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Organic SEO Versus PPC Advertising: Pros and Cons

noreply@blogger.com (TDD) — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:23:00 +0000

The increasing importance of search engine marketing

to online profitability has sparked debates in the industry on whether to use “natural” methods for SEO or opt for pay-per-click advertising. The ideal strategy would be one that incorporates both methods into the SEO scheme as they both have advantages and disadvantages to them. This is rarely the case though and for those that cannot quite decide on which course to take, the following is a rundown of the pros and cons of each method.

Organic SEO

Organic SEO is deemed more credible by people as popularity and traffic are gained through painstaking work and time investment. Your search engine levels are acquired on the basis of relevance and content quality. As long as your website keeps in line with search engine considerations, it continues to belong to the top search results.

Consequently, the results yielded by organic SEO are more enduring. It doesn’t adhere to a pre-planned timeline rather it is an ongoing project that is amended and improved over time. It is a constant part of the marketing strategy. Organic SEO also incurs relatively low costs especially if you implement it yourself. You also have complete control over the content of your website. You decide which data to use and post without interference from third parties so the quality of your content isn’t compromised.

On the downside, organic SEO results are not immediate. It may take a while for your website to see any meaningful traffic and the time spent waiting for these strategies to take effect may impact heavily on it s profitability. SEO is a complicated undertaking and if you are a neophyte in this industry you might inadvertently be putting your website at risk.

Pay-per-Click Advertising

The biggest draw of pay-per-click advertising is the near-instantaneous results. Traffic is driven immediately to your website as your link is prominently shown over the search engine. This attribute of pay-per-click advertising is especially attractive to websites that are starting out. Pay-per-click advertising is also easier and faster to implement because it is a fairly uncomplicated procedure.

A drawback is that pay-per-click advertising can be quite costly. Studies show that the rates for PPC advertising are rising and as more people visit your site, you pay more. There are also studies showing that people tend to distrust paid searches and are therefore less likely to click on these links compared to organic search results.

Useful website

noreply@blogger.com (TDD) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:13:00 +0000

Here is an excerpt from Mint.com which is a super useful website to put all of your finances in one spot to keep an eye on your budget.

Mint is fresh, intelligent online money management. Not only is Mint free, it saves you money. While existing personal finance software packages require hours to set up, a passion for accounting (is that possible?) and hours of weekly maintenance, Mint is virtually effortless.

With Mint, you can achieve better online financial management in less than five minutes. After that, revolutionary, patent–pending Mint money management software does the rest, with virtually no more work required. It automatically pulls together your bank, credit union and credit card data, and provides up–to–date and amazingly accurate views of your financial—life from the big picture to specific details, in a friendly and intuitive way.

In addition, Mint goes beyond visibility and analysis providing personalized money–saving and money–making suggestions. Mint provides users an average of $1,000 in savings opportunities during their first session. Plus, Mint is proactive—alerting you when you are exceeding your personal budget, have a low balance, need to pay a bill, and more.

Mint is safe and secure online money management: we never know your identity and we provide bank–level data security.

Temporary Mailbox Services

noreply@blogger.com (TDD) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:49:00 +0000

Now a days Internet has become a home to spam. Millions of spam bots crawl the web daily to find email addresses and then bombard them with spam emails thus destroying their efficiency and creating problems for users. The best solution to this is to get a temporary or disposable email inbox which automatically expires after a certain time period.

Benefits of Temporary/Disposable Mailbox

There are many advantages of having a temporary or disposable mailbox on the web. But here are some key benefits:

Protect you from spam mails
Protect your mailbox from exploits, spoofs and hoaxes
Require no signup and/or registration
Automatically expire after a certain time period

Top 20 Temporary Mailbox services

Collected below is a list of best temporary/disposable email services that provide you give you a temporary email inbox which is totally spam free and needs no registration or sign up:

