I have heard of FriendFeed but never took the time to try the free service. When I finally did try FriendFeed, I was pleasantly surprised at the convenience it provides.

FriendFeed allows you to keep track of the online activities of friends and family. You can keep track of the web pages, videos, music, and photos your friends and family interact with around the Internet. What this does for me is to provide one place to share all my online activities, presenting one complete online personality.

FriendFeed allows you to to use up to 59 services which includes Flickr, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, StumbleUpon, Amazon.com and many others.

You can hook up with friends and even create rooms that are really mini private groups. If you want to have your activities private….no problem.

Of course, there are also several additional tools to make using the FriendFeed service enjoyable. These include Bookmarklet, posting to Twitter, embeddable Widgets for your web pages, read and post by emale and iPhone, etc.

Check out my feed and add me at http://friendfeed.com/dejagib

A happy, healthy, prosperous new year to all. 2008 was terrible, but a lot of people are even more scared of 2009. Let’s hope that things get better soon and the world will see prosperity in 2009.

It is resolution time, and mine is just to be happy no matter what the obstacles are or how tough it gets.

“Mr. Wackie a di teacher but a Ice a bus’ da piece ya.”

This is the line from the “Gully Creeper” song made popular by Jamaican Grammy Award Nominee, DJ Elephant Man.

Translated from Jamaican patois into English, means:”Mr Wackie (Bogle) is the teacher but Ice is releasing this piece.” The ‘piece’ is the Gully Creeper dance move made popular by fellow Jamaican and friend Usain Bolt after he won his events at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Both Mr. Wackie and Ice are now deceased.

36 year old David Alexander Smith popularly known as ‘Ice‘ was shot and killed this morning in the Waltham Park Road area of Kingston, Jamaica as he went to purchase cigarettes at a shop. His car was stolen. The dancer and choreographer is the creator of the popular Gully Creeper dance move.

Gerald Levy aka Mr. Wackie aka Bogle, Jamaica’s most revered dancer/choreographer at the time was also shot and killed 3 years ago. Bogle created several dance moves including the Bogle Dance and the Wackie Dip. Both men were from the Black Roses Corner in Arnet Gardens, Kingston, Jamaica.  It is a tough inner city area where dancing is one of the tools used to escape poverty. These dancers get to perform on live shows and go on tours with famous dancehall artistes, earning what amounts to a comfortable income for someone with previously little or no income.

The gun keeps robbing us of of our talented citizens. the senseless killings point to the fact that there are too many illegal guns in the hands of the poorest, most uneducated citizens. How they came to afford these guns is a mystery.

There has been 1509 murders reported between January and November 2008. In a country of 2.7 million, we are firmly rooted in the top 3 per capita in the world. Co-incidentally, there is a news report on the television that the Jamaican Police has accepted that there has been under reporting of crime, so that figure should be much higher.

In the meantime, Jamaican Dancehall has lost a great contributor, but Ice will always be remembered for giving Usain Bolt and the world the ‘Gully Creeper.’

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Blog To The World.

Christmas in Jamaica is becoming more Jamaican. There is less and less of the Christmas Carols we grew up with, and more and more dancehall partying taking place over the last few years. In this small town of approximately 8000 people, there are 7 parties to chose from, plus one of the 7 is entitled “Trilogy” which will be 3 parties on each of 3 floors of Club Nazz. I won’t be sleeping tonight…..

St. James High player (right) dribbles past a Cornwall College player. Photo courtesy of the Jamaica Star

St. James High, formerly known as Montego Bay Secondary or Senior School, finally asserted themselves by winning the prestigious 53 year old DaCosta Cup schoolboy championship, symbol of rural Jamaica football supremacy. They defeated Spaulding High (from Clarendon) by 2 goals to nil.

Before being upgraded to a high school a few years ago, the Montego Bay school was the feeding tree for many times champions Ruseas and to a lesser extent, Cornwall College. Legendary Jamaican players such as Reggae Boyz Shorty Malcolm, Durrant ‘Tatty’ Brown and Theodore ‘Tappa’ Whitmore were past students of the institution. Before upgrading, Senior School was a secondary school (lower than a high school) and did not qualify for the competition.

This year was a landmark year, being the first time two upgraded schools were meeting in the final. Spaulding has a similar history to St.James High except that it has not produced comparable football talent. The DaCosta Cup has only been won by 13 teams and with over 80 teams competing, so winning is quite an achievement. They have now joined the the illustrious company of Munro, Cornwall College, Vere Technical, STETHS, Dinthill, Ruseas, Herbert Morrison, Glenmuir, Frome Technical, Godfrey Stewart and Clarendon College.

