Buzzing Digg Effect

Have you been to Digg.com? Well, I found that site to be a great place for latest news and announcements. Diggers will submit news or press releases to Digg.com and they digg it up if it is good.

Evey submission queues in the 'upcoming' section. If a piece of submission accumulates enough of diggs within 24 hours, it will be promoted to the front page of Digg.com. And 'Digg Effect' kicks in.

There are thousands of users on Digg.com. Digg Effect is famous for its ability to crash servers. I had an experience with it. One of my articles was digged to the front page, and suddenly, visitors started to flood in. Within 15 minutes, my site was down. The server failed to balance the unexpected load.

In that day itself, I had 7,800 unique visitors coming to my site for that article!

In order to assess Digg Effect, many diggers setup news page with sophisticated tracking system to track and analyze the traffic. Here is one of the report:
http://fvvw.com/digg/report.html

Enjoy!

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Buzzing Legendary Google Phone!

Finally, Google Phone is here!

Google is partnering with Samsung to release "Google Phone". In fact, it is a Samsung phone packed with Google's applications:

Beginning in early 2007, selected Samsung phones will be provided with a range of Google^TM products and services aimed to create a more dynamic user experience, including:

• Google^TM search: Samsung handsets will include a Google^TM icon in the application menu, providing users with one-click access to Google^TM search
• Google Maps^TM for mobile: Also featured on Samsung handsets will be Google Maps^TM for mobile, an application that enables users to view maps and satellite imagery, find local businesses, and get driving directions when they're on the go
• Gmail^TM: Gmail^TM for mobile devices, a new application that brings more speed, convenience, and functionality to the mobile Gmail^TM experience, will also be available on Samsung handsets

Found via: Google's Press and Digg

I am thinking Google is not only a search engine marketing company. It is doing a lot of other ventures including conquering the stars!

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Buzzing USWeb

USWeb, the operator and owner of Blogitive, is doing a great job establishing itself as a leading internet marketing firm.

USWeb has successfully helped many of its clients to achieve revenue, profit, market share, and customer loyalty objectives through Internet strategies and systems.

Originally founded in 1995, USWeb has offices across the United States and is known for being the most experienced, qualified and professional Internet consultants in the world. Since then, USWeb has partnered with a diverse and prominent portfolio of clients, from medium-size organizations to Fortune 100 corporations.

Internet is ever changing. There are a broad range of online marketing opportunities awaiting marketers to seize the target audience in a scalable and cost effective way.

USWeb is good at helping its clients to design, develop, and implement custom web systems and online marketing solutions that focus on brand awareness, audience development, and most importantly, customer retention.

Researches show that 70-80% of prospective web customers use search engines or search directories to find what they are looking for, search engine marketing is the most widely used method of attracting visitors to a website. As a result, competition is fierce at the top of the search engines. You can be at the first page of Google, and the next day, you are at 50th page. This happens frequently and it has bothered many webmasters especially those trying to do search engine marketing on themselves.

USWeb's search engine marketing services are designed to get your site noticed when potential buyers are looking for the products and services you have to offer. Their comprehensive Search Engine Optimization, PPC Bid Management, and Trusted Feed services target the Internet's major search properties to drive self-qualified prospects to your site - the specific audiences that are looking for your products, content, and/or services.

If you are looking for a firm to take care of your search engine marketing efforts, USWeb is top of the list.

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BuzzBadge To Textalyser

Search Engine Optimization With Textalyser

Textalyser is a text analyzer tool that can help you improve the keyword density of your blog post for the purpose of search engine optimization.

We know how important it is to apply Search Engine Optimization each of the blog post. The normal Search Engine Optimization guideline is to have one main keyword and many related keywords in a blog post. In addition to that, we have to include the main keyword into the title of the blog post, as well as stating the main keyword as least once in the opening paragraph and closing paragraph. To further enhance the effect and help Google to understand what we are trying to talk about, we should repeat the main keyword a few times within the body of the blog post, as well as using related keywords often enough.

Alright! I will copy and paste the above paragraph into Textalyser and let's see how Textalyser analyzes the above paragraph:

The analysis is long, but this interests me:

2 word phrases frequency :

Expression	Expression count	Frequency	Prominence
main keyword	4	3.6%	50
blog post	4	3.6%	54.5
the main	3	2.7%	42
the blog	3	2.7%	50.5
of the	3	2.7%	51.4
well as	2	1.8%	27.9
as well	2	1.8%	28.8
post as	2	1.8%	29.7
related keywords	2	1.8%	37.8
engine optimization	2	1.8%	87.4
is to	2	1.8%	87.8
search engine	2	1.8%	88.3

3 word phrases frequency :

Expression	Expression count	Frequency	Prominence
the main keyword	3	2.7%	41.5
the blog post	3	2.7%	50
of the blog	3	2.7%	50.9
as well as	2	1.8%	28.2
post as well	2	1.8%	29.1
blog post as	2	1.8%	30
search engine optimization	2	1.8%	88.2

Looking at the table above alone gives us a hint on what the topic is talking about. It has good density of "search engine", "engine optimization", "search engine optimization", "main keyword", "related keyword"...

