Banicmanic's Point of View

Bidazzled.com. Redefining Online Auctions

2009-12-23T12:50:00.006+08:00

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Bidazzled. All opinions are 100% mine.

Online auctions offer a huge variety of purchasable goods for negotiable prices. You can usually sort the list of items by price. I start at the very cheap end of the list, where most of the items have only recently been posted but start out way under the value. This way I can make ridiculously low bids on many items I am interested in. Most (by far) of the items finish way above my low bids, but on occasion I get some amazing deals this way. I also get a lot of thrill from the "risk" of having multiple bids in play.

The thrill of competing against another individual or more and beating him to get the item of your dreams is an adrenaline rush so when I discovered Bidazzled I was blown away and had to look into it some more. Bidazzled just launched this November and their site looks very promising. The offers are really great and out of this world! They give you up to 90% of savings on branded merchandise while they continue to help charitable institutions through this system (specifically The RUCH Foundation: http://www.ruchfoundation.com which caters to lung cancer victims and research.

Now tell me have you ever heard of such a good deal? I feel this is a win win situation.

In order to encourage those who didn't win a bid, Bidazzled offers up to 50 bonus bids to express gratitude towards participation. Bidazzled allows payment in the form of cash, check or paypal for the convenience of the participants. There is no technical expertise or prior bidding experience necessary to join Bidazzled and participate in bidding. Just go through the bidazzled for dummies section of the website and start bidding instantly.

Do you like to wear sneakers?

2009-12-23T12:50:00.001+08:00

Do you like to wear sneakers? I do...its comfortable to wear works well in jeans or shorts. Wearing sneakers now has been a culture, especially to the younger generations. Both men and women now wears it with passion, it is a lifestyle. I only own a few, hopefully after SocialSpark pay me i can buy a new one. Like everyone else, we all own a pair of sneakers. I also have seen old people rockin their pair of sneakers in the mall. Some wear it for work, at school, at the gym and going to the mall. Nowadays, sneakers have different styles and design depending on the brand. They also have incorporated technology in their design pattern to provide comfort to the feet. Sneakers really come along way now and its hear to stay. The future is so bright for the sneakers and i cant wait to experience the futre sneakers will be like.

Does coloring hair is a fachion and style today?

2009-12-22T12:47:00.000+08:00

I will be personally coloring my hair brown. I want to have a new look, that's why I will dye my hair after my haircut. For many times that I have been coloring my hair, I have always done it myself. I love doing it myself because I can choose my own brand of hair colorant, the color and when I will do it. All at my own pleasure.

How often do you change your blog template?

2009-12-20T12:45:00.000+08:00

Do you own a personal blog, travel blog, earning blog or just a blog for your own. How often do you change your blog template? I own a blog and I changed my template everytime I feel tired looking at my old blog template. I just have this feeling that I need a new template. It is too tiring sometimes especially if I don't want my third property script be deleted (html) I have to copy and paste in word then copy and paste it again in my blog but I enjoy it after seeing the changes.

it is really difficult to choose a gift

2009-12-18T12:03:00.001+08:00

Today we went to a bazaar to do some Christmas Shopping. It was really hard for me to find a gift for my girlfriend's two sisters who were both in highschool. I have no idea what is considered cool now in highschool.. I try to think back when i was in highschool and think of the things that I would have wanted to receive.. Since I don't know them that much, I just try to be general... I looked for some necklaces and stuff and I found one where I think and I wish they would like.

High strength fasteners for Bridge, Highway, Power Water Treatments and Marine Construction.

2009-12-17T09:46:00.004+08:00

Nuts and bolts are key components to industrial machines and equipment. Available in a variety of styles, sizes and materials, the price of bolts depends on the quality of the industrial bolts you purchase.

Bolt suppliers and bolt manufacturers can work with you to supply the INDUSTRIAL BOLTS, HOT DIPPED GALVANIZED, STAINLESS STEEL ANCHOR BOLTS, BENT BOLTS, TIE RODS & TURNBUCKLE ASSEMBLIES you need for your business. When you are in the market for Structural Bolts don’t hesitate to contact BACO Enterprises to be your professional partner. For the further information, please visit their website in bacoent.rfipages.com for the details about their services and products or to find out the coverage areas where their services are available.

