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Payments with your mobile phone… with Obopay…

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 07:39:24 GMT

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Just a hint… are you still looking for an alternative for your payments? Try Obopay
Use any mobile phone to get, send, or spend money. Text message, use your phone’s Internet browser, or download Obopay onto your phone. I haven’t tried it yet, but it seems that it’s the only such a site you can find on the internet.
The authors report: “Honestly, who wants to lug around a wallet, wait in long lines at the bank or get caught empty handed? With Obopay, all you need is a mobile phone and your friend’s mobile number. That’s it. Whether you choose to use Obopay via text messaging, your phone’s Internet browser or download Obopay onto your phone. There’s no better way to go mobile with money”.

On the whole it seems more useful for children than for older people. The idea is simple, but effective and in some cases it may turn out to be useful.

Businesshackers mark (based just on first impression): 6/10

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Let’s start bookcrossing… online…

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 07:35:27 GMT

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I’m not sure if you know what book crossing is. According to wikipedia Bookcrossing is defined as

“the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise”. The term is derived from BookCrossing.com, a free online book club which began and encouraged the practice.There are also short hand terms for BookCrossing which are: BC, BCing, or BXing. A person who engages in bookcrossing is called a bookcrosser or BookCrosser”.

The idea is very simple but extremely nice. I will definitely try it as soon as possible.

The original BookCrossing club has over 500,000 members. Its stated goal is to “make the whole world a library”. One of the main ways the project has been funded is by member donations, though funding has also come from the online BookCrossing supply store and advertisements for a number of book-related websites on BookCrossing.com.

Find out more: link
Overall mark: 6/10

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I found 2 great web 2.0 search engines… I finally got rid of google…

Sun, 11 Feb 2007 22:20:44 GMT

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I found 2 great web 2.0 search engines… I finally got rid of google…

1. SNAP
The reason why authors suggest using it is: 1) Snap gives you a visual preview of each result BEFORE you click on it…and that improves your odds of picking the right search, without clicking back-and-forth several times. 2) Snap incorporates user feedback in the form of post-search click-stream analysis, ranking search listings based on the successful outcomes of users who made the same queries. Our ‘Snap Rank’ algorithm orders its results by combining the best of algorithmic calculations with an understanding of human intentions, which greatly improves the quality and relevancy of results, and avoids the dead-ends that come from ’spammed’ results (See ‘How does Snap Rank work’, just below). 3) Snap gives you suggestions for your search BEFORE you actually submit your search…again improving your odds of finding what you’re looking for faster. Snap combines these innovations, making it easier and faster to get reliable outcomes from your searches.

2. Dogpile
Dogpile was built to give users the best search results available on the Web. This is accomplished by searching all the most popular engines and retrieving the best combined results.
The authors of the website report that:
“The inspiration for Dogpile came when its founders noticed that different search engines often return different results for the very same term. The more engines they searched the more results they found. Following this discovery, the founders set out to create a way to bring the Web’s best search engines together in one place to deliver more comprehensive and relevant results.
To capture this idea, the founders borrowed a sports term used to describe players piling on top of one another in the celebration and the Dogpile search engine was born!”

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Measuring Blogs’ ROI…

Sun, 11 Feb 2007 22:19:24 GMT

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I just wanted to suggest reading an intereresting article about measuring Blogs’ ROI Here is the link: link

Measuring Blogs’ ROI…

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200 search engines in a single website… is that possible?

Sun, 11 Feb 2007 22:18:17 GMT

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200 search engines in a single website… is that possible?

Yes it is… and the answer is:http://www.crossengine.com
It is worth reading what the founders have to say about it:

“ABOUT

CrossEngine is a versatile and unique search tool, enabling you to directly query and access original results from multiple search engines and digital content providers with a comprehensive set of media types and topics available; all of that without leaving our site and without having to retype your search terms every time, thus saving you lots of time and radically increasing your internet search capabilities.

WHY USE CROSSENGINE?

In first place, because search results vary from engine to engine, and CrossEngine allows you to easily query and compare results from the top performing web search providers from one single site. Second but not less important, at CrossEngine you can use a wide selection of specialty search tools so you can easily find exactly the type of information you’re looking for”.

Mark: 9/10

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Gizmo call… free phone calls (to cell phones or land lines)

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 19:44:51 GMT

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Gizmo Call is a nice step forward in VoIP, because users don’t need to download a big client and run a traditional installer. They don’t even need to setup an account. After the Flash plugin is installed, users can immediately make calls - albeit limited to 5 free minutes of calling per day “to just about any phone number”. They can get 10 minutes free calling if they register with an email address and can also buy Call Out minutes. Besides PSTN phones, Gizmo Call users can call for free Google Talk users, Windows Live users, Gizmo Project users and any SIP address/device. There’s also a feature enabling users to customize their CallerID, so when they make a web call it can appear to come from their mobile or office phone. Plus, being a browser-based service, users can integrate Gizmo Call into their blogs and social network pages.

