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June 15, 2009

GeoCities Contest – Get $1 Hosting For A Year

Filed under: News — Tags: freehostingrescue — admin @ 8:16 pm

Rescue Divers

When GeoCities was launched in 1994, having a website was not as common nor as easy as it is today. Since then, millions have created websites that showcased their community, shared information about their businesses and displayed their creative endeavors. And now, Yahoo! is shutting these free sites down at the end of the year. Is there anything anyone can do? Enter FreeHostingRescue.

FreeHostingRescue is a blog that tries to save free hosting users from going under. It’s fairly new, but it has gained a good traction and attention over the last few weeks. Although not specifically intended for GeoCities users, it’s nice to have people that care. They have been showcasing GeoCities websites and give their owners a chance to purchase a hosting account for $1 for a year, and they are currently running a Twitter contest so more people will get the same chance to purchase $1 hosting for a year. To enter is simple:

Tweet the FreeHostingRescue contest information on Twitter :
RT @FreeHostRescue is giving away 1 year of hosting for $1 to help those abandoned by free hosting. See Details http://tr.im/mtC4
Follow them on Twitter (so they can DM you if you win) OR Leave a comment on their post (so they can contact you if you are the winner of the contest)

With Yahoo! shutting down GeoCities, it’s nice to have a blog like FreeHostingRescue to help people move their free websites over to affordable paid ones.

Free Hosting Rescue

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June 9, 2009

April 23, 2009

GeoCities To Be Shut Down by Yahoo!

Filed under: Free Web Hosting, Yahoo — Tags: geocities, Yahoo — admin @ 7:29 pm

GeoCities Logo

Long time ago before any of the social media websites as we know it today, there was a free service that started it all. I remember it vaguely when I had my first website, trying out the best thing that ever happened on the internet at that time. It was the 90’s, and the service was called GeoCities.

This new service must have done something right as it attracted such a big name as Yahoo!. Yahoo!, in turn, bought GeoCities in January 1999 for 3.57 billion in stock. Fast forward 10 years later, amidst the economic depression that hit the US economy, things have gone upside down for the service. Yahoo! has decided to shut down GeoCities at the end of 2009.

Was it a good decision? Was it another cost-cutting scheme that Yahoo! put in place to survive the economy? Whatever the reason was, for GeoCities users, the decision was surprising, but expected. Most of the GeoCities websites are non-active as its users simply had forgotten about them. Mostly, it was the nostalgic value that they’ll miss. Quite honestly, I don’t even remember mine.

There are a lot of free hosting services sprung out since the days of GeoCities – like Terapad, Bravenet, and SiteKreator, to name a few – but none has the bragging rights to be the first of its kind. GeoCities may be gone, but it will always be alive in our minds.

GeoCities No More

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June 30, 2007

Promometer: Spreading the Word the Easy Way

Filed under: CMS, Web 2.0 — Tags: promometer — @ 9:35 pm

Promometer - Logo Getting a designer to make your promotions can cost a lot. Especially when you are a small company or one-man-show corporation, it can really hurt the budget. Promometer allows you to use a simple web-based system to manage promotions on your website. That means that you do not have to rely on the web designer.

Promometer offers two different options for creating promotions. You can use either the Promotion Editor to create promotions based on its library of “themes”, or the image uploader to upload your own graphics that you turn into promotions. The possibilities are endless.

When you create a promotion with Promometer, you have the ability to tell the Promotion Editor the URL of a page that you would like that promotion to display on. You can also tell it to display on all pages that contain a portion of a URL. If you do not define specific URLs for the promotion, it will display on all of the pages that contain your configuration code. Inactive promotions will not be displayed on any of the pages.

Activating or deactivating your promotion is instant. The control to that are a simple checkbox tick and the “Save This Promotion” button. Easy. This allows you to keep the promotional content on your website timely and pertinent.

Promometer is currently running under BETA, which means you get to use it for free. In the near future, it’ll cost between $15 (for a personal site) and $250 (for the full suite of tools and privacy options) per month. So, try it and see for yourself the benefits that it could bring to you and your company.

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June 23, 2007

Simply Hired: Search for Your Dream Job

Filed under: Ajax, Web 2.0 — Tags: simply hired — @ 11:59 pm

Simply Hired You and I know that finding a decent job nowadays is as hard as striking a lottery. The right job is out there for us to take, but the issue is: Can we actually find it before someone else does? It’s a matter of casting a wide net. One job search website, Simply Hired, can actually help you do just that.

Simply Hired is a Californian based-company that specialist itself in indexing job vacancies across the nation. What it does is actually pulls job listings from all of the major job sites and filters them for you based on your search criteria. Currently, it has indexed over 5,300,000 jobs.

