Thursday, April 23, 2009

100 Portable Apps for your USB Stick (for Mac and Win)

Free Portable Apps This stuff can be installed on any portable drive, i.e. USB thumbdrive, PDA or an iPod. You can use them at work, school, or any other place where you can plugin your device. Check them out, you can either scroll-down for relevant category, i.e office software, email tools, messengers, games, etc. or get a ‘all-in-one’ package (all essential tools) . While there are more apps for windows users, I tried to include a mac version for each essential tool. All free. Enjoy

What is a portable program ? : A portable program is a piece of software that you can carry around with you on a portable device and use on any other computer. It can be your email program, your browser, system recovery tools or even an operating system. The coolest part about it, is that all of your data and settings are always stored on a thumbdrive so when you unplug the device, none of your personal data is left behind.

  1. Portable Office Software
  2. Portable Email/Calendar/ToDo Programs
  3. Portable Text and Voice Messengers
  4. Portable Media Tools (Audio / Video)
  5. Portable Graphics Viewers and Image Editors
  6. Portable Browsers and Web Tools (FTP, Feedreaders, Torrent clients…)
  7. Portable Security Software
  8. Portable Games
  9. Other Portable Utilities
  10. Portable Developer Tools (Techies Only)
  11. All-In-One Packages
  12. Portable Operating Systems (’HowTo’ Articles)
  13. USB ThumDrive Tips

Portable Office Software

  • Abiword [Win (6.3 mb) / Mac (9.5 mb)] - word processor (compatible with Microsoft word)
  • OpenOffice [Win (65 mb) / Mac (127 mb)] - free alternative to Microsoft Office (fully compatible with Microsoft Office docs)
  • PDF Viewers: Sumatra [Win (1.1 mb) ], Foxit PDF Reader [Win, (1.8 mb) ]
  • Notepad ++ - feature-rich Notepad replacement.

Portable Email/Calendar/ToDo Programs

Portable Text and Voice Messengers

  • All-in-One (Yahoo, MSN, ICQ, etc.): Gaim [Win, 6.9 mb], Miranda IM [Win, 1.2 mb], Adium [Mac, 15.5mb], Trillian [Win]
  • iChat [Mac] - requires locally installed iChat
  • Newspeak [Mac, 1mb] - Newspeak Cocoa IRC client
  • Skype - exlpains how to make skype portable

Portable Media Tools (Audio / Video)

  • Audacity [Win (2.4 mb), Mac (5mb)] - simple audio editor and recorder
  • VLC [Win (9.3 mb), Mac (24 mb)] - powerful media player that plays almost all popular audio and video formats
  • K-Lite Mega Codec Pack with Media Player (resource unaccessible) - another powerful media player for playing all conceivable formats
  • iShout [Mac, 7mb] - record and listen to your favorite internet radios.
  • CocoaJT [Mac, 8.7mb] - stream live TV programs from major broadcast channels.

Portable Graphics Viewers and Image Editors

  • GIMP [Win (8.6 mb), Mac (87.5 mb)] - free alternative to Photoshop
  • IrfanView [Win, 1013kb] - fast graphic viewer with basic image editing features
  • XNView [Win, Mac, Linux] - image viewer and converter (supports more then 400 image formats)
  • Inkscape [Mac, 24.6mb] - scalable vector graphics editor

Portable Browsers and Internet Tools (FTP, Feedreaders, Torrent Clients…)

Portable Security Software

  • Antivirus: ClamWin [Win, 5.9mb], Dr.Web CureIt [Win, 5.5 mb]
  • Keepass Password [Win, 1mb] - securely store and manage your passwords
  • Omziff [Win, 0.5mb] - lets you encrypt/decrypt a file, using secure encryption algorithms. Also includes a password generator, file shredder, file splitter and some more tools.
  • LockNote [Win] - simple text file that lets you store sensitive info with 256bit password encryption.
  • RoboFor2Go [Win] - secure password manager and form filler
  • Smart Sniff [Win, 57kb] - lets you inspect network traffic that passes via your network adapter.

Portable Games

Other Portable Utilities

  • 7Zip [Win, 1.1 mb] - file archiver and compressor, supports 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, RAR and more
  • Registry Tweaker [Win, 1.52mb] - registry tweaking tool
  • Restoration [Win, 229kb] - handy program for recovering deleted (or formatted) files
  • YamiPod [Win] - powerful iPod manager (copy mp3/AAC files to and from your iPod, import/export playlists, search for songs, remove duplicates,..). More iPod tools
  • Drive Manager [Win, 1191 kb] - quick summary for each local and removable drive.
  • PStart - lets you organize and create menu-like list for quicker access to your portable programs.
  • SyncPAppX - script that syncs preferences between portable and local applications.
  • RQ Money - handy utlity to manage your credits and debts
  • SIW - a system analysis tool that tells you almost everything you need to know about a computer, i.e. hardware, configuration settings, etc.
  • WinAudit - one more analysis tool
  • Convert [Win, 155 kb] - fast metric unit conversion tool (distance, temperature, volume, time, speed, mass…)
  • UK Calender [Win, 321kb] - straightforward calendar with ToDo and reminders
  • CPU-Z [Win] - provides detailed info about your processor and other components
  • Country Codes [Win, 1358 kb] - a small database of country codes and additional information for all countries.
  • TreePad Lite [Win, 866kb] - personal database program, lets you store all your notes, emails, bookmarks, etc. into one well-structured file
  • StartupList [Win, 158 kb] - displays all items that are in any way related to your computer startup and are executed without any user interactions
  • eTextReader [Win, 279kb] - read plain text files provided by Project Gutenberg in a book-like manner.
  • Index Your Files [Win, 640kb] - provides an easy way to create index databases (of specified folders and drives) for quick file/term search
  • RockXP [win, 768kb] - handy utility for retrieving Win XP’s product key
  • WhoisThisDomain [Win, 42kb] - view owner and registration info for any domain name
  • Converter - portable unit convertsion utility