I recommend to purchase bolts from BACO Enterprises for a large selection of quality bolts. They are one of the leading distributors of A325 and A490 Structural Bolts in the Northeast. They also have a lot of styles of bolts from which to choose, you can stock your business with affordable bolts to meet the needs of your customers. BACO Enterprises has a large stock of bolts to suit your needs. From carriage bolts to structural bolts, BACO Enterprises offers bolts at competitive prices with safe and fast shipping.

Music is no boundary

2009-12-15T11:10:00.000+08:00

I like music, because it can let me feel comfortable when i get home after work. Just the phrase "refresh your life". I think everyone need music and we can listen different kinds of music which can help them feel good.

But we can not know more language usually and can not communicate with foreign. But we can know more each other by music. Recently musicians from several countries perform during the finale of the Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo, British singer Natasha Bedingfield,Wycler Jean with Chinese pianist Lang Lang and Luis Fonsi etc. It prove that music is no boundary. What kind of music do you like best? Which singer is your icon? From your introduction we can know more singer from world.

Shopping for christmas

2009-12-13T11:25:00.000+08:00

I went earlier today doing some shopping for some new clothes of mine, plus some gift items to buy for our godchildren and dear loved ones that's close to our hearts and it was really a tiresome job since I find it hard to go to my favorite shopping stores because its very much crowded and the line at the cashier is so long! I just can't wait standing for a long hours there.

So I went to a shopping mall and still there is no chance for me to go inside cause its still very crowded and the people are in shoulder to shoulder distance already. Even though my back and my feet is aching due to the long hours of standing and waiting, I still able to buy the things that I want to buy. People are just very much busy buying some things to wear probably for their Christmas Party and for the exchanging of gifts just like what I also did. I think its been a habit of a Filipino trait already that when time comes specially this Christmas season, people are just rushing around doing some last minute shopping.

Something shocking happened in the grocery store

2009-11-29T08:48:00.001+08:00

I was in the grocery store today and there were two females, standing up at the end of the line where you check out. And one female was just saying all kind of things to the other female, un-mentionable things. Telling this female she was on crack, and she was calling Children services, on her because she leaves her child at home alone. She was going on and on with this and the other female wasn't saying anything.

I am saying to myself this is not the place for this. People were just starring at you all. Including myself.

I found out later that it was a family matter, the cashier that was waiting on me was the grand mother (she wasn't saying anything), the female that was doing all the talking and saying all those un-mentionable things was the mother of the person (famale) she was talking at (because she wasn't talking to her) this female was holding a baby about 6-8 months.

Later on the cashier that was waiting on me told another cashier to come and finish waiting on me and she went outside where the other two females had gone.

They had brought the family problem to the grandmother's job. After they all left and went outside the cashier that come to finish waiting on me said
the mother couldn't talk about the daughter because she was on drugs too.

I was glad to leave that place. I am so concerned and worried about the little baby. I wish I could get the baby and take care he/she myself. That child is being brought in an unstable environment.

Promoting on twitter

2009-11-29T08:37:00.002+08:00

Promoting on twitter will need some researches using twitter tools. Some of them are listed http://www.blogsome.eu. With researching tools you can find peoples who are talking using your key words. They can potentially be interested in information you re writing on your blog. You can follow this people and try to make from them yours followers. The more followers you have the more traffic will flow to your blog. Once you got enough traffic on your blog you can start promoting your real website by writing articles and branding yourself as an expert. Articles can be followed with an webbinar, tutorial guide. In between your article and it's extension you can put a form to grab your readers details like email and his opt in permission to send him for example a newsletter. Then you can start your lead nurturing program and educate your future customer about your services and products. For such things you can build even a well branded micro-site.

Helpful Dirt Devil Holiday Buying Guide.

2009-11-26T17:15:00.001+08:00

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Dirt Devil. All opinions are 100% mine.

It took several years before I finally realized that the Internet has been significantly useful for me in terms of looking for what I need, what I want, and what other people need. Well, if you want to shop a Gifts for Her, Gifts for Him, and Family Favorites, there are lots of online shopping sites available which most of the time only sell their own merchandise. But what about if you are searching for a particular item that you want to compare via the models or the makes? Google it? Big hassle, because it might sort out non-shopping related lists.

