  • Slide
  • Stumbleupon
  • Tagged
  • Target
  • Twitter
  • Upcoming
  • Veoh
  • Vox
  • Web Results
  • WebShots
  • Windows Live Spaces
  • Wretch
  • Xanga
  • Yelp
  • YouTube
You can access and instantly sign in for the Spokeo membership at http://www.spokeo.com/



Music blogger wanted.

His name is Itai Simon and he plays in a pop band called “Rendezvous”. I will be damned. What an interesting way to promote your talent. A music band leader wishes to get more exposure and for that, he is looking for a blogger who can write knowledgeable blog posts on music.

What you have to do?

His actual expectation in his own words: “This review/article can be based (besides other things of course) on our facebook, myspace, youtube and reverbnation pages, which includes a bio, pictures, links, comments from fans, and most importantly… audio tracks and video clips!”

This pop group is about to launch their first album in London.

Email him: itaisim (at) gmail.com

Source courtesy: Blogger jobs.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Personal bloggers wanted.

Alert!
Are you a personal blogger? I mean, do you blog about your life experiences alone?

How about getting paid for your blogging routine? I am serious buddy. Even personal blogger can become a professional blogger! Almost 90% of the bloggers out there won't say "No' to a few extra dollars-am I right?

Please visit BeingWedge.co.uk . It is a new personal blog network and also happens to be a new one.

They invite personal bloggers who can post regularly and blog about themselves. Personal bloggers have the great advantage of having full freedom to write anything under the sun and moon of course.(Smile)

You can email your application to wedge1975[at]hotmail.co.uk or visit the site not.beingwedge.co.uk .

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

The best way to make money by blogging.

After nearly 4 years of problogging, I have come to the conclusion that the best way to earn money by blogging is by selling your own digital products.

So far I have been earning money from my blogs through contextual advertising, affiliate marketing and writing blog posts for advertisers. But I sense the big money by blogging lies in the area of selling my own info products.

Many will wonder how to create one's own info product in the first place. Oh man, there are literally thousands of ideas and ways to create your own digital information.

Take yourself for example. Try to recall the last time you spent about 15 to 30 minutes in the web searching for specific information. Have you gotten it the way you wanted it?

Yes?

Good! Then, you should not have second thoughts in launching yourself into a full time internet business of creating and selling your digital information packages.

Whatever you have compiled from the efforts of your 30 minutes of searching for the niche can be nicely put together as a ready to refer document, preferably as a PDF report, write an attractive headline, fix up a low price of $1 to $5 and sell it.

I am 100% sure you will make the first sale in less than a week if you put in the required internet marketing effort. See, you have created your own digital information taken from the internet, fine tuned it to a saleable product and offered it to those who consider the 30 minutes of your time is more valuable than the $$$ they spend to buy the information.

What you are doing is actually saving precious time for those who are ready to pay you for your product. Essentially, they hire your services as a simple internet researcher.

Got my point?

Friday, November 20, 2009

Entrecard - virtual business card directory

Entrecard is one of the few blogging networks, which considered being quite useful for the blog promotion by many respected and successful bloggers. There you can buy and sell ad space for credits, which you can use for spreading a word about your own site.


Entrecard is actually a virtual online business card directory. By creating your online business card, you can use your blog as a social networking tool to increase traffic, , reach new readers, or just to make new friends.

How it works

  • When you put the Entrecard widget on your blog, your visitors are able to leave you their virtual business cards. All cards received are stored in your dashboard.
  • You can find the blog sites you like and click on the "drop" link on their widget. This is how you give your business card to people you want to network with.
  • You can communicate directly with people in your network through our private messaging system.
  • By giving your business card way, you earn Entrecard credits! It is a virtual currency. You can buy/sell/trade services with other users using earned Entrecard credits.
  • The service is free for all users.
For a limited time only, community is offering new users 200 free credits when they become active members of the Entrecard community. The promotional credits will encourage new users to spend their credits and become familiar with the Entrecard system.

There is also promotion for current site users. You can promote Entrecard through the referral program and receive 800 credits for every new referral that joins Entrecard. You can promote Entrecard on blog posts or by putting our pre-made banners on your blog.

Get your unique referral code and pre-made banners here: http://entrecard.com/r/referring

You can access Entrecard site through the link: http://entrecard.com/

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Promote your affiliate links easily.

The biggest drawback for affiliate marketers is their inability to promote their affiliate links easily. Unless, one has a blog, it is not possible to actively bring visitors to their affiliate websites.Directories mostly accept home page links. Article directories also don't accept affiliate links with a few exceptions.

Here is a social bookmarking website that allows you full freedom to submit your affiliate sites.

Visit The FB-The Fast Bookmarker to submit all your blog posts, affiliate links like Amazon, BANS and the likes.





Yes, at the outset, it looks like Digg and many more social bookmarking sites that move your submitted link to the main page based on popularity which is determined by the number of visitors who cast their vote in its favor.

Blogger-rush to this site if you have written blog posts on blogging as there is just one link in The FB.

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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Furnished one bedroom apartment for cheap rent.

I have no Godfather in the U.S. to help me find a fully or partially furnished one bedroom apartment for rent for my son who is asked to report to his software project site within a fortnight.

Finding apartments for rent in such a short time is no easy task. Either you must know someone in U.S. or you have to depend on the World Wide Web to accomplish your goal.

My son has to go Tampa. I read that any city in Florida will prove to be costly. Is it true? How about a studio apartment? Won’t they come cheap even if partially furnished?

I am particular about furnished apartment. My son can’t afford to buy things for a short stay of two three months.

Any help mate?