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Welcome to the November 19, 2007 edition of best of web 2.0.

presents 0tutor.com: Glossy-Orange-web-2-button posted at 0tutor.com tutorials blog, saying, "How to make a stylish and glossy orange web 2.0 button adobe with photoshop tutorial"

tokyor presents FlyakiteOSX, transform the look of an ordinary Windows XP to Mac OS X(Free) posted at sharemicrosoft.com, saying, "A lot of freeware download"

tokyor presents WinMerge, Visual differencing and merging of text files freeware posted at sharemicrosoft.com.

Cassanova presents XHTML/CSS newbies paradise tutorial posted at SEO is always welcome !, saying, "best tutorial ever !!"

Everything Else

presents Expired domain names a delicate business posted at seo Online marketing blog.

Oliver Muoto presents The ?Killer App? Myth and the Rise of ?Next Big Thing? posted at vFlyer Blog, saying, "My take on killer apps"

Helpful Hints

Craig Andrews presents Make Money Blogging posted at Craig S. Andrews.com, saying, "Please visit my blog for "Real Internet Business Solutions" and more!
Thank you, Craig Andrews"

Jay Deragon presents Feeding the Free Factors posted at A Relationship Economy..... With WHom & What, saying, "The rules of The Relationship Economy are driven by the theory that free will inevitably illuminate all kinds of beneficial attributes that were never visible before. “Free” has long been a taboo price point. Perhaps because it has been forbidden, many low-hanging commercial fruit are waiting to be plucked by giving the free serious consideration.

What say you?"

Luke Houghton presents 6 ways to write a list posted at Luke Houghton, saying, "Web readers are notoriously short with their time. Why not write information that can be read quickly and easily in a list format? Lists are very popular on social bookmarking sites."

Gley Yahya presents How to Use Article Marketing the Right Way posted at Work At Home Start Up Guide, saying, "There are may free methods you can use to promote your website, blog or product. But article marketing is the most powerful way of all! It can benefit your business in many ways that no other marketing is able to accomplish."

Chris Harris presents When should your small business outsource? posted at New venture outsourcing blog.

Ruchir presents Breathe Life into Your Posts & Make Them Look Beautiful posted at TechnoMoney.

The Latest

Jay Deragon presents Business Uses of Social Technologies posted at A Relationship Economy..... With WHom & What, saying, "While their use is still largely limited to less-than-mission-critical purposes, online social networking services are becoming more popular for business purposes.

Much of the current emphasis seems to focus on limited application to businesses systemically rather approaches seem to be limited to “silos” of thinking related to recruitment and branding.

Businesses may be missing a larger picture of value yet to be tapped and maybe even yet to be envisioned."

Yves Bourgeois presents Next Generation of Social Networking posted at SocialNetSavvy, saying, "Yesterday, I attended an event sponsored by the WebGuild in the Silicon Valley, at Google HQ. The main topics were 1- Growing trends in social networking, 2- What are the key ingredients to a successful social network? 3- What is the best way to monetize advertising within social networks? 4- What characterizes Web 3.0? 5- When will we see Mobile 2.0?"

Alex Schoenfeldt presents posted at Advice Network Founders Blog, saying, "Our contests gives you a chance to win a MacBook, and it promotes your business too. Your article will be a good inbound link, and if you blog about this, let me know and I will link to you from my blog too.

Starting today, Advice Network, will be running an ‘article writing contest’, and we’d like to offer you and your readers an invitation-only chance to enter. If you could post about the contest, I’d really appreciate it. Let me know and I will link back to your from my blog (www.advicenetowork.com/blog ) right away.

We are looking for professionals and enthusiasts to write advice articles for the average person in three main categories, real estate, weddings, and running a business.

The winner of the best advice article will receive a new MacBook laptop. And just for entering, they’ll receive a 4-month vendor listing on AdviceNetwork.com, absolutely free. There is no fee to enter the contest, and we don’t require anyone to purchase a vendor listing.

To enter the contest, click here

If you want to learn more about Advice Network, click here

Thanks again. We are excited to hear from you and your blog readers.

Regards,
Alex Schoenfeldt"

Fred presents Jango: Putting Social Into Internet Radio posted at Newest on the Net, saying, "Here is a review of a cool new social Internet Radio site."

Jay Deragon presents The New Order of Business posted at A Relationship Economy..... With WHom & What, saying, "As businesses enter the social web having a clear path and objectives will be critical. Here is an outline on "how to" and the planning process."

Kenney Jacob presents Web 2.0 | Disruptive Technologies posted at Disruptive Technologies.

Silicon Valley Blogger presents Looking For A Place To Live? 7 Ways RottenNeighbor.com Can Help…. Maybe. posted at The Digerati Life, saying, "A real estate mashup."