You can search by using a combination of keywords and zip-code. Or go a little deeper and use Simply Hired advance search engine and drill down to a very specific location and job type by position, company, city, and the job’s proximity to your house. Built on AJAX, you don’t have to create an account to start your search in the Simply Hired website. This allows you to save your search.When you decided to create an account later, those same jobs you saved earlier on will showed up under it after logging in.

Also, with its partnership with LinkedIn, Simply Hired is able to provide more than just a job search service. It helps you to reveal whether your old cube-mate back at that awful job you used to have is now the hiring manager for the job you want!

WorldTechLogic has reviewed a similar search site in the past: HostCareers that deals more into internet-based jobs.

Compared to Monster.com and Yahoo! HotJobs, Simply Hired is certainly unique in its own way.

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June 22, 2007

Zoom And Go: Getting Paid Traveling Around the World

Filed under: Blog, Social Network, Web 2.0 — Tags: zoom and go — @ 8:35 pm

If you’re like me, love to travel, enjoy snapping photographs, and don’t mind a little extra cash in your pocket, then ZoomAndGo.com is definitely worth your time.

ZoomAndGo.com is a travel Web site boasting the world’s largest online collection of hotel video captured by travelers, and a unique loyalty program allowing travelers to earn money each time they book a hotel, review a hotel or post a video or picture to the site. Through Zoom And Go, travelers have the opportunity to share with other travelers and make money for their submissions.

Travelers submit their photographs, video images, video interviews, 360-degree panoramas, accommodation reviews, and travel advice online to ZoomAndGo.com, identifying the best and worst features of places to stay around the world. Travelers also highlighted specific travel safety and security issues at a time when these issues are increasingly important.

Zoom And Go screens submitted content for its quality and accuracy, and then pays travelers a one-time fee for their reviews and 50% of any net fees received from licensing accepted images to a wide range of travel industry players including accommodations. Content accepted to the site is posted for the benefit of other travelers who can use the site’s interactive maps and search engine to zoom in on the information they need and go to the place that best meets their specific interests.

Membership to Zoom And Go is free, as is access to the company’s web site — one of the most sophisticated rich media sites available to consumers in any industry following two years in development at a cost of millions of dollars. In addition to earning money for their images and reviews, travelers can make money simply by referring others to Zoom And Go to sign up as members. Those referring friends earn an extra 5% of that friend’s lifetime earnings, over and above what is normally paid out to a given member. Other similar services that WorldTechLogic has reviewed are: LogMyJourney and Trippet that are social traveling news sites.

So, who ever said traveling is a waste of time and money? Satisfy your wanderlust today and get paid for it.

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June 18, 2007

Tripology: Travel Planning without the Hassle

Filed under: Web 2.0 — Tags: tripology — @ 11:52 pm

Imagine… You are planning on a holiday getaway, but have no idea where to go. Called up a few of your local travel agencies but they gave you recommendations that overwhelmed you with unsuitable packages. Not exactly hassle-free, isn’t it? Instead of worrying yourself silly, why don’t you plan-in-ease with Tripology.com?

Tripology.com is a new kind of travel website that lets you get in touch with specialized travel agency of your choice. This is definitely fresh for travelers whose vacation dreams go beyond the usual online air/hotel packages. On the site, consumers fill out a trip request describing the geographic location, purpose of the trip, number of people traveling, activities from outdoor pursuits to sports, leisure and cultural diversions, plus approximate dates that suit them, and Tripology.com’s sophisticated algorithm finds agents with matching expertise. It has more than 4,500 agents who can help, with more signing on every day.

Tripology - Requesting an Agent Tripology’s quality control assures travelers they can have confidence in agent referrals. Travel agents who register with Tripology.com must provide valid contact information including telephone number and email address. They complete a profile indicating their regions, cities or countries of specialization, the budget level they serve best from economy to luxury and the types of travel they plan and book, including flights, cruises, hotels, rental cars, activities and tours.

It is free to consumers. Only the agents are charged a small fee for each lead they select and travelers are under no obligation to work with any of the three agents referred to them. Neither a brick-and-mortar nor online travel agency, Tripology simply brings together travelers who need help planning trips with agents who have the right expertise – and even helps travel agents find potential clients who actually want to talk to them. Another similar services that WorldTechLogic has reviewed are: cFares and Farecast that deals specifically for flight reservations service.

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January 17, 2007

WikiSeek: A Wikipedia-Based Search Engine

Filed under: Web 2.0 — Tags: wikiseek — admin @ 10:07 am

As you browse the internet, there’s always that moment in time, everyday, when we want to know about particular stuffs. Searching in Google or Yahoo is probably the way we usually do it. But are there any other places we can search? Wikipedia, collaborated with SearchMe, now has its own search engine called WikiSeek, built based on its contents.