Portable Developer Tools (Techies Only)

  • Nvu [Win (7.3 mb), Mac (12 mb)] - easy-to-use webpage editor. Simpler alternative to Dreamweaver and Microsft Frontpage
  • Server2Go - apache webserver (no configurations needed)
  • InstantRails[Win, 60mb] - contains Ruby, Rails, Apache, and MySQL, all preconfigured and ready to run.
  • Putty [Win, 0.9 mb] - lightweight telnet and SSH client
  • Follow-Me IP - displays your external IP address
  • XAMPP [Win, 25/17 mb] - integrated server package of Apache, mySQL, PHP and Perl. Just Unzip and Run
  • HTTP File Server [Win] - simple and easy-to-use file server for personal file sharing.
  • CurrPorts [Win, 46kb]- lets you view a list of ports that are currently in use, along with applications that use them
  • FTP Servers: Quick’n Easy FTP Server [Win, 355kb], PureFTPdManager [Mac, 10.9mb]

All-In-One Packages

  • PortableApps Suite [Win, 89.5mb] - includes 7 programs for essential needs (office, email, IM client, etc.) + cool Startup manager and backup utility
  • FSuite [Mac, 668.3mb] - over 30 useful tools in one file (Office, Graphic, Audio, Video, Internet, Developer Tools and Games)

Portable Operating Systems (’HowTo’ Articles)

USB ThumDrive Tips

That’s mainly it… In case you’re looking for something that wasn’t mentioned above, there are a couple of resources you may want to check out. These are Portablefreeware.com and Tinyapps.org

10 YouTube URL Tricks You Should Know About

youtube url tricks Youtube - You know that site with videos and all. Yeah! It turns out that its quite popular and you happen to visit and use it quite often. Instead of just searching and playing here are some top Youtube URL tricks that you should know about:

1. View high quality videos

Youtube gives you the option to switch to high quality videos for some of the videos, however you can check if a video is available in high quality format by appending ‘&fmt=18′(stereo, 480 x 270 resolution) or ‘&fmt=22′(stereo, 1280 x 720 resolution) for even higher quality.

2. Embed Higher Quality Videos

While the above trick works for playback, if however you want to embed hig quality videos you need to append “&ap=%2526fmt%3D18″ and “&ap=%2526fmt%3D22″ to the embed url.

3. Cut the chase and link to the interesting part

Linking to a video where the real action starts at 3 minutes 22 seconds, wondered if you could make it start at 03:22? You are in luck. All you have to do is add #t=03m22s (#t=XXmYYs for XX mins and YY seconds) to the end of the URL.

4. Hide the search box

youtube url start time

The search box appears when you hover over an embedded video. To hide the search box add ‘&showsearch=0′ to the embed url.

5. Embed only a part of Video

youtube url to mp3

Just append ‘&start=30′ to skip first 30s of the video. In general you can modify the value after start= to the number of seconds you want to skip the video for.

6. Autoplay an embedded video

Normally when you embed a Youtube video and load the page, the player is loaded and it sits there waiting for you to hit the play button. You can make the video play automatically by adding ‘&autoplay=1′ to the url part of the embed code.

7. Loop an embedded video

Append ‘&loop=1′ to make the video start again without user intervention after it reaches the end.

8. Disable Related Videos

youtube url downloader

Publishing your content in the form of Youtube video? Don’t want people to see other people’s content that may be related but may as well be in competition to you? Just add ‘&rel=0′ to the end of the url part of the embed code and you just turned off the related video suggestions!

9. Bypass Youtube Regional Filtering

Some videos are only available in certain parts of the world. Your IP Address is used to determine your location and then allow or deny access to the video. Change the url from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= to http://www.youtube.com/v/

10. Download Video

Although not inherently a youtube trick but useful all the same for downloading videos. Just change youtube to kickyoutube in the url of the video and it will take you to kickyoutube.com with all the options for downloading the video you were watching.

Do you know of some similar Youtube URL tricks and hacks? Fire them in comments

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

The Only Twitter Applications List You'll Ever Need

What are Twitter Applications?

Welcome to Twitterapps! - I have 275 Twitter applications at the moment

Twitter applications can be called by different names. They are sometimes called as "twitter tools", "twitter add-ons" and the likes. But whatever the name they are called, they are simply websites which have built-in scripts that complement Twitter.

Here is a simple collection of all the Twitter applications I have encountered on the internet. Contribute more applications to keep the list growing.



Get to know Twitter


Twitter is a status-updating or microblogging social networking website. It is a breakthrough in social networking because it takes communication into another level. Before, a person can only update his status (eg. what he's doing, where he is) at a certain time. But with Twitter and it's mobile integration, he can update his status almost all throughout the day and get in touch with people that matters to him the most.

But the functions of Twitter do not stop there. It is now used by various fields. Business, for example, has used Twitter to get in touch with customers on a personal level. It is also a nice place to meet people from different parts of the world that shares the same interests. Furthermore, its possibilities to promote new technology, news and products can't be denied.

Join Twitter and use these Twitter applications to spice up your tweets!

Visit me on Twitter

Twitter have been used by companies, bloggers and agencies to promote their brand. Promote your own brand today.