You do need to download a 1MB Flash plugin for Gizmo Call to work, so it’s not a download-free browser app. However it’s a once-only install and it lowers the bar for consumers wanting to start using VoIP.

Readwriteweb reports: VoIP company SIPphone is at DEMO today, where it is launching Gizmo Call - an online service that makes VoIP phone calls possible from any web browser. It works via a Flash plugin, which enables users to make calls simply by typing a phone number into a text-field in a browser. Users can also use URLs like http://gizmocall.com/18005551212 (that link is an example only and will not work). Gizmo Call is separate from SIPphone’s other app, The Gizmo Project, which is a download VoIP app like Skype.

Gizmo call… free phone calls (to cell phones or land lines)

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Questions you really need to ask before accepting a job…

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 19:42:11 GMT

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Questions you really need to ask before accepting a job…

When hunting for a job, most candidates are so busy trying to sell themselves, that they don’t research the company thoroughly enough to see if they’re a good fit or not.

It’s very important for a candidate to ask questions about the company. If you’re looking for a job, you should definitely try to find out if working at the company will drive you crazy or not

Here are some questions that you should try to get answered. Many of these are not things that you can ask during your interview. The most valuable sources of information are usually friends who are currently working in the company, who know the company somehow, or who are working in the industry.

1. What type of work will I be doing?
Establish this one early on. Ask for examples. We recently hired two people to conduct phone surveys. Anyone expecting to create policy reports would have been disappointed. So often, the job description is just a vague generalization of something the HR manager thought should be mentioned. And, in the real world, you will never get exactly what you expect. But it’s always better to ask: for a while, our Brand Management department was looking for people in different areas, although the designation for each was the same.

Well, here are the questions:

2. Who will be on my team, and what is their background?
You might be able to find this information online and the answer to this might not really change too much for you. But good people are good to be around. If very talented and smart people are on your team, work is more likely to be fun, you are more likely to meet people you’ll enjoy being around, and at the very least, you’ll pick up something. Good team members indicate that the team is capable, but the lack of them might also indicate that you will have the opportunity to build the team’s capabilities. (Ahem: assuming that you’re that good, of course!)

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Increase adsense profits by 300%… how to do it in a month…

Sun, 04 Feb 2007 09:04:04 GMT

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clipper's remarks: One of the main sources of revenue for bloggers in particular is adsense. Let me share 7 secrets that will allow you to maximize profits:

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Increase adsense profits by 300%… how to do it in a month…

First of all let me say that earning money on the internet is not easy at all…. you need to be creative, have a good knowledge of trends and be willing to find out more every single day.
One of the main sources of revenue for bloggers in particular is adsense. Let me share 7 secrets that will allow you to maximize profits:

1. try to mix images and text ads… there is nothing more annoying than watching text ads all around… images are far more profitable especially if the topic of your website is somehow “sexy”…

2. never add too many ads to a single page… no one will read your posts anymore… be careful…

3. try to find niche topics… if you are going to discuss cars your ads will be worth far less than if you wrote articles about loans or mortgages.

5. try to write about things that readers would like to read on more than one website… if they are reading about buying tickets they will probably check google ads about how o pay less…

4. keep your posts short… make posts simple and allow readers to relax…

6. try to avoid very long columns… if you put 5 ads in a row it will be very inefficient and profits will suffer because readers are unwilling to read such ads…

7. stick to writing high quality articles… posts you would like to read if you were to visit a website…

good luck!

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Five best websites to find a great job in finance

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 08:51:30 GMT

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Five best websites to find a great job in finance

1) http://www.efinancialcareers.co.uk/
Probably the best website if you are willing to work in the UK or in the US.
Mark: 9/10

2) http://www.londonjobs.co.uk/
A very good website, but only devoted to finding a job in London
Mark: 7/10

3) http://www.careers-in-finance.com/
A good source of information for employees and thos willing to work in finance.
Mark: 8/10

4) http://www.jobsinthemoney.com/
One of our favorite websites.It’s a pity there are no jobs listed from Europe
Mark: 9/10

5) http://finance.monster.com/
Sometimes you really need to be a monster to find a job in finance.
Mark: 7/10

The best one: http://www.efinancialcareers.co.uk/

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5 very good but not very popular economic websites you should absolutely visit…

Tue, 09 Jan 2007 09:52:58 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Highly reccomended

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5 very good but not very popular economic websites you should absolutely visit…

If you are one of those people who get’s up in the morning and reads the first page of the WSJ and believes he/she knows everything is happening in the world STOP READING.
If you are curious to know about high quality sources of economic news and data have a look at those websites:

This is actually a portal… an economic portal with a number of topics covered in it… News come from all over the world. There are articles about almost everything and from hundreds of different sources. It goes without saying that this is one of our favorite website even though it is not enough to find long articles or articles with comments and opinions. Anyway if you want to be up to data visit it.

