Archive for April, 2009

So you want to get free advertising, traffic and back links from the multitude of social networks out there but you don’t know which to use and what to do. Hopefully today you’ll learn a few useful tips to boost your profile and maximize the buzz of social networks.

Where To Start?
Digg is hard to use unless you’ve been around a while. It’s top users really flex their collective muscle when it comes to dominating the front page. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t add your articles – Not at all – Adding your articles to Digg, making tons off friends and testing the water is well worth it. Chances are you WON’T make the front page, but if you do……traffic jackpot.

Propeller is fast to use, which means you can get in and out with much fuss, so I highly recommend adding your link there.

Stumble Upon is nowhere near as good as it was and you have to stumble a ton of site to get and credibility. You should add your profile and your blog/site, but don’t expect the promise you may hear.

Reddit is pretty good and low effort so definitely give it a try.

Delicious is a little bit of a pain – The tool bar you have to download is annoying and the whole submission process could be handled better, but if your site gets buzz from delicious then it will all be worth the fuss.

The key to the major sites is to make friends, comment on articles and be positive. You will get reciprocal votes, as long as you appear genuine and give someone a value of sorts.

Twitter – Here is a little trick for twitter to get an extra “dofollow” link. You get to add your website or blog, but if you stick your site url in your bio entry, you’ll get an extra “dofollow” link. A nicve little bonus.

Using Myspace and Facebook – These two can be useful as you just upload your links on your profile and add friends galore. People who follow you on Social Networks have a greater trust for you and therefore your site or blog, making preselling easier. The slot machine chat room on Facebook is a great way to find new friends to add.

Qassia is relatively new, but a lot of smart people are using it to get backlinks (pr5) to there websites. With Qassia, you add articles and get rewarded with a “dofollow” backlink and Qassia “cash”.
Qassia Cash can be used to advance you link positions and there is talk that it will be able to be used to purchase advertising. I find Qassia the easiest source of “dofollow” backlinks available.

Pligg Sites
These mini “Digg” sites are worth a mention as they when used properly , help you build up some nice little traffic. Pligg sites are Digg clones and as such are easy to submit and vote on.

They a much smaller so they won’t get you anywhere near as much traffic, but because they are small they are easier to dominate and make the front page.

Just like the big social bookmarking networks, Pligg sites work by you submitting a link and then others vote on it. You can add friends and get more votes, which is always a good strategy.

The best Pligg based sites are Topstumbles, DropJack and Jackool.

Using these can help get you the extra traffic boost you want to take your “numbers” to the next level.

Everyone would like to have that little edge in life, the type the separates you from your fellow friends and family members (especially if you’re competitive). So you study French, you take some IQ tests and you learn some memory techniques and the results are impressive.

But you want absolutely any advantage you can get….. enter brain foods.

What Are Brain Foods?

Well, just like some foods are going to leave you sluggish and dim witted, some foods can increase your synaptic sharpness and promote increased cerebral activity.

Brain foods by themselves won’t do the trick, but when used in combination some effort the results may be synergistic.

Good brain foods provide you with an even energy keel and promote healthy body function and best of all healthy brain function.

How Often Should You Consume Brain Foods?

For ultimate efficacy brain foods need to be a regular part of your diet, you have to look after yourself to get the overall benefits.

Daily consumption of good quality food isn’t just important for your health – It is important for your general well being and vitality.

What Are The Best Brain Foods?

So, you want a list of the best brain foods, well here are the top 5 Read the rest of this entry

Every gamer will want their computer to be the best gaming computer among their peers. Sometimes, with a little knowledge and tips and tricks, it is possible to build the best gaming computer and show it off to your peers. This article will show you how:

1) You can’t get the best gaming computer from computer retailers
If you want to get the best gaming computer, you have to build your own. Different gamers have different requirement for their gaming machine. Unless you are willing to pay a high price, you will not be able to buy a commercial computer that fulfills all your gaming needs. The only option you have is to build your own gaming computer.

2) You don’t have to be rich to build the best gaming computer
It is not necessary to burn a hole in your pocket to build the best gaming computer. With some due diligence, do some market research and compare prices around the marketplace. Merchant such as TigerDirect and NewEgg give regular discount to their products and you could save a lot of money if you catch them during their promotional period.

3) Most expensive parts do not have to be the best part
Sometime, the latest model or the most expensive model does not have to be the best part for your computer. It requires various components to work together to form the best computer system. When choosing a computer part, what matters is how well it can integrate with the rest of the components. Compatibility is more important than individual performance. What use is there if you spend lot of money on the latest quad-core processor and find that your motherboard doesn’t support it?

4) You don’t need to change the whole PC to own the best gaming computer
It is a misconception that you have to change the whole gaming machine to build the best gaming computer. If you already have a good barebone system, what you need to do is to upgrade the necessary parts and your gaming computer can roar back to life instantly.

5) Brand is important
Unless you want to see your computer system malfunction every few days, it is important that you purchase the parts from branded manufacturers with strict quality control. Motherboard brand such as Gigabyte, ABIT, ASUS are some quality brands that you can consider

If you follow diligently to the tips stated above. You will be on your way to build the best gaming computer. While price can be an issue, it is better not to scrimp on important computer parts such as motherboard, CPU, RAM and graphics card as it will cost you more to upgrade in the future.

Online Gaming's Benefits

Online games are perhaps one of the most popular types of games, a place where people meet on whole new worlds, create new characters and become entities that can grow into anything they like.

Quite obviously the first and foremost reason for playing an online game is to escape the hassle of life, to go into a realm that helps you forget your troubles, to liven up a boring day. This obviously shows that Online Games can be relaxing, because in online games there are no deadlines and no people you must answer to.

Online games can also be a place for socialising, they have vast communities and many have clans/guilds that you can join. You can go on hunting parties with the people you meet and improve your social skills.

One of the more commonly overlooked benefits from socialising on online games is learning new languages. Online games have many people from all over the world playing them, and although most online games are based on English it is still easy to find people from all over the world to brush up on your language skills with.

One of the more tangible benefits for playing online games is money. Although most online games have policies against real life for virtual trading, on World or Warcraft alone $1 billion is traded for virtual items. However only do this if it is within the rules of the Game, otherwise you can get your account banned. If you aren’t too sure if it is allowed, don’t try it.

All this said, there are many reasons for playing on online games, they are fun, can help you with languages and can do many more things.