Find Tweeters like You

Directories and User Search Tools

Twits like Me
Find out people like you
Twellow
A Twitter directory sorted by occupation
Just Tweet It
A twitter directory sorted by interest
Twubble
This tool will automatically find people who are compatible with your interests. However, if you follow too many people, then Twubble may recommend some people that you already follow
Twittie Me
Search for similar users and advertise your twitter page
Twitdir
Search for words in usernames, locations or descriptions

Find out what is the latest trends on Twitter

Sites that tell the latest stories and trends on Twitter

Twitter Search (Summize previously)
Search for the latest trends on Twitter
Twitscoop
A search tool that tracks trends as well as certain events.
Flaptor Search
A search tool that can be installed on your browser.
Tweet Scan
Search keywords on Twitter
Twitterment
Search Twitter users and topics
Twitbuzz
Find out the latest links and conversations on Twitter
Tweetmeme
find out the latest Stories on Twitter
Twistori
Find out what twitter loves, hates, believes, etc.
Twitturly
Find out the most talked about stories on Twitter
Twitterverse
Find out what Twitter is doing
GoodBadMe
Keep track of the good and bad on the twitterverse
Favotter
Find out the most favored (saved to favorites) tweets
Twitstat
real time twitter analytics

Track Twitter Users

Find out who the top Twitter users are

Twitterholic
Find out who the top twitter users are
Toptweet
Find out the top twitter users on one place.
Twitrank
a list of the top 150 Twitterers

Track certain keywords on Twitter

See keyword behavior on Twitter with these sites

Tweet Beep
Find out who is talking about you or your website through certain keywords
Site volume
Enter five keywords and see their activity on Twitter
Tweet Volume
A more personalize version of Site Volume
Monitter
Monitor Twitter conversations on three keywords. Good for catching the latest news
Hashtags
Track a certain keyword on Twitter
Twemes
See twitter memes or tags for Twitter
Tweetchannel
Find out what people are talking about through certain keywords called channels.
Twitter Meter
Find the trends of certain keywords
Flaptor Trends
Compare the trends of three keywords on Twitter
Twitter Spectrum
Find out the dominant keywords via a tagcloud generated.
Serendipitwiterrous
Search for tweets of a certain person using certain keywords
Twittertroll
real-time Twitter search engine

Twitter Links

Work with lnks on Twitter

Twitter Buzz
See the most popular links on Twitter
Link Bunch
Share more than one link on Twitter
Tweetwire
Sorts out links posted on Twitter into news format
Twitterlinkr
Find out the latest links posted on Twitter
Twitturls
Find out the latest URLs posted on Twitter
Twitter Split
Change the way you post links by adding your domain on the beginning of the link

Track Tweets Across the Globe

What do you get when you mix maps with Twitter?

Twittearth
Watch as people from different parts of the world tweet.
Twitter Vision
Watch Twitter in real time and see the location of Twitter users
My Tweet Map
A high tech map that tracks the location of a person
GeoTwitterous
Track a person across the map
Twitter Map
Same with GeoTwitterous
Twitter Local
Find out Tweets about a certain locale
TwitSpy
Another way where you can track the location of tweets
Geo Twitter
Another twitter location tracking site
Mibazaar
Shows current posts as they are posted on maps
Twitter Atlas
Find the conversations at certain locations
Twitter Faces
Map + Faces

Enhance your Tweeting

Some tools to add elements to your tweeting

Twitter Keys
Brighten your tweets with little pictures
Twi8r
Translate shorthand text to English and the other way around for easy tweeting
Phweet
Phone + Tweet, talk to your twitter friends through this online phone

Create Reviews via Twitter

Who thought 140 character won't make reviews?

Micro Reviews
Post reviews on Twitter
Notches
Submit reviews. A partner of Microreview
Louder Tweets
Have your reviews of certain products posted

Tweet Reading Tools

change how you read tweets

Twitter Digest
Read tweets digest-style
Tweet2tweet
Read the conversations between two people on twitter.
Twalala
Choose the tweets you wants to read. Mute people or mute topics that you don't want to read

All About Followers and Following

Track your followers as well as your own following behavior

Tweet Wheel
Find out which of your friends know each other
Twitter Karma
Find out who is following and unfollowing you. Have a mass follow and unfollow tool.
Twitter Snooze
If you have noisy twitter friends, you can snooze them for a certain time so you won't receive their tweets.
My Tweeple
Evaluate your followers through the number of dings (recommendations) they have from other Twitter users
Less Friends
Find out who unfollowed you using this tool
Qwitter
Receive the names of the people who unfollowed you via email.
Does Follow
Tells you if a certain follower is following a person or not
Twitterless
Receive a direct message when someone unfollows you
Twitter100
Find out the latest 100 posts of your followers
Twitterator
Follow a list of people all at once
Twitter Who
Invite lots of people in one go
Twitterlex
See your last 30 tweets along with your friends. Use on Mac.
What's Up?
Find out what people are up to

Use Twitter on Your Site or Blog

Tools that can integrate Twitter to your site or blog

Add Tweets
Make Twitter Update Widgets for site or blog using javascript
Twitterfeed
Post your blog to Twitter through your RSS feed
Feed Tweeter
integrate Twitter with Plurk, your blog and delicious
Twitter Counter
Display your follower count on your site or blog.
Twit This
Add this option so people can easily tweet information from your site or blog
Twitter Tools
A wordpress plugin that lets you integrate Twitter with your blog. You can send your updates to your blog as well as create tweets directly from your blog
Twitter for Wordpress
displays latest tweets on your blog
Loudtwitter
Ships your tweets to your blog
Twitter Sharts
'Shart' your twitter status anywhere within your wordpress blog posts or pages
Twitt Twoo
plugin that will allow you to update your Twitter status right from your blog's sidebar.
Twitter Updater
automatically sends a Twitter status update to your Twitter account when you create, publish, or edit your WordPress post
Twitter Wordpress Sidebar Widget
a wordpress widget where you can send your tweets to your blog
WordTwit
a plugin that utilizes the Twitter API to automatically push a post to your Twitter account when it is first published.
Comment Twitter SMS Notification
plug in to be notified by SMS when a user post a new comment on your blog.
Stammy's RSS To Twitter
Not too many people have access to a Ruby-enabled server so the author decided to make a simple PHP script to get the job done.
PingTwitter
automatically update your Twitter Account when you publish a new blog post

