Could a bad credit rating save you from bigger problems? It has done just that for many young people. How can this be?
I am not recommending that you purposely try to get a bad credit rating, but if you already have one, it isn't all bad. The habits that got you there would probably get you into even more trouble if you could borrow more bad credit loans. Look at it as an opportunity to stop going further into debt, and a chance to learn better habits.
Start paying cash for everything. Pay down those credit card balances (the higher interest ones first). The moment you get those cards paid off, start setting aside money to buy a good used car for cash. When you've done that, start putting what would have been a car payment into a savings account, for a future down payment on house or a business (the only things you should borrow for). A bad credit credit card rating can be good thing, if you take it as a lesson and an opportunity.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Is Bad Credit Good?
How to make money while playing games online?
Free to sign up and free to play, Moola starts you off with $0.01 and then you double your balance for each game you win. You have the potential to make $10,000,000 by just winning 30 games. Yes, I said potential. You see for each game you lose, you lose the amount you bet on it. So if you bet your one cent and lose, you start over. But, do not despair! You can bet as little or as much as you want and climb up the ladder steadily. Also, there are a few helpful things along the way…
First of all, there is the Search and Win feature which pays you for searching. Just make the moola search engine your homepage and use it like you would any other search engine and you have the potential to make money every time you search. When you make a search a wheel will pop up with a bunch of dollar amounts around it. You spin the wheel and whatever it lands on, you win! Doing this a few times a day will add up your balance very quickly and allow you to play at a higher level.
Currently there are 3 games that you can play: High or Low in which they give you a card and you have to pick whether the next card will be higher or lower, Ro Sham Bo, which is a rock paper scissors type game, and Goldrush in which they give you six pieces of gold to compete against another player with.
Moola is highly addictive and fun, and can earn you a few extra bucks while you’re playing. If you’re interested in giving it a try, follow this link and sign up.
http://www.moola.com:80/moopubs/b2b/exc/join.jsp?sid=4d544d744d5445794f544177-2
Make sure you test the link to see if my nickname "cschwabs" is displayed. All invitations will be sent from "donotreply@moolamailserver.com"
Increase page rank with Post Exchange (Beta)
Smorty have recently added a new feature to your admin panels aimed at increasing page rank, search engine results, traffic and building a tighter community.
Post exchange is all about writing positive posts about each others blogs. Bloggers from the same category and related star ratings will have the opportunity to review each others blogs. It works in the same way as a sponsored review, however this is completely free.
For every post you write for a fellow blogger, a different blogger will write a post for you. This means relevant traffic can be passed between similar blogs and a strong community can be built by helping each other.
To be a part of this community please log into your Smorty account https://members.smorty.com/ and follow the link to Post Exchange from top menu.
Be sure to read the FAQ's and rules that I had posted here before starting.
Good luck and happy blogging to you all.
Improved Ranking at Alexa
The folks at Alexa have announced that their ever so popular (but, many might argue, often inaccurate) ranking system for web sites has been altered. The official word on the changes is slightly vague: Alexa claims “better rankings,” and “improved methodology,” but doesn’t go into detail.
One change, however, is definitely a big one: Alexa is now using several sources for its rankings. So far, Alexa has measured rankings of web sites according to the users of their Alexa Toolbar, and this was the main source of users’ and experts’ criticism. For one, the Toolbar is not available for all platforms (you can’t get it for a Mac, and that’s why Mac-oriented sites have always ranked poorly on Alexa). Secondly, the Toolbar was reportedly mostly used by the tech-savvy demographic which are interested in rankings, and therefore various technology and SEO sites were perhaps unfairly well ranked.
Now, the Toolbar is not the only source of data anymore, although Alexa doesn’t elaborate on what exactly these other sources are. While this certainly sounds like an improvement, until we get the details about these mystical new data sources, it’s hard to assume that Alexa is more or less accurate. What do you think? Has the Alexa ranking for your website changed? Please let us know in the comments.
