Thursday, March 27, 2008

45 Ways to Make Money Online


The internet world is huge, it contains a very large amount of users all around the world, these users have various purposes for using the internet, such as wasting time, chatting, checking emails, meet new friends, downloading songs & videos...


But some of these people have a total different point of view, they only use the internet just to make money!! & a good number of these guys are earning really good, using different methods, selling online, affiliate marketing, posting ideas, blogging...


The following are list of 45 useful links which may help you finding your way to make money through the internet, as for me.. I'm starting to become one of those:

1. Adbrite - Sell space on your site for text ads

2. Amazon aStore - Easily create a store or shopping section on your site instead of sending your visitors to Amazon. Amazon handles the shopping cart and fulfillment.

3. Amazon Seller - Sell your stuff on Amazon

4. Amazon Affiliate Program - Using your existing site, sell anything you can find on Amazon

5. Associated Content - If you write a story, how-to, rant, etc. you can submit it to them and they will pay you $3-$20 per article if they like it

6. Azoogleads - Another ad program. They do have some decent companies lined up as advertisers. You provide space, they'll provide an ad.

7. BidVertiser - PPC (pay per click) program with a low $10 payout amount.


8. Bravenet - These guys offer a ton of services for webmasters and blog owners. Although I feel like I was spammed for a while, it has ceased and they'll pay you $1 for each person you send over

9. Blish - Whether you're a company with thousands of digital (downloadable) products, or you've written an ebook or some code, Blish offers you a place to sell that content.

10.Blog - Start a blog and consistently write excellent content. With good ad placement, you may make some money.

11.Business Opportunities Blog - I am adding this because I am a subscriber to their site and I see ideas everyday that could result in making money. A lot of the ideas pertain to online businesses. If you are an aspiring entrepreneur, it's a good reference.

12.CafePress - You provide a design, they'll toss it on a T-Shirt, Hat, etc. No upfront costs. Get a free online shop and promote your products on your website.

13.Chitika - Their eMiniMalls service has shown great results for many Bloggers and site owners. You choose a keyword and they show relevant products on your site using a pretty unique interface.

14.Clickbank - Another Affiliate Program site with 10,000+ products to advertise

15.ClicknWork - Get paid $5-$150 per hour for basically doing freelance work on a per-assignment basis. You have to pass a pretty tough test to get in.

16.Clicksor - These are the guys that generate contextual ads on sites that show up when you hover over a double-underlined word.

17.Commission Junction - If you have a site, you can join Commission Junction. Once enrolled for free, you can choose companies whose ads are pertinent to your site. Companies have the ultimate say on working with you. Their are easily over 1,000 companies to choose from here.

18.CreamAid - For blogs only, advertisers provide you with a topic and you write about it on your site. To do this, you have to install a flash widget into your blog post. The more people you bring into the conversation through the widget, the more you get paid. It's difficult to explain.

19.eefoof - Think of it as YouTube + Flickr + Music. You add original content and they pay you based on the visitors you attract.

20.Ether - If you are an expert on something, Ether provides a way for people to pay you to talk about it in a one-on-one setting. If you want to charge $250/hr, that's fine. You have to do all the advertising so you should have a blog or site already established.

21.eBay - Come on, you know what this is.

22.eBay Stores - If you have a real store and want to sell your stuff online, this is a decent option to get you started.

23.ELance - Name gives it away. Programmers, Codes, Web Designers, Writers, Editors, can look for freelance opportunities.

24.Feedvertising - This is an arm of Text Link Ads and is currently only good for Wordpress 2.0 Users. This does me no good currently, but as you can guess, they place ads in your feed(s).


25.Feedburner - Not only are they the best place to house your feeds, they will also add ads to your feed and website. You get paid per impression.


26.Google Adsense - Come on, you don't need an explanation. These ads are all over the place. Google displays relevant ads based on your site's content

27.Google Adwords - Create simple text ads and choose keywords that determine when they are displayed. This is where the Adsense Content comes from. You do not need a site for this.

28.Google Answers - If you are good, Google will pay you to answer questions in your specialty. Questions all come from normal people like you and me. You can get paid $2.50+ per answer you provide.

29.H3.com - Get paid to fill jobs. Commissions range from $50-$5,000. It all depends on how tough the job is to fill and how desperate the hiring company is. This is another one that's tough to explain.


30.Indeed.com - Add their job board to your site. They then post jobs based on the geographic location of visitors and the position types you pre-select. I tried it and I they continually report that I sent 0 visitors and I know that's not right. Nevertheless, I may have an isolated problem so they make the list.


