If there’s one thing that you’ll need to make it to the top Search Engine rankings - it would be lots of TIME. Yes, SEO takes time. Aaron Shear of Search Engine Watch has nice tidbits to share regarding…

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As reported by PRWEB, BrainPulse Technologies has stepped forward to revolutionize Internet marketing and SEO services to help global businesses achieve their internet marketing goals effectively and in a planned strategical manner to enhance the marketing campaign effectiveness and…

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It’s quite hard to tell…But top SEO blogs have some things in common. Lee Odden’s What makes a Top SEO Blog? has tackled the salient points: So, what are the best or top SEO blogs? It really depends on…

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Net without Search Engine Optimization? Is it possible? Tadeusz Szewczyk of onReact.com says it is very much possible. He shared a bunch of techniques to do it: Discover your niche Be different, choose a topic or product that not…

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Is eBay selling a burden to you? Let George2007 illuminate the issue a bit further… He writes: If you are trying to sell wholesale products using auction sites and you’d like to increase the “I Sold It On eBay!”…

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Filed under: Audio, Internet, Social Software

Every once in a while something happens that no one should be surprised by. America becoming the fattest country in the world. Lance Bass being gay. And so on. Such is the case with the latest Facebook casualty. It was no big surprise that the Facebook audio application was removed recently. Really, it only had two major flaws. One being that it was incredibly popular, the second being that it was blatantly illegal. Funny how those two things never really go together without some sort of consequence. The audio application basically allowed you to upload and share MP3’s. That is all fine and dandy, except that most people used it to upload and share copyrighted material, which we all know from our “Metallica’s Guide to Online Behaviour” books, is evil. Despite this fact, and the fact that when you uploaded a song, it was easy to tell which user did the uploading, the app had over 750,000 users.

Although not inherently clear exactly who would be liable for this act, it seems natural for Facebook to go ahead and remove the app themselves. Better to avoid trouble before it starts, regardless of who is to blame. We’d hate to see Metallica get all angry again. Besides, it’s not like anyone’s uploading any of their new music anymore. Perhaps they could go online and try to illegally download some relevance. Anyway, if you had the audio application, hope you enjoyed it. If you didn’t, well, it’s too late now.

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Filed under: Fun, Internet, Social Software

So you put your picture on Hot or Not. You thought you were hot, turns out you were not. But you need more information. Exactly what makes you not hot? Is it the unibrow? The purple corduroy suspenders? Thankfully there’s a new site online where you can have complete strangers (or friends) let you know exactly what’s wrong with you. Ok, so that’s not exactly how StyleMob is marketing itself, but that seems to be the most entertaining aspect of it. It basically bills itself as Hot or Not mixed with MySpace. Which is good, because it’s way better to be criticized by strangers with profiles than strangers in general…

Users upload photos to be rated by others, but the idea is that is goes much further. Users would share fashion tips, and ask each other personal appearance questions. Basically a mob advises you on your style. Clever title. The site goes public on Thursday, so go sign up and realize that you have no idea what you’re doing with your appearance. Because you’ve had way too much self esteem lately. Get in there and have it torn apart.

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Filed under: Fun, Internet, Web services, Social Software, web 2.0

Involver is an online community that lets its members create and share the latest and greatest things to do with like minded individuals and friends.

Members engaged in Involver get a dashboard with what’s going on in the entertainment world giving advice on everything from concerts, nightclub events, festivals and local happenings based on a physical profile location.

The service is free to sign up to, and promoters can sign up for a professional account to promote their events in the network.
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Keyword stuffing is one of the oldest spamming techniques on the Internet. Many webmasters still use that technique although most search engines can detect it nowadays. Last week, Google’s anti-spam engineer Matt Cutts made fun of a website that used keyword stuffing.

Filed under: Fun, Internet, Web services, Social Software, web 2.0

Having a hard time deciding where to live? StreetAdvisor makes those decisions a little easier for renters and buyers. TechCrunch posted about an array of new features added to the website, but since DLS has not yet covered this helpful product that launched earlier this year, and the fact that its starting to generate more street reviews we’ll give it a little rundown.

StreetAdvisor plain and simply gives reviews on countries, states, cities and of course streets, sharing information and details that are important to anyone making the hard decision on where to call home. StreetAdvisor’s content includes anything from details on community noise levels, traffic, entertainment options and information on local services and businesses. Members on the site can share and rank their street information, as well as upload any photos they might have of the area. They are also encouraged to share such details as life in that area, what the public services, such as what school and healthcare are like, real estate activities, and what there is to do close by.