When Google's spider comes across this paragraph, it will know that I am talking about search engine optimization for blog. See how easy it is to search engine optimize your own blog post? It gets easier when you can see through the eyes of the spiders!

BuzzBadge goes to Textalyser!

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BuzzBadge to OpenOffice

In my previous post I talked about converting word document to PDF file using PDFonline.com, today, I am going to talk about another way to create PDF file.

What if there is a replacement, not alternative, of Microsoft Office?
OpenOffice nearly takes me away from Microsoft Office! This open source (free) office suite sponsored by Sun Microsystem is actually more useful than MS Office, although it does not look as appealing when it comes to interface design.

The OpenOffice Suite has everything to combat MS Office, including a word processor, spreadsheet application, a database, presentation software and more. I have not tried all of them, but I like OpenOffice Writer.

OpenOffice Writer allows you to save your work in DOC, RTF and even PDF! That is why I like it so much. Whenever you want to have a PDF, just type your content into OpenOffice and save it as PDF. It works much like Google's Document.

Here's another tip:
Whenever you are looking for some softwares, just type in "Open Source [your function]" into Google and do a search. You will almost always come across a piece of open source software that does the job even better than some paid counterparts.

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BuzzBadge To Belisi

Have you ever seen a fashion blog with explanations on why this scarf has to be matched with that trousers?

“Belisi unites the luxury and prestige of Palm Beach with Italian beauty and sophistication. Inside Belisi we cultivate a passion for exquisite materials and skilled craftsmanship. Each dramatic detail, represents our unwavering quest to fashion products of truly enduring value.”
– Peter Belisi

It all started off with Peter Belisi, struggling to support his family with no savings, he started his own company which then becomes a well-known brand.

Emulating his high-end clientele, Belisi invested any extra money in a tie collection. Belisi took pride in never wearing the same tie twice, and through his appreciation of fine ties, an idea took shape. It does not take long for co-workers and clients to begin seeking Belisi for inspirations.

"Accessories are the finishing pieces to any well-heeled look—done the right way, you present a polished picture to the world."

Belisi is able to capture the heart of the image conscious. They not only want to fit in among their peers by wearing high-end accessories, they want to give back to society.

The Belisi Brand was founded with the core idea to enhance luxury wardrobes, while making the world a little brighter for everyone.

Belisi—a name established almost synonymous with beauty—has earned a loyal following for its high-end, quality ties, and most recently scarves and handbags.

"Confidence ... The No. 1 trait a woman seeks in a mate."
And how you can magnify it?

A simple visit to Belisi.com surprises me. I immediately bookmarked it. Other than latest fashion and style, it even explains what they mean!

Make Money Blogging?

Make Money Blogging: Do you know you can actually Make Money Blogging?

Blogs are popular now and advertisers love them very well. Last year we have seen advertisers flooding into the blogosphere to help them spread their words. The fact is, blog is a viral marketing paradise. Words can spread so fast on a blog.

When we talk about make money blogging, most would straight away think of Google Adsense. Google Adsense is undoubtedly the best make money blogging device that allows you to make money simply by adding blocks of ads into your blog's template. When someone clicks, you make money, it is that simple. BuzzBadge is also monetized with Google Adsense.

Google Adsense is NOT the only way to make money blogging. People gets extremely creative when it comes to make money. My favorite, of course, is to write blog post for advertisers.

Here are some of the service you might want to check out:

1. Blogitive
   This is really top of my list. I have made $165 working with them. Today I just got BuzzBadge registered and approved by them and immediately, I got 5 tasks to write about.
2. PayPerPost
   This is a multi-million dollar venture that ties bloggers and advertisers together. In order to join PayPerPost, your blog must be at least 3 months old, contain more than 20 blog post, plus some other requirements. Since they enforce the demanding requirements, advertisers love them very much! You can never run out of task to write about. The lowest paying ones are at $4, going up to $10 or even $15 per post!
3. Blogsvertise
   This is a relatively new startup which has recently revamped their website layout. I am with them for over 2 months, but I only get one job from them. Maybe they are more popular now and I should check back more often to secure more jobs. I nearly forgot I have an account with them :p

Of course there are more than the above that I mention, but I am not going to talk about them since they are not popular yet.