Mailinator is one of the best and top rated disposable email services that gives you a temporary mailbox on the following address format e.g. something@mailinator.com
MyTrashMail is another good temporary mail service that gives you a mailbox in the address format e.g. something@trashymail.com and also gives you secure temporary mailbox if you signup
MailExpire stands out in the crowd by giving you the option to have a temporary inbox ranging from 12 hours expiry to as long as 3 months
TemporaryInbox is yet another simple and easy to use temporary email service that gives you an email address in different formats
MailEater gives you a free temporary email inbox in the format e.g. something@MailEater.com
Jetable not only allows you to set the life span of your temporary email inbox but also allows you to forward the mails in your temporary inbox to your real email address
SpamBox gives you a temporary email address in the format e.g. something@spambox.us and also allows you to set the lifespan of your inbox
GuerillaMail lets you generate a temporary email which expires in a time of 15 minutes and also tell you how to offer a temporary email service on your site.
SpamHole provides you a 2 hour long temporary email inbox at the address format e.g. something@spamhole.com
10MinuteMail generates an easy 10 minute email inbox for your temporary email needs
DontReg is one bigger, better, faster and safer temporary email inbox solution
TempoMail is one new temporary email inbox services that give you spam-free mailbox
TempEmail aims to give you a fast, anonymous yet secure temporary email inbox
PookMail is a multi-language temporary email inbox service that gives an email address in the format e.g. something@pookmail.com
SpamFree24 is a new multi-domain temporary email inbox service which is growing rapidly
KasMail requires registration, allows up to 25 aliases, can set aliases to expire after a certain amount of time.
SpamMotel requires registration, provides mail forwarding, mail can be accessed through desktop e-mail clients, can reply to e-mail from your real e-mail address using SpamMotel e-mail.
GreenSloth requires no registration, receive-only, e-mail expires automatically after a week
AnonInbox requires no registration, simple, no frills.
Spam.la is a fast disposable email service which requires no registration, no frills. You can see all spam being sent to all Spam.la accounts, or just your own.

Let Google work for you better.

noreply@blogger.com (TDD) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:07:00 +0000

Google can do more than just help you search websites. So if you can use it to save time, why not? Here are six shortcuts (aka Advanced Operators) to start you off:
1. Weather

If you want to know weather conditions for a particular city, type the word weather before the city name or zip code. For instance:

Weather San Francisco, or Weather Melbourne

2. Basic Calculator

Sometimes it is just quicker to type your query into Google than to pull out your calculator, or bring up calculator software. Use these for simple sums:

Addition: + e.g. 17 + 7

Subtraction: - e.g. 23 - 17

Division: / e.g. 23 / 17

Multiplication: * e.g. 23 * 17

Percent: % of e.g. 17% of 23

3. Measurements and Conversions

All measurements and conversions can be calculated by using the word in between various units. For instance:

Currency: - AUD, USD, EURO, GBP: e.g. 43AUD in USD

Mass - kg, lb, gram or g, tons: e.g. 25kg in lb

Numbering Systems - hex, binary, decimal, roman: e.g. LVII in decimal

Volume - gallons, liters or l, teaspoons, pints: e.g. 2 liters in pints

Time - seconds, minutes, days, years, fortnights, decades, centuries: e.g. 1 year in seconds

4. Package Tracking

Instead of going to Fedex, UPS, or USPS, you can now track your package directly through Google. Type the provider first; reference number second and Google will give you the link for your package: For instance:

Fedex 171717171717

5. Booking Flights

By typing in the departing city, followed by the arriving city, Google will offer up a choice of dates and services. For instance:

Melbourne Sydney, or, San Francisco New York.

6. Status of flights

You want to know if a flight is delayed or on time? Just type the airline name or code and a flight number to see the status of a particular flight. For instance:

Qantas 271 or United 77

What to do with your flash drive

noreply@blogger.com (TDD) — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 04:12:00 +0000

Computer acting a bit sluggish? Give eBooster a try!

Vista can use your USB Flash Drive just like your RAM - such a capability is integrated into the OS. Windows XP just can’t use it as additional memory - your flash drive is just a flash drive. Not anymore if you have eBoostr installed. This software program aids XP in using your Flash Drive as a memory device. You might want to give this a try if your computer is hungry on resources and needs some speed boost.

Wait! Don't pay for another antivirus software update.

noreply@blogger.com (TDD) — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 04:07:00 +0000

I hope you guys know about AVG. AVG FREE Download.

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OpenOffice.org 2.0

noreply@blogger.com (TDD) — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:31:00 +0000

Are you tired of Microsoft Office not working up to your standards? Loading slow and functioning wrong?
You should check out the FREE Open Office. It works great!

