September 2007

Big Boards getting revived?

by James Seligman on September 24, 2007

At last, I just found out that Quentin is looking to bring back Big Boards! That is great news! Here is his post:

I’m trying to dig it out of the ground, and I’m looking for volunteers to help with this task. The main tasks will include reviewing the huge backlog of submissions (3000+ waiting) and doing the necessary steps for inclusion. Other tasks may include updating the existing forums information, and, if you’re interested, I can always find some design/programming work around the site. Currently BB is very Web 1, there are plenty of ideas around to make it more up-to-date technologically, and in some areas it can be a real challenge for a programmer. I must confess though that I do not have much to offer in exchange for help (did I say volunteer?).

Feel free to contact me via quentin at unblog dot fr and tell me what you’d be interested in doing and what you’d like in return.

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Amazon announces Widgets

by James Seligman on September 21, 2007

If you are using Amazon on your site(s) this is pretty cool. I will be trying them out later today on one of my sites.

They have launched the following widgets

From Amazon

Slideshow: Pick your favorite images from the Amazon catalog and present them as a stylish slideshow. Showcase your favorite CD cover art, present recently read books, or even reveal your favorite breakfast cereals. Slideshow also lets you overlay your comments on the selected images.

My Favorites: Express yourself by recommending and commenting on your favorite products from Amazon. This widget lets everyone know how you feel and what you like by showing product images, information and your own comments.

Quick Linker: Quickly build links to products on Amazon without having to visit Associates Central. By inserting a set of custom HTML tags as you write your content, you can quickly link to products on Amazon. For example, typing Harry Potter would link to a Search Results page on Amazon for the term “Harry Potter.” This is a great new tool that will be handy for all Associates and bloggers that write their own content.

Wish List: Display your Amazon Wish List on your site and let friends, family, and others know what you want.

Product Cloud: Take tag clouds or word clusters one step further by showing Product Clouds. Product Clouds engage site visitors by displaying product titles that are relevant to the content of the page in a cloud or cluster with the most popular product bolded. Site visitors can click on the title to directly visit the product page on Amazon.

Amazon Unbox Video Previewer: Show movie studio and TV network previews for a wide range of new release and classic movies or television shows available from the Amazon Unbox video download service. Users can select by attributes, such as genre, for previews they want to show on their websites.

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Keith Ferrazzi’s new webcast!

September 14, 2007

Keith Ferrazzi is one of my favorites to see live and listen to. I wanted to let you know about a FREE webcast that Keith Ferrazzi is doing next Wednesday, September 19th at 12 noon Eastern Time. Topics will include: -Simple steps you can take today to start building your relationships of tomorrow -Key mindsets [...]

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Had a golf tournament on Saturday

September 10, 2007

I got invited to play in my wife’s company’s golf tournament on Saturday, even though I have never played golf before. I have shot some buckets at the range a couple of times and played the mini golf before, but nothing out on an actual course. Let me just say this, 4 Jäger-bombs, 3 Jägermeister [...]

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Are you using Adsense in your forum’s archive?

September 7, 2007

If you’re looking for a new revenue stream for your forum, check it out! I installed the hack from vBulletin.org. In the first week that I have installed it, I have made some pretty good money. I saw the hack awhile ago and just never got around to installing it and thought I would start [...]

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August Demolition Forum Stats

September 6, 2007

I thought I would do something a little different this time. I would post the traffic comparisons of search engines from July to August: Yahoo Traffic was up 33.26% Google traffic was up 5.81% MSN traffic was down 65.26% I discovered that I have a link on the “How Stuff Works” and I had an [...]

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