Dirt Devil Holiday Buying Guide? There you go.

This year Dirt Devil has a very special holiday buyer's guide of it’s own. It features over 300 websites, tricks, and ways to save while shopping online! Now even though I am a pretty good coupon shopper, I actually read about some websites that I hadn’t heard of and I loved reading all their suggestions and ideas. For a beginner saver, this guide would be very beneficial!

Another helpful hint I learned from this year’s holiday buyer's guide from Dirt Devil is that there is a National Free Shipping Day for online purchases. Thursday, December 17th marks the day where hundreds of online retailers will offer free shipping to customers and guarantee delivery before Christmas Day. This is particularly helpful for those of us that just don’t have the time or energy to brave the crowds this holiday season.

Whether Dirt Devil is on your Christmas list or not you have to check out their super helpful Dirt Devil Gift Guide. At first I thought it would just be a catalog of Dirt Devil products but it contains so much more!

Would you link to a site you didn't like?

2009-11-25T19:13:00.003+08:00

This blog posts is about "link building," and it involves getting other Web sites to link to your site. In today's world, there is much more to good search engine listings than simply optimizing your site for keywords.

In order to keep searchers happy, search engines are always developing ways to make their results more relevant. In the last couple of years, links have become increasingly more important to the engines because they see links as an endorsement of your site by other Web sites. Think about it for a minute: Would you link to a site you didn't like?

To benefit from SEO you need to get some links back to your site. This can be a little tricky but is essential. You need to try to contact webmasters for link exchanges. It's also possible to write articles and participate in forums for links to your site. These forum posts can have the website address in the signature.

It's also important to get high quality links. The quality of the links depends on the popularity of the websites that the links are from. If you can get links from very well known websites then these will improve your search engine ranking.

how many link we can post at facebook in one day?

2009-11-24T19:32:00.000+08:00

You know i sometime having a discussion in a facebook group. There a few time i post a link. Then one time, i post a few link in one day. When i about post the 5th link, the facebook warn me that they consider me a spam if i post another link. Then i decided not to post another link that day.

After that day, the most i post a link, in discussion, in wall and in any other facebook facility is two per day.

My question is, actually how many link we can post at facebook in one day. Did a link we post in our wall will be count to. Well i hope some one can share their experience and if you know the rules, please share it with us.

Thanks

I have just recently started another blog

2009-11-24T12:53:00.003+08:00

I have just recently started another blog, I am still knew at this however I have learned a few things that is pretty general. The first thing is getting more traffic, and one of the ways to get more traffic is writing interesting topics, if you write more interesting topics it will allow readers to be looking forward in going to your blog and checking it out more often and it is something that you should try to do do get more readers.

Another way is to put your blog on traffic exchange sites, I have recently tried easyhits4u and it gives you a credit everytime you surf someone elses site and the credit can be used to make someone else visit your site which will generate more traffic, if you are interested and want to sign up add me as friend and I can link you. Another way that I'm not so sure of right now is the search engines, you should put your blog up on some search engines that you can find, it lets others search and others can discover your blog.

Do you use Entrecard to drive traffic to your blog?

2009-11-23T11:04:00.001+08:00

I am a former active of Entrecard for almost a year and for me, EC is not that as good as before.

First of all, members are more concern with dropping their cards rather than reading blog posts. I noticed that your blog is slow to open, and it is not good. Bounce rate will be very high.

Before, I can sell some of my points for a decent $$ but selling now is not allowed.

Before, I can give away unlimited points for contests but now only 1,000ec/weekly is allowed.

But I gained a lot of virtual friends through the site, and I am grateful for that.

So, if you can find effective ways to attract viewers to read your posts and get them back for more, then that is good.

Have your blog posts SEO targeted

2009-11-23T11:01:00.001+08:00

Exchanging links may indeed increase traffic to your blogs. However, there is another way of generating more traffic. Have your blog posts SEO targeted and you may see a big difference in traffic. Use the right keywords and let Google pick up your posts. That will bring much traffic to your blogs.