Marco Richter presents Top Blogs - MarcoRichter.net posted at MarcoRichter.net.

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Welcome to the August 25, 2007 edition of the Best of Web 2.0 Edition Blog Carnival. This is our BIGGEST issue ever. I think I said that last time also! Keep up the good work and don't forget to visit everybody's link. Thanks!

Welcome to the August 20, 2007 edition of best of web 2.0.

Joseph Okojie presents The Who What and Where of Networking sites posted at Dating, Divorce, and Blogging.

insomniamg presents Business 2.0 and Clones posted at Crenk.

Rickey Henderson presents Beard Watch 2007 Update posted at Riding with Rickey.

Everything Else

Mr. Sat presents The Free TV List: 100 Places to Watch Television Online posted at TV Geekery.

Vandelay Website Design presents A Guide to Promoting Your Blog Through Guest Posts posted at Vandelay Website Design, saying, "Promote your blog by writing for other blogs."

bryce presents Keeping WordPress bleeding edge with Subversion posted at a strangled duck, saying, "Many blogs use WordPress, Subversion can help keep your installation more up to date then ever."

Amanda Harris presents Pajama Mommy Community posted at Pajama Mommy.

Ben Yoskovitz presents 9 Lessons Learned From Founders At Work posted at Instigator Blog, saying, "A quick review of the popular book Founders at Work, written by Jessica Livingston, partner at Y Combinator."

Don presents 5 Lessons a Cape Buffalo Calf Can Teach You About Affiliate Marketing posted at AffiliateWatcher.Com,
saying, "Although written for my affiliate marketing readers, these
lessons apply to any business. Many times it's easy just to lay down
and give up. Here are a few good lessons to learn from a Cape Buffalo
Calf. He 'gets it', do you?"

Yarin Hochmam presents Boldinvestors- Tech and Investments for human beings: We are living in a Widgetized world! posted at Boldinvestors- Tech and Investments for human beings, saying, "A story about the ever growing web widgets."

Helpful Hints

Craig Andrews presents Huge Traffic From Article Submission posted at Craig S. Andrews - "real Internet business solutions",
saying, "For excellent results, one the best ways to drive a lot of
traffic to your blog or Website is through effective and unique article
version submissions. Using a highly effective article submission
software is key to your Internet success, visit:
http://www.articleprosoftware.com. Please visit my blog for "Real
Internet Business Solutions" and more! Thank you, Craig Andrews"

Craig Andrews presents Make More Money Online With These 3 Simple Rules - part 1 of a 2 part series posted at Craig S. Andrews - "real Internet business solutions",
saying, "For excellent results, one the best ways to drive a lot of
traffic to your blog or Website is through effective and unique article
version submissions. Using a highly effective article submission
software is key to your Internet success, visit:
http://www.articleprosoftware.com. Please visit my blog for "Real
Internet Business Solutions" and more! Thank you, Craig Andrews"

The Latest

Jay Deragon presents The Perfect Storm Factors posted at A Relationship Economy..... With WHom & What,
saying, "The business opportunities arising from leveraging social
networking technologies is creating a storm…..The Perfect Storm. “The
Perfect Storm” is this very unique combination of events that is
currently creating significant momentum and will cut across all market
segments. The Perfect Storm is where all the necessary elements
converge together and the dynamics create waves of change that many
will not adjust to rather they will drown in thinking and processes of
the past. The Perfect Storm I am referring to is the emergence of the
Relationship Economy. In a Perfect Storm the tide rises so fast that it
doesn’t lift all boats rather many get destroyed because they aren’t
fit to maneuver through the waves of change. Others rise because they
quickly learn to adapt to the environment and use the storm surges to
survive and prosper. Where will you be when the Perfect Storm hits? Are
you prepared or will you be using an old method in a new game?"

Jay Deragon presents Cashing in on Social Networking posted at A Relationship Economy..... With WHom & What,
saying, "From operator advertising revenue to user generated revenue,
web 2.0 is about to take on a new face which will create a new economic
market for users"

Michael Fowke presents Mindwarp Solutions: the machine that will change your mind posted at Money is the way, saying, "Amazing new machine - The Brain Burster - from Mindwarp Solutions"

Michael Martin presents Design Review: Problogger.net posted at Pro Blog Design, saying, "Design review of the new problogger.net, which now has one of the most modern blog designs online."

Yarin Hochmam presents The Next Big Thing In Music posted at Boldinvestors- Tech and Investments for human beings, saying, "Check out the next revolution in music on the web."