Compatible with other major office suites, OpenOffice.org is free to download, use, and distribute. Download it now, and get:

	Writer – a word processor you can use for anything from writing a quick letter to producing an entire book.
	Calc – a powerful spreadsheet with all the tools you need to calculate, analyse, and present your data in numerical reports or sizzling graphics.
	Impress – the fastest, most powerful way to create effective multimedia presentations.
	Draw – lets you produce everything from simple diagrams to dynamic 3D illustrations.
	Base – lets you manipulate databases seamlessly. Create and modify tables, forms, queries, and reports, all from within OpenOffice.org
	Math – lets you create mathematical equations with a graphic user interface or by directly typing your formulas into the equation editor.

Why OpenOffice.org?

OpenOffice.org is synonymous with quality

the roots of OpenOffice.org go back twenty years, creating a mature and powerful product
hundreds of thousands of users participated in the beta testing of version 2
independent reviewers around the world have recommended the product
with a fully open development process, OpenOffice.org has nothing to hide - the product stands or falls on its reputation

OpenOffice.org is easy to use

the software looks and feels familiar and is instantly usable by anyone who has used a competitive product
it’s easy to change to OpenOffice.org - the software reads all major competitors’ files
few language barriers - if it’s not yet available in your language, the chances are it will be soon
OpenOffice.org is supported by a global community of friendly volunteers, only too happy to provide assistance to newcomers and advanced users alike

OpenOffice.org is free software

you may download OpenOffice.org completely free of any licence fees
install it on as many PCs as you like
use it for any purpose - private, educational, government and public administration, commercial...
pass on copies free of charge to family, friends, students, employees, etc.

100 (Legal) Sources for Free Stock Images

noreply@blogger.com (TDD) — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:16:00 +0000

By Laura Milligan

If you’ve ever tried to design a website or blog, you’ve probably felt the need to add images to your creation. It can be easy to see the Internet as a free-for-all, but images belong to the people who created them. Staying legal means you’ll have to either create your own images or buy them from stock sites. Fortunately, there are a number of sources for free images, and we’ve collected them here. So read on for 100 sources where you can find free stock images: and don’t worry — they’re all legal!

Most Popular

These resources are some of the most popular free stock image sites on the Web and with good reason. If you’re looking for some mainstream images, these are the first place to try.

FreeFoto: FreeFoto.com claims to be “the largest collection of free photographs on the Internet.” They’re available for offline projects as well, as long as you’re not using them to make a profit.
KAVEWALL: Look for images and textures in unique categories like tattoo, smoke, and food.
Digital Dreamer: Free, royalty-free stock images can be found here.
Free Photos Bank: This features a handful of the newest photos in their directory, so check back often.
Free Digital Photos: Find gorgeous, easy-to-download photographs in categories like animals, celebrations, home & garden, and lots more.
PD Photo: Browse through the categories and subcategories in this site’s database, most of which depict the urban and rural landscapes of the United States.
Visipix: Search over a million photographs and fine art pieces.
Cepolina: On cepolina, you can choose to save photos in up to five different formats.
DexHaus: A wide array of beautiful images are found on this well-organized site.
FreeStockImages.net: Chances are you’ll find whatever it is you’re looking for on this terrific site.
TurboPhoto: TurboPhoto has 10 categories keep the high res photos easy to find.
Yotophoto: An immensely popular site, Yotophoto is worth checking out.
Stockvault: Search by photo subject or by the newest and most popular photos on Stockvault.
Dreamstime: While most of the photos on this site cost a fee (some as low as $0.26/image), Dreamstime provides a few free stock photos.
Open Stock Photography: This site offers over one million images for you to download and use however you want.

Community-Powered Content

In addition to being a great source of images, these sites host forums, file sharing and other features designed to nurture community spirit.

Image After: Search tons of free photos on this site while meeting other photography lovers on the forum.
Unprofound.com: Use the images however you want, just make sure you let them know where you’ve published it!
Font Play: This site has nearly 10,000 free photos for you to use any way you want. Look under the “Guests” heading to search by your favorite contributor.
Studio 25: This attractive site lets you upload and search images.
Vintage Pixels: Share your archived photos with other users. Download images that work for your Web site or blog.
Abstract Influence: Search for the stock images you want while talking about photography with other visitors on the site’s forum.
amygdela’s atmosphere: This site hosts a forum and a blog, as well as tons of stock images.
Every Stock Photo: A forum and blog keep this stock image site fun and informative.
Photocase: The good people at Photocase are “prettying up the world.” Check out their great library of stock images.
deviantART: Provocative photos spawn great debates on the site’s forum.

