heywatch : Video Encoding Web Service

heywatch.com is a  fast and scalable video encoding web service. heywatch.com is a professional and reliable video encoding platform available through a simple and intuitive interface or an API. Hey!Watch can be easily integrated in any web or desktop applications in white label.

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Free WordPress Themes

In this article we present Free WordPress themes. High-quality WordPress themes always come in handy. Whether you are looking for some design inspiration or professional coding solutions — in both cases you can learn a lot, you can apply them and you can build customized designs upon them without reinventing the wheel all the time.

These free wordpress themes have been selected, installed and tested by specialists. They all can be downloaded, customized and used for free in both personal and commercial projects.

Take a look at :

• 83 Beautiful WordPress Themes
  An overview of beautiful, but rather unknown themes you might have missed.
• 21 Fresh, Usable and Elegant Themes
  A quite pretty selection of elegant yet well thought-out themes.
• 10 Fresh and Clean Themes
  The beauty of these themes lies in their clean look supported by a legible content presentation.
• 100 High-Quality wordpress Themes
  vibrant themes, simple & minimalistic themes, magazine style, grid-based, clean and legible, advanced, experimental, photoblog & videoblog.

SEO : Dashes or Underscores ?

Dashes or Underscores ? Ideally, none, but sometimes you have to separate words for greater clarity. Since you cannot have spaces, it’s better to have dashes. There are many content management solutions and online publishing platforms that use underscores to separate words in long URLs but it’s been noticed that the search engines prefer dashes over underscores although according to a recent news Google will treat underscores as word separators, which was not being done previously.

It seems that Google still doesn’t like underscores, as Matt Cutts says in a recent post:

People thought that underscores are the same as dashes to Google now, and I didn’t quite say that in the talk. I said that we had someone looking at that now. So I wouldn’t consider it a completely done deal at this point. But note that I also said if you’d already made your site with underscores, it probably wasn’t worth trying to migrate all your urls over to dashes. If you’re starting fresh, I’d still pick dashes.

Anyway Yahoo! and Microsoft treat underscores as dashes that are in turn considered word separators.

Google on the other hand thinks (at least as of now) that an underscore is just another character and hence a part of the word. So web_designers for Google is not equal to “web designers” whereas it considers web-designers as “web designers”.

Dashes work well for URLs having many expressions, for instance http://www.yourdomain.com/affordable-web-design-service. This is I would say far better than http://www.yourdomain.com/affordablewebdesignservice as it will be difficult to figure out both for the search engines and your users. Your domain name, on the other hand, should be a matter of convenience (here too, the underscore is ruled out). You can have both dashes and no dashes.

Not Sure Who To Vote For ?

Glassbooth.com connects you to the 2008 presidential candidate that represents your beliefs the best. Glassbooth is a nonprofit organization that is creating innovative ways to access political information. An informed and interested democracy is a powerful thing. As an organization acting in the public’s interest, we are very serious about our core principles:
Integrity

All information used in the Glassbooth process is of the highest accuracy and integrity. No process is perfect though. Please get involved and shoot us an email if you want to add or comment on any of our content.

Nonbias

We believe Glassbooth’s success is contingent on nonbias in our process. We have worked closely with partners and experts to insure our language is in no way misleading. Again, feel free to email us with suggestions as to how we can improve.
Nonpartisan

Glassbooth does not affiliate with any political party, political organization, or ideology…we can’t and we won’t.
Transparency

All information used by Glassbooth will be available for the public to view and scrutinize. We are not Google…we want you to know why your results are delivered the way they are.

Insight

Glassbooth is always learning and adapting to how people are using media and interacting with information. We are constantly adding new features to the site so check back often.

Technorati Acquires AdEngage

Technorati has acquired AdEngage, a twelve person advertising network based in Los Angeles, in an all stock transaction. The AdEngage platform will remain a free standing, branded service, and Technorati will also launch a version of the platform under its new Technorati Media brand. The size of the transaction is not being disclosed. This follows Technorati’s August acquisition of BlogCritics, a network of blog content.

AdEngage, which was founded in 2004, sells advertising for 4,000 sites, and has 13 billion ad impressions per month, says Technorati CEO Richard Jalichandra. Many of those sites are adult oriented, so Technorati isn’t merging it with its core service. Instead, they’ll launch a separate version of it under the Technorati Media brand in a few weeks.

mashlogic.com : take back the web

MashLogic.com is a Firefox extension that works quietly under the hood to enrich web pages with the kind of information and media you care about.