Update Twitter with other Social Networking Sites

Post to different social networking sites at once

Ping.fm
Update twitter along with other sites like Multiply, Pownce, Plurk, tumblr and others.
Hello.txt
Same as ping.fm but with added services
Moodblast
A client which you can download. It does pretty much the same as ping.fm

Twitter and your Favorite Websites

Integrate Twitter with other websites

Twibler
Update Twitter with your current ebay listings
Twizon
Twitter meets Amazon
iTwitter
iGoogle gadget that have ping.fm, twitter videos, twitter news, twitter tips, twitter tools and more.
Be Twittered
iGoogle app that automatically updates every 3 minutes
Twitter Facebook App
Integrate Twitter with Facebook
Friendfeed Twitter client
Update Twitter through Friendfeed
Twitku
Twitter + Jaiku
Buy Later
Receive tweets when an item comes back in stock at Amazon
Twitter Yedda
integrate Twitter with your Yedda account
Twitget
gadget for Windows Live. Displays your tweets
Twitter Planet
Windows Live gadget that features the public timeline on the planet earth
Twitt
Import links on your tweets to delicious
Twitter Viddler
Integrate Twitter with your Viddler account
Drupal on Twitter
This module provides twitter notification for new posts. Each user can use their own twitter account to post updates too, as well as have a custom format string.
Googlereader Twitter Script
Add a Twitter button to your Google Reader
Twitter King Widget
Widget for Netvibes
Your Minis
Twitter widget for yourminis website

Twitter for Groups

Effective when you want to only talk to a particular group

Group Tweet
Tweet with only a particular group of people
Live Twitting
Host Conferences or conduct interviews on twitter and record it in an organized fashion
Crowd Status
Find out the status of a certain group of people on Twitter
Twitter Groups
Tag your followers into different groups

Twitter as an organizer

Remind yourself of certain activities you have to do

Timer
Set an alarm for things you have to do
Retweet Me
A reminder tool that sends a DM on your scheduled activities.
Remember the Milk
Manage tasks on Twitter as well as set notifications for yourself
Twittercal
Integrate your Google Calendar with Twitter
My Chores
Track your chores
Planypus
Make plans and export them to Twitter
Server Mojo
Monitor your server with Twitter

Schedule your Tweets

Auto-tools to schedule tweets. Use wisely. Do not use for spam

Tweet Later
Schedule tweets, auto-follow and auto-welcome people
Twittertise
Schedule your tweets. Very useful when you are advertising.
Tweet Ahead
Schedule your tweets on Mac
Twit Response
Imagine Twitter + Autoresponder. Send tweets automatically.

Find answers to your questions

Think Yahoo Answers meet Twitter

Lazy Tweet
Find answers to your questions by posting "@lazyweb" or "@lazytweet"
Toanswer
Easily get answers to your questions by posting "@toask" and "@toanswer [question ID]"
At Answer Me
Another question tool
Twitter Answers
Another question site with a nice layout so you can easily get answers to your questions.

Polls on Twitter

Very useful for research

Straw Poll
Create and answer polls on Twitter
Twitter Polldaddy
Create a poll on polldaddy and tweet it
Poll Tweets
Participate in the latest Twitter poll
Twittpoll
Join some twitter polls and receive the results in 24 hours

Track Yourself Through Twitter Statistics

Check out your status on Twitter

Tweet Burner
Track the links that you post on Twitter
Twitter Grader
find out your twitter grade. Computed based on how complete your profile is as well as the number and influence of your followers.
Tweet Stats
Graph your tweet activity
Twinfluence
Measure your Twitter influence through tweets, reach of followers as well as second-order followers
Tweeple Twak
Track your friend gains and declines
Twit Graph
Graph your tweeting activity
Tweet 140
Track your direct message and tweet frequency
Twitter Ratio
Find out your friend to follower ratio.

Make Money with Twitter

Ways you can use your twitter account to earn money

Twittad
Place advertisements on your profile
Magpie
Advertise with 5 tweets and get paid

Handle Multiple Twitter Accounts

These tools will help you handle those accounts at a certain time. Useful when you have a company twitter profile.

