How Google-Bot looked like

it's pretty self-explanatory eh, hehe.. anyways there are lots of version of it but this one i like!

artwork grab from salatti

Entrecard Entry

This is a bit late but that’s ok. I’m not a huge fan of Entrecard or other blog networking website so writing about it would be the last thing I would do. But some of my friend constantly asked me “how to start one?” or “how does it work?” So here it is. Signing up with EntreCard is so easy but getting the most out of it is not a walk in the park.

You should have an existing blog/website in the first place of course. Register your site for free at Entrecard select a category of your site and make a 125 x 125 image that best describe your site. Then select the widget you want to appear in your site and copy-paste the html code.

You’re almost done on your way to Entrecard stardom. But before anything else you need to earn credits first since advertising here is done thru ec(Entrecard credits) and not thru your plastic visa. You can earn credits by dropping other member’s card found somewhere in their blog/site and vise versa. You can also earn ec when someone advertises in your blog.

Lastly, promote your site. The cheapest advertising price is 2ec. Consider checking the site as well before you advertise. Does it have enough traffic and regular reader? Is it related to your blog/site? Those are just few things you need to consider to make the most of Entrecard.

For more info visit Entrecard

Thanks for reading, hope you learn something.

Bernard Hopkins-Joe Calzaghe Match Result

BERNARD HOPKINS

Nickname	The Executioner
Record	48-4-1 (32 KO)
Hometown	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Recognition	The Ring Light Heavyweight Champion

JOE CALZAGHE

Nickname	Pride of Wales / Italian Dragon
Record	44-0 (32 KO)
Hometown	Newbridge, Wales
Recognition	The Ring/WBC/WBA/WBO Super Middleweight Champion

art1 writes:

So who will win the fight this Saturday? Joe is a strong, slick, and fast southpaw who throws a lot of punches. He is in great shape and is willing to counterpunch or come forward from time to time. With the amount of punches he throws, he usually keeps his opponent on the defensive all night long. The quickness Calzaghe has helps him get into position defensively without paying any price. He does not get hit cleanly very often and for the most part his offense is his defense. Bernard Hopkins is slick and has deceptive power. Hopkins has a deceptive power, slick, and is undefeated against southpaws. He is more of a good inside fighter, and from time to time, he will hold and hit. He also throws low blows on the opposite side of where the referee is standing, so by any means necessary he will win. Hopkins is not as quick as he used to be. However he has ring intelligence. We see Hopkins doing some tactics like maybe hit him on the break, and holding Joe to frustrate him. Bernard will use tactics that really bothers fighters. Joe will throw his large volume of punches, and bernard will use his own jab as well, then follow it with an overhand right or his straight right hand.

The result says it all, Joe Calzaghe won by split-decision, Adalaide Byrd 114-113 for Hopkins, Chuck GIampa 116-111 for Calzaghe, Ted Gimza had it 115-112 for Calzaghe!


*photo grab from watchlivenow

References

1. ^ Smith, Tim (2007-12-09). Bernard Hopkins jabs at Joe Calzaghe, tossing out race card. NYDailyNews.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-11.
2. ^ Vester, Mark (2008-01-31). Bernard Hopkins Explains “White Boy” Comment. BoxingScene.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-11.
3. ^ Bernard Hopkins to Fight Joe Calzaghe on April 19 in Vegas. TransWorldNews (2008-01-23). Retrieved on 2008-04-11.
4. ^ Calzaghe/Hopkins: Bernard Hopkins trains with his "Execution Squad" for highly anticipated bout with Calzaghe. East Side Boxing (2008-03-20). Retrieved on 2008-04-11.
5. ^ Cozzone, Chris (2008-04-18). Hopkins 173, Calzaghe 173!. fightnews.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-18.

Simple Money Making Ideas Online part2

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39. Become a Millionaire in “Second Life.” Read this article about how to make real money by participating in a virtual economy.
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47. Be a Host or Moderator for a Web site. This article by Kelly Land gives tips for becoming a paid host online.
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by Laura Milligan

How Delta-Northwest merger could affect you?

The merger of two giant airlines Delta and Northwest could be a major airline upheaval that will directly affect millions of travelers including myself if regulators will approve it. According to report: If regulators approve, the Delta-Northwest deal would combine the second- and fourth-largest U.S. airlines into one megacarrier--with the Delta name--that controls nearly 18 percent of the domestic market. Some analysts think that United and Continental may soon consummate another merger, forming an even bigger carrier with nearly a 20 percent market share.

Do you know what that means? It means higher fares and more crowded planes, yikes, not just because of the rising of fuel price but due to the consolidation, the merge airlines will seek ways to reduce flight in some routes which will result in squeezing of passengers onto fewer planes. That is unfair!

To make things even worst some analysts say less service in regional market and service problems, since merged airlines would also cut back on service to some second- and third-tier cities, mainly because there would be redundant entry points for getting travelers from those cities into their networks. And usually when two corporation is merging up the operating procedures and computer system is very complicated at a certain point that it will affect the performance of the system.

Let us just hope for the best!