31.InnerSell - If you have a customer that wants to buy something you cannot sell, you can sell the lead here.


32.Jellyfish - This is a shopping site that pays you a percentage of the purchases made by people you refer. They are not part of a wider affiliate program so you do it direct.


33.Jigsaw - It's a pretty flaky model but if you have a Rolodex full of good contacts, you can sell them here. I can't make sense of it but it looks like you get $0.10 per profile.

34.KarmaOne - They are basically a recruiting website. If you fill one of their jobs by finding a good candidate, you'll get paid anywhere from $50-$12,000. It all depends on how desperate the hiring company is.

35.LinkShare.com - If you have a site, you can join Linkshare. Once enrolled for free, you can choose companies whose ads are pertinent to your site. Companies have the ultimate say on working with you. Like Commission Junction, there are a ton of companies waiting to evaluate your site.

36.Microsoft Adcenter - Bid on keywords and Microsoft places your created ads then they are searched for. This is similar to Google Adwords. You do not need a site for this.

37.Overstock.com - Sell your stuff on Overstock.com

38.Pageflakes - This is a company that developed a user-defined Ajax homepage to show feeds, flickr photos, and a ton of other things. Think of it as a replacement for your Google Homepage. Anyway - they'll pay you $1 per referral that you send over. They are not part of a wider affiliate program so you do it direct. This one is pretty simple.


39.Pay Per Post - I don't agree with this model entirely but they have advertisers that will pay you to write about their products on your blog.

40.Pheedo - If you have an RSS feed, run it through Pheedo. Like Feedburner, they can include ads into your feed and if you really become large, advertisers will pay a premium for you to show their ads.

41.Shareasale - I've never really worked with them but I do have an account. They are similar to Commission Junction and Linkshare however they seem to have lower tiered companies with advertising offers.

42.Shoemoney - This is a blog that can teach you a ton on making money online. I've spent hours reading his old stuff.

43.Software Judge - They will pay you up to $50 to review software.

44.Text Link Ads - I have never made a dime here but I know people that have. You can earn by sending advertisers to them or by selling spots on your site. You must have a real site or blog to do this - nothing on a shared domain (i.e. /blogspot).


45.Vibrant Media - Don't bother unless your site has 500,000 page views of text based content a month. If you have that readership, these are the guys that display bubble box ads to underlined words on your site.

Monday, March 10, 2008

NETWORKING FUNDAMENTALS

PLEASE, no one take offense if this is too simplistic! I'm sure there are many in these forums that have more networking experience than I . I'm writing this for people who are new to networking.

I'm going to break this up into parts instead of trying to put it all into one post. That way, you can be bored to tears (or on the edge of your seat?) in relatively small chunks, instead of all at once!

What's a Network?

A Network (I'll start with a Local Area Network) is two or more computers connected to each other most often using Ethernet, and Category 5 (or 5e) Cabling, or 802.11g Wireless.

A LAN can be used to share resources, like that precious Internet connection, printers, and to let you move information between your own computers.

How do you build a network?

In order to make two PC's "talk" over a network, each PC must have at a minimum, three things:

1. A Network Interface Card (NIC): Most likely (99.999% of the time) an Ethernet wired or wireless NIC.

2. A Protocol: Almost always TCP/IP.

3. A Client: For home users, almost always Microsoft Family Logon. Included in Client Configuration, is making sure all PC's that want to connect to each other are in the same Workgroup or Domain.

NIC - Wired or Wireless?

A Wired NIC should be a 10/100 Megabit Ethernet PCI Card.
A Wireless NIC should be an 802.11g Wireless PCI NIC.
Above, I said you'd want PCI Cards, but for a laptop, of course, you'll want PCMCIA (PC Card) NIC's.
A Laptop Wired NIC like Netgear PC Card NIC

Once your NIC is installed, (you must physically install the card, and make sure the software Drivers are installed correctly) you'll be able to "bind" a protocol to it.

PROTOCOL

The Protocol you use will be TCP/IP if you want to connect to the Internet. On some older Operating Systems, NetBEUI and/or IPX/SPX are on by default. I recommend turning those protocols off for home networks.

You're in luck! The Drivers for most network cards install TCP/IP for you!

To check what Protocols are installed, do the following:

Windows 98/Me:
Right click on Network Neighborhood (neighbourhood?) smile.gif on your desktop, and select Properties from the menu that comes up. Under the Configuration Tab, scroll down and make sure TCP/IP -> Your Network Adapter (your adapter name will be here) appears.