Easy Tweets
Multiple account handling, scheduled tweets, overcoming errors, shorten URLs, add RSS
The Mattinator
Multiple accounts on Twitter

Graphic Twitter Resources

Resources where you can get backgrounds for your profile as well as icons to put in your blog

Twitter Backs
Free Twitter Backgrounds. Includes @problogger's background.
Twitter Patterns
50 design patterns you can easily use for your twitter background
Tweet Backs
Some twitter backgrounds you could use
Siah Design
free Twitter buttons you could use as well as animated ones.
Buttons
Follow me on twitter buttons
Twignature
Create your own twitter

Integrate Twitter with Files, Images and Videos

Upload anything to Twitter

Twitpic
Let you share photos on Twitter
Autopostr
Update your Twitter when you post a Flickr picture
Snaptweet
Share your Flickr photos on Twitter
Twixr
Allows you to share pictures on Twitter via your mobile phone
Visual Twitter
Answers "what are you doing?" with pictures.
Twitter Poster
A huge conglomeration of Twitter user images.
Twiddeo
Think Twitter updates + video
Twitplus
Make tweets with pictures, videos and files
Twittershare
Share pictures, music, video and other files on Twitter.
Twixxer
Share photos and videos on Twitter
Tweet Cube
Upload files to Twitter
Pikter
Post pictures on Twitter

Twitter and Email

Receive and send tweets via email

Twittermail
Update twitter via email
Twitter Reply
Receive your replies on your email
OuTwit
Update Twitter with your Microsoft Outlook
Vtwitter
Vtwitter allows Zimbra users to send messages (or sometimes called tweets) to their Twitter account directly from their Zimbra email.
mail2twitter
mail2twitter is a free service that allows you to post tweets through e-mail

Twitter and Music

Integrate twitter with your love for music

Twittytunes
Tweet what you're listening, watching or reading regardless what player you are using.
Blip.fm
Listen to music and tweet it to Twitter
Wiiizzz
Lists the audio tracks on Twitter

Twitter Downtime Saviors

Tools that will save you when Twitter has its downtimes

Twit a Bit
The place to be when Twitter is down. Anyone can continue tweeting in this site.
Tweetake
Backup your twitter account
Twitter Safe
Another place where you can backup your account.
Hahlo
Another website where you can tweet

Twitter Spam Watchers

Fight twitter spam with these tools

Twitter Blacklist
Find out who's blacklisted on Twitter
Twerp Scan
Find out who's following too many people at a small span of time.
Twitspam
Report those spammers here

Twitter Messenger Applications

Integrate Twitter with your Messenger

TwitterIM
Integrate twitter with your MSN or ICQ Messenger
Yahoo Messenger Twitter Sync Plugin
Integrate twitter with your Yahoo Messenger
TwitterYM
Update your Twitter on Yahoo Messenger
Twessenger
Twitter tool for Windows Live Messenger
Twit4live
Update twitter via messenger as well as advertise the tweets of your friends.
TikiTwit
Integrate Twitter with iChat

Twitter Softwares and Widgets

Clients you can download to your desktop

Twitterific
A downloadable application which have multiple account support, auto refreshing mechanism, audio notification of new tweets and integration with AppleScript. Compatible with Mac OS X 10.4 or later
Mad Twitter
Twitterific for Windows
Tweet-r
An Air Application that differentiates itself from other downloadable twitter applications through its flawless drag-and-drop file uploading system.
Twidget
a downloadable application with all the features of twitter except that it auto refreshes.
Twhirl
popular software that can handle multiple accounts, URL shortening, crossposting to Pownce and Jaiku, Post images on Twitpic, and search tweets using twitter search and tweetscan.
Tweetdeck
Adobe AIR application that lets you view your replies and public tweets as well as group tweets at the same time
Twinja
another twitter client built on AIR
Snitter
another twitter client built on AIR
Pwytter
A standalone Twitter client
Teletwitter
Twitter client for Windows
Twitterlicious
Twitter for Windows that supports proxies, have a read-unread system and auto-refresh mechanism.
Twitter CLI
Tweet via a command line
BLT
Another tool to update Twitter on a command line
Twitteroo
Let you send tweets on your PC with URL shortening and sound notifications for tweets
Chirrup
A Japanese software which showcases your followers and accounts in other social networks
Twadget
Twitter tool for Windows Vista
Twitgit
Twitter widget for Mac users
Vim Twitter Client
A simple client by Vim
ZenTwitter
Update Twitter without opening a window
Twitux
Another simple Twitter client
Deskbar Twitter
Update Twitter on Ubuntu
Gtwitter
Update Twitter on Linux
Twit.el
update Twitter on Emacs
Spaz
open source desktop client for Mac, Windows and Linux
Tweeter
client that is Java-based and supports proxies. Inspired by Twitteroo
GTwitter
GTwitter is a Linux client for reading and posting to twitter.com web service.
Natsulion
Simple Twitter client for Mac
Twitterpod
TwitterPod can store logs to database and search Twitter logs quickly like Mail.app
Twitterpost
TwitterPost allows you to easily post to and read from your Twitter feed - plus a whole lot more
Twittereeze
SIMBL extension to add functionality to Twitterrific

Twitter with your Browser

And save yourself some energy

Twit Kit
Integrate Twitter with your Firefox browser. This plugin can work on Windows, Mac and Linux. You can also customize the look to fit your tastes.
Twitterfox
Find out the statuses of your friends on Twitter right on your Firefox browser
Shareaholic
Share webpages with your friends on Twitter. Can be integrated with your Firefox Browser
Twitbin
Receive and send tweets at the side of your Firefox browser
Firefox Search Plugin
Find out how you can post to Twitter right from your Firefox search bar
Twitterbar
Post to Twitter via the address bar
Tweetbar
A twitter sidebar for Firefox and Flock
Twippera
Twitter widget for Opera
Power Twitter
Twitter plugin for Firefox that have photo and video sharing capabilities.
Yoono
Firefox add-on that add different social networks to your browser
Twitzer
Firefox plugin that let you post more than 140 characters.
Twitterlights
Firefox addon that lets you Tweet any page you see.
Twitterbook
Post to twitter like Bookmarking
Twitterline
Displays your friend's public timeline on your toolbar
Maxthon
This is a toolbar you can download so you can tweet via your browser

