I’m currently in the process of moving. Not just moving, but downsizing as well. That means I have a lot of stuff that I need, and a lot of stuff that I’m looking to get rid of. What a better way to raise funds and save money by buying used items than an online classifieds site?

From apartment hunting to seeking services, you can find just about anything you want on an online classifieds site. However, not all classifieds sites are created equal. Some are broad versus niche, others are geared towards certain user needs such as comparison tools and privacy settings. Below is a short list of some of the top online classifieds sites out there. Read more »

If you’re considering starting your own online business you’ll quickly find out there are many ecommerce software solutions for your needs. Unfortunately many of them require you to have some programming knowledge to install their online shopping cart software and they can require a nice chunk of change upfront. In contrast, there are a number of complete and inexpensive web store services that can serve all your e-commerce business needs. Perhaps more importantly turnkey web storefronts won’t cost you an arm and a leg to get them up and running. Read more »

Eight years ago today (September 11, 2001) thousands of men, women, and children lost their lives in a terrorist attack on the United States. It is a day of remembrance for the victims and a date that Americans shall never forget. Memorial ceremonies for those that were killed in the attacks are being held throughout the entire U.S. today. Read more »

Facebook is notorious for adopting popular features from other online services. Well known targets for brand new Facebook features include Twitter and Friendfeed (which it recently purchased). I’m not sure why I didn’t notice it before but it looks as though Facebook might be targeting Gmail to guide improvements for its messaging feature. Read more »

Microsoft has owned the number three search engine for a long time now but that might be changing soon. Whether it was the migration from MSN Search to Live Search, the simpler design displaying a single search box on Live.com, or the implementation of the Live Search Cashback program, Microsoft appears to be rallying as the against all odds underdog of search. Read more »

The more I think about FriendFeed as a Twitter application the more sense it makes. FriendFeed has the potential to become the go-to communication service for 140+ characters. Currently when you need to continue a Twitter discussion elsewhere (because of 140 character limit), you only have two options: chat or email. Both of those choices are really inconvenient however because they require that you move the discussion to another location. Read more »

Recently my banking debit card was charged $34.84 by a company called Adipose RX for some dietary supplements. Because I have transaction alerts set for my online banking account, I was immediately notified of the unauthorized charge. Despite promptly contacting my bank’s representative and informing them of this problem, I was told that until the pending charges were processed there was nothing I could do. Thus a few days later I had to call them again to dispute the charge and begin the process of filing an official claim for the unauthorized charge. Read more »

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If you’re just getting started with your WordPress based blog or website, you may not realize it but out of the box WordPress (WP) isn’t so friendly when it comes to search engines. That is, search engines (i.e. Google, Yahoo, etc.) index pages on a website like yours and add those pages to their [...] Read more »

Over the past few weeks I’ve been searching the web to find the best hosting providers available. After encountering so many, I thought it would be helpful for others if I reviewed each hosting company and provided a comprehensive comparison chart. I have evaluated each company according to features such as the type of hosting offered (Windows, Linux, or both), base price for least expensive shared hosting plan, if they offer free hosting, the allotted amount of monthly storage and bandwidth, whether a free domain is included or not, and if there are any extra (setup) fees incurred. Read more »

Notify.me – This is a notification service that alerts you of any new content that’s added to an RSS feed. I’ve used Yahoo! Alerts, Yotify, and Google Alerts prior to testing and I can say without a doubt that Notify.me beats them all hands down in terms of the least amount of lag time. Using a test blog I measured the elapsed time between the instant an article was published to the RSS feed and the actual time the notification was received from Notify.me. In three separate tests, Notify.me alerts were delivered within one to four minutes after publishing. This is extremely fast in comparison to the others listed below and why Notify.me is an excellent tool for following favorite blogs for which you are interested in commenting as well as other feed based content that is extremely time sensitive. Notify.me can be used for other things such as tracking items on eBay or Craigslist, receiving automatic notification of new job posts, following breaking new stories, and much more. Alerts can be sent to you via SMS, email, instant messaging, or via Notify.me’s own Adobe AIR application. Read more »