Update: if you’re wondering why the “max” setting shows only the last 9 months, it’s because the old data is no longer available. This is a big drawback, as one of Alexa’s biggest strengths was the fact that they had data for several years back. Luckily, the change is only temporary; nevertheless, they can expect thousands of emails from angry users who’ll want their old data past the 9 months range.
Make Mad Cash with Rubicon Ad Network Optimizer
I am happy to report that Rubicon is now transitioning from private to public Beta. You'll see a brand new Rubicon Project next time you login - and we've even given our product a new name: Automatic.
Automatic is our Ad Network Optimizer, for which we charge 10% of revenue across all managed inventory. We're offering you a free 30-day trial of the Automatic; we also offer the Manual, our Ad Network Ad Server, where you can manage your own networks at no cost.
What makes the Automatic special? It includes an array of new features to help you Make (even more) Mad Cash from ads on your website. Some highlights:
Optimization 2.0: our smart-matching supercomputer (we call it the Mad Cash Machine) delivers algorithmic, data-backed matches to boost your eCPMs, while the Default Killer works behind the scenes to increase your fill rates. Higher CPMs and higher fill rates? Cha-ching!
Add your own ad networks: we provide introductions for you as always, but now you can bring your own networks aboard, too, if you'd like. We've simplified our user interface to deliver even more clear, easy-to-read information about Sites, Networks, and those beloved, consolidated Reports
Revenue by Site allows you to track revenue and measure performance for multiple Sites within one Rubicon Project account
There's lots more, but we won't slow you down. Turn the ignition and enjoy the new features for yourself. We're confident you'll be pleased with Automatic, the Ad Network Optimizer. Enjoy your 30-day free trial - we look forward to your continued feedback and input.
SEO gimmicks with SharedNews and ShareScore
Welcome to SharedNews, where you can acquire instant information on what your friends are doing within the community. This will provide valuable insight into which of your friends are writing and updating their reviews. You will receive real-time notices on votes and comments on your own reviews.
As well, you’ll have a plethora of new friend notices to see who they are becoming friends with, how their ShareScore grows or decreases and when they update their profile. Other system notices include Private Messages or when a review is sent back for some edits. When you go to check it out in the Community tab, make sure you update your status to let all your friends know what you think!
ShareScore Update
In the first three weeks since launch, ShareScore has had an amazing impact on the quality of activity within the community. Almost everyone is stepping up to the plate and taking community responsibility in voting for only the best reviews, helping to police bad content through the reporting tool, and helping new users get started as our community grows.
Congratulations to our first members who have hit a 100% ShareScore, earning the right to place more votes than anyone else in the community. Everyone keep up the great work!
Development of additional social features such as Groups and Applications for other social networks continues, so please keep your feedback coming in on how we can help you grow your community and earnings in new and better ways.
What a Reward-athon!
With more than 1,000 Helium members earning extra rewards from all their writing and rating, we just ended the big Write & Rate Reward-athon. What a huge success!
A few members earned more than $1,000. A couple dozen members earned at least $600. And hundreds of new members who joined Helium after the Reward-athon began won stars and money.
Want to meet some happy Helium writers? Then join in the Congratulations to all Reward-athon participants in the Helium Community.
Many have asked if there will ever be another Reward-athon. That's a good question. As you all know, Helium always comes up with something exciting.
Join Bloggers Unite For Human Rights On May 15!
Thanks to you, May marks the first anniversary of Bloggers Unite and this time we're launching an awareness campaign chosen by BlogCatalog members. On May 15, let's unite for human rights and make a statement that all people are born with basic rights and freedoms - life, liberty, and justice!
On May 15th 2008, let's come together and all blog about Human Rights. There are dozens and dozens of human rights issues that you can write about. The one you choose is up to you.
Topics to Consider
1. The wrongful imprisonment of journalists covering assemblies.
2. Governments that ignore the plight of citizens left tot he mercy of gangs.
3. The censorship of the Internet in order to prevent freedom of expression.
4. Harsh punishments that include torture, forced labor, and starvation.
5. Sexual assault against women by members of military or militia.
How To Join Bloggers Unite!