Windows XP(2000):
Click on Start, Control Panel. In Control Panel, click on Network & Internet Connections, then on Network Connections. (2000, just right click My Network Places on your desktop, then select Properties).

Right Click on Local Area Connection and choose Properties. Make sure Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is listed.

I'll have much more (more than you want to know?) about TCP/IP in Part 2.

If your NIC is installed correctly, TCP/IP should be there. If it isn't, in the Network window you can click on Add, select Protocol from the Select Network Component Type window, click Add, click Microsoft in the left pane, and scroll down to TCP/IP in the right pane, then click Ok. If you don't know where your cab files are on the Hard Drive, you may need your Operating System CD for this.

CLIENT

Like TCP/IP, a Microsoft Client should be installed with the NIC Drivers.

To check your Client:

Windows 98/Me:
Right click on Network Neighborhood on your desktop, and select Properties from the menu that comes up. Under the Configuration Tab, scroll down and make sure TCP/IP -> Your Network Adapter (your adapter name will be here) appears.

Windows XP(2000):
Click on Start, Control Panel. In Control Panel, click on Network & Internet Connections, then on Network Connections. (2000, just right click My Network Places on your desktop, then select Properties).

Right Click on Local Area Connection and choose Properties. Make sure Microsoft Family Logon is there.

You can use the Client for Microsoft Networks, but you'll want to make sure the Client is NOT set to logon to a Windows Domain, if you don't have your own Server (most home users do not). To do this, in the Network window as above, select Client for Microsoft Networks, and click Properties. In the Client for Microsoft Networks Properties window, make sure Log on to Windows Domain under Logon validation is unchecked.

Workgroup

Ok, one last piece to the puzzle, the workgroup. In order for your computers to "see" each other, they will have to either be in the same Domain (primarily used for corporate networks) or workgroup (the home user’s choice).

To check your Workgroup:

Windows 98/Me:
Right click Network Neighbourhood, and select Properties. Click on the Identification tab. You'll see your Computer Name and Workgroup. Write them down. The Computer Name must be unique throughout your network and should be something meaningful to you (Kitchen, Laptop, something). The Workgroup name must be the same for all the computers you want to communicate with each other. The name isn't important, as long as it's the same throughout your network.

Windows XP/2000:
Right click on My Computer and select Properties. Click on the Network Identification Tab. Follow the same rules as above for naming the Computer and Workgroup.

Well, if you made it through all that, congratulations! I hope it's helpful with some of the fundamentals! Please let me know what you think about this.

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Helping Converters

Free WMA to MP3 Converter

Description of Freeware
OS : Win 98/ME/2K/XP/2K3

Free WMA to MP3 Converter can convert Windows Media files to MP3 files which can be played in MP3 Players. All Windows Media formats (*.wma, *.wmv, *.asf) are supported. The program is a freeware and does not contain any form of malware, including but not limited to: spyware, viruses, trojans and backdoors.


Key Features:

1.It's clean and free, without any adware or spyware.

2.It's stable and fast.

3.Easy-to-use wizard-like user interface helps you setup converting process easily.

4.It uses up-to-date and high quality libraries.

5.ID3 Tag can be derived from the input files automatically.

6.Batch Processing is supported, it can process an unlimited number of files at one time.

7. Detailed HTML help file is included.

8.The installing and uninstalling process is very easy.

Free Video to Flash Converter
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Description of Freeware
OS : Windows

Convert Video Files to Flash - Free Video to Flash Converter. Convert video files to SWF or FLV to publish video on your web site or blog.


Convert *.avi, *.mpeg, *.mpg, *.mp4, *.m4v, *.wmv, *.asf, *.mov, *.qt, *.3gp, *.3g2, *.dvr-ms. *.flv video files to ready for web *.flv and *.swf files.


This free program contains no spyware or adware. It's clearly free and absolutely safe to install and run.

Mobile 3GP to AVI converter
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Description of Freeware
OS : Win 9x/ME/NT/2K/XP/2K3

The Mobile 3GP converter is using "3GPtoRawAVI" converter to convert 3GP files (3rd Generation Partnership Project, *.3gp) to uncompressed AVI files (*.avi) in a user-friendly way. The 3GP video files must have audio in order to be converted. The program offers two modes, one for single file conversion and a second for multiple files conversion for converting many 3GP files at once. In a single file conversion you have the option to convert only the audio, only the video or both. The 3GP file format is being used by the majority of modern mobile phones that have the ability to capture video.


Free FLV to AVI Converter
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Description of Freeware

Pazera Free FLV to AVI Converter is the freeware application which convert Flash Video files (FLV, SWF) into AVI or MPG (MPEG-1, MPEG-2).


