Why Did Bill Gates Retire Now?

Do you want to know why Bill Gates have to retire now? Here is why … Bill Gates has decided to Sell OFF Microsoft.

A Letter from Banta Singh of Punjab addressed to Mr. Bill Gates of Microsoft is responsible for the Decision.

THE LETTER
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Subject: Problems with my new computer

Dear Mr. Bill Gates,

We have bought a computer for our home and we have found some problems, which I want to bring to your notice.

1. There is a button ’start’ but there is no ’stop’ button. We request you to check this.
2. We find there is ‘Run’ in the menu. One of my friends clicked ‘run’, he ran up to Amritsar! So, we request you to change that to ’sit’, so that we can click that by sitting.

3. One doubt is whether any ‘re-scooter’ is available in system? I find only ‘re-cycle’, but I own a scooter at my home.

4. There is ‘Find’ button but it is not working properly. My wife lost the door key and we tried a lot trace the key with this ‘ find’ button, but were unable to trace. Please rectify this problem.

5. My child learnt ‘Microsoft word’ now he wants to learn ‘Microsoft sentence’, so when you will provide that?

6. I bought computer, CPU, mouse and keyboard, but there is only one icon which shows ‘My Computer’: when you will provide the remaining items?

7. It is surprising that windows says ‘My Pictures’ but there is not even a single photo of mine. So when will you keep my photo in that.

8. There is ‘MICROSOFT OFFICE‘ what about ‘MICROSOFT HOME’ since I use the PC at home only.

9. You provided ‘My Recent Documents’. When you will provide ‘My Past Documents‘?

10. You provide ‘My Network Places’. For God sake please do not provide ‘My Secret Places’. I do not want to let my wife know where I go after my office hours.

Regards,

Banta

P.S
Sir, how is it that your name is Gates but you are selling WINDOWS?

Did you get it?

Tags: bill gates retiring, microsoft office, microsoft word, windows

Google Adsense Referrals is Retiring

Google is retiring the Adsense Referrals program with effect from the last week of August 2008.

Google said their Google Affiliate Network will permit publishers to apply for advertiser programs but get paid based on advertiser-defined actions, instead of clicks or impressions.

For those who are currently displaying Adsense Referrals program, the publisher is to replace them with Adsense for Content ads instead before end of August 2008.

If you are currently running a campaign, you may want to save all referrals reports on your desktop soonest possible before they are removed from their system.

Google said they want to focus on improving Adsense and drive better monetization results for their publishers in the long term, so they are retiring the Adsense Referrals program.

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How Do You Analyze Sites with Google Trends

Google Trends is not the latest of Google’s new gadgets but it has been around for some time. I use Google Trends charts to analyze future and upcoming trends for websites, blog or events. Of course, there are various way to analyze these trends from the charts.

Basically, all you need is to type in a keyword or phrase you want, in the Search box. I have typed in keywords ‘wordpress’ to compare trends with ‘bloggers’ below.

Wordpress’s trend is indicated in Blue and Bloggers’s trend is indicated in Red.

Wordpress’s trend has been moving upwards since 2004. That means Wordpress has been growing in popularity and has widespread use as a blogging platform.

These trends are broken down further into Regions, Cities and Languages.

Interestingly, I see Indonesia being the top region to adopt Wordpress platform, follow by Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines. All from Asian countries. Similar trends are found for Cities.

What is surprising is the Indonesian language tops the list in Languages, followed by Russian and English as third.

How do you interpret these trends when you use Google Trends?

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Malay Mail Published May Ong’s Blog Post

Malaysian newspaper, the Malay Mail came across my blog post at MalaysiaParenting blog and published the blog post titled Can A Man Survive On RM3000 Salary in Malaysia. Sheila Rahman of Malay Mail was generous and kind enough to let me in on the interview on the subject that I shared deeply with Malaysians. Everybody is feeling the pinch in higher costs of living. This came to effect since the price of raw oil keep on increasing from USD40.00 to USD130.00 per barrel and its affecting the whole world. More so on developing countries. I sympathize with families who are relying on only the male as the sole bread earner of his family. More so for large families with growing children. How are you managing?