Delta
Northwest
Delta-Northwest Merger

Simple Money Making Ideas Online

1. Start your own blog: If you haven’t already started your own blog, you should go ahead and create one now. Use Wordpress to help you get an overview of what blogging is, as well as see all the different kinds of designs, tools, and other custom options you can feature on your blog. Blogs can be real moneymakers, as you’ll find out from the following tricks and ideas.
2. Write paid reviews on your blog: Setting up your blog so that companies can post advertisements on your blog is one way to make money, but another, more profitable trick is to review the actual products for them, for a fee of course. Read more about paid reviews and Pay Per Post on Pureblogging.com
3. Google AdSense: Setting up Google AdSense on your blog is an easy way to make money without spending any time. Once you’ve registered your domain for AdSense, Google will post relevant ads from participating advertisers onto your blog. When readers click on the ads, you receive a percentage of the ad revenue. Click on the Google AdSense page to learn more.
4. Ask for donations: It seems tacky, but asking for donations to help support your blog is actually quite common. Convince your readers that they’re helping your cause: without a little financial support, you may not even be able to continue blogging. Don’t ask for a large sum, and be grateful for anything you do get.
5. Link your professional website to your blog: Drive traffic to your homepage to transform readers into potential customers.
6. Blogads.com: This site is another source that will put you in touch with advertisers. Here you can find out how you can play a more active role in selecting the kinds of advertisers you want to promote.
7. Bidvertiser.com: Search through this website’s directory of approved advertisers to find the ones that best suit your blog or website. You get paid each time someone clicks on the ads.
8. Write for Thisisby.us: Thisisby.us is a website that fosters a community of both writers and readers. Sign up to write for the site and earn 50% of the revenue. Or, you can just browse through the posts and comment on various articles, earning you 10% of the revenue.
9. Freelance for Suite101.com: This site publishes articles on all sorts of topics, from sports to history to pop culture, and more. Sign up to write short articles and blogs, while earning money. You can participate as an entry level writer or a feature writer depending on how much time you have to devote to the project. This site is a great resource for those who are looking to further their freelancing opportunities, or for those with steady jobs but want to earn a little more cash.
10. Search Engine Optimization: Read about how to increase your blog’s appearance in search engines at CourtneyTuttle.com.
11. Weblogs, Inc.: Get paid for one of nearly 100 blogs featured on this site.
12. BlogToProfit.com: Join this networking community to get in touch with the companies who want to advertise on your blog.
13. DayTipper.com: Get paid $3 each time you submit a tip. You don’t have to spend lots of time developing a whole article, and the tips can be about nearly anything, like pets, technology, travel, or finance.
14. CafePress.com: This idea was inspired by Mike Peed, as seen in The Washington Post. Designing and selling t-shirts, underwear, and other promotional items with your blog’s logo will give you instant profits, as well as boost your advertising off the Web.
15. Crisp Ads: Crisp Ads boasts that it is the “premiere blog advertising network.” The site strives to give bloggers and advertisers the exposure they crave by creating relevant matches and partnerships.

Online Investing

Register with one or several of these online brokerage firms to watch your money work for you. You’ll get updates on the stock market, and you can buy and sell at virtually anytime you want, quickly and easily.

16. InvestingOnline.org: Check out this site before you start investing serious cash on the Internet. Take quizzes to gauge whether or not you’re ready to tackle the world of online investing, read about your rights as an investor, and more.
17. ShareBuilder: This website is designed to walk investors through each step of learning and executing trades on the market.
18. E*Trade Financial: E*Trade Financial is one of the most popular sites for online investing. Its website claims to manage 4.3 million accounts across the globe.
19. TD Ameritrade: TD Ameritrade allows you to trade as much or as little as you’d like. If you’re looking to kill a little extra time at the office each week or at home, this website is worth checking into.
20. Fidelity: Start putting away for your retirement early on with profits you make trading with Fidelity.
21. Sify Walletwatch: This site is an all-in-one toolbox for getting updates on stocks, managing your trades, and learning new tricks for profitable investing.
22. 2BuyShare.com: Buy and sell stocks while you read articles devoted to making you a better trader.
23. Scottrade: Allow the brokers at Scottrade to make money for you, while you spend time at your day job.
24. Bank of America Investment Services, Inc.: Read about what Bank of America can do for you and your wallet with its investment services.
25. BondsOnline.com: Conduct research about and trade your bonds using this great online investment tool.

by Laura Milligan

Blogging for Money Part 2

"Simple Money Making Ideas Online" talk about blogging for money on its last post, how to start a blog and some basics in creating your niche in the very competitive online world. And now that you already established your cult following and interested readers, it's about time that you monetize on it. What else could better do that than adsense and other PPC/eCPM online services. PPC stands for pay per click-they pay you every time someone clicks their ads on your blog, and eCPM is something like your site page impressions-they pay you per impression. Some of these services have restrictions, sometimes they require certain site traffic and search engine page ranks such as Link-ads and text-links. So for starter I like me I use Adsense and Chitika, they are user-friendly and very easy to configure. For you to maximize the use of these services your content or blog post must coincide or at least not go against what your ad is showing. And since these are links, I usually put it beside or on top of my entry. Don’t worry it’s very easy to do that especially if you are using a Blogger. So that was it. Goodluck!

Blogging for Money

Blogging seems to be the easiest way in making money online. You don’t need to be a geeky programmer or ace web designer to start one; as long as you know how to write then you’re good to go.

Today numerous blogging website provides the service absolutely free. What I recommend if you’re not ready to own up a domain yet is Blogspot or Blogger which is own by Google. It’s user friendly and everything you need is already laid down including the Ads, all you have to do is consistently update your blog.

Before you can start monetize you’re blog you need to gather more reader first, you need to increase your site’s traffic, page views and live hits. Sounds technical? It’s actually not; you will learn the nitty-gritty of it as you go along the way.

I’m not trying to play expert here I myself is starting to make the most out of my free time in blogging. There are lots of free resources, eBooks and blogs online that talk about successful blogging. You might try the link above or besides this entry.

That’s it for now, next post I will show you alternatives to Adsense.