Archive for March, 2007

phpAdsNew is now OpenAds.org

by Ades on March 20, 2007 in Scripts with No comments

One of the most popular ad management scripts phpAdsNew has been rebranded as OpenAds. Good news is that, it will still stay FREE! (Open Source)

Google Adsense click-tracking integration
OpenAds now allows you to track your AdSense ads, previously phpAdsNew could only show the statistics for displaying the AdSense ads, but now it has the ability to track the clicks. OpenAds does not actually modify the HTML since that would be in violation of the Google AdSense terms and conditions. Instead, Google AdSense ads are automatically detected and handled as a special case using some clever Javascript techniques.

People at OpenAds say: “The developers behind Openads are the same people who brought you phpAdsNew, phpPgAds and Max Media Manager products. phpAdsNew users can rest assured that their favourite product – as Openads 2.0 – will receive continued support and planned development in the years to come.”

Well, that’s good to know! www.openads.org

Online Tool: SQL code generator

by Ades on March 20, 2007 in Online Tools with 1 Comment

SQL Designer is an online tool that allows you to visually create and link tables with each other and when you are done it gives you the option to export it in SQL code. It’s a very useful tool for web programmers. Below is the screenshot of full features:

Economist.com talks about Agloco.

by Ades on March 19, 2007 in Make Money with No comments

Working the crowd

…Yet another example, established by a group of Stanford graduates, is Agloco. â€œAdvertisers, search providers and online retailers are paying billions to reach you while you surf,â€ says its website. â€œHow much of that money are you getting? You deserve a piece of the action.â€ Like AttentionTrust, Agloco is based on a browser plug-in that tracks users’ online activity and then uses this information to allow advertisers to target people with specific interests. Agloco promises to return 90% of ad revenue, sales commissions and other income to its users. In a further twist, those who recruit other users get a cut of the revenue, too. Akshay Mavani of Agloco says the firm is on target to sign up 10m users by July…

Read the full story [subscription needed]

PS: My Agloco Update
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Free fonts at DesignerInAction.de

by Ades on March 17, 2007 in Fonts with No comments

DesignerInAction has a nice collection of free fonts for Web Designers. Their collection is not a lot like other sites (some sites have too many fonts until you do not know which one to download) but they have the nice fonts that web designers really need. Though the site is in German, it should not be an obstacle to browse the fonts section.

Crunchboard.com – IT related jobs from TechCrunch

by Ades on March 17, 2007 in Jobs with No comments

crunchboard

CrunchBoard has lots of great IT jobs from many big players like Adobe, PayPal, Apple..etc. For example here is a job opening from PayPal for User Interface Designer position. Give it a try if you are in the Design field and have the talent. Check out the site for other jobs.

http://www.crunchboard.com

WP Plugin – Arrange your monthly archives neatly with this plugin

by Ades on March 15, 2007 in WordPress with 2 Comments

I have been doing some research on WP plugins lately, here is one more nice plugin that will arrange your monthly archives neatly [screenshot above]. Presentation can be modified through CSS. It’s called Nice Archives by the way, and I agree… ;)

It’s one of my favorite plugins already!

WP Plugins page updated – 2 new plugins added

by Ades on March 15, 2007 in WordPress with 3 Comments

WP Plugins page is updated with two new plugins: Post Ratings Plugin and Related Posts Plugin. Let me know your favorite WP Plugins.

Wikipedia to launch own Search Engine

by Ades on March 14, 2007 in Search Engines with No comments

After transforming the web-encyclopedia to a new level, Wikipedia now is ready to take on Google and Yahoo! by launching its own Search Engine called Search Wikia. Wikipedia will be using Nutch and Lucene and other technologies for this new type of search engine. I hope Wikia will be something totally new that will allow us to find the right information efficiently.

Usually Google displays Wikipedia in the search results quite high, I am not sure if it will be the same after the Wikia is launched. After all they will be competitors after this.

Source: Lenta.ru

SimplyHired.com – Create your own job section in your blog

by Ades on March 13, 2007 in Jobs, Make Money with 2 Comments

With SimplyHired’s Publisher Program you can create your own jobs site (or a jobs section in your blog) in a minute. It’s a free program, and you are approved right away.

The good thing about this program is that you are the one who determine the pricing for the job listings you sell, for example you can charge $5 for a listing for 30 days or a $100, it’s up to you. Guy Kawasaki uses the same service to run his own jobs site [click the screenshot below].

He charges $49 for a 30 day listing, if you don’t know who is Guy Kawasaki (no, not the owner of the Kawasaki motors ;) he is the author of the great book called The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything.

P.S. If you can’t sell any jobs on your site, the good news is that you can still show the jobs from SimplyHired’s database and get 30% of the earnings. http://www.simplyhired.com/publishers

Adobe Press – Lots of free online tutorials…

by Ades on March 13, 2007 in Adobe, Macromedia with 3 Comments

adobe press

Nobody really checks the Adobe’s official press site for Photoshop Tutorials, rather webmasters prefer sites like Good-Tutorials.com and Tutorialized.com for user submitted tutorials. However I should say that Adobe’s site is worth visiting, it has a large amount of tutorials on their products. They also have total of 76 tutorials on Macromedia products that they have acquired.

Almost all the tutorials are from the books that Adobe Press have published.

Video Tutorials: http://www.totaltraining.com, http://www.lynda.com

Jakob Nielsen – 10 High-Profit Redesign Priorities

by Ades on March 13, 2007 in Usability with No comments

What are the top things you can do to make more money? Following here are 10 Internet tactics with a particularly high return on investment (ROI). Several usability findings lead directly to higher sales and increased customer loyalty. These design tactics should be your first priority when updating your website. Jakob Nielsen.

1. Email Newsletters
2. Informative Product Pages
3. High-Quality Photography
4. Product Differentiation and Comparisons
5. Support for Reordering
6. Simplified Text
7. Catering to Seniors
8. Gift-Giving Support
9. Search
10. User Testing
Bonus Tactic: Loyalty Program

Read the whole report at http://www.useit.com/alertbox/roi.html

Free Script – Run your own site similar to RapidShare

by Ades on March 12, 2007 in Scripts with 2 Comments

rapidshare script

I am sure you know the file sharing site Rapidshare.com or MegaUpload.com, this script is a free script that will allow you to setup your own file sharing site. http://www.uploadscript.net