FLV files are not supported by Windows Media Player and other popular media players. To display FLV video you need to convert that file into more reliable format, such as AVI or MPG. The application allows you to set many parameters used by encoder: audio and video codec, audio and video bitrate, fps, sampling frequency, resolution and other.


The Pazera Free FLV to AVI Converter interface is a very simple and user-friendly. To convert flash video files, just drag & drop them into main window and click CONVERT button.


The most important features of the Pazera Free FLV to AVI Converter:


Conversion FLV and SWF to AVI or MPG.
* Supported video codecs: XviD, DivX 3, H.264, WMV, MPEG4-FFmpeg, S-Mpeg 4 v. 2, Motion JPEG (MJPEG).

* Supported audio codecs: Lame (MP3), MP2, AC3, AAC, WMA.

* Generating video files compatible with the MPEG-1 / MPEG-2 standard.

* Decoding the most important audio and video codecs used in FLV files: Flash/Sorenson, H.264, MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3), MPEG-2.5 Layer 3, ADPCM, AAC etc.

* 2-pass encoding which will improve the video qaulity.

* Don't need any installation. Just extract ZIP archive and click flvtoavi.exe.

* Portability. This program can be run from portable devices.

* Supported languages: english, polish.

* 100% freeware! - for commercial and non-commercial use. No adware, no spyware.



Free RM to MP3 Converter
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Description of Freeware

Free RM to MP3 Converter can convert Real Media files to MP3 files which can be played in MP3 Players. All Real Media formats (*.rm, *.ra, *.rmvb) are supported. The program is a freeware and does not contain any form of malware, including but not limited to: spyware, viruses, trojans and backdoors.


Key Features:


* It's clean and free, without any adware or spyware.

* It's stable and fast.

* Easy-to-use wizard-like user interface helps you setup converting process easily.

* It uses up-to-date and high quality libraries.

* ID3 Tag can be derived from the input files automatically.

* Batch Processing is supported, it can process an unlimited number of files at one time.

* Detailed HTML help file is included.

* The installing and uninstalling process is very easy.

Saturday, March 1, 2008

10 Fast and Free Security Enhancements


1. Check Windows Update and Office Update regularly (_
Code:

http://office.microsoft.com/productupdates

); have your Office CD ready. Windows Me, 2000, and XP users can configure automatic updates. Click on the Automatic Updates tab in the System control panel and choose the appropriate options.

2. Install a personal firewall. Both SyGate (_
Code:

www.sygate.com

) and ZoneAlarm (_
Code:

www.zonelabs.com

) offer free versions.


3. Install a free spyware blocker. Our Editors' Choice ("Spyware," April 22) was SpyBot Search & Destroy (_
Code:

http://security.kolla.de

). SpyBot is also paranoid and ruthless in hunting out tracking cookies.

4. Block pop-up spam messages in Windows NT, 2000, or XP by disabling the Windows Messenger service (this is unrelated to the instant messaging program). Open Control Panel | Administrative Tools | Services and you'll see Messenger. Right-click and go to Properties. Set Start-up Type to Disabled and press the Stop button. Bye-bye, spam pop-ups! Any good firewall will also stop them.

5. Use strong passwords and change them periodically. Passwords should have at least seven characters; use letters and numbers and have at least one symbol. A decent example would be f8izKro@l. This will make it much harder for anyone to gain access to your accounts.

6. If you're using Outlook or Outlook Express, use the current version or one with the Outlook Security Update installed. The update and current versions patch numerous vulnerabilities.

7. Buy antivirus software and keep it up to date. If you're not willing to pay, try Grisoft AVG Free Edition (Grisoft Inc., w*w.grisoft.com). And doublecheck your AV with the free, online-only scanners available at w*w.pandasoftware.com/activescan and _
Code:

http://housecall.trendmicro.com.

8. If you have a wireless network, turn on the security features: Use MAC filtering, turn off SSID broadcast, and even use WEP with the biggest key you can get. For more, check out our wireless section or see the expanded coverage in Your Unwired World in our next issue.

9. Join a respectable e-mail security list, such as the one found at our own Security Supersite at _
Code:

http://security.ziffdavis.com

, so that you learn about emerging threats quickly and can take proper precautions.

10. Be skeptical of things on the Internet. Don't assume that e-mail "From:" a particular person is actually from that person until you have further reason to believe it's that person. Don't assume that an attachment is what it says it is. Don't give out your password to anyone, even if that person claims to be from "support."