Tags: malay mail, malaysia, may ong, oil price hike, salary man, survive

How to Make Money from Freelance Writing

I have been managing and writing my own blogs in various niche and on the same note, I want to know how to make money from freelance writing too, since I write a lot.

There are various way of writing as a freelance writer for blogs, websites or copy writing for that matter.

Make Money as a Blog Writer

If you want to make money writing for products or services for advertisers in your blog, you can join PayPerPost. The registration is free. Once you are in there, register your blog with them and wait for the approval. Next, go to check out Open Opportunities to find a writing job you would like to write about.

Check out all the conditions required for that job offered like price, type, minimum words, dateline and rating to apply for the job. Then wait for the advertiser to reply. You may be rejected the first time round but try again for other jobs there that interest you. Minimum payment per blog posts you write is US$5.00. Isn’t that good money for a start?

You may also go to PPP Tools to get your buttons to advertise. You may also do a Review on my blog posts by going to the link here.

Make Money as a Freelance Writer

If you wish to learn the ropes of how to be a freelance writer as a business, then you can read this Freelance Writing Guide.

Monika has a writing structure that includes where you can find work, how to propose for a job, how to set your rates and how to invoice your clients.

Writing is demanding work with datelines to meet but if you just want to make some passive income from freelance writing, you should first start by learning the ropes of the business.

“Do you have any other suggestions for freelance writing blogs you wish to share with in this blog?”

Tags: blog writer, freelance writing, Make Money, pay per post

Play Games for a Living

Can you play games for a living? Pay to play at Tournament.com and turn your frags into money.

By Tom Chick

“This is a news I stumbled upon on Yahoo today. I find this sort of news interesting. Why? I am not much of a gaming person but I play online games now and then. It is because my seven year old boy cannot live without playing games either on my personal computer, laptop or on my mobile phone, whenever he can get his hands on any of these devices. The beauty is, my child is able to use my mobile phone to go and search for new game downloads. When our PS2 player wasn’t malfunction then, I used to play on it also. Is this a good thing to play for money?”

Are you ready to put your money where your mouse is? UK-based Tournament.com plans to launch a service this month that will let gamers pony up an entrance fee, play a first person shooter match, and then divide the money among the winners. After the house gets its cut, of course.

“Playing games for a living. This is truly the age for the game developers as well as online game players. When I enter into any cybercafes, I find all these young adults, teenagers and even some younger children, engrossed into their online games, so much so that they were not even aware of what’s going on around them. I also know for a fact that some of the online gamers even sell their ranking position for a price, for the next person to enter that game level to continue the game. My teenage daughter tells me that.”

At launch, you’ll only be able to play Counter-Strike and Half-Life 2 death matches. Tournament.com founder Marcus Pearcey wouldn’t comment about any publishers who might have declined to participate, much less any upcoming deals. “We look forward to signing new companies in the very new future,” he said, stressing that this isn’t gambling and therefore shouldn’t be objectionable to any of the larger publishers. “Gambling rewards a player based purely on luck, while Tournament.com is a service that rewards players based on their skill. They’re two very different models.”

“I have not played the above games before but I am sure what Tournament.com offers begs to be different. Well! It remains to be seen, played and experienced. Perhaps I would give it a try.”

Nevertheless, 14 states in the US ban this sort of gaming for money, so people from those states won’t be able to participate. Also, Tournament.com requires players to fax or email proof-of-age ID, which will then be verified to ensure that no one under 18 participates. Otherwise, it’s easy to sign up and use your credit card or PayPal to set up an account. You install a fairly simple and sleek 10MB front end, and from there, you’ll be able to jump into games with variable entry fees. With enough skill, you can take your place among top winners with names like Ars- and l33tboy.

“I think placement of a minimum age limit is good as I would not want any of my own children to be able to get access to this easily. Some sort of control has to be in place. In Asia, no such ban has been in effect yet as far as I know.”