To join, simply visit the Bloggers Unite page (http://unite.blogcatalog.com/) to get more information. Then, on Thursday, May 15th, write a blog post that shares awareness about human rights.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Resources and Natual photography at Fading Words
This is my second post in Smorty Post Exchange Program and today's blog post is on Fading Words This is a personal blog created and managed by Alex. The blog focuses on authors thoughts, photography, and random things in life.
The website also provides resources and layouts for visitors to use. This is a good start for visitors to admire the contents and get some ideas on layouts and using appealing graphics on the website. If you use any of the resources you must credit the author by putting a visible link back to fadingwords.com on every page were that resource has been used. You may only use the resources, graphics, and/or coding for your own personal noncommercial use.
The blog has some exciting prizes just for setting up a link back button on your website.
-1st Prize-A free domain for one year!(.com .net or .org)
-2nd Prize-A free .info domoin for one year!
The blogger Alex, is a simple guy living in a California. He loves photography, and every single picture in the blog has an amazing story behind it, just like every person.
Pictures capture those single moments in life that we sometimes never notice and might never see. Being a student at AV College, author is trying to picture his life and sometimes himself.
Random, with a lot of things to say about everything that could come to mind.
FREE links with Smorty Post exchange program
Post exchange program is for the Smorty community to become stronger by helping each other. It simply aims to build a strong and ongoing inbound link structure and increase your online traffic. It is completely free to use and all approved blogs can participate. Please play by the rules just as you would with a paid post. Post quality will affect your overall Smorty five star rating.
Post exchange works on a point based system. For every post you write, a different blogger can write a post for you in return. Exchange as many posts as you can until you have used up your chosen category of bloggers. You can take one task at a time. Once this has been submitted you may take your next task. For every post you write, a post will be written for you by a different blogger, one for one.
Posts are exchanged among the blogs under the same category as yours.
Your posts will be exchanged only under similar Smorty star rated bloggers.
There is no reciprocal delivery. That means there is no cross linking.
Blogs are only selected from the same category with closer star ratings to yours.
To keep it simple and fair Google page rank has no effect on task delivery.
Post exchange ratings are affected in the same way as paid posts affect your rating. Your star rating will be affected by a disputed post, a declined post and an approved post. Bloggers can also manually give you a rating out of 5 stars for your post.
You can only dispute a post based on the same post exchange rules you must follow. The are outlined to the right of this page. If a post does not comply with the post exchange rules then it can be disputed a maximum of three times. The writer of the post has two chances to fix the problem. On the third time it will be declined automatically and a new blogger will take the task.
Rules
1. Posts must be uniquely written
2. Post and exact link must be permanent.
3. Minimum 150 words.
4. Posts must be accessible from home page.
5. Posts must be written in English.
6. Posts must have correct spelling and grammar.
7. Posts must be related to target blogs main topic.
8. Posts must only link to target blog.
9. Posts must not use "no follow tag"
10. Posts must not be listed in a sponsored category.
11. Anchor text must be part of a sentence.
12. No pornographic, hate content or use of bad language.
Know your world with machinbidule
This is my first post in Smorty Post Exchange Program and I have decided to blog on machinbidule. This is is a blog covering whole lot of information on all most all topics. I like the color, design & logo and some new stuffs on 3dsMaxColor combination.
This blog started on 1st July 2007 and now uses a good mix of all web technologies like PHP, ASP.NET, MySQL, Javascript and so on. For site layouts, they use softwares like Adobe Photoshop CS3, Adobe Imageready, CorelDraw MX, Adobe Flash, MS Frontpage, Adobe Dreamweaver and Corel R.A.V.E etc.with a new resolution to face the world.
You will find articles in various categories like shown below:
*Cell Phone
*Creativity
*Designs
*General
*Personal
*Reviews
*Softwares
*Web Designing
Bloggers usually fill up their blogs with advertisement banners and links which is very distracting. But they've somehow manage to make their blog look decent yet incorporates some advertisements.
I recommend you visit this blog and read the posts and you’ll be sure to find some information of something you’ve always wanted to know.
