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I have noticed that nowadays people are relying more and more on stats to confirm that the website they own or run is growing in a positive manner. Be it with Google Analytics, Website Outlook or other comparable site’s the information can be misleading and inaccurate.
Tons of people rely on Website Outlook each day to get a status update on what they could possibly get if they decided to sell their domain name or site as a whole. The real question is how accurate are these services? In reality in no shape, size or way are websites similar to websiteoutlook.com any where near accurate. The reason behind this is in the way that Website Outlook and it’s competitors gets their numbers. The entire service is relying on your ad revenue, number of daily site hits and your overall freshness of your site. a.k.a how long it has been since changes have been made to your site. Using this method results can be spastic, one day telling you that your site is worth hundreds of dollars more that what it was worth yesterday or a week ago. Thus making this a very poor way to judge organic and dynamic growth.
A more accurate way in predicting the overall value of your site is calculate how much you make per month in revenue and multiply that by a factor of 10 or higher depending on the overall size of your site. So for example Geekologist for the month of January has made $32.67 in ad-sense revenue so $32.67*10 = $326.70 Using this method is much more accurate in predicting what you might actually be offered if someone contacted you about a possible purchase.
It is a shame that site like Website Outlook provide such terrible insight into the overall value of websites and instill false hope in websites that make no revenue. A website that makes no revenue is worth nothing to someone looking to buy, sponsors or even possible investors. Without any revenue model how can those investor, sponsors or purchasers expect to get any return investment.
If you are truly looking for a scale to judge your website I suggest using Google Analytics or just play it by ear. Regardless of how many site hits you get it is always going to be the overall experience that you give the readers, viewers, or listeners that will keep them coming back.
What do you think about Website Outlook or websites like it? Leave us a comment!
Do you remember back when you were in school (or maybe you still are in school), when you would write notes to your friends? There was always that factor that you may get caught by your teacher, and get the whole note read aloud to the class! And, wouldn’t it just be awful if your secret crush heard that you liked them?
So, what if you could send a secure note? By secure, I mean nobody could read it besides the person that it was intended for. Well, you can! With Whisper Bot, you can send a note to your friend, colleague or co-worker. Not only can you send this note, but you can secure it as well! Whisper Bot allows you to secure your note with a password, that you share with only the person the note is being sent to.
Now you do not have to worry about your e-mail not being encrypted, or those third-party services that are sort of secure. Whisper Bot ensures that it is 100% secure.
What do you think about Whisper Bot? Leave a comment!
BluePhoenix.TV has been around for almost a year now and as the time changes so does the need for more and more professional content. So the BluePhoenix.TV staff is asking you what you would like to see. As BluePhoenix.TV enters the new year the staff and I expect great things. After all this is a community based on a community and right now we need your help. If you would please take some time and leave a comment below on what you would like to see the BluePhoenix.TV streaming network do it would be greatly appreciated. I thank you all for your support and time and I hope to see your ideas.
Thanks,
BluePhoenix.TV Staff
As you might already know intel has released a new chipset to it’s x86-64 family. The i7 is the successor of the core 2 duo and the 5th installment in Intel since the pentium series.
This new line of processors shows great improvement over the core 2 duo architecture. Most notably is the one die memory controller and the QuickPath interface. However make it a note that AMD has been using a similar technology for the past 8 years.
The i7 is defiantly a step in the right direction and seems that Intel does not cease to amaze me in designing new and innovative products. Currently the processor is shipping in three models, but rumors say that we will see a mobile version of the processor by first quarter next year. Keep it up Intel you are kicking AMD’s ass and I am liking every minute of it!
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Our fantastic friend google android is out and so far is not impressing me one bit. Don’t get me wrong the software is great but from my perspective doing research on both the hardware and the network that google choose to release this phone I am really disappointed. The G1 is one of T-Mobiles first 3G phones and the reason behind it is because that T-Mobile has an extremely small 3G data network. (Currently only in 13 Markets and by the end of 2008 only in 27 Markets). To put that into perspective AT&T’s 3G covers 350 US Markets.
You might think what does this mean in terms of the G1 and the services that google is offering. Rumors have it that google and T-Mobile are going to allow you to get googles services without the need for a data plan. If you have looked into what is google is offering this is ALOT I mean ALOT. Google is going to sync everything on the phone over the web. So if you add a contact, start a convo in gTalk, delete or send an email it will all be synced back to your google/gmail account over the air. However my question to google is how long is this going to take on T-Mobile’s EDGE network? With only 27 Markets on their 3G network and the average person not being in those Markets most people are going to suffer with EDGE speeds. So let’s say you have 100MB’s of email 10MB’s of contacts, cal events and tasks, and another 10MB’s of gTalk convos. If you loose your phone and need to replace it it would take around 45 minutes to re-sync all that back to your phone. Needless to say T-Mobile needs to get a faster data network soon or google needs to find a faster carrier.
The issues with this phone don’t end with T-Mobile. HTC is the maker of the G1 and so far I have seems some setbacks for this phone. First and foremost is going to be the 256MB of ROM on the phone. For all you music guru’s out looking for a cheap alternative for the iPhone this is not what you a looking for. 256MB = little to no music. Before you say I am crazy yes the phone does have an optional MicroSD slot that can support up to 8GB’s but who wants to manage where they store their programs and data? I sure don’t and would like to see google take an approach more along the lines of the iPhone with the built in flash memory.
Lastly I would like to let all you know that I am very disappointed in the overall marketing and overall execution of the G1. In my opinion the software has a great potential being an open source platform that many developers are going to jump all over. I currently have no issues with the software and will keep you updated on my progress as I am currently looking into learning more about the SDK and developer tools that google offers. In the end I will keep an eye on the G1 but have no intentions of running out to get one.
I know this is a little off the normal mobile phone theme but I though it would be a good idea to show some of you linux fans how to use a really cool utility that is build into all Ubuntu installs. The program is callled apt-get or also known as aptitude. It is a package management system that allows you to install and remove programs from the aptitude database with ease.
Some of the more common commands for apt-get are as follows
apt-get install “program name here”
apt-get remove “program name here”
apt-get update (this basically updates the program library on your linux box)
If you have anymore questions you can email me at Support@bluephoenix.tv or you can just comment on this blog and I will be sure to get back with you.
To all you windows mobile fans I have found your best friend. This application not only is the worlds most advanced mobile browser but also gives you everything and I mean everything that your computers browser can bring to you.
So you may ask how this work? Well to put it as simple as possible your phone does not do anything. Really, it does not process the data that your computer normally would. What makes this browser special is the fact that it uses server side processing to provide a rich end user experience. This means that the Skyfire servers process all the data before it gets to your phone. You phone just receives raw data from skyfire and displays and plays any audio that the skyfire servers transmit.
What does this mean? This is awesome because it will allow manufactures of websites to continue to make graphic intensive website while not leaving a mobile user in the dust. This revolutionary way to process web pages on mobile phones is the future and do not be surprised if you see this technology soon in your iphone and newer HTC devices.
If you are interested in joining the private beta please go to http://skyfire.com and click Sign Up!
Sorry for the audio issues 
Hey everyone! I just wanted to write a blog post saying sorry to everyone that has been constantly going to the website trying to see when the next time I stream is. I just wanted to let everyone know that I have been moving and I am sorry for not streaming as much as I would like. I will be on more now that I am mostly moved in and have a solid internet connection. If you have any questions please email me at support@bluephoenix.tv