Twitter on your Mobile Phone

Twitter anywhere you like

Twitterfone
Update Twitter using Voice
Twitsay
Record Voice Messages on Twitter
Twitter for iphone
Self explanatory
Itwtr
Another Twitter client for iphones
Pocket Tweets
another twitter client for your iphone
Twittai
mobile phone software with retweeting capabilities
CCtwit
windows mobile twitter client written in c# leveraging the .net compact framework.
Twapper
send updates from your 30boxes calendar to your phone via Twitter.
Twittelator
Integrate your iphone with Twitter
Twitterberry
Integrate Twitter with your blackberry
Vlingo
Another tool to integrate your blackberry with Twitter
Email Twitter
Get your Tweets on any email-enabled mobile phone
iTweet
Twitter Site for your iphone
Qik
A tool that let you share videos via your phone.
Jargong
Twitter client for your phone that has Flickr and other social network integration
MoTwit
Application for Palm OS
Widsets
Get content without sending SMS
Moby Picture
Post to your blog or sites like Twitter on your mobile phone
Twixr
allows you to share pictures on Twitter via your mobile phone
Locify
Send twitter updates on your mobile phone along with GPS location
Fring
Post to Twitter + other sites using your mobile phone
Abiro Jitter
Abiro Jitter (Java Twitter) is an easy-to-use and fully-featured Twitter client for mobile phones
Jtwitter
Java application which you can install on your phone
Twidroid
twitter client for android mobile phones
Twitteresce
Twitteresce allows you to access your twitter feed using your mobile phone.
Twobile
Twitter client for users of Windows Mobile Pocket PCs
Tiny Twitter
Client for any Java enabled device (that's a bunch & includes the CrackBerry) and any Windows Mobile Pocket PC or Smartphone
Twitter SpellCheck
Check your spelling while twittering on your mobile phone

Specialized Twitter Sites

From funny, useless to weird Twitter sites

Secret Tweet
Imagine PostSecret + Twitter. Tweet those secrets
Curse Bird
Find out who's swearing on Twitter
Tweet What You Eat
Tweet what you're eating at the moment
Foodfeed
same with "Tweet what you eat"
Xbox 360 Gamer Tag
Automatically update twitter with what you are playing at a certain moment
Twee60
Another site where you can update Xbox live activities on Twitter
@Trackthis
Track your packages via Twitter with this tool
Bkkeeper
share what you're reading on Twitter
Commuter Feed
Share tweets on traffic and transit delays
Foamee
Tracks who you owe coffee or beer to
InnerTwitter
signals you through chimes where you have to let go of your thoughts.
Qwitter Tobacco
A twitter tool that helps you stop smoking
Post like a Pirate
Talk like a pirate on twitter
Roll the dice
Give you the power to roll a dice on twitter. Useful when you're betting or playing games with your friends.
Twitter Me This
A contest where you can win $5 if you answer their question
Tweet gift
Send gifts to your friends.
Twaction
turns your tweets into actions
Xpenser
Track your expenses with twitter
Twithire
The place where you can tweet job postings
GasCalc
Tracks your gas usage on Twitter
Moonrise
Tell twitter how you feel
Deal Tagger
Shop and tell your Twitter friends
LOL feeds
Have your tweets on lolcat images
Textgasm
Tweet your secrets
Sad Statements
Twitter + Flickr with an emotional twist. Post those sad statements here
Twitter Nonsense
Daily Twitter Comic Strip
Xbox to Twitter app
only updating when the title being played changes, not showing popups and even a preview of what your twitter updates will look like once they are combined with your template.
Twitterbox
a Twitter Client for Second Life
Swotter
Reads books to Twitter
Twitterlit
Twitters the first line of books

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7 things you should know about... Twitter

1) What is it?
Twitter is an online application that is part blog, part social networking site, part cell phone/IM tool, designed to let users answer the question “What are you doing?” Users have 140 characters for each posting or “tweet” to say whatever they care to say. Many tweets do answer the question of what the user is doing, but plenty of others are responses to other tweets, pointers to online resources that the user found interesting, musings, or questions. Similar to social networking sites like Facebook — which has itself evolved to include mini-updates — Twitter lets users create formal friendships, which collectively establish numerous and interconnected networks of users. In addition, Twitter works with cell phones and other SMS clients, making it an easy way for mobile users to stay in touch virtually anywhere.

2) Who’s doing it?
Although Twitter launched in March 2006, the number of Twitterers and the amount of attention the site has received grew considerably in the first half of 2007. A lot of people are talking about it, and plenty are using it, including some presidential candidates, well-known high-tech gurus, and celebrities. Although it’s unclear whether college students are using Twitter in large numbers, many IT professionals in higher education have become active users, as have a number of faculty.

In many cases, a Twitterer is not an individual but a group of people, an organization (or part of it), or an event. Live Earth 2007, for example, a global concert to increase awareness of climate change, has a Twitter profile that featured updates leading up to the event. Dell maintains a Twitter profile that advertises short-term (a number of hours or days) promotional specials on computers and other hardware. Opinion Journal, an offshoot of the Wall Street Journal, has a Twitter profile, as does Reuters, which posts new headlines with links to the full stories.

3) How does it work?
After creating an account, you can personalize your profile page and enter tweets into a text field. Unless your tweets are protected, they appear on a “public timeline” page, which displays all public tweets in reverse chronological order, like a series of “micro-blogs.” Each tweet identifies the Twitterer, whose screen name links to that person’s profile page, showing all of her previous tweets and her friends’ tweets. If you are registered, you can add her as a friend, see a list of her friends, and add any of those people as your friends. Once you have established at least one friend relationship, your Twitter home page shows the tweets posted by you and your friends, though you can still access the public timeline separately. You can also send private messages to friends or post a direct reply to another tweet.