It’s going to take a while we presume, but StreetAdvisor is slowly adding to its database of areas since its launch in private beta in February of this year.
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Filed under: Business, Internet, Productivity, Social Software

For some bizarre reason, the Official Gmail Blog has announced a new feature for Google Calendar that is powered by Google Finance. Nevertheless, it’s a pretty cool new trick: now, you can search for your favorite stock symbol in Google Calendar to add a repeating all-day event of that stock’s closing price each day. If you’ve been looking for an easy, casual way to keep track of a few stocks without having to dive into more serious solutions, this is a great way to keep an eye on a stock over time.
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Filed under: Security, News, Social Software

If you thought Facebook was immune to the sort of sexual predators known to be lurking on Myspace, think again. According to the New York Times, “Connecticut’s attorney general, said that investigators in his state were looking into “three or more” cases of convicted sex offenders who had registered on Facebook and had “also found inappropriate images and content” on the service. The inquiry continues, he said, and state officials have contacted Facebook and asked it to remove the profiles.”

Myspace recently took major flack for not disclosing the full scope of the problems it faces, when 29,000 profiles were removed, more than 4 times the number previously estimated by the company. Will Facebook begin to fall to the same fate?
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Filed under: Business, Internet, Web services, Social Software, web 2.0

Recommendations from friends goes a long way. If a friend suggests a restaurant, chances are you are going to go there. Recommendations have moved onto the web in social networks like LinkedIn and Facebook, and now with TrustedOpinion.

TrustedOpinion uses close social sources as a way to rank the trustworthiness of item in question. It is yet another social network that you have to sign up for. So adding your friends to another account is inevitable if you wish to use this service. Nothing is better than getting recommendations from friends and contacts, it’s just the signing up for another network and adding people thing we are having a hard time with.

You can also check out Epinions or Amazon for the down low on the products you are hunting for.
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The game is survival of the fittest. And there’s no shortcuts, no fast and easy rule. Just pure wits and fervor. Now who will survive? E-commerce is an ever-changing realm. One has to update himself regularly about the hot…

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Filed under: Design, Developer, Fun, Internet, Yahoo!, Social Software, web 2.0

The future of the web saw the light at Yahoo’s recent Design Expo. The event which was held last week saw some interesting takes on innovation and creativity focused on the theme of Design + Build.

The Design Expo which was sponsored by Yahoo held various workshops and lectures that focused on the techniques and tools used for building and experimenting on the web. Students from a variety of different universities around the world were asked to design prototypes that captured the physical, social and media experience. The top rated teams were asked to present their projects, among them were:

• CubeBrowser is a 3D six-display cube that acts as a browser for Flickr photos.
• The Identity Protection System allows you to hide or reveal your photo image.

Yahoo and Google are among the high profile online companies that each year hold events and contests supporting the online growth and development of the World Wide Web environment.
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Filed under: Developer, Web services, Social Software

BitTorrent is coming to mobile phones, so get ready to download on the go. uTorrent mUI is a new web user interface that can remotely control torrent downloads.

Slyck has a first look at the application which they installed and ran on a Palm TX Handheld. The uTorrent mUI has a basic feature set that can control and monitor your µTorrent application including pausing, stopping, starting and killing an idle download.

uTorrent mUI is an open source application that is still in its infancy, and can be downloaded at utorrentmui.com.

[via Slashdot]
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Filed under: Business, Internet, Web services, Social Software, web 2.0

With so many social bookmarking sites out now, what ones should we concentrate on visiting to find the best content?

eBizMBA has compiled a list of 30 of the largest social bookmarking sites in the marketplace. The list includes some lesser known newcomers, as well as some top ranked favorites. The social bookmarking list was put together by calculating the number of inbound links, Google Page Rank, Alexa Rank and US traffic data to find out the popularity of the sites.

The top five include:

• Digg
• Netscape
• Technorati
• Del.icio.us
• Fark

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Filed under: Internet, Web services, Social Software, Beta, Search, web 2.0

Today’s Invite-a-palooza featured site just might reunite you with your long-lost love or your best friend from third grade (and if it does, we want to know about it). Spock, a new search service that’s still under development, looks like it’s shaping up to be a terrific way to search for people. The creators of this site want to be a human phone book of sorts by organizing information on, well, everyone. They’re well on their way, too, since they’ve already indexed over one hundred million people.

Are you listed on Spock’s Website? Right now, the only way to find out is by private invitation but, luckily, we’ve got some. If you’re among first 200 people to leave us a note in the comment section, we’ll send one your way (make sure to activate it if you get an email confirmation). Whether you snag an invitation or not, if you’re a computer science engineer, you’ll also want to check out the Spock Challenge for a chance to win $50,000.

If you know of a site you’d like us to consider for the Invite-a-palooza, drop us a note.
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Pat Lovell, an SEO expert and a 7-figure internet marketer is providing an insider’s look at how SEO works, and how to make money with good SEO techniques, WebWire announced. The Midwest Super Conference is sponsoring Pat’s presentation, as…

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Have you had a SEO-related epiphany? You are not alone. Newbies and experts alike experience epiphanies every once in a while. And when one happens, chances are, the realization could alter your Search Engine Optimization approach. It doesn’t necessarily…

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