Artists Welcome

It’s probably pretty safe to say that every stock image site on the Web needs the help of photographers to keep it running. The following sites, however, really cater to the needs of photographers, designers, and other artists even though they’re donating their photos for free.

Stock.xchng: Check out the gorgeous shots organized into lots of different categories, making your search as easy as possible.
Morguefile: Browse thousands of beautiful photos in this site’s archives, but don’t miss their job board either!
Woophy: This site organizes photographs by geographical location. Enter into their contest for a chance to win great prizes.
The NOAA Library: Breathtaking science and nature shots are available at this site. Don’t forget to check out the “Meet the Photographers” page which includes short bios and descriptions of the featured photogs.
Pixel Perfect Digital: Get tons of free stock images and read the latest in photography news.
Free Range Stock: Photographers are rewarded for giving away their pictures by getting a percentage of the site’s total ad revenue.
AMG Media: As long as you give credit to the photographer somewhere on your site, these images are yours for the taking.
Free Photographs Network: Submit photographs for others to see, or download some for your own use.
FreePhotos.com: If you’re a photographer, submit your best pictures for a chance to win cool prizes.
PhotoRogue.com: If you can’t find a picture of anything you want, go to PhotoRogue.com and make a request for whatever it is you’re thinking of. Photographers will take pictures for you — and it’s still free!
Graphicsarena.com: Submit your photos for consideration.
Fotogenika: Send in your photos for other visitors to use on their personal sites.
Image Temple: Send in your own photos to be included in this site’s gallery.
Flickr: Most of the photos on this site are not free, but a clever search will turn up some real goodies.
FreeLargePhotos.com: Downloaders must link their chosen photo back to the site, which gives the photographer credit.

Less is Sometimes More

Just because the sites listed in this section aren’t as expansive as some of the others on our list doesn’t mean they’re not worth checking out. Sometimes less can really means more, especially when it comes to narrowing down your search or coming across hard-to-find treasures.

Mayang’s Free Texture Library: Download high-res textures from this site, which has categories like architecture, buildings, plants, wood, and stone.
Liam’s Pictures from Old Books: Discover hard-to-find illustrations from old books, “most with multiple high-resolution versions.”
Texture Warehouse: Find interesting textures at this great site.
Free Stock Photos: Nature shots and religious themes are abundant at this free stock photography site.
BurningWell: Totally free images are organized into categories like animals, bugs, cityscapes, people, plants, and textures.
Design Packs: New images and themes are added monthly, so this site may not be a well kept secret too much longer!
Amazing Textures: This site is a web designer’s dream. Browse hundreds of high res textures and backgrounds.
Aarin Free Photo and Digital Images: These site boasts nearly 1,000 fantastic images for you to choose from.
Image Base: On Image Base, breathtaking photographs are organized in categories like nature, concept, people, and city.
Majestic Imagery: All the photos on this site were taken by the host.
diwiesign studio: All the images are free, but if you’re a frequent user, you might want to consider making a donation to this photo entrepreneur.
Zurb Photos: Photographer Bryan Zmijewski uploads his own images onto this site.
tOfz.org: Find urban images for free, but consider making a contribution to this artist’s cause.
LIGHTmatter: These gorgeous photos were all taken by the same artist, who also hosts the Web site.
Insect Images: Find all kinds of photos of creepy crawlers here.

Stock Images Plus

There is a lot more to legal stock images than just a bank of free photos. The sites in this section all go beyond being a basic stock photography resource by offering more services that will help improve your search for and use of stock images.