All of the Twitter functions are available through SMS. If you provide Twitter with a cell phone number or IM contact information, you can “follow” individual users, even if you are not friends with them. By choosing to follow a user, you will be notified by phone, IM, or both any time that person posts a new tweet. Twitter integrates with blogs and other Web pages, providing Flash and JavaScript code options that allow Web pages to access Twitter updates. Twitter also provides RSS, which allows news aggregators to subscribe to individual feeds, which can be one Twitterer’s posts, your friends’ tweets, or the public timeline.


4) Why is it significant?
The experience of using Twitter has been described as walking into a room of conversations and looking for a “hook” to decide if and when to jump in. While some people find the public timeline interesting and collect hundreds — if not thousands — of friends and followers, many see the value of Twitter in keeping connected with a select group of colleagues and acquaintances through a shared space. Tweets offer information about a person—likes, dislikes, frustrations—that might never make it into a professional conversation. Some of the information is trivial, some boring, and some perhaps better kept private, but the sum of all this information can be getting to know someone quite well, warts and all.

For colleagues who don’t live in the same town, Twitter can serve as a “virtual water cooler” where people talk about work, the weather, sports, or anything else that comes up. Twitter’s networking component lets you make connections with your friends’ friends, and this dynamic can lead to serendipitous professional or personal relationships with other Twitterers. Twitter creates a new channel of communication, but it also facilitates a new way of seeing and understanding people: although most individual tweets say very little, ardent Twitterers say that the magic comes from following people over time, developing a sense of who they really are and knowing — at nearly any moment — what they are doing and how they feel about it.

5) What are the downsides?
The most common criticism of Twitter is that it enables inane interaction. Tweets that say nothing more than “I’m eating pickles” or “Really tired today” are not uncommon, and, indeed, the value of such postings to the casual user is minimal. Moreover, as an asynchronous broadcast service, there is no guarantee that any individual tweet will be read, let alone responded to. Twitter can also be a distraction for frequent and committed users. If you follow Twitterers on your phone or by IM, or if you find yourself constantly checking the Web site for updates, Twitter can be a time eater. If you interact with the site through a cell phone, the SMS charges can accumulate rapidly, and the sheer number of updates — particularly if you have a large number of friends or friends who are active users—can be unwieldy.

6) Where is it going?
Twitter publishes an API, and applications are regularly being developed that build on that platform. Early tools let users add Twitter functionality to their desktops. Some newer applications add location information to Twitter data, letting users not only read what people are doing but see where they are. An application called TwitterCamp lets users display tweets in large-format displays, such as projectors. Other applications let users post short audio tweets — an idea that seems to introduce the notion of “micro-podcasts.” These and other applications built on Twitter will come and go, with the community of users determining which ones last and which ones don’t. Facebook has become a place where users share considerable amounts of information, and the site offers a wide range of options for restricting how much and what kinds of information you see. Likewise, as Twitter grows, it will likely add more (and more detailed) filters to balance the amount of available content.

7) What are the implications for teaching and learning?
Much has been written about the benefits of active learning strategies — using tools and techniques that engage students in ways other than simply listening to an instructor and taking notes. In the same way that clickers facilitate active learning, Twitter, too, could be used in an academic setting to foster interaction about a given topic. Metacognition — the practice of thinking about and reflecting on your learning — has been shown to benefit comprehension and retention. As a tool for students or professional colleagues to compare thoughts about a topic, Twitter can be a viable platform for metacognition, forcing users to be brief and to the point — an important skill in thinking clearly and communicating effectively. In addition, Twitter can provide a simple way for attendees at a conference to share thoughts about particular sessions and activities with others at the event and those unable to attend.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

175 Strategies and Places for Link Building

175 Link Building Strategies and Places

Following are the places to successfully promote your web site or blog and get it on the top pages of Google, Yahoo and Live. All top search engine optimizers use these strategies. But, the only problem is that the list is too long to be done properly and the work is very boring too.

But if you want your web site or blog to start earning tens of thousands of dollars for you then follow the following. Trust me, they do work. They are proving fruitful to me (I have not made all the websites clickable because I don't want this post to look like a link farm to search engines) :-

Remember: Patience is the key to success.

Link Building Strategies

175 Link Building Strategies and Places

Submit (links/pages/content) to Dofollow Social Media Web sites - Link Building Strategies

