Killer Startups Rank Best Sports Community!

Killerstartups.com is a great website, and really has made a lasting impact on the web community. Not only do they point on already thriving websites, who are offering online users great resources and just plain fun, they also help us find new websites ready to make the big jump from small and obscure to large and in charge! (cute, huh?)

They recently wrote an article on a new sports site, deathrattlesports.com, that is sure to rise to the top of all sports websites and communities. For some reason, websites dedicated to sports and the sports fans are difficult to navigate through, full of advertising and often left with little to no maintenance. They are certainly lacking in a full featured, web 2.0 feel and function like the rest of the world has adapted to.

If you're interested in college sports: football, basketball even some baseball you should check out this new site and see if it fits your bill. Greatest thing about the new deathrattlesports.com?

They have become the FIRST sports community website to feature revenue sharing and integrated user community and content contributions. Why leave the sports fans out of the loop when it comes to Web 2.0 and community driven websites? Why hasn't this type of innovation made it to the forefront of the web yet? DUNNO!

But, deathrattlesports.com is an inspiring sports dedicated websites, with hilarious articles, up to the date news regarding sports and the world of sports journalism, while letting users/readers contribute to the community through their blog, comments, forum and articles while earning 50% Adsense revenue sharing on all their articles!

It's somewhat in beta mode right now, but works as a completely functional site and is definitely work writing for if you're a sports nut who likes to write, read and laugh your butt off while earning money at the same time.

The site is sure to grow by leaps and bounds as it is fairly new right now, so get in on it, get involved and sign up now if you're interested.

Just as in the spirit of Web 2.0 and community websites, it's absolutely free to sign up and contribute, you can register here: Sign up page

Or visit their main site and click, "member area" at the top.

have fun!

If Yahoo Ruled the World, Imagine That?

Everyone who's anyone knows, or should know, that Yahoo is undergoing some problems, makeovers and changes through the past 6 months. Their stock has fallen short lately, though increased tremendously since a year ago, while their employees seem to be crying mutiny against the alleged ill-run internet conglomerate. Keep in mind, the Yahoo search engine is second to only Google has the most popular search engine for internet users....not bad.

Now, let's not kid ourselves into thinking that the Yahoo empire is flushing down the tubes of this fickle internet toilet...(ha ha :) but, they are definitely turning a crossroad in their rise/maintenance of power.

The biggest news is that Terry Semel has stepped down from running Yahoo, and Jerry Yang has taken over as CEO of the company he co-founded. It all began during their annual meeting of the stock holders board, in which most of them came in to and left pretty unhappy and upset. Many of the managers and department executives at Yahoo have either resigned or pretty much been fired.

Lots of skepticism and opinion has been running wild throughout the internet news nerds/followers and especially those who hold stock in Yahoo. Some say, they aren't being managed efficiently, in fact, that's the biggest accusation against Yahoo for why their numbers don't look so good.

Another big story regarding Yahoo is the fact that Rupert Murdoch (of News Corps, owns MySpace) might sell Myspace to Yahoo, while keeping hold of at least 25% of their share. For Murdoch, and News Corps, this looks like an attempt to partner with a more established, consistent and reputable company like Yahoo...Let's call it, "family-friendly, warm and fuzzy feeling" type of company like Yahoo. Passing on their aquisition of sites like MySpace and bonding with Yahoo might bring in some better press regarding the way Murdoch runs business.

Hey, don't forget this one, Yahoo has also purchase Rivals.com, a popular sports network.

Only more time will tell, and I just wanted to fill you guys in on the latest Yahoo gossip, leaving speculation more research to you. Let me know what you think...

• Will Yahoo ever stand strong next to Google?
• Does Yahoo want to stand strong next to Google, or are they complacent sitting firmly on the second best bench?
• Will MySpace change after Yahoo takes over...(I HOPE SO. Side-note: MySpace represents everything I hate about monopolized web space and traffic...The layout sucks, the advertisements are overwhelming, security sucks and the spam is ridiculous.)

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External Link Resources

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Switchplanet: Web 2.0 Meets E-Bay

Web 2.0 is a quickly spreading type of social internet environment philosophy that has inspired many people, web developers and not, to create their own socially interactive websites. I read in Web 2.0 magazine that with the huge fluctuation in social media websites, the really big question is: Who will develop the next Amazon.com? The next E-Bay? The next Craig's List?

