“You may be well familiar with biggies like Youtube, Digg, Wikipedia, and StumbleUpon. They are all big and 100% user-powered websites. However, what about the smaller ones, focused on a single aspect and still able to attract a huge user base. So here you go, six really cool and fast growing communy-powered websites that you should definitely see….”
Chronicles of Alva
…recording the adventures of a low-techie in a high-tech world. She’s in the middle of becoming middle-aged, and won’t take “meh” for an answer. Some names and a few details have been changed to protect the indignant!
Quick Online Tips
- Second Best Job in the World: International Shopping Consultant
- The War Between Mediafire and Rapidshare
- Data Recovery Software: A Boon for Computer-based Businesses
- 7 Tips to Build a Successful Blogging Business
- Firefox Browser Turns 5!
Blog P.I.
- Examples of Bias in Conservapedia’s Examples of Bias in Wikipedia
- Interview With the Internet Expert
- TechCrunch and the New New Journalism
- Congressional Quarterly’s Shady Twitter Account
- Building 3121 Awareness, One Impression at a Time
TechCrunch
- Samsung Announces New Android-Powered Galaxy Spica (i5700)
- Foursquare Lets Others Play With Its API
- Tinychat Launches Live Video Streaming Portal To Take On Ustream And Stickam
- Crowd Campaign Lets Marketers Tap Into The Social Graph To Promote Contests
- YouTube And Univision Are Now Amigos
Wired How-To Wiki
- Set Up a Wi-Fi Network
- How to remove a rev limiter vrod muscle
- Repair Laptop Key
- Replace Laptop Keyboard Key
- How to choose a registry cleaner
LifeHacker
- Catch Leonid Meteor Showers Early Tuesday Morning [Astronomy]
- You're Backing Up Your Data the Wrong Way [Backup]
- SyncToy 2.1 Update Speeds Up Windows File Syncing [Updates]
- SimpleText.Ws is an Open-Source Scratchpad Webapp [Text Editor]
- Apostrophe.me Explains When You Really Need Apostrophes [Writing]
Slash Dot
- Russia Recalls Modern Warfare 2
- Mark Cuban's Plan To Kill Google
- If the Comments Are Ugly, the Code Is Ugly
- Becoming Agile
- Apple Patents 'Enforceable' Ad Viewing On Devices
SEOMoz
- Advanced Link Analysis Charts
- New & Interesting Insights Into Google Rankings & Spam from Pubcon
- This Week in Search for 11/12/09
- Is Social Media ROI Unmeasurable?
- Headsmacking Tip #16: Meet the Linkerati in Person
Blogging Tips
- Can Twitter’s Ditch of Suggested Users Hurt Bloggers?
- Appositives to Change Your Blog
- Researching Keywords and What You Need To Know
- LinkWheel – Generating backlinks to your site
- Get Email Alerts for your Twitter Lists with Listiti