2. http://www.worldpress.org/ Businesshackers’ mark: 7/10

No that’s not the Wordpress you are thinking about. It covers news mainly news from developing countries and to some extent can can be considered an alternative to biased newspapers from all over the world. It allows to add your own links. Businesshackers.com was included as well.

3. http://www.rtable.net/index/rt/economics/recent/
Businesshackers’ mark: 9/10

Economics roundtable is a review of economic websites that publish long academic papers and articles. It is a good source of articles when you have time to analyse issues in detail or you really want to improve your economic knowledge. The quality of articles is enough to forget the bad graphics of the website. In a nutshell, “content is the king”.

This is sth that Digg users will really appreciate. It allows readers to vote and add articles. The main topic is finance but you can find a business site as well. It is highly selective for submitted articles and it should reflect what the opinion of readers is.

4. http://www.wikio.com/finance
Businesshackers’ mark: 8/10

Trading academy: What is a Hedge Fund

Sat, 23 Dec 2006 09:51:45 GMT

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Trading academy: What is a Hedge Fund

You’ll often see the title ‘hedge fund manager’ in the bios of some of Wall Street’s famous investment gurus. But what exactly is a hedge fund? How is different than any other fund? And how do you get in on the action?

by: Jay Northco

Hedge funds are private investment partnerships that are usually offered to limited number of investors and require a significant initial minimum investment. Hedge funds are normally open to institutional or otherwise accredited investors. Those investors are also required to keep their money in the fund for a minimum period, usually one year.

Basically, hedge funds are mutual funds for the super-rich. They resemble mutual funds in the way investments are pooled and professionally managed, but they are significantly different in the way fund can cooperate.

Hedge funds are lightly regulated private funds that are usually characterized by unconventional investment strategies. These funds are generally more aggressively managed and use advanced investment strategies such as leverage, long, short and derivative positions in both domestic and international markets with the goal of generating high returns. Regular investment funds are usually limited to ‘going long” and buying bonds, equities or money market instruments. Hedge funds also have the ability to “short” those instruments they believe will fall in price. Hedge funds are thus able to create more complex investment structures which can profit in times of market volatility, or even in a falling market.

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Trading academy: have a look at lows in an uptrend…

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:30:23 GMT

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Trading academy: have a look at lows in an uptrend…

Let me tell you sth that is really important… when you have a trend what really matters is to know if the trend is strong enough… my advice is to have a look at lows in an uptrend… and look at highs in a downtrend… it is because of a lack of supply that prices go up… and inversely… this is what I mean…

The Hugh Hefner Formula

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 20:15:38 GMT

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The Hugh Hefner Formula

Hugh Hefner, the famous founder of Playboy found the ideal age difference formula between women and men years ago.

The following is supposed to be found in an old issue of Playboy:The ideal age for a woman is half the man’s age, plus seven years.

Let’s have a look at some examples:

20 year old guy - 17 year old girl
Again, it’s a great match.

25 year old guy - 19 year old girl
Since I’m 25, I can tell you that 19 year old indeed are very attractive for me.

30 year old guy - 22 year old woman
40 year old guy - 27 year old woman

So it seems that the stable financial position and experience of the man produce again a perfect match with the emerging ideas of the woman to build a family.

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Euro still shining in the east

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 20:14:35 GMT

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The Observer: Euro still shining in the east

The Observer: Italy is up to its neck in debt; Spain is on the brink of a housing market crash; and Germany’s thrifty consumers are still stuffing money under the mattress. Five years after the arrival of euro notes and coins, there is little sign of the promised economic convergence - on the contrary, there are growing fears that the eurozone is straining at the seams.

Yet in new Europe, countries are queuing up to join. On 1 January, Slovenia, the tiny former Yugoslavian state just across the Alps from Italy, will become the 13th member. Cyprus and Malta, both former British colonies, plan to follow a year later. While the accession countries are scrambling to get their economies in order and qualify to join, some politicians in Italy are beginning to…

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Malaysia, Soros puts in a good wordThe star: Billionaire George Soros said Malaysia is “rich enough”

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 20:10:07 GMT

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Malaysia, Soros puts in a good word

The star: Billionaire George Soros said Malaysia is “rich enough” and does not need his financial support.

He said this in response to questions on Malaysia’s financial market and whether he would invest here, given his previous remarks about the country and the investment in the 1990s.

“Malaysia is a rich enough country and does not need my support to do it,” said the 76-year-old philanthropist and financial investor, who was here to promote his book, The Age of Fallibility: Consequences of the War on Terror.

Soros, who spoke as a guest at the London School of Economics and Political Society of Malaysia fund-raising dinner on Friday night, was replying to questions after delivering his talk.

Earlier that day, he had met former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who once called him a moron and blamed the market speculator for the attacks on the currency during the Asian financial crisis in 1997 and 1998.

Soros had called Dr Mahathir a menace to his own country.

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