I couldn't agree more, as I, myself and quite sick of the "revenue sharing for writers" websites, or "I wanna be MySpace" clones. We've been there, done that and now it's time to develop something that truly integrates the aspect of social web interaction, with efficiency and well...reason! If you enjoy sites like MySpace, you're going to use MySpace. Enough said.

SwitchPlanet.com is a website that offers users to opportunity to trade DVDs, Games, CDs and books with other switchplanet members through their Web 2.0 focused community. While the idea of trading my media with other people sounds like an interesting opportunity and worth checking out, there is also another big factor of Switchplanet that makes it stand out to me.

Why is Switchplanet the next Web 2.0 Phenomena?

Because it's set up like a social group of internet users, allowing them to maintain a profile, contact members, share thoughts and ideas in forums, request friendships and more.

They have an incredible amount of users, who have fully developed their profiles and interaction levels with many friends, bios and information on their profiles.

The idea of "trading" instead of purchasing gives switchplanet a unique advantage because the opportunities are endless compared to an online store similar to E-Bay. This is because as long as the goods are "traded" you can pretty much trade anything, by any artist, from any company without having to claim copyrights on any of the merchandise.

Check out SwitchPlanet.com

Advanced Web Hosting for Online Stores

Web hosting has become a very diverse industry. With the growth of opportunities for individuals to earn money through web space, hosting companies have developed easy to use, automated solutions for not only your hosting service, but for your actual web development and design too!

Ashop is essentially a web hosting company, but they specialize and include shopping cart software within their packages. This is a great opportunity for businesses, actual stores and individuals who have something to sell online, without having to hire a web developer or go through the very complicated process of building a shopping cart from scratch. Which, by the way, is virtually impossible without extensive web development knowledge.

The Ashop ecommerce software provides a one stop, all inclusive service of web hosting, customizable web design and an shopping cart. Their packages include every tool necessary to create your online store, with customized design, shopping cart, ability to accept credit card payments and all within an interface geared towards those without web development knowledge.

After reviewing the Ashop website, I found it particularly appealing that they can provide you with many additional, often overlooked but very necessary facets of owning your own web store. Including search engine optimization, newsletter management, user statistics, affiliate program management and flash designs and other web design services.

With the many turnkey web hosting options for online store development, it is refreshing to see a service that covers all territory when it comes to advanced, web standard and intelligent ecommerce software solutions.

Check out the website yourself at: www.ashop.com.au


Shopping cart software, shopping cart, ecommerce software.

Google Maps And The Big Brother Controversy

Google Maps recently came out with this nice little add-on gadget to the Google maps tool called, "street view." Basically, it allow any viewer to see a street view, hence the name, of the exact location they are looking for. What does this mean to the naked eye public?

• Spy on your boyfriend while he's at work
• See what your friends are doing when you're not around
• Spy on your X-Boyfriend in an entirely other state!

Of course the Google Maps Street view tool is becoming somewhat of a controversy amongst those who stay in the know on internet security, privacy and law. Hell, it's becoming an issue for just about anyone in the few cities that Google does allow the "Street view" tool to be used. And yes, it is just a few cities that have this feature activated and running.

Are you in one of the cities that allow any and all internet users watch your every waking move?

Well, I don't know, but here are the cities that Google Maps CURRENTLY tracks...Currently in caps because they are sure to broaden their scheme...

San Francisco, CA

Las Vegas, NV

Denver, CO

Miami, FL

And, Drum roll please?

New York, NY

Personally, I am scared. Granted, I'm a little phobic and paranoid generally, but I am just very very scared. I wrote a post recently on the cool Microsoft gadget that lets you view any place in full 3-D mode just by using photos and images found on the web, and I think that technology is just getting a little too invasive for my taste.

read that article here: Microsoft Photosynth Tool Online

Both the Microsoft tool and the Google tool are targeted at this point. Meaning, you can view everything, everywhere all the time because they don't, obviously, have the resources for that...YET. But, they want to have the resources for that OBVIOUSLY, and it's damn scary!

I definitely don't want to worry if my Mother is watching me stumble in late one night after a hard night out. Also, working in an internet savvy environment, I definitely don't want to worry if my boss is watching my house the day I call in sick!

Anyway, throw out your ideas, comments, suggestions, thoughts. I'd love to hear them. And, remember, I am a lover of technology, not a hater. Just a bit anxious right now at the alarming rate of invasive technological developments.