Creative Commons: This nonprofit site shows you how to license your images once they’ve been uploaded onto your site.
Free Images: This British site offers free images as well as wallpapers, desktops, and a section of ideas and tips that will help you customize your image experience, whether you’re a photographer or not.
Creating Online: This stock images site is an excellent resource for any new blogger or Web site developer. Learn about editing your images, hosting, domains, and more.
ArtFavor: Find stock images, fonts, sounds, flash clipart, and more, are all on this terrific site.
Geek Philosopher: Find hilarious and beautiful stock images side by side. Also check out the site’s blog and web hosting capabilities.
Gimp Savvy: In addition to finding great images, Gimp Savvy also gives tips on photo touchups, making a collage, and more.
Creativity 103: Find free abstract images and videos on Creativity 103.
Afflict.net: Search photos and textures while learning about images in the tutorials section.
One Odd Dude: Download photographs, wallpapers, textures, and more on One Odd Dude.
Discover: Search for your favorite subjects or web sites, and hundreds of free icons, stock images, and other designs will appear.
Photoshop Support: On Photoshop Support, browse photos, read the tutorials, and check out the great imaging tools.
AncestryImages.com: Search antique portraits and use the geneaology resources link to connect you to even more tools.
Free Media Goo: Download free stock images, audio, and video on Free Media Goo.
National Park Service Digital Image Archive: Check out beautiful pictures taken for the NPS. This site also provides a link to the NPS official site.
<New York Public Library Digital Gallery: Browse through thousands of prints, illustrations, and photos. Read the photographic services and permissions page for more information on downloading high-res files.

Miscellaneous

These image sites don’t necessarily fit into one particular category, but they’ve still got a lot to offer.

Backgrounds Archive: Find beautiful backgrounds for your desktop or MySpace page.
USDA Agricultural Research Service: The government’s Agricultural Research Service sponsors this “complimentary source of high quality digital photographs.”
Holy Land Photos: Poignant photos of the Holy Land are available here.
Stockcache.com: This site makes organizing your downloads easy.
Four Bees: Browse through the stock images directory, or download royalty free music and video on Four Bees.
Clipmarks: Search for free stock images with this handy tool.
Yellowstone Digital Slide File: These beautiful shots of Yellowstone National Park are available for use by the media and public.
Plants of Hawaii: Perfect for any botanist, this site has over 45,000 images of Hawaiian plants.
Microshots: This site specializes in microscopic images.
IN TEXTURE: Free stock textures are plentiful on this site.
Trip Album: This site is all in French, but the photos are divided into categories based on country, making it easy to figure out.
Orange Trash: Find pictures about Hungary on this Web site.
Public domain stock photos: Browse categories like backgrounds, food, nature, objects, and seasonal on this site.
BAJstock: Written in both French and English, this stock image site has tons of photos for you to use for free.
NWYK Stock Image Library: This hilarious site provides free images that capture the drudgery and playfulness of office life.

General

These stock image sites offer a wide range of photo subjects, perfect for casual browsing or a way to get ideas before you plan out your site.

Public Domain Photos: Check out these gorgeous pictures of animals, cities, landscapes, and more.
Bigfoto.com: Find photos of beautiful places all around the world, as well as fun shots in the Christmas, grafitti, or food categories
Photogen: Look through the Top 10 gallery to find the most popular downloads in a preview-friendly thumbnail format.
Free Pixels: Find free photos, logos, or other images on this site.
DHD Multimedia Gallery: Search through thousands of basic photos.
PIX: This site is so easy, you don’t even have to register to download.
Photo Rack: New photos are featured at the bottom of the page, so check back often to make sure you don’t miss anything great.
Free Stock Photos: On Free Stock Photos, each image comes with a description detailing its size.
Barry’s Free Photos: This is a great site for finding all different kinds of images for your Web site.
Cromavista: This site is all in Spanish but still easy to navigate if you’re not a native speaker.
IronOrchid: Several different categories allow for an efficient search on IronOrchid.
Image Blowout: Have fun looking through these unique photos.
FreeImages.com: Tons of categories and subcategories make searching for photos on this site simple.
ilovefreePhoto: This fun, attractive site makes searching for that perfect photo a little less frustrating.
Free Photo Station: Loads of great photos are all free on this site.

40 Great Resources!

noreply@blogger.com (TDD) — Sat, 17 May 2008 02:27:00 +0000

I found these links on a fellows website but they are great. More to add to the cadre of bookmarks.