  1. Furl.net
  2. Spurl.net
  3. Blinklist.com
  4. Mister-wong.com
  5. Diigo.com
  6. Backflip.com
  7. Bibsonomy.org
  8. Myjeeves.ask.com
  9. Buddy Marks
  10. Linkagogo.com
  11. Connectedy
  12. MyLinkVault
  13. Jumptags.com
  14. OYAX
  15. A1 Webmarks
  16. Bookmark Tracker
  17. myVmarks
  18. Dizzed Submit to Social Media Web sites (News). Many people will link to you if they like your content. Many will re-post your content with links to your site - Link Building Strategies
  19. Propeller.com
  20. Slashdot.org
  21. Digg.com
  22. Del.icio.us
  23. Reddit.com
  24. Tagza.com
  25. Fark.com
  26. Newsvine.com
  27. swik.net
  28. Links Marker
  29. Sphinn.com
  30. Indianpad.com
  31. Plugim.com
  32. Fetch
  33. Mixx.com
  34. Ximmy
  35. Erollover
  36. YuppMarks
  37. Ka-BoomIt.com Submit RSS feeds to RSS directories - Link Building Strategies
  38. RSSMountain.com
  39. Feedest.com
  40. Blogoculars.com
  41. 2RSS.com
  42. FeedsFarm.com
  43. RssFeeds.com
  44. RSSaround.com
  45. Feedbees.com
  46. FeedsHoster.com
  47. Plazoo.com
  48. Page2go2.com
  49. Feedooyoo.com
  50. RSSmicro.com
  51. FeedFury.com
  52. Octora.com
  53. FindRSS.net
  54. FeedBase.net
  55. RSSmotron.com
  56. MoreNews.be
  57. DayTimeNews.com
  58. Rss-Feeds-Submission.com
  59. MillionRSS.com
  60. Yahoo RSS Guide
  61. ReadABlog.com
  62. GoldenFeed.com
  63. BlogDigger.com
  64. RSSFeeds.com
  65. feed24.com
  66. 88tem.com
  67. WeBlogAlot.com
  68. FeedBoy.com
  69. Chordata.info
  70. BlogPulse.com
  71. DayPop.com
  72. IceRocket.com
  73. RSS-Network.com
  74. Jordomedia.com
  75. Feeds2read.net
  76. Feedcycle.com
  77. FeedShark.BrainBliss.com
  78. FeedPlex.com
  79. FeedCat.net
  80. RSSmad.com
  81. Feedage.com
  82. NewsIsFree.com
  83. RSSfeedz.com
  84. Syndic8.com
  85. NewzAlert.com

    Submit to blog directories - Link Building Strategies

  86. http://www.topblogarea.com/
  87. http://www.blogtopsites.com/
  88. http://www.topbloglists.com/
  89. http://www.123khoj.com/top-sites/
  90. http://www.blogrankers.com/
  91. http://www.blogflare.com/
  92. http://www.blogrankings.com/
  93. http://www.bloghub.com/
  94. http://www.blogcatalog.com/
  95. http://www.bloggernity.com/
  96. http://www.bloggernow.com/
  97. http://www.blogarama.com/
  98. http://www.blogexplosion.com/
  99. http://dir.blogflux.com/
  100. http://www.blogstreet.com/
  101. http://outpost-earth.com/
  102. http://blogvillage.gotop100.com/
  103. http://www.photarium.com/
  104. http://www.blogtoplist.com/
  105. http://www.blogtoplist.com/
  106. http://www.getblogs.com/
  107. http://freewebsubmission.com/
  108. http://blogshares.com/
  109. http://indiblog.com/
  110. http://rhyswynne.co.uk/toplist/
  111. http://www.blogmad.net/
  112. http://www.hitagent.com/
  113. http://www.hindiranks.com/
  114. http://www.india-topsites.com/
  115. http://www.misohoni.com/
  116. http://www.getblogs.com/
  117. http://www.worldtopblogs.com/
  118. http://www.link2blogs.com/
  119. http://top.indiasphere.net/
  120. http://geekphilosopher.com/MainPage/blogHome.htm
  121. http://www.globeofblogs.com/
  122. http://www.bloghop.com/
  123. http://www.pegasusdirectory.com/
  124. http://blogsforsmallbusiness.com
  125. http://www.truthlaidbear.com/
  126. http://blog.hotornot.com/
  127. http://topblogs.blogadvance.com/
  128. http://www.topblogging.com/
  129. http://www.mynewblog.com/
  130. http://www.toprankresults.com/blog-submit-list.htm
  131. http://www.masternewmedia.org/rss/top55/ Submit to General directories - Link Building Strategies
  132. http://www.dmoz.org/
  133. http://www.stpt.com/
  134. http://www.lii.org/pub/htdocs/home.htm
  135. http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/
  136. http://www.blogwise.com/
  137. http://www.open-site.org/
  138. http://www.bloggernity.com/
  139. http://www.podcastzoom.com/
  140. http://www.blogrankings.com/
  141. http://www.bloguniverse.com/
  142. http://www.femina.com/
  143. http://www.gogreece.com/
  144. http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/
  145. http://www.polishworld.com/
  146. http://www.nationaldirectory.com/
  147. http://www.sacentral.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm
  148. http://www.worldhot.com/
  149. http://www.123india.com/
  150. http://www.kinderstart.com/
  151. http://www.portal.eatonweb.com/
  152. http://businessweek.directorym.com/
  153. http://www.elib.org/
  154. http://www.ezilon.com/
  155. http://www.yourwebloghere.com/
  156. http://www.epooch.com/
  157. http://www.christiansunite.com/
  158. http://www.toronto1.biz/
  159. http://www.vxbox.com/
  160. http://www.canadianeh.com/
  161. http://www.aardvark.co.za/
  162. http://www.nzs.com/
  163. http://www.aigam.com/
  164. http://linkcentre.com/
  165. http://www.info-listings.com/
  166. http://www.zensearch.com/
  167. http://www.bluedir.com/
  168. http://www.imegamall.com/
  169. http://payvand.com/yp/
  170. http://www.globalgateway.com/

    Other strategies for link building - Link Building Strategies

  171. Participate in forums - Put link to your site/blog in your signature. Almost all forums allow you to put links in your signature. This will not only get you traffic but also help your search engine ranking improve.
  172. Exchange links with others - Don't just ask for an exchange and forget the guy forever. First put a link to his/her blog/site and then inform them about it and ask them politely to link to you. Don't behave as if you are talking to them just for a link.
  173. Comment on Dofollow blogs - Leave genuine comments with link to your site/blog on your niche blogs.
  174. Join groups - Join groups (Yahoo!, Google, MSN etc) and help others. Leave link to your blog/site in your signature.
  175. Post free classified ads on sites like Craigslist, Oodle, Kijiji etc

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