Enrico Scahefer presents Digital Millennium Lawsuit Against Universal Music Publishing posted at Digital Millennium Copyright Act,
saying, "Interview with Marcia Hoffman, a staff attorney for the
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) www.eff.org. Ms. Hoffman is the
lead attorney representing YouTube contributor, Stephanie Lenz, against
Universal Music Publishing Group. Universal Music recently shut down
Ms. Lenz' YouTube video of her toddler son dancing to a Prince song on
the internet with a bogus take down notice to YouTube."

Scott Allen presents Make Money with Embedded News Video from TheNewsRoom posted at Revenue River,
saying, "A new site (still in beta) is offering even small publishers
the chance to get CPM-based ad revenue on their site while embedding
the latest video news on topics of their choice. And, oh yeah, it's
viral."

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of best of web 2.0 using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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Welcome to the July 9, 2007 edition of the Best of Web 2.0 Blog Carnival. Be sure to check out all of the awesome articles!

check it out...

Sly presents Create Your Virtual Twin With MyCyberTwin | Cool Sites | posted at ::Online Tips:: Internet | Computers | LifeHa! I think I've found a way to deal with all of the people who need or want to talk with me!

presents Web 2.0 vs. the BBC | Danah Boyd vs. Goliath posted at Trust Matters.

Helpful Hints

Ted Reimers presents How to Prepare for College posted at CampusGrotto.

The Latest

Brian Wallace presents 37signals: Basecamp / Highrise Review posted at NowSourcing,
saying, "my remarks on the popular 37signals products Basecamp (web
based project management) and Highrise (simple CRM) as well as
information about recent product updates."

Matt McDonald presents Do you know Chuck?s Secret? posted at Interaction Marketing.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of best of web 2.0 using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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I must say that I write this article with a twinge of guilt. Yahoo was my first search engine. Yahoo Mail was my first permanent online email account. I have a twinge of guilt because Yahoo Mail has always been there for me. But, times have changed. A new mail program has come into my life and let me tell you, it has swept me off my feet. Well, it has for now at least. You see, Yahoo is web 1.0 in many ways, but Gmail stereotypifies all that is web 2.0. One day, most likely, there will be a web 3.0 mail client and I will run to it. But for now, Gmail is the one I love.

For the uninitiated, I want to write about why Gmail is better than Yahoo Mail (YM). I'll tell you, the differences are huge. Here we go...

1) Gmail is more streamlined than Yahoo Mail - Gmail has a cleaner,
simpler interface. Gmail has AJAX technology built in, so new mail
comes and the whole page does not have to load. But it is still
cleaner. It's even cleaner than the old YM interface. I really do not
like the new YM interface. It is just so bulky.

2) Gmail has a
better spam filter than Yahoo Mail - I get hundreds of spam emails
everyday. My Gmail box will get a few spams a month in it. My Yahoo box
gets at least 10 a day in it. Enough said. You can read more about
Gmail and spam in my article about how to deal with spam here.

3)
Gmail allows forwarding AND pop email access for FREE - What a great
feature. I recently asked YM if they were going to allow free pop
access like Gmail and I received a rude 'no' from the customer service
rep. That was the nail in the coffin for me leaving YM!

4) Gmail
has more storage space than Yahoo Mail - When Gmail first came out with
1GB of space, I was only allowed 25MB with my YM account. Gmail now
STARTS with 2GB and goes up from there. I am at 2.8GB right now. My YM
account only allows 1GB.

5) Gmail has a better search function
than Yahoo! Mail - I hate to sound harsh, but sheesh, what a sorry
search interface YM has! They are the original major search company.
They should have it down by now. The Gmail search interface is simple,
intuitive, and effective.

6) Gmail has a better PDA interface
than Yahoo Mail - This was what made me decide to switch to Gmail in
the first place. To their credit, Yahoo was one of the first companies
to have a wap (cell phone compatible) page. But, that interface has
HARDLY changed in five years! So now, with Yahoo, you have two choices,
'wap' and adavanced html. I have a Windows Mobile 5.0 pocket pc phone.
With Yahoo, I can only use their wap page. Gmail has an intermediate
page they call 'basic html.' It works great on my PDA phone and has
many of the features found in the regular Gmail interface.

I hope you find this helpful!
Randy

This article is part of 'Gmail Week,' February 26-March 3, 2007

I am really enamored by anything Google does. It's sad, but they have earned their reputation with me. Gmail is especially awesome. So this week, I am dedicating the entire week to Gmail. And no, I do not work for Gmail! Enjoy!

Post 1 How to Rid Your Life of Spam NOW!

Post 2 Four Ways Gmail Can Simplify Your Life

Post 3 Six Reasons Why Gmail is Better Than Yahoo Mail

Post 4 TAGS! TAGS! TAGS! One Improvement Gmail Really Needs

Post 5 Making Gmail's Organizational System Work For You

Post 6 How to Use Gmail for non-Gmail email addresses