1. BugMeNot - instantly get disposable login details for any popular website that forces you to register.

2. DailyLit - read your favorite books by email (on your PC, mobile, etc.).

3. FranceRadio - neat MP3 Search Engine that lets you Find, Play and Download favorite MP3s for FREE.

4. Google SMS - provides mobile users with a quick access (via SMS) to a wide range of practical information and tools (i.e. business listings (pizzerias, shops, etc.),weather, movie listings, driving directions, currency converter and lots more.

5. Podlinez - listen to your favorite podcasts from any phone. Just enter the RSS feed URL for the desired podcast and get a free-toll number to access it from a phone.

6. RetailMeNot - locate fresh discount coupons for thousands of web merchants and services right from your browser toolbar. Video demo.

7. SoLow - on a daily basis SoLow auctions 4 different items ,(iphones, HD Screens, etc.). Anyone with a mobile/PC can participate in the auctions by placing their bids via text-messaging. The user with the lowest unique bid wins the auction.

8. TeleFlip - auto-forward your emails to your cellphone as text messages. Video demo.

9. UrbanDictionary - hilarious (and practical) 100% user-maintained dictionary where users provide and vote on definitions for urban words (slangs).

10. Yak4Ever - make free international calls from US, UK and Ireland to 50+ countries.

=== Mobile - related ===

11. Bitbom - schedule free text message reminders to your phone. Schedule online or using mobile. (Similar PingMe.)

12. Flurry - follow up on your emails (send, receive) and receive latest articles from favorite blogs/websites on your mobile.

13. Foonz - place group calls and send messages to multiple people for free (from your mobile or any other phone).

14. GameJump - lots of free games for mobile phones.

15. GrandCentral - single phone number for all your phones and a web-based centralized voicemail systems. (Similar: YouMail, GotVoice)

16. IQzone - post your classified ad to a number of online and print classified networks directly from your mobile.

17. Jott - simple and convenient service for leaving yourself notes and ToDo reminders using your mobile.

18. Mosio - text any question from your mobile phone and shortly receive up-to 4 answers.

19. mShopper - instantly check up on the bargain deals for any product (or even order) right from your mobile phone. Video demo.

20. NoPhoneTrees - simple phone directory that lists direct human access numbers to support employees in hundreds of companies.

21. Nutsie - takes a copy of your iTunes library file and creates an online copy of your library. Access this library from PC or mobile phone.

22. Google SendToPhone - forward anything you find on the web (maps, address, text, etc.) to any mobile phone for free (US only).

23. Qipit - take quick document pictures and turn them into properly formatted PDFs. Save online, email, or fax documents right from mobile.

24. Soonr - handy application that lets you access your pc remotely using your mobile or any other PC (work, school, etc.). Video demo.

25. TelePixie - quickly schedule and receive daily (or one time) wake up phone calls, reminders, weather forecast calls, jokes, and more.

26. TellMe - free local directory service for business listings (Car Repair Shops, Pizzerias, Restaurants, etc.), maps, and directions.

27. PhoneZoo - convert your MP3s to custom-length ringtones and forward them to your phone. Plus 1000s of free ringtones from other users.

=== Other ===

28. BossBitching - fun and active community where people can bit*h about their bosses anonymously.

29. eSnailer - send free postal mail letters (to anywhere in the US) right from the desktop From Canada? Check out EasyPost.

30. Yapta - get a refund (or credit) from the airlines on a purchased ticket in case its price drops.

31. ListenToaMovie - lets you ‘listen to a movie’, i.e. stream the audio part of various movies and some TV-shows.

32. OpenDNS - provides a safer, faster, smarter and more reliable way to navigate the Internet. More details + video demo.

33. PodioBooks - search, subscribe and browse through a variety of totally free audio books (100% legal).

34. PriceProtectr - tracks the price of items you bought online and notifies in case of price-drops, so you can request a refund.

35. RateMyDrawings - excellent place to draw, share your drawing creations, learn to draw, and watch other people drawing. Video demo

36. SwitchPlanet - cool and active marketplace where you can switch (or trade) used DVDs, CDs, Video Games and Books. Video demos.

37. Scribd- search, browse, rate, share various types of documents (jokes, facts, stories etc.). It’s like Youtube for text documents.

38. ViaTalk - make up-to 10 minutes long free phone calls to anywhere in the US and Canada. You don’t even need to sign-up.

39. VideoSift - popular Digg-like voting community for user-submitted videos.

40. Wordie