I love eBay...........BUT!?!

2009-11-22T10:53:00.001+08:00

I love eBay and I question this all the time because I never have made decent money on it. I enjoy the ease of use and also the thought about selling but I just screw everything up. Postage cost is the most uneasy thing to deal with once you get charged twice as much that you expected. Get a home scale!

Do you still use yellow pages?

2009-11-21T10:36:00.001+08:00

I would think that the majority of people (over 50%) use online search engines versus the Yellow Pages. However, we need to also realize that not everyone has a computer (or access to one) and of those who do have a computer, not all of them go online with it. There are still people who believe the internet is a scary place for sinners and criminals. Although laughable to us, it's a sad reality. :-)

The last time I used the yellow pages was at a hotel that didn't have internet.... it was annoying to do something manually.

Why boys dont like going shoping with girls?

2009-11-21T10:15:00.001+08:00

Girls shop. They don't necessarily buy. Some just like the act of shopping. If they don't buy anything, they can feel like they accomplished something.

Men buy. In order to do this, they go shopping. And then they buy. If a man does not buy anything, they do not feel as if something has been accomplished.

These two things are opposed. But women can deal with a man's way, but men cannot deal with a woman's way.

But! There are some boys who love going shopping with girls... Not just too many. The ones don't like it, don't like it because guys are more technical, and on the spot, if they need something, they go buy it. Unlike girls, they won't walk around for hours and check every single store for fun.

What's your opinion?

The biggest and richest company in the world

2009-11-20T10:19:00.001+08:00

According to the Fortune 500 list, the top ten are, in order:

1 Walmart
2 Exxon Mobile
3 General Motors
4 Chevron
5 ConocoPhillips
6 General Electric
7 Ford Motor Company
8 Citigroup
9 Bank of America
10 American Intl. Group

However, if you are looking for world companies, and not just American companies, here is the top ten: [This lists in order: Position, Company name, Revenue (US$ Billions), Year to, Employees, What exchange/country it is traded in, CEO, compensation]

1. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. $351.1 2006 1,500,000 United States (NYSE: WMT) H. Lee Scott, Jr., $12.44M
2. ExxonMobil Corp. $347.2 2006 88,300 United States (NYSE: XOM) Rex W. Tillerson, $4.12M
3. Royal Dutch Shell plc $318.8 2006 112,000 UK, Netherlands, Jeroen van der Veer, â‚¬ 7.509.244
4. BP $253.6 2005 103,700 UK,(LSE: BP), (NYSE: BP) John Browne, $4.73M
5. Chevron Corp. $198.2 2005 61,533 United States (NYSE: CVX) David O'Reilly, $7.82M
6. DaimlerChrysler AG $193.0 2005 362,063 Germany (FWB: DCX), United States (NYSE: DCX), Singapore, Canada, Argentina, Netherlands, France, Austria, Switzerland, UK Dieter Zetsche
7. General Motors Corp. $192.6 2005 323,000 United States, 32 other countries (list omitted) (NYSE: GM) G. Richard Wagoner, Jr., $8.51M
8. ConocoPhillips $183.3 2005 39,000 United States (NYSE: COP) James Mulva, $6.88M
9. Toyota Motor Corp. $179.0 2006 285,977 Japan, United States WORLDWIDE(NYSE: TM) Fujio Cho
10. Total S.A. $178.3 2005 111,401 France, United States (NYSE: TOT) Thierry Desmarest, $3.79M

[note: this list is based upon revenue, not market capitalization, or total assets, which would produce a wholy different list!]

By the way, Microsoft is #62, Coca-Cola is #96, Haliburton is #104

The worst is being an eBay seller.

2009-11-19T10:27:00.001+08:00

You bust your butt to sell things and provide good customer service. Then you get one nutjob who lies about not getting an expensive package and PayPal takes all your money. You have the shipping information, you can prove delivery. They don't care. They got you money and they'll keep it.

Essentially the con-merchants and criminals have had a field day using PayPal (and 'charge backs') to take money off innocent buyers & sellers .... and PalPay's reaction always seems to be to 'freeze' everyone's account (both guilty and innocent) whilst they 'investigate' .. which typically means demanding sufficient documentation to confirm (or steal) your identity 10 times over...

