Bye Bye Yahoo Site Explorer
Yahoo decided to shut down Yahoo Site Explorer, the best tool to see the backlinks to your site. Since Yahoo now works with Bing they merged Site Explorer into Bing Webmaster Tools. So, now what? You can go and use Bing Webmaster Tools , meaning you have to sign in and check the backlinks to your verified sites only. Also, the number of backlinks is lower than Yahoo Site Explorer. Finally you can’t check the backlinks to other sites, for example a competitor.
All you can do, is search on Google for a similar tool, but there are not many options. You see, most of these tools used Site Explorer to gather links.
The best tools I found are:
http://www.backlinkwatch.com – Right now this is the best alternative
http://www.opensiteexplorer.org – Another good alternative
http://www.majesticseo.com – This is a paid tool. It has a free version but shows only 5 backlinks.
Earn Money With A Premium Link Generator
OK, you may ask what is a premium link generator and how can I make money with it. I’ll explain. Did you ever want to download from Rapidshare and Filesonic? Of course you did. You know how it works. You find a good movie or game or whatever from a blog or forum and you click the download link. You are taken to the file sharing website and wait a couple of minutes to download the file.
The problem is when you need to download a second file. Then you have to wait for hours. The only way is to buy a Premium Filesonic or a Premium Fileserve account or whatever site the file is hosted.
This is where Multihosters.com comes in. Multihosters is a service that allows users to download files from the most popular file hosting websites. So, you don’t have to pay for premium accounts on multiple hosting websites but with one Multihosters account you will be able to download as premium a premium user from all major file sharing sites without having to wait and complete captchas.
You can Download Oron files, Megaupload files etc. with just one account. Some of the sites that Multihosters supports are:
Rapidshare.com, hotfile.com, megaupload.com , mediafire.com, depositfiles.com, wupload.com, uploadstation.com, netload.in, filesonic.com, fileserve.com, bitshare.com, oron.com, filefactory.com, easy-share.com, uploading.com, freakshare.com, 4shared.com, x7.to, 2shared.com, storage.to, badongo.com, megashare.com, kickload.com.
So, just do the math and see how much you can save. They also offer an affiliate program where you earn 25% from all referrers you bring.
Contest For Dummies
Most of you have visited Dummies.com and Google Knol. The first one is known for simple, concise how-to content. Knol is one of the easiest and most powerful tools for sharing knowledge online. Now they’ve teamed up to give you the chance to write a “how to” article about something you’re particularly good at – and become famous and richer in the process.
Submissions are open through March 23rd, 2009. On May 8th they will announce five finalists, selected by the editors, who’ll have their knols featured on Dummies.com. One grand prize winner will receive a cash prize of $1,000. Here is the official site.
Free Licensed software
Today I’m going to show where and how to get free software that you would have to pay otherwise. First we have Ashampoo Burning Studio. The latest version costs $49.90. In order to get it foe free you must go at Computerbuild.de promo page. It’s in German but don’t worry, just click Herunterladen wich means download. Install the program – you can choose to do it in english – and first thing you’ll see it’s a message that says:
“This is a full version! To start the online registration procedure just select ‘Get Full Version Key’ in the ‘Internet’ menu. “
Your free full version key code will then be sent to you to the e-mail address you provide. Select ‘Enter Reg/Trial Key’ in the ‘Internet‘ menu and enter the key code in the input field displayed.
Click “next” and you’ll arrive in a window where you must check “Get full version key” . After finishing the installation you’ll be automatically directed to a web page where you should simply provide your email address. Note that you can choose the english version of the page clicking on the american or UK flag in the upper side .
You’ll receive an email in german. Don’t worry, just click on the link to confirm your demand for a free licence key and you’ll arrive on your Ashampoo account page . There you can read that the licence key for Ashampoo Burning Studio 2009 was already sent to you trough a second (and last) email message.
That’s it! When running the first time the program – click on “Enter key” , write it and the full version will be validate. You are the owner of a very qualitative software!
Next we have ConceptDraw MINDMAP wich is a business and personal productivity software that combines the most commonly used methods of listing and organizing information within single productivity toolbox.
The latest version is MindMap v6 but this is about ConceptDraw MindMap v5 (both Windows and Mac versions) which was offered for free on different magazines, as a marketing promotion before releasing the V6 version .
They are no longer visible on the official site but you can download the Windows version CDMindMapProEn.zip and the Mac version CDMindMapProEn.dmg (otherwise you can find the Windows version on Download.com and the Mac version on Brothersoft.com).
Then go here or here and apply for a free a serial number. Fill in all fields marked with asterisk (choose any magazine from their selection), and click “Register” . You’ll instantly get your serial number – displayed on screen (also sent to your e-mail address.
After installation don’t forget to use your registration key when giving a first run. That will transform the 30 days trial into a Full version.
Last is Paragon Hard Disk Manager 8.5 Special Edition. This is not the latest version of this acclaimed software but it has all the “must have” features when working with partitions like back-up, restore, create, format, delete, merge. Anyway, you must grab this opportunity to get this $50 worth software for free.
First go to the Paragon Special Registration Page. Fill up the forms and you’ll immediately receive your personal key and serial number by email.
Then download program installer from VNUnet Download Page and install Paragon on your computer . Use the personal key and serial number from the email and Paragon HDM Special Edition is now fully functional .
How To Register A Domain Name For Free
You can get a free domain name from Register.com. They offer completely free domain registration. And I ‘m not talking about info or tc.lk domains. I am talking about absolutely free com domains!
What’s the catch? You get only the first year for free. After that you have to pay $35 every year.
But you can let the domain to expire and register it again. Or register another domain free.
And something else, you should have a credit card to take this offer.