By combining patent-pending information retrieval techniques, performance technologies, web services, and rich UI, MashLogic figured out how to enrich pages in real-time, without the burden of a crawled index. MashLogic strives to understand user behavior and adapt algorithms and UI to seamlessly blend into your browsing experience – close at hand when needed, out of the way when not.

MashLogic application is currently only available by invitation.

Microsoft Windows 7

Microsoft.com has just announced that the latest version of Windows, due in the next couple of years, will be called  Windows 7

Microsoft is now trying to adopted a naming system that might actually make more sense to users.

Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer made an appearance at the D6 Conference demonstrating the new user interface of Windows 7.

Playboy Intimates Fashion Show !

Here is the video of the famous playboy intimates fashion show – a big lingerie show with the most famous sexy models / playmates of playboy magazine.

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Best of Playboy Magazine / Playmate Ideas !

Playboy : The Art of Beauty, is an auction that features famous original and naughty illustrations from the pages of the magazine over the decades—a Playboy collector’s dream. Among the featured artists are Harvey Kurtzman (Fannie Annie in the first photo), Alberto Vargas, Phil Interlandi and Buck Brown.

When Hugh Hefner first launched Playboy Magazine in 1953, it stirred controversy, and still does today. Many on the religious right and extreme feminists are opposed to it. They see Hefner as a pervert who exploits women, rather than a man who truly takes delight in the female form.

Playboy Magazine has also caused many family feuds over the years between husbands and wives, and horrified moms when they found one or two stashed under the beds of their sons—that will not end any time soon.

Whether you love Playboy for eye candy or for the articles (yeah, right), it is here to stay. That said, enjoy the 18 Playboy stories below : “The 17 pieces of original art in this collection represent some of the most extraordinary artists that Playboy has showcased over the past half-century,” Baker said. “Through these works, these Playboy artists offer their vision of the enduring beauty of the quintessential girl next door.”

Hereis the best playboy magazine ideas (from trendhunter.com) :

Playboy As A Fashion Guide – Nick Adams in Fall Fashion Style Section :

Playboy is trying to become more relevant and has had a monthly Playboy Style feature for a couple years. Now they have added some star power – male variety – in the form of Nick Adams who was in Chorus…

Ironic Outrage – Anna Faris Plays Playboy Bunny, Humiliated Over Nude Scene

Today’s hottest internet buzz is about Anna Faris, the new star of “House Bunny”. Anna was publicly outraged this week when she had to break her no nudity clause to fulfill her role acting as a Playboy…

Naughty Olympic Scandals – German Athletes Nude for Playboy

Four female German athletes competing in the Beijing Olympics are searing news wires with their decisions to pose nude for Playboy. The German edition of the girlie magazine have just released their September…

Olympic Fashion Evolutions – Playboy’s Visual History of Women’s Swimwear

Playboy is proving that watching well-built Olympian women in swimwear has taken big steps backwards the past two Olympic games. When Speedo added its LZR Racer swimsuit this year, it covered up more skin…

Fascination With Normal? – Playboy Recruits From The Olive Garden

Seems that Playboy star Kendra Wilkinson has a thing for Olive Garden, and even a thing for the Girls of Olive Garden. So Hef’s girlfriend decided after “literally hundreds” Olive Garden bread sticks that…

Geeks in Playboy – “Hottest Female Bloggers” List

Playboy has chosen nine female bloggers to vote for in a new feature entitled, “Hottest Female Bloggers.” The list includes Boing Boing’s blonde co-editor, Xeni Jardin, San Francisco Chronicle columnist…

Fashion Bunny Ears – Raquel Zimmermann Channels Playboy for Hercules Magazine

The stunning Raquel Zimmermann channels Playboy bunnies and showgirls in a photo shoot for men’s magazine, Hercules. The styling of the shoot is reminiscent of the 70’s glamor, decadence and femme…

Condom Wearing Remotes – Playboy TV

I am not sure if this print ad for Playboy TV, which shows a TV remote control wearing a condom, does the TV channel any favors. I mean, we usually connect the use of condoms with two things: avoiding…

Sexy Mobile Branding – Playboy Phone: Alcatel OT-V770A

Alcatel unveiled several during CTIA Wireless 2008 in Las Vegas and one of the more popular with the men (really?) were its Playboy-branded handset ‘OT-V770A’ It comes in Gold, Pink, or Silver metallic…

