Find the Best Free Streaming Music on the Web

Tons of bands are letting bloggers post Mp3 files on their websites. Then, sites like Seeqpod make it easy for users to find and listen to those files.

I just built a swicki that lets a community dig up the best free streaming music. the swicki favors content from music aggregators such elbo.ws or hypem.com as well as a couple niche music blogs.

Turn Your Blog's RSS Feed into a Newsletter

Just set up feedblitz with my streaming music site, (check it out in the right column). In about 5 minutes, you can turn your blog's RSS feed into an email alert.

I was mostly impressed with how many options I had. I had complete control over design, subscribers, subscribe messages, delivery schedule, and best of all it was all free. Sure, they're going to put a few ads in there, but I think my readers will be able to avoid the ads. For the most part, they don't interfere with the content.

This should be another way to get regular users on my blog.

Make Money with Google Knol

Well, Google Knol is finally here, serving up a new way for infopreneurs to make money online and for Google to take even more of their ad revenue.

I wonder how well this will perform as an independent destination. Sure, it should have no problem generating search traffic from, you guessed it, Google, but how many people will go directly to this site to find information. My guess is not many, so it will only get in the way of all of us SEO people, trying to promote our own content within the natural listings.

Still, I'll definitely be writing a few knols, in hopes of linking back to a couple of my sites and swickis. The next question is how soon will I do this. Squidoo's been on my list of article platforms for 6 months now, and I still haven't gotten around to writing anything for them. I've only been active on Hubpages.

For now, I think I'll see a higher ROI with writing for Squidoo and Hubpages, and the launch of Google Knol is only getting in the way of my SEO efforts...for now at least.

For more informatio on making money online, check out some community favorites for making money with hubpages and making money with squidoo.

Snakes on a Search Engine

If Samuel L worked at a custom search company, he would have none of this. Good thing he doesn't, so I went ahead and made a search portal for information, videos, and photos of snakes.

I think the Anaconda pictures are the craziest, but there are some nice feeding videos as well. Another reason not to let these snakes on a plane.

Dark Knight Deleted Scene - Funny

Hilarious mashup video from a deleted scene from the Dark Knight. The Joker touches all of us. Good thing Batman is here to save us.

See more funny videos at Funny or Die

Twitter Search is a Great Way to Meet New Virtual Friends

Want to meet people that you'll never actually meet in person? Twitter's new search feature lets you search all conversations that are happening on Twitter. Its a great way to find new people to follow, making better use of this utility.

To get search ideas, check out tweetmeme which surfaces popular conversations and topics of conversations.

Disinclude Tag Pages on Blogs and Get More SEO Traffic

A few days ago, I blocked the tag pages on my music blog from search engines. Why? Each of the tag pages was recording 80+ internal inbound links as opposed to my individual stories that were getting 1-2 inbound links. The tag pages are very dry, so I wanted more SEO traffic to individual stories. Each post on my blog includes streaming music or a music video, so they should generate more repeat and return usage.

I'm already getting direct SEO traffic to my stories now.