Make money blogging is not hard at all. What you need is patience and consistency. You have to keep writing, keep researching and keep sharing your thoughts and voices.

If you would like a BIG print-out of "how to make money blogging", I recommend you to check out the Ultimate Blogging Package, which contains almost everything you need to know to launch a successful blog empire.

BuzzBadge To Blogitive!

Finally, I decide to register BuzzBadge with Blogitive.

Blogitive is an opportunity for bloggers to make money writing blog post for advertisers. Here's how it goes:

When blog first started out, it is only a type of content management that arranges content in a reverse chronological order. This type of arrangement of content make it possible for ordinary individuals to put up an online diary. LiveJournal was the first to capitalize on the trend and introduces web diaries to ordinary people, who has not got a chance or at least, do not know how to put up a website.

Today, blog is a buzz! Everyone seems to have a blog. Many have a few blogs, each focus on an area of their daily lives.

The web has gone 2.0, which means now, people socialize on the internet. It was anonymity, now we are establishing a true identity online. We want people to recognize us and say "hey, that's his blog!" and "look, here's his diary!".

Amazingly, blog has such a power to attract readers, especially loyal ones. Advertisers started to notice the power of blogs as a place to spread words, and they started to contact bloggers and offer them a price to write about their companies.

Here's where Blogitive steps in. Advertisers will contact Blogitive and make an offer. Blogitive will then assign the writing tasks to blogs registered within their service. If the blogger writes about the advertiser, money will be paid.

Since I joined Blogitive 3 months ago, I have made $165 writing post on my other blogs for the advertisers.

However, last month, Blogitive decides to pull off many blogs, especially those hosted for free or the ones that are prone to spam attacks. Unfortunately, all my 3 blogs registered with Blogitive was cancelled. They even pulled off blogs hosted by reputable WordPress.

Luckily, they still allow Blogger's blog to be registered. That's why I decided to register BuzzBadge with them. Immediately after registration, I have 5 tasks, each paying $5.

The previous blog about Disney is one of the task. See how easy it is the make money blogging with Blogitive? There are people making thousands a month working with Blogitive. But they have more than 10 blogs registered with Blogitive, so I guess those are really professional bloggers.

Note: Blogitive does not simply accept blogs. They will actually come and evaluate your blog's potential for the benefit of their advertisers.

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52 Theme Parks - Disney!

Holidays! We all love holidays!

The word holidays has never failed to make me think of vacation. You know, you bring along your camera and a bottle of water in your simple backpack and do all your best to make every happy moments permanent.

Now here's a tough question:
How many places in the World have 52 theme parks? Beaches within a short 40 minute drive? And outstanding resorts and vacation homes to stay in for less than most other popular destination places?

It's in Orlando! If you are planning for this year's vacation, why not check out the Disney World packages offered by Orlando Vacation.

Orlando Vacation have more top rated golf courses within a 40 minute drive than anywhere else in Florida. They also have the second largest convention center in the world, and since Disney World is their biggest draw, almost every recreation in Orlando is family friendly.

Orlando is ever changing. You really need to go back every 2 to 3 years to relearn Orlando. With the ever competitive theme park business most all the area theme parks are continuously adding new rides and new attractions as there is stiff competition among all the theme parks These constant upgrades to the area attractions will continue to make Orlando a great destination for the entire family.

So, get your cameras ready!

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Taiwan's Quake Shakes BuzzBadge Off

Finally, I can see my this blog. It is wierd, login in to Blogger Dashboard is not a problem, in fact, the connection was fast. But I could not load BuzzBadge until now!

Hey BuzzBadge, how are you doing? I am back to award more badges, stay tuned!

In the mean time, here is a report I recommend you to read:


Google Adsense made me my first dollar online, and subsequently opened my eyes to the endless opportunity of making a living online.

BuzzBadge To PDFOnline.com

How To Convert .DOC to .PDF?

We all come across situations when we want our .Doc files to be converted into .PDF files. The easiest way to do so is to purchase the expensive Adobe Acrobat. Knowing that most computer users do not have Adobe Acrobat (we only need .pdf once in a blue moon, don't we?), PDFOnline.com comes to rescue!

PDFOnline does not only convert .Doc to .PDF, it supports other conversions as well:

• MS Word (DOC)
• MS Word (RTF)
• MS PowerPoint (PPT)
• MS PowerPoint (PPS)
• MS Publisher (PUB)
• MS Excel (.XLS)
• HTML (MHT)
• Text (TXT)

It also supports the following image extensions:

• JPG
• GIF
• TIFF
• BMP
• PNG
• EMF
• WMF

To convert your .DOC to .PDF:

1. Go To https://www.pdfonline.com/convert_pdf.asp
2. Browse For Your File
3. Type In Output File Name
4. Type In Your Email Address
5. Click "Convert To PDF"
6. Check your email
   

You will receive the PDF file in your email. Check your email right after that and download the attachment. Simple? Yeah, I like it.