They can take up to 6 months to come to a decision and, more often than not, since even the most stupid criminal is long gone by then, it's the innocent victim that gets stuck with ALL of the losses ..

Basis of the fraud ..
Fake Seller .. criminal puts up for auction lots of expensive gear at knock down prices .. gets paid, withdraws the money from PayPal and runs ...

Eventually all the buyers will complains nothing has been delivered .. PayPal attempts to keep each Buyer 'in limbo' for at least 30 days (after which the Buyer can not get their Bank to a 'charge back') .. if any Buyer reacts by doing a 'charge back', PayPal immediately freezes their account ..

Fake Buyer .. criminal buys lots of expensive gear, pays using PayPal, waits for it to be delivered and then claims it's not been delivered and does a 'charge back' .. PayPal either immediately passes the 'charge back' onto the Sellers account and/or freezes both accounts .. the innocent Seller is put out of business (since they can no longer gain access to their PayPal funds but are still forced to offer PayPal to Buyers as a means of payment)

Fake Buyer AND Fake Seller (criminal with two accounts) -- this is where the 'Â£20,000 mobile phone auction' comes in .. fake Seller puts up some item with an astronomical 'reserve' .. fake Buyer bids and wins it. Fake Buyer pays using PayPal .. fake Seller withdraws the money and runs, fake Buyer does a 'charge' back' ..... result = an instant 'double your money' ..

The Real Property Management Midwest

2009-11-15T07:42:00.003+08:00

When the need arises, you might want to hire someone who is professional from RPM Midwest especially if you live in the Midwest for it is the best place to have your property managed. The Real Property Management Midwest. With its known good reputation, there is no doubt that your properties will be managed accordingly whether for tenant placement, collections, inspections, accounting, credit and multi-state criminal background screening or just assuring that your tenants are handling your properties well.

RPM Midwest has being awarded as "Franchise of the Year, Honorable Mention" award. They are the fastest growing property management company in the country. They help owners rent their places quickly, They collect the rent, inspect the properties 3 times per year to ensure that the tenants are taking care of the property. They cover the cost of any eviction (if necessary). They are the best property management company in Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio

Working for someone else unfortunately will not make you wealthy - not in the real sense.

2009-11-15T02:25:00.000+08:00

There are some people making very high incomes working for a big company but that's not truly wealthy - not when you have to work 60 or 70 hours a week, plus travel in heavy traffic each way.

Up until the New Economy, going to work every day was the only real way. That was called Industrial Age work practices - much like our parents and grandparents did.

Remember, these are the people who taught us that "hard work" was the answer. And where did "hard work" get them?

Frustrated, blaming the economy, blaming big business and most likely broke in retirement.

The New Economy operates very differently - our school systems have not yet caught onto this unfortunately so the "hard work" plan is still being taught.

In the New Economy the borders have disappeared, the opportunities have increased exponentially, the barriers have disappeared and anybody can make a fortune regardless of their experience, culture, religon or background.

The only barrier is attitude. A bad one will kill you.

Industrial Age means you work for money.

New Economy means money works for you.

It's about identifying legitimate and proven "growth vehicles" in which you can invest your time, energy and money for returns and growth.

And always remember that your income can only increase as much as you do. Invest in your own self growth and the rest will take care of itself. It's the Law of Cause and Effect.

Great Videos Already Submitted - Don’t Miss Your Chance To Win $5,000

2009-11-14T19:45:00.003+08:00

I am a very visual person, I am constantly looking at everything! Lately my eyes have been hurting. My vision has gotten worse in the last few months. It’s making me feel horrible! I think part of it is spending way too much time staring at this flat screen. I’m always in front of my office computer 8 hours a day and my laptop most of the time at home. I’m feeling that I no longer have perfect eyesight than I used to have. I was about to get computer glasses last week but I opted to wait for a few more weeks until I have enough money cause I really want to have Benetton frames instead.

I have been increasing the font size on my computer which I now see is not a good thing. The idea is to challenge my vision. I have a mirror set up beside me on the computer. It is annoying because I hate to see myself in the mirror. The reason it is there is so that I can ‘catch’ myself squinting, furrowing my brow or resting my chin on my palm. I would love to avoid wearing glasses. I think it’s a possibility. I just need to start working on it now!