St. James High will now turn their eyes on the Olivier Shield where they will play St. Georges High, the Kingston Corporate Area Champions. Winning the Olivier Shield will allow the Montego Bay team to win the elusive triple crown as they previously won the Ben Francis Knockout.

This is an update to an earlier post Make Money from Your Own Online Store Using Datafeedr and WordPress.

Datafeedr allows you to create unlimited web stores using WordPress and each store can stock up to a maximum of 10,000 items each. You can pick the products from multiple merchants and networks. Add your affiliate ID to all products in 1 place and keep 100% of your commissions. There are no sign up fees and no programming skills required. Potentially, you could build a store in minutes.

Since the service first came online. Datafeedr has been constantly updating to include new and easier ways to make professional online stores from datafeeds using the free WordPress blogging platform.

They are gradually updating their participating networks and these networks are continuously adding merchants. As this occurs, you will be able to have a wider choice of items from which to sell.

The latest network addition are two of the leading UK affiliate networks, Affiliate Window and Affiliate Future. UK networks allow you to earn in pounds, taking advantage of the still favorable exchange rate over the US dollar.

Affiliate Window is by far the larger network with 489 merchants. Affiliate Future has 69 total merchants. Add this to the existing Datafeedr list that includes ShareASale, Commission Junction, LinkShare, NetShops, PepperJam, Bridaluxe and ClickBank (6000 vendors).

Build your own niche store using datafeeds and wordpress.

This should have been posted from last month, but I can’t find any time to mess around with my photography hobby. Actually, that was not my only problem. I have bad memories of that day; while I was busy taking photos with my Nikon D40, a pick pocket was taking advantage of the thick crowd and stealing my new Sony Ericsson cellphone, a gift from my brother.

Anyway, the Jamaican athletes were treated to a massive welcome in Falmouth, Trelawny on October 7, 2008. Trelawny was chosen as we had by far the most representatives of any parish. Trelawnyites Usain Bolt, Marvin Anderson, Michael Frater, Ricardo Chambers, Veronica Campbell and Rosemarie Whyte were all present. Some elder residents of Falmouth remarked that it was the first time they were seeing the Falmouth square full to capacity. Asafa Powell, Melanie Walker, Shelly Ann Frasier, Kerone Stewart and the rest of the team were all also there.

Usain Bolt returned to his home parish as a king and reveled in the attention and adoration. The tie of his alma mater William Knibb Memorial High School (which was just a mile and a half away), was wrapped around his head and another was around his neck. The athletes spent about an hour signing autographs until they were ready to leave. Here are photos from this memorable occasion.

When is the best time to start your blog? If you are asking yourself this question, you had better get cracking. Anyone who starts before you will have an advantage over you, as age is one of the factors involved in getting your blog recognition. The longer the blog is online, the higher it is ranked by search engines. Of course there are other factors such as in-links and uniqueness of content among others, but the earlier you get in, the better.

Why haven’t you started as yet?

I am passionate about something and I just love to read about it: What about your personal expression on the subject?  Trust me, no matter what your interest, there will be millions of people interested to read your side of the story.

It is too difficult: It is quite simple to start a blog, just go to WordPress.com and try it; a simple point and click process.

Don’t have the time: you can write posts according to your schedule. The length of the post depends on you. Once you get started, you only need a few minutes to post.

I just love Social Networking. I can’t get myself away from Facebook, MySpace, etc.: Social Networking sites are now some of the best sources of traffic for blogs. I use Facebook to highlight my latest posts and generate interest in my blogs. Post your blog link to these sites and get free traffic.

Don’t need a blog, I use email to communicate with lots of friends: This is another huge source of traffic. Start a blog and notify friends. Put a Signature in each email so that each subsequent person you communicate with can see the link to your blog. You can use the email and notify friends of new posts. You will now get traffic from your friends and the rest of the world.

Why WordPress? It is the most popular blogging software and has a thousand other advantages I can’t list in this post. The hundreds of free plugins and inherent adaptability of WordPress means it can be used for almost any type of site from blogging to membership sites to web stores. the possibilities are almost endless.