Make sure you bookmark it if you need to use it frequently.

What if you have a file that is larger than your mailbox's size?
Stay Tuned!

Happy New Year Blogger!

Happy New Year!

What is your new year's resolution? Here's mine:
1) To promote BuzzBadge to more blog readers
2) To Blog more often and make more than $500 a month from blogs
3) Create information products and sell them successfully
4) Well, these sum up to be a successful online business

If you want to learn more about blogging and how it can make you a living (many bloggers are doing that right now), you can check out Ultimate Blogging Package put together by UltimateBloggingCourse.com, which I think is a steal!

BuzzBadge to Don Petit

If pictures are worth thousands of words, look at this:


Thanks to Don Petit, giving us a chance to understand how a sphere of water behaves in a gravity-free environment.

BuzBadge to ChaCha - Human Guided Search!

We know about Google, Ask.com, About.com, how about a search engine that has a human helping you? You know, sometimes robot just fail to understand what we want, we need a human on our side.

ChaCha! Search with ChaCha! Found it via UncoverTheInternet featured on WriteAbout.Us front page, I arrived at ChaCha thinking of searching for "BlogFeast", a blog community that shares 90% adsense revenue with its bloggers.

Nothing returned. So I searched again with "search with guide", and here's the surprise:

Status: Looking for a guide ...
Status: Connected to guide: SandraS
SandraS: Hi there. I will be helping with your search.
SandraS: Hello
You: hi, wow
SandraS: How are you today?
You: I came here and got surprised!
SandraS: How come?
You: how many guides does ChaCha have?
SandraS: around 10,000
You: I need to search for BlogFeast and see what you have indexed.
SandraS: Ok anything spicific your looking for anbout it? (typo shows she is a human)
You: no, I just want to see how popular it is
SandraS: ok great I will give you some info on that now.
SandraS: Please give me a few moments to search.
You: cool, thanks!
SandraS: Are these results sufficient?
SandraS: Can I find anything else for you?
SandraS: Have a good night. And please RATE ME GREAT!! Thanks for using CHACHA!
You: cool
SandraS: Have a wonderful evening.
You: Ok, these results are real good. Thanks alot! I will rate you great and blog about you.
SandraS: Thanks for searching ChaCha!
SandraS: Please RATE ME. Thanks for using ChaCha.
Status: Session ended.

You got the idea. It is a human aiding you in your search. The following results were returned, plus a rating feature. Obviously, disregarding the relevancy of the search, I rated great.

The relevance? They still have room for improvement. Only the first of the four is relevant to the term "BlogFeast", others are about BlogFest, which is not what I am interested in. However, quality question brings quality answer, my question of "I just want to see how popular it is" does not tell the guide if BlogFeast is a blog community or an event.

It is great to have a guide helping us to search what we want. BuzzBadge goes to ChaCha!

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Adsense.com - Finally Googlelized

The big G, who owns the most popular search engine on the internet, a big lab, 
two video hosts, the most succesful online advertising program, now bought 
Adsense.com

The war has been around for some time. Adsense.com was there before Google 
even started its Adsense publisher program. AdSense does not hold a federal
trademark on its name, while Google does.

The owners of the domain adsense.com have been fielding hundreds of customer service e-mails and phone calls regarding Google's AdSense program since the advertising service launched in March 2003.

Unfortunately for the domain registrants, they have no connection with Google, except for the fact that they happen to share the name.

 

You must think having Adsense.com and riding on Google's shoulder is a good thing:

Actually, the opposite has happened. Due to an influx of, at one point, thousands of spam messages a day, she felt forced to remove her site's e-mail link from clients' web pages. She has lost business, she said, by way of busy phone lines, inadvertently trashed e-mails and distraction from her business.

What can you do if one day you found your domain being a trademark for a new BIG business?

"The courts often look at who used it first," she said, although the outcome of a case is never completely predictable.

Not registering a trademark with the federal registry doesn't mean a business is powerless, said Corynne McSherry, a staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation. But that can make it difficult to go after a business that has the same name trademarked.

"If you have an unregistered mark you've been using for years and someone else has a registered mark, you might pursue an unfair-competition claim," she said.

Garett, the owner of Adsense Consulting, now operates on Adsense2.com.

Full news: Wired.

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