WikiSeek is the newest search engine (officially launched today) that indexes only Wikipedia sites, plus those sites which are being referenced within Wikipedia. In case you don’t know, Wikipedia is an online free-content encyclopedia that anyone can edit. Overall posts’ contents are being monitored by a lot of people / contributors, so therefore, the level of accuracy of the posts can be maintained. As any articles are editable in Wikipedia, WikiSeek hopes to have a better and very little spam chances. Developed by SearchMe, Inc., WikiSeek utilizes SearchMe’s category refinement technology, providing suggested search refinements based on user tagging and categorization within Wikipedia. Search results include a tag cloud on top of the page, which contains Wikipedia categories containing your search term. You can filter the results further by clicking the appropriate tag (if any). You can help spread WikiSeek to others by embedding the search engine to your sites. According to WikiSeek (available on the footer side):

The majority of the revenue generated by WikiSeek advertising will be donated to the Wikimedia Foundation

To show our online support, we are adding the embedded search engine below. You can do so in your website by visiting HERE for the code!

Overall, WikiSeek provide a nicer way of searching terms by making the world’s biggest collaborative encyclopedia as its source. Unlike Yahoo or Google, WikiSeek is not the place to find key words in the internet, nor it’s a place to gain web popularity. Rather, it’s a place where you can find specific contents / posts / articles that you REALLY want to find. WikiSeek is a search engine where results are being created and edited by the people around the world.

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January 16, 2007

Geni: An Excellent Way to Collaboratively Create Your Family Tree

Filed under: Ajax, Web 2.0 — Tags: geni — admin @ 7:55 pm

Recording our relatives can be hard at times. How far can we go in remembering our ancestors? It’s a question of how we are related to each other. Family trees are important, and precious at the same time, in which we can learn our past and record our future. If only there’s an online application that can help you maintain and record your family tree. Fortunately for you, there’s Geni.

Geni is a web2.0 ajax-based online service that allows families to collaboratively build their family tree. Simply click the arrow of an existing relative in the direction you want to add new relatives, define your relationship and add their names. When you add a relative’s email address, he or she will be invited to join your tree. That relative can then add other relatives, and so on. Your tree will continue to grow as relatives invite other relatives. Each family member has a profile which can be viewed by clicking their name in the tree. This helps family members learn more about each other and stay in touch. Family members can also share information and work together to build profiles for common ancestors. Below is the screenshot of the mock-up Geni family tree that I’ve built. It’s a made up data for review purposes only.

Overall, Geni offers the easiest interface we’ve found so far. Built heavily using Ajax, everything can be added by simple clicks. Another added advantage, Geni is a private network, so you can maintain your family’s and your privacy, as well. Only people in your tree can see your tree and profile. Creating your family tree does not require you to fill in any registration form. When you first start creating your tree, Geni will email you a temporary password, which you can change to a permanent one once you’ve logged in for the first time. Still in its beta phase, we are very impressed on what Geni can do. The bottom line is, Geni is perfect for you to collaboratively create and maintain your family tree. So be sure to try it out and create your very own family tree!

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MyPunchBowl: Making Party Planning Easier and Fun

Filed under: Ajax, Web 2.0 — Tags: mypunchbowl — admin @ 5:42 am

Ever felt confuse how to plan and prepare your parties? Confuse how you can spread the words? Parties need a lot to prepare. From picking a date, sending invitations, to purchasing / renting party supplies and equipment, party planning can be a daunting and time-consuming task. And it usually isn’t much fun. Fortunately for you, there’s MyPunchBowl now.

MyPunchBowl is a new web2.0 ajax-based service (just launched for Public from its Beta phase) that allows you to plan, create, and send out online invitations for parties or similar events. With MyPunchBowl, you can create customized invitations page, import your contact email addresses (AOL, Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, Google Mail, Outlook/Outlook Express, Plaxo, and other contact managers), send your page to family and friends, socialize with your invitees using the party message board, and create an after-party photo gallery or forum. If your invitees want to bring out their friends, they can simply forward their email invitation to their friends. The friends will then need to click the link that says “I’m not [original guest]” to add their name to the guest list. As a host, you can identify these guests in your Guest List by the blank “Date sent” column.

Overall, MyPunchBowl offers a very easy to use interface to create, customize, and send your party invitations. In fact, we couldn’t find a web service in the similar niche that does it better than MyPunchBowl. Unfortunately, images and pictures can only be shared using Flickr. WorldTechLogic has reviewed another similar service in the past, called EventWax. EventWax is more suitable for events that requires tickets, while MyPunchBowl is excellent for party invitations. Although in a different niche, compare to EventWax, MyPunchBowl has better templates and interface. EventWax’s strength lies in their ability to create our own CSS (suitable for more advanced users). At this time, for its ease of use, we would recommend MyPunchBowl to create and send out your party invitations.

To signup for a MyPunchBowl account, you can go to their website and click on the “SIGN UP NOW” badge.

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