I started my first self-hosted WordPress blog in March 2008. I decided to start with my favorite hobby: photography. The site Amateur Photoblogger got (and is still getting) lots of views. In July, I started Blog To The World and it has done extremely well. Since then my list of WordPress sites has grown. The diverse uses for WordPress can be seen in my list of self-hosted sites :

• AmateurPhotoblogger.com - Photoblog
• Blog To The World - Blog
• Find Your Web Host - Hosting Store
• Right Price Camera - Digital Camera & Accessories Store
• Tips 2 Make Money - Make Money Online Blog
• WiseOffers.com - Online Coupons
• OfferReview - Review site for promotional offers
• Healthy-Natural-Weight.com - Weight Loss Blog
• Caralluma Supplements - Caralluma Appetite Suppressant

You may want to read my previous article: Which is better, self hosted WordPress or Wordpress.com?
If you make the wise choice and choose self-hosted WordPress (you cannot use ads to make money with a free WordPress.com site), you can get hosting from Blue Host. They have one click install of WordPress and one of the highest customer satisfaction of any web host.

If you want to start with a bang using step by step training and tips you can’t get for free, do like me and get Super Affiliate Blogger. It will break down the process as simple as A-B-C.

What are you waiting for? Start blogging! Now is the best time to start your own WordPress blog.

This is a review of another one of the tools I personally use to get ahead online:

As time goes by and more people get online, search engines are getting more demanding of content providers. Not long ago, a reciprocal link (you link my site and I will link your site) was highly respected by the search engines. Now, it is all about 1 way links. Getting links into your site is a sure way to improve your page rank and generate more traffic to your site . The websites with more quality, one way links are typically the sites that rank
the highest, without a doubt.

With that said, there are several websites directory submission programs on the market. The best and easiest to use is a new program created by Brad Callen, called Directory Submitter.

The software currently allows you to submit your sites to over 1500 website directories, all free. It is what I used on Tips 2 Make Money to give it a Page Rank 2, even though it has only a few posts and I hardly update it. Yet, it has the respect of the search engines and the few articles get relatively high search engine rankings.

Getting 1 Way links using Directory Submitter is a simple, 2 step process:

1. Input your website details (i.e. title, description, URL, etc.) into the
software

2. Click on the directory you want to submit to

The program will automatically fill in your website details. Then, you simply click the submit button and your website is instantly submitted to the directory. Then, you can move to the next directory, go through the list, and by the time you’re finished you’ll have roughly 1500 one way links pointing to your website.

It is best to input several different titles and descriptions so the search engines don’t think you are spamming and penalize you. they get picky if you submit too many links in a short period of time.

The process could not be simpler and the result as I have proven, will shoot your site up the search engine rankings and raise your Page Rank above the dreaded 0 mark.

The software is constantly being updated as there is an incredible community of users established with the aim of constantly working together to make the software better and better; so you are assured of getting great value for your money.

For more details on this outstanding software, check out Directory Submitter.

The Acai Berry is a fruit that is native to the Amazon rain forest in Brazil. It has been harvested by Brazilians for hundreds of years as a food staple known primarily for their rejuvenating and detoxifying properties.

It is a pleasant tasting fruit and has such high nutritional values that it joins a very selected few by being named a “Super Food“, which means that we should make it a consistent part of our eating routine in an effort to enjoy a healthier, balanced lifestyle. Dr. Nicholas Perricone lists Acaii as one of his top 10 Super Foods at Oprah’s Web site. As a matter of fact, he lists it as the #1 Super Food in the World! The best benefits are gained from eating the fruit, but it is primarily marketed in the USA as a powder, drink or more often than not, as a supplement. Here are some of the benefits of using Acai Berry Supplement:

Acai has a high concentration of antioxidants that combat premature aging. It has 10 times the antioxidants that red grapes have, and as much as 30 times the anthocyanins of red wine. Anthocyanins may have antioxidant effects, possibly fighting cancer, diabetes, and bacterial infections, to name a few.

Healthy monounsaturated fats, dietary fiber and phytosterols together help promote cardiovascular and digestive health.

An amino acid complex in conjunction with valuable trace minerals, help with muscular health.

Excellent for Detoxifying (Cleansing) the body.

Balances pH for optimal performance of immune system.

Contains essential Vitamins and minerals including Vitamins B,C and E along with Iron, Fiber and Calcium.

With these properties, Acai Berry helps you lose weight by flushing your body of trapped waste, it increases your metabolism, increases your energy levels, balances pH for efficient body function, and is even reported by some to increase their sexual performance! It is primarily being marketed as a weight loss supplement, but it has so many varying health benefits as the list above shows, that everyone can benefit from using it.

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