Naughty Film for a Religious Festival? – Playboy TV for St Patricks Day

Nice to see Playboy TV supporting St Patrick’s day – a traditionally religious festival – by making their own film using strategically placed shamrocks. Not sure if this technically counts as porn but…

Burton Love Snowboard Series – A Playboy Burton Collaboration

Melt the snow with this collaboration between Burton and Playboy, who have joined forces to create the Burton Love Series snowboards that will hit the slopes at the end of 2008. These ‘love boards’ are…

Playboy Cigar Set – The Art of Combining Vices

This cigar set satisfies two vices in one fell swoop. It helps you do so and somehow lets you look suave in doing so. That is the magic of Hugh Hefner’s Playboy brand – a brand that has become synonymous…

Funded Hypocrisy – Formerly Embarassed Kyla Ebbert Now Posing for Playboy

Kyla Ebbert was the formerly embarrassed woman who was booted from Southwest Airlines for dressing too hot for takeoff. Recall that Kyla was suing Southwest Airlines, noting to the Today Show, “I was…

Consumer Driven Campaigns – Desperate Guys Seek Poolboy Jobs at Playboy Mansion

We have seen a number of consumer driven publicity events lately, where consumers create a blog or some sort of public spectacle in order to get the attention of a corporation. When these consumer driven…

Phone Sex – Playboy Will Run Previews On Mobile Phones

Playboy TV’s latest marketing strategy includes running softcore previews of their realty show ‘Double Entry’ on cell phones. Users who are unable to download streaming video won’t be left out – they’ll…

Playboy in Braille

Blind people enjoy pornography too. That’s what you’ll learn when you pick up a copy of Playboy in braille. Although, if you don’t know how to read braille, you won’t know the difference between an ad…

Magazine Cover Beach Towel – New Playboy Ad Campaign

Put yourself on the cover with the Playboy Beach Towel. The caption screams, “I can be the March Playmate,” which – of course – relates to a campaign to solicit new playmates. Regardless of whether or…

Tame Playboy Premiere sparks excitement in Muslim Indonesia

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Playboy magazine may no longer rate on the sexual cutting edge in some places, but the first edition in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, caused a stir Friday. ADVERTISEMENT… [More]

Affiliate Marketing Programs !

Affiliate marketing program is a wonderful and most popular way to make money online today. Simply bring your online visitors to the products or services they need and you earn your commission.  Affiliate program (also known as reseller, associate, referral or partnership program) is a revenue-sharing system whereby you, the affiliate, receive payment from the owner (merchant) of a product or service that you promote on their behalf. This is a great way to generate income if you don’t have a product of your own to promote.  There are various types of affiliate programs. The most simple one involves you, the affiliate, placing a banner ad or text link at your site which is linked to the site of the product or service you are promoting. This link is coded with your unique affiliate ID so that the site visitor is recorded at the target site as having originated from your site, thereby allowing you to be credited with the sale. Payment is generally a fixed percentage of the sale price or “pay per click”, where an affiliate is paid a certain amount for every time a site visitor clicks on the link at the affiliate’s site, whether or not a sale is made.

There are thousands of individual affiliate programs offered on the Internet, many are being through third party affiliate networks such as ClickBank, Commission Junction, ShareASale … These companies connect a large number of merchants together via their own network, enable you to access them all at one location with a single registration. This gives you two major advantages: save your time, and receive your commission as one convenient lump sum.

Here is some of the best affiliate networks you can sign up for free and start promoting your favorite affiliate products :

ClickBank.com – Internet largest digital marketplace, where thousands of the web’s most popular digital products are sold every day. Setup is free, fast and you’ll have instant access to over 10,000 products with commissions as high as 75%. Incorporated with fast, accurate tracking system and dependable payment services.

LinkShare.com – One of the largest and most trusted affiliate networks that offer tons of affiliate programs that you can join, including many big name, big brand companies. Their statistical interface is simple to use and offers many advanced features to view in-depth information about your leads and sales. Payments have always been on time and prompt.

Shareasale.com – An affiliate network of over 2,000 merchants, each has a different type of product that they are selling – and each is ready to give you a commission on that sale if you refer a customer. You decide how to promote your chosen merchant – using your web traffic, email newsletters and other tools that you have. Real-time stats are available to check the commissions you earn.

Commission Junction – A global leader in the online advertising channels of affiliate marketing and managed search. Commission Junction affiliate programs offer pay-for-performance online advertising and Internet marketing solutions. You will get valuable resources you need to develop your performance-based offers, generate more leads, and increase your online revenue.