External Link Resources

Google Maps Tool
Do We Have An Expected Right to Internet Anonymity?
CNET News Report: Google Moves Creeping You Out?

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New Microsot Photosynth: 3 dimensional Outer Photo Space

Microsoft has this cool new gadget called Photosynth. It takes a large collection of photos from you or other areas of the web that relate to one particular space or setting. Think...Venice, Italy or Disney World. Then, analyzes them for similarities, and displays them in a reconstructed three-dimensional space.

This new tool is so cool, I almost don't believe they can do it.

According to the Microsoft Lab page, the Microsoft Photosynth enables you to:

• Walk or fly through a scene to see photos from any angle
• Seamlessly zoom in or out of a photo whether it's megapixels or gigapixels in size
• See where pictures were taken in relation to one another
• Find similar photos to the one you're currently viewing
• Send a collection - or a particular view of one - to a friend

The project takes multiple photos, flashed from multiple angles on one particular place. Like a cathedral, museum, etc. These photos could have all been taken by one person, or collected from multiple people over the web. Their sophisticated program, uses some kind of algorithm to identify what angle each photo was from, how big the actual image is in comparison to the others and ultimately relates them all in a logical way.

Once it has accomplished this, it puts the photos in a 3-D space and allows the viewer to navigate through it as if navigating through some flash model on the web, but instead of being animated models, it's the true photos all placed in their perspective area of the full scene. It's too crazy to explain, you will have to test it out for yourself. You can actually test it right now very easily, and I am just about positive you have NEVER seen anything like it.

Check out the new Microsoft Photosynth 3-D Space Tech Preview

By channeling the sophistication of say, Google's multi-media searching method and this new Photosynth, it could enable anyone, from anywhere to see full fledged realistic 3-D versions of anything, anywhere!

External Link Resources

Launch Microsoft Photosynth Tech Preview
Microsoft Photosynth Photo Collections
Photosynth Video: Watch the Making of Photosynth

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True Life: PayPerPost For Bloggers and MORE

Earning money online has become a not-so-mysterious way of life for many individuals, considering the recent growth in blogging and internet advertising. I, personally, found myself in a very profitable position after starting numerous blogs for the sheer purpose of enjoyment, and testing new methods of advertising before using them on my web development projects.

PayPerPost happens to be my favorite paid to post program. Why? In a nutshell, it's because I am always happily surprised with the result when I post with them. Once I think their aren't many advertisers left to choose from, a few bloggers complain and PayPerPost blows up with opportunities 10 fold. Once I think other paid to post programs are coming out with new a different ways to earn bloggers money, PayPerPost comes out with an even better tool for bloggers. (Read PPP Direct New PayPerPost Program for more information on that!)

Some other very important reasons why PayPerPost stands above the rest mainly revolve around the fact that they are attentive, always quick with answering questions and responding to bloggers, and for some reason have the most high end, interesting and reputable advertisers over all paid to post programs. You can write blog reviews on your favorite companies, while not losing quality content or readership and making money too!

Also, PayPerPost isn't ambiguous with terms, conditions and rules. They have very specific guidelines for posts and blog approvals. As trivial as this seems, I have to say that Blogitive has changed the rules on us bloggers more than a dozen times, and while you can't blame them for growing, trying and improving their system, there's something to be said about PayPerPost's way of making everything clear, professional and intuitive for their bloggers.

My experience with PayPerPost has fluctuated because of my obligations, work, school and side jobs. But, I always pop back on the site, and take opportunities here and there to earn cash money for simply writing about he advertisers that I CHOOSE.

To give you a more unique and specific look at my experience with PayPerPost, let me show you the cold hard facts...k?

Here's an up to date screen shot of the earnings and post count:



That averages $8.96 per post, which are typically assigned at 50-200 words. How long do they take me? I won't say, but let's just assume it is worth the time. Not bad at all in fact!

All in all, my experience with them has been professional, profitable and highly beneficial. Even if you aren't keen on writing about advertisers on your blog, their advertisers are usually high end, well known companies that you could possibly be writing about anyway...Why not make some cash at the same time?

External Link Resources

Earn a Full Time Income with Paid to Post Opportunities
PayPerPost New Affiliate Program
Make Money Blogging with PayPerPost!

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