But the good thing is, I still have near perfect vision. But for those of you who are not as fortunate, why not join "You Gotta See This" contest by Abbot Medical Optics Inc. (AMO), the global leader in laser vision correction? They just launched this contest to see how poor eyesight can get in the way of anyone enjoying life. Entrants only need to share through videos, music or movie, on how an improved vision made an impact in their lives. Here are specific categories:

a. “My contacts are getting in the way of my good time”
b. “My favorite sport or activity would be so much cooler with better vision”
c. “You should see life after the iLASIK procedure”

The iLASIK Video Contest asks the participants to shoot a video to show the impact of improved vision in peoples livesAccording the contest website, many people have already submitted great video contents like original music videos, videos on boxing and swimming or simple videos that reflect how people’s daily lives would improve through a better vision.

There are great prizes for the winners as well as a grand prize of $5,000. Along the grand prize, the first prize for the contest in each video category is a
HDTV package — a $2,500 value; the second prize in each video category is The Flip UltraHD™ camcorder — a $199.99 value.

The most effective way to advertise on the Internet

2009-11-14T19:44:00.001+08:00

First set up a website and publish its domain name on major search directories such as Google.com, Yahoo.com [at http://www.google.com/addurl/?...... and MSN.com since 85% of Internet shoppers rely on these search directories to provide them with goods and services. In a sense, these search directories are a very large Internet Yellow Pages.

Nevertheless, should your website or opening webpage fail to contain "generic" keywords, then anyone using such "generic" queries will not be able to discover
your website. Your domain name [URL] of your website, in a sense, will be invisible, undiscoverable.

You may want to consider some simple algorithms which, when observed and committed in designing of a website with placement of various critical metatags that can surely achieve a high search engine presence and increase Internet traffic to your website. These metatag strategies work well with published webpages at Google and Yahoo.

Design: Should you create an extensive Flash-based website, make sure to fill-in the property entries such as the Title, Description and Keywords. Failing to do so, leaves no hard HTML or ALT resource that can be readily indexed by search robots. Also consider the Internet audience and their incoming setup. For example, if they are on analog/dialup, Flash webpages take too long to load up and therefore analog users will likely lose interest and discontinue entering the Flash site. On the other hand, anyone on hi-speed DSL lines, will welcome Flash pages which load quickly. So before designing a pure Flash websitge, ask the simple question, "Who's my end user - is he on dialup or DSL?" And if you had to choose between these two users for maximum marketability, then select analog users since 80% of most resident users are still analog Internet subscribers and pure HTML designed webpages is best for them.

A non-Flash-based website which relies on hard text, is far easier to be indexed by search robots. Limit the use of stylized text saved as .gifs since as a graphic, they are not indexable by search robots.

Avoid use of frames since any number of search robots are unable to properly classify textual material.

Placement of Metatags: A ranking or search order does take place with Google and Yahoo and it begins with the "Title" metag which should consist of no more than 65 characters separated by commas. The "Title" should describe in generic terms, the goods and services, followed by a location from which the resource is located, i.e., city, state. The placement of a domain name which is not generic within the "Title" is not appropriate, unless your domain name is a major recognizable brand name.

The second metatag is the "Description" which is usually 25-30 words to form a complete sentence which best describes one's goods and services.

And the very last category - "Keywords" are also somewhat limited to 15-16 words which can be plural and compound in nature. Again, avoid multiple entries which could be mistaken as "spamdexed entries" which is defined as the loading, and submission of repetitive words into a particular metatag category. "Spamdexing" when discovered on a webpage and reported to Google's spamreport.com can result in the elimination of your website from their search directory.

Here's an example of a very highly-placed website on Google.com: Begin with the very "generic" search query "sandwiches downtown los angeles," taking note to not abbreviate Los Angeles to "LA" and of course, leave out the parentheses ("). It will bring up some 2.4 million+ search results. Check out where "Nazos.net" is ranked. It's ranked No. 1! Again, Nazos.net's high web presence was achieved by proper web design and placement of relevant metatags according to Google's publication guidelines.