A ranking system is supposed to match you against players of a similar skill level. An anti-cheating system will presumably keep things honest. But it’s a bit disconcerting to log on and see the home page proclaiming the number of cheaters banned as if it were an accomplishment (currently at 338). “We’re confident that [our anti-cheating software] is some of the best out there and we use a combination of different anti-cheating software developed by third parties in conjunction with our internally developed Tournament Anti-Cheat, also known as TAC,” said Pearcey. “To supplement our security, we also have admins who continuously monitor in-game play, making sure that everyone is playing fair.”

“Fair enough. If I play games for a living, there is always a tendency to try out all kinds of strategy to make more money.”

Based on the beta of the program, the entrance fees range from free-to-play (i.e. practice games with no rewards) to $10. “There’s no real concrete amount that’s consistent across all of the tournaments. Winnings are also dictated by a number of factors, including whether or not the tournament has a set reward amount or instead rewards based on the number of players participating.” It’s worth noting that in beta testing, many players complained about being unable to accumulate winnings in excess of $25, which was the requirement to withdraw money during the beta. So even if you’ve got seriously 733t gaming skillz, don’t quit your day job just yet.

“So even if I try hard enough to play these games, I may not be able to make money as a living or go into it full time.”

Pearcey is aware that other companies have tried this model and failed. But he remains optimistic. “Other services, in our opinion, failed to consider the big picture about a service such as this. While it’s mainly about winning money and playing well, it’s also about fostering an environment that’s open to all players, regardless of whether they’ve been playing games for 20 years or just two days. Gaming is still about having fun and Tournament.com is completely dedicated to that idea.”

“I went onto the site. My first impression was it sounded good, exciting, new and interesting. I may find time to go and try some of the games there to see if I have the ability to make some money by playing games for a living or at least for a day or not. So hear from me soon for some updates, ok?”

Tags: make a living, online game, play games, tournament

Negarakuku Music Video Clip

I got this YouTube music video clip from a friend of mine, who said that I must watch this music video.

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Soapbox on MSN Video

I was just logging in to my MSN account that found a link to this Soapbox on MSN Video. I thought this was cool! So I checked it out to find out more.

You need to login to your MSN account via your MSN Email Address and password. Then you can upload your videos up or photo.

If you want to Embed the video on to your won weblog, just click on the button “Embed Video”, copy the code to embed the video player directly into a webpage or blog.

I would have thought that it would be hard to embed it but its just a breeze. Go there the try them out. I think in the next few weeks, I will be uploading my own stuff there myself.

Happy uploading and Embedding videos from Soapbox Beta on MSN video!

Tags: embed video, msn video, soapbox

Wordpress Blogging Seminar Review 4

Sean Tan is a fast emerging Internet Marketer who lives in Penang, a northern state in Malaysia. He is the founder of Sean Tan marketing that specializes in Internet marketing, export trading, product review and e-cover design.

He is very good in e-cover design and he started early this year by helping his clients to design good looking e-cover. Later, with the release of Graphic Collection and eventually become one of the hot selling products in the market.

His lastest product released including PagePeel which creates outstanding peel advertisement makes your site visitors click. See some of the example on how does the peel ads look like.

He also has another hot selling product that work for $7 scripts. This PayPal Link Cloaker software will help you to hide your PayPal email from spam bot.

Transform spam-attracting, easily hijacked affiliate links like:
http://Your7DollarProduct.com/?e=youremailaddress@example.com

Into:
http://Your7DollarProduct.com/?e=youremailaddress

Check out his products for more info.

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Wordpress Adsense Blogging Seminar Review 3

Blog Marketing is becoming popular nowadays, either on personal blogging or corporate blogging. This is an undeniable fact and either you choose to be left behind or follow the “happening” trend. Blog is just another form of website but also one of the important element in Web 2.0 marketing. More about Web 2.0 marketing later in the blog post.

Now, if you are from Singapore and you are looking for good Blog Marketing advice. You can check out Blogoprenuer.com. Tan Kian Ann specialized in online marketing training and promotion strategies. He is also an key person in promoting corporate blogging in Singapore.

“Blog marketing is becoming common place as companies have started to use the Internet for publicity. Go and get the best SEO blog marketing training in Singapore, learn how to use blogs to get in touch with customers, make money blogging, and be a Blogopreneur!”

Head on to blogopreneur.com to find out more.

Tags: blog marketing, blogging, review, Wordpress