Firefox extension for Plurk coming soon
July 7, 2008
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This has largely to do with the fact that Plurk does not have an official API yet, unlike Twitter.
I’ve taken the initiative to come up with a Firefox extension for Plurk — PLURKfox. I started working on it this weekend, and have completed the basic “structure” for it — Sidebar icon, context menus, Preferences, etc.
What is pending is the main API integration :-)
Now, how in the world will I integrate Plurk when it does not have an API? There are several 3rd party projects that provide this support. Just search for “plurkapi” in Google and you’ll understand what I mean. The challenge though is to have it working using JavaScript, and not Perl, PHP or C#.
In future, all updates on PLURKfox will be at its own website.
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Giving Plurk a try
June 29, 2008
I am giving Plurk a try. Click here to follow me on Plurk.
Plurk is quite similar to Twitter. Some might go as far as calling it a Twitter-clone. It surely has everything that Twitter offers and then some more.
It still needs to be seen if it makes it as big as Twitter.
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SocialSpark is open for business!
June 14, 2008
SocialSpark is open for business! It is a new venture from IZEA, the same guys behind PayPerPost. You might be wondering if this is yet another paid to blog website? Yes! It is. But it aims at fixing a lot of things that PayPerPost was criticized for. For one, the following code of ethics:
- 100% Auditable In-Post Disclosure
- 100% Transparency
- 100% Real Opinions
- 100% Search Engine Friendly
I signed up for SocialSpark a long time back, but never really got the opportunity to explore the website until today. In fact, this also happens to be my first paid post using the SocialSpark system.
Unlike PayPerPost, all links are “nofollow”, hence you should not face the wrath of the search engine giants!
A page from SocialSpark is shown below:
There are three types of opportunities available on SocialSpark:
- Sponsored Post: This is similar to what is available at PayPerPost. Basically, you bid for a particular opportunity and give a reason why you think you deserve to write about it. If accepted, you would need to write the blog post based on the requirements of the opportunity.
- Blog Sponsorship: Advertisers pay you to run ads on your blog. The advertiser pays per day the ads run on your blog.
- Spark: These are free opportunities that most bloggers would tend to use. A good use is to have bloggers exchange reviews of their blogs with each other.
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Entrecard: Does it work?
January 5, 2008
Number of cards dropped on my blog
Number of people visiting this blog by clicking on my entrecard ads on other blog
Number of organic clicks (clicks leading to this blog due to my entry on the Entrecard website)
None of these are large numbers, but its additional traffic nonetheless. But is this traffic really worth it? Or are these people who are just dropping into the website to drop a card on my entrecard to get their 1 free credit? I will be doing that analysis in the coming days to see if this additional traffic is worth the real estate space occupied by the entrecard widget.
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IZEA to launch SocialSpark in Jan ‘08
November 12, 2007
IZEA, the parent company of PayPerPost, will be launching a social networking site focused around bloggers and advertisers in January 2008. The site, called SocialSpark, was announced recently at PostieCon. The website is currently in “invitation only alpha”.
You can read mixed reviews about it at Mashable, TechCrunch, and SimpleKindofLife.
I personally think this is an interesting concept from IZEA.
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Guide to Social Bookmarking
August 8, 2007
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Social Networking in India using YouMint
July 21, 2007
Yes! You heard that right. The current payout is as follows:
- Rs. 110 for 20 friends!
- Approx Rs. 650 per month for receiving SMS ads
- Free SMS across India!
If you’re not already signed up on YouMint, I would encourage you to do so right now –> Signup for YouMint.
I’m not